Office party game
A game the whole office can play at once.
Crowdboard puts a game-show board on the office TV. Two teams try to guess the most popular answers to survey questions, and everyone buzzes in from their own phone. It all runs in a web browser, so there’s nothing to install.
Free for up to 6 phones. No card needed.
Why it works at a party
Everyone can guess
Survey questions ask what most people said, not what an expert knows, so the new intern has as good a chance as the boss.
Nothing to hand out
Players scan the code on the TV with their phone camera, type a name and pick a team. No app, no player accounts, no buzzers to buy.
Fair to the fastest
A synced clock decides who buzzed first, so a slow connection on the office Wi-Fi doesn't.
Loud in the right way
Answers flip over on the big screen with a sound, wrong guesses get a big red X, and the room cheers the teams on.
Questions for any office
Polls from around the world, food, films, sport and everyday knowledge, written for workplaces in any country.
Short or long
A ready-made game takes 10 to 25 minutes, so it fits a lunch break, a Friday social or the end-of-year party.
Ready in three steps
A first game takes a few minutes to set up. Sign in on the host's laptop, and the rest happens in the browser.
- 1
Pick “Office party”
On the host deck, choose Office party. Crowdboard draws a game of 4 rounds and a Lightning Round, about 20 minutes, from the question bank.
- 2
Put the board on the TV
Open the board in the TV's web browser, or on a laptop plugged into the TV. It follows the host deck and shows each answer only when someone finds it.
- 3
Let the phones buzz
Players scan the code on the board and join a team. You read each question aloud, and the fastest phone gets the first guess.
Tips from the host’s side
Mix the teams
Put people from different departments or floors together. Half the fun is finding out what the finance team thinks people eat for breakfast.
Name the teams
The game suggests Early Birds and Night Owls. Rename them on the host deck after departments, floors or anything else.
Keep a prize back
The game ends with the Lightning Round: two players, five quick questions and a ticking clock. A small prize makes it count.
Hand over a phone
Give a helper the scorekeeper phone to type answers in the Lightning Round, and run the game from the host remote on your own phone while you walk the room.
Games for other occasions
The host deck has a ready-made game for each of these, drawn fresh every time.
New starters' week
An easy icebreaker: surveys, everyday knowledge, brands and tech.
3 rounds and a Lightning Round, about 15 minutes
Team offsite
A longer game: surveys, the world, science, sport and history.
5 rounds and a Lightning Round, about 25 minutes
Conference break
Three quick rounds that fit between sessions.
3 rounds, about 10 minutes
Questions hosts ask
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.
What do we need?
A laptop for the host, and a TV or projector for the board, each with a web browser. Players use their own phones. Without phones, the host can mark who buzzed first instead.
Does it need the internet?
Yes: the host's laptop, the TV and the phones each need to be online. Phones can use mobile data if the office Wi-Fi is busy.
Will it work on our office network?
Usually with no changes. To be sure, open Check a network on it a few days before. If your network filters web traffic, send your IT team the short list on Crowdboard on a company network.
Can we use our own questions?
Yes. Write questions about your company, your team or the year you’ve had, and play them on their own or mixed with ready-made ones.
What about colleagues working from home?
They can play too. Share the board in your video call, and they buzz in from their phones. See team building for remote teams.
Your office party, sorted.
Start a free game now, or see it all on one screen first.