Ramadan team game
A game for your team’s iftar or suhoor.
Many teams get together in Ramadan: an iftar after work, a late suhoor, a gathering before Eid. Crowdboard puts a game-show board on the TV and lets everyone buzz in from their phones, in English or Arabic, so the evening has something the whole team does together. It runs in a web browser, so there’s nothing to install.
Free for up to 6 phones. No card needed.
Why it suits a Ramadan gathering
The whole team plays
Not everyone on a team fasts. A game after the meal is something everyone does together, and nobody needs to know the answers: the board shows what most people said.
English and Arabic in one game
Each phone picks its own language and the TV can show Arabic. A question can carry both, so a mixed team plays one game.
About your own team
Send a short survey in the week before, and the board is made of your colleagues’ own answers.
Short enough for the evening
Office party: 4 rounds and a Lightning Round, about 20 minutes. Or three quick rounds and done.
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.
Colleagues elsewhere join in
Share the board in Teams, Zoom or Meet, and colleagues at another office or at home buzz in from their own phones.
From the invitation to the last round
Sign in on the host’s laptop. Everything else runs in a web browser.
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A week before: ask the team
Make a survey from the questions below. It comes with their Arabic, so colleagues whose phones are set to Arabic answer in Arabic. Send the link in the team chat, or print the survey’s poster for the kitchen or the reception.
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The day before: make the game
Give the survey a closing time, so it has stopped taking answers by then. Count answers that mean the same thing together, including the same answer in Arabic and in English, and make the game in a few clicks.
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On the night: after the meal
Put the board on the TV and the code on the screen while people have coffee and something sweet, so the phones are in before you start. Split the room into two families. New to it? Run a practice game from the host deck first, or open Check a network on the venue’s Wi-Fi.
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Play
About 20 minutes. Read each question out, in both languages if the room is mixed, and let each family talk it over.
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After: share it
Send the game’s recap link in the team chat: the scores and every question, for colleagues who couldn’t come.
Questions to ask your team
Put these in a survey a week before. There are no answers here on purpose: your colleagues’ own answers make the board.
- Name a dish you’d expect on an iftar tableاذكر طبقًا تتوقع أن تجده على مائدة الإفطار
- Name something people break their fast withاذكر شيئًا يفطر عليه الناس
- Name a sweet people love in Ramadanاذكر حلوى يحبها الناس في رمضان
- Name something that changes at work during Ramadanاذكر شيئًا يتغير في العمل خلال رمضان
- Name something people do more of in Ramadanاذكر شيئًا يُكثر الناس منه في رمضان
- Name something you’d see on a street decorated for Ramadanاذكر شيئًا تراه في شارع مزيّن لرمضان
- Name a gift people give for Eidاذكر هدية يقدمها الناس في العيد
- Name something people do the night before Eidاذكر شيئًا يفعله الناس ليلة العيد
They’re filled in for you to change before you share the link, in English and Arabic.
Where the questions come from
From your team
Turn the survey into a game in a few clicks, or ask one question live with Ask the room: everyone answers on their phone, and the most common answers become the next round.
Ready-made
On the host deck, pick Office party for 4 rounds and a Lightning Round, about 20 minutes, or Conference break for 3 rounds, about 10 minutes, drawn from the question bank.
Your own
Write questions about your company, your city or your year in the game editor, with their Arabic, and mix them with the rest.
Tips from the host’s side
Play after the meal
Before iftar, people are tired and hungry, and the game is the last thing on their minds. Once they have eaten, a game is a good way to keep the evening together.
Finish on time
Evenings in Ramadan are for family and prayer too. Start soon after the meal and stop while people are still laughing, so anyone can leave when they need to.
Two languages, one room
Under Language on the TV, pick Arabic or English for the board, and let each phone pick its own.
A prize for Eid
A small prize for the winning family, such as a box of dates or sweets, makes the Lightning Round count.
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.
We only need it for Ramadan. What does it cost?
Free covers up to 6 phones. For one evening, an Event pass is $19 for 7 days of Pro: up to 20 phones and the whole question bank, with nothing to cancel afterwards. Playing every week of Ramadan? See the plans.
Can we play in Arabic?
Yes. The phones, the board on the TV and the survey all work in Arabic and in English, and each phone picks its own language. The questions above come with their Arabic.
Does everyone need a phone?
No. Anyone can watch and call out answers. Without phones, the host can mark who buzzed first instead.
Can we change the questions?
Yes, all of them. The survey’s questions are filled in for you to change, and you can change any round in the game editor before the night.
A gathering the whole team plays together.
Start a free game now, or see it all on one screen first.