Lunar New Year game for work: Welcome the new year with a game.
Lunar New Year is celebrated in China, Vietnam, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and by families everywhere. Crowdboard gives your team’s celebration a game everyone plays: a game-show board on the office TV, two teams buzzing in from their phones, and questions about the new year that your colleagues answer first.
When: Late January or February.
Free for up to 6 phones. No card needed.
Why it works
Everyone can join in
Survey questions ask what most people said, not what an expert knows, so colleagues celebrating for the first time play on the same footing as those who grew up with it.
Every tradition counts
Tết, Seollal, Chinese New Year: answers from each come up on the board, and the game becomes a way to hear how colleagues celebrate.
Office and home together
Share the board in Teams, Zoom or Meet, and colleagues in other offices or at home buzz in from their own phones, which show the board as well.
Nothing to set up
It runs in a web browser on the host’s laptop, the TV and every phone. Players scan the code on the screen, type a name and pick a team.
Questions to ask before the day
Put these in a survey. There are no answers here on purpose: your team’s own answers make the board.
- Name a food people eat at Lunar New Year
- Name a gift people bring when they visit family at Lunar New Year
- Name something people do to get their home ready for the new year
- Name an animal of the zodiac
- Name something you see at a Lunar New Year celebration
- Name something people wish for in the new year
- Name something people wear for Lunar New Year
- Name a way colleagues celebrate the new year at work
They’re filled in for you to change before you share the link.
How to run it
- 1
A week or two before: ask
Make a survey from the questions below, change any you like, and share the link in your team chat. Colleagues answer on their phones in a minute, with no account and no name.
- 2
The day before: make the game
Turn the survey into a game in a few clicks: the answers people gave most become the board. Add a ready-made round or two from the question bank if you like.
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On the day: play
Put the board on the office TV or share your screen, and let phones join from the code. Two teams guess what the team said, and buzz in from their own phones.
Questions hosts ask
Is it right for an office where not everyone celebrates?
Yes. The questions ask what people do and share at Lunar New Year, so they’re a friendly way to learn about the festival, and nobody needs to know the answers to guess well.
Can we play at a team lunch?
Yes. One round takes a few minutes, so it fits between courses. One phone per table works well: the table agrees on an answer and buzzes in.
How many people can play?
Any number of people can watch and shout answers. Up to 6 phones can buzz in on Free, 20 on Pro and 40 on Team.
Make the new year start with a game.
Start a free game now, or see it all on one screen first.