Team building game: a word game for teams

Four formats

• Warm-up at a meeting

  Five minutes, one game, then back to the agenda. Everybody laughs and is “in it”.

• Online Friday

  The team meets on a video call, everybody plays in their own browser and the points are counted automatically.

• Competition in front of an audience

  Several teams play, the rest of the company watches and votes on the words. Live game

• Company party

  A game at the table between food and conversation. Split into teams and let them compete for the most original words.

How to set up a game for a team

Fixed game start

Send the link in advance and the game starts by itself at the agreed time. Everybody joins and nobody waits.

Custom nicknames

People play under nicknames they choose themselves. More fun.

Game manager mode

The facilitator ends the rounds and decides on doubtful words.

Fixed time for writing words

So that the game isn't held up by someone who doesn't write and everybody has the same amount of time, set a fixed time for the round. The round ends when the limit runs out and the game runs at the pace you set.

Registered players only

Want the game just for your company? Requiring login restricts access.

Live game

The other colleagues can watch the game, vote and send reactions.

Tips for the facilitator

• Choose categories from the company world: colleagues, products, abbreviations, clients. Funnier and more “ours”.
• After the game ask: Which word surprised you? What did only one person write? A short discussion starts.
• Play several rounds with different topics: for example one classic and one about the company.
• Make a paper version too for the office: PDF generator.