Thanksgiving game for work: A Thanksgiving game the whole office plays.
Before the long weekend, or at your team’s potluck lunch, Crowdboard puts a game-show board on the office TV. Two teams buzz in from their phones, and the questions are about the holiday and what your team is thankful for, answered by your colleagues first.
When: October in Canada, November in the US.
Free for up to 6 phones. No card needed.
Why it works
Thankful, together
The survey asks what people are thankful for at work, as well as about pie and leftovers. The answers make a board that’s about your team.
For the US or Canada
Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November in the US and the second Monday of October in Canada. The questions work for either.
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 dish on every Thanksgiving table
- Name a pie people eat at Thanksgiving
- Name something people do after the Thanksgiving meal
- Name something people are thankful for at work
- Name something people watch on Thanksgiving Day
- Name a leftover people eat the day after Thanksgiving
- Name a dish people bring to a work potluck
- Name something people do over the long weekend
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.
- 3
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
Our team is spread across countries. Can everyone play?
Yes. Share the board in Teams, Zoom or Meet, and colleagues anywhere buzz in from their phones. Those who don’t celebrate can still guess what most people said.
Can we play at the potluck?
Yes. Put the board on the TV in the room and play a round between plates. One phone per table works well in a big room.
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.
Give thanks with a game.
Start a free game now, or see it all on one screen first.