Game picker
Three questions, three games. Deal again until something makes the room say yes.
How to use it
- Choose the size of your group. Count the people who will actually play, not everyone at the party.
- Choose who they are. If there are children and adults together, pick mixed ages.
- Choose where you are, then press Deal three games.
- Tap a card for the rules, or deal three more.
Reading a card
The big number in the corner is the number of players the game takes. A plus sign means there is no upper limit. Under it is the suit: a speech bubble for talking games, a bolt for moving games, a pencil for making games and a spark for thinking games. The line at the bottom gives the time for one round, the youngest age that can join in, and how loud it gets.
If you are planning ahead
Pick one calm game and one lively one. Start with the calm game while people are still arriving and the lively one once everybody knows each other’s names. The guides put together running orders for specific occasions, and the team maker splits the group when you are ready to start.
Questions people ask
How does the picker choose?
It keeps every game whose player range covers your group, that suits the ages you chose and that works where you are. Then it shuffles those and deals three. Press again for three more.
Why did it find nothing?
Some combinations are thin, such as more than 20 small children on a video call. Change one answer, usually the place, and deal again. The library is still growing.
What does “mixed ages” mean?
Games that work when children and adults play together, such as a family party. Games that only work for one age group are left out.