Running a game for 50 people
- 1Put the game on the biggest screen in the room.
- 2Show the QR code and give people a minute to join.
- 3Use a fast game first (this or that), then a funnier one.
- 4Keep each round short and finish with awards.
Most party games break past ten people: turns take forever and half the room is watching. The best large-group games let everyone play at the same time, which is exactly what a phone game on one big screen does.
Everyone votes at the same time, so 80 people take as long as eight. The TV names who the room picked.
Pick it if you want the whole room laughing together.
Two taps a question. In a room of 50, the split on the screen gets a cheer every time.
Pick it if the crowd is big and mixed.
The TV shows the split, and the end screen names who disagreed with the room most.
Pick it if you want debates without anyone holding the floor too long.
Awards voted by the whole crowd, revealed one by one on the big screen.
Pick it if you need a big finish.
Split the room into teams and play a game show board with every phone as a buzzer, from our sister site LiveGameShow.
Pick it if you want competition.
A bingo card on every phone and the calls on the TV, for up to 150 players, from our sister site LiveBingo.
Pick it if the crowd spans every age.
Split into two teams and act out prompts for your side. Big groups make the guessing louder.
Pick it if you have a big open room.
Losers become the winner's cheering section, until two huge crowds face off.
Pick it if you want a loud, fast mixer.
Groups of ten grab hands across a circle and untangle without letting go.
Pick it if the crowd is up for something physical.
Teams race to find or photograph items on a list.
Pick it if you have space and time.
Call out four choices, one per corner, and everyone runs to their pick.
Pick it if the room is a classroom or gym.
Teams share chairs instead of fighting over them. Fewer chairs each round.
Pick it if you want laughs with kids and adults.
Open the game on a TV, a laptop or a projector. The screen shows a six-digit code and a QR code.
Everyone scans the QR or types the code at LivePartyGames.com. Nobody has to install an app or make an account.
Every phone answers in secret, then the big screen shows what the room picked.
Games where everyone plays at the same time: phone-voting games on one screen, team trivia, bingo and four corners.
Up to 100 in one party game with the Party Pass ($7.99 for 48 hours), 150 in bingo and 60 in the game show.
Most players do. Two people can share one phone and play as a team.
Open it on the TV, share the code, and ask the first question in under a minute.