How to play Human Bingo
- Players
- 10 or more
- Time
- 20–40 minutes, while people mingle
- Good for
- Cocktail hour at a wedding, the start of a company party, any room where the two sides do not know each other yet.
- The host picks a pack and shows the QR on the TV, or drops the link in the group chat.
- Every guest opens it on their phone and gets their own card.
- Guests find a person who fits a square and tap it.
- First to five in a row shouts Bingo. The host checks who they found.
Sample squares
- …travelled more than 100 km to be here
- …has known the couple for 10+ years
- …is a ninong or ninang
- …shares a birth month with the celebrant
- …has known the celebrant since school
- …was at the celebrant’s last birthday
- …has worked here 5+ years
- …joined in the last 6 months
- …works fully remote
Questions
- Do guests need to install anything?
- No. It is a web page. It works on any phone with a browser, and the card stays on their phone if they close and reopen it.
- Does everyone get a different card?
- Yes. Each phone draws 24 squares from the pack in its own order, so two guests side by side have different cards.
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