Human Bingo

🕹️ How to play

1. Everyone opens the page and enters one code: A card is dealt as soon as the page loads, so you can play with zero setup. To give the whole room the same prompts, the host opens Settings, taps Show code and puts the 4-digit code on screen; everyone else types it in Settings and taps Deal new card. Same prompts, different square positions on each phone.
2. Tap a square, ask the question, write their name: Each square opens a panel with the full prompt and a ready-made question such as “Do you play an instrument? For how long?”. When someone fits, type their name and tap Sign — the square gets a stamp and keeps the name. By default one person can only sign one square (two on the small 3×3 card), so you have to talk to more people.
3. Complete a row, column or diagonal for bingo: A full line pops up a BINGO! card listing every name on it with the matching trait. Tap Show the host to blow it up full-screen so the host can check it. Bingo doesn't end your round — keep going for a second line or a full blackout.
4. End the round, read the recap, play again: Tap End round (tap again to confirm) or let the timer run out to see the recap: how many people you met, how many lines, and which traits belong to whom. Play again deals a new code and new prompts with all names cleared.

📖 Rules & variants

Human bingo rules: everyone gets a card of squares describing experiences, hobbies or habits. Find a person who matches a square and write their name in it — you can't sign yourself. Any full row, column or diagonal is a bingo. Whoever calls bingo first and passes the host's check wins; prizes are up to the host, the page doesn't pick winners.

Card size follows group size: 4–6 players get a 3×3 card with a free center square and up to 2 squares per person; 7–12 players get a 4×4 card with 1 square per person; 13 or more get a 5×5 card with a free center and 1 square per person. The Relaxed switch (up to 2 per person) can be turned on any time without erasing names.

How the same person is detected: names are compared ignoring spaces, letter case and full-width characters, so “Amy”, “ amy ” and “ＡＭＹ” count as one person. Once someone hits the limit, their name is refused with a hint to ask someone else.

Swapping a prompt: after the first 60 seconds you can swap an unsigned square — once on 3×3, twice on 4×4, three times on 5×5. The new prompt has the same difficulty and only changes your own card, so save swaps for squares nobody in the room fits.

Question mix: each card blends common, medium and rare prompts (a 4×4 card has 5 common, 8 medium and 3 rare). The 127 original prompts come in four sets — General, Classmates, Coworkers and Family — and stick to experiences, hobbies and habits. Nothing about money, relationships, bodies or age.

Timed rounds and house rules: pick a 5, 8 or 10 minute limit; it counts real time, keeps running if the phone is locked, and turns red in the last minute. Popular house rules are prizes for the first three bingos, blackout-only wins, or one follow-up question per signature. Tip: warm up on common squares and ask people which of their squares you can sign — trading signatures is the fastest route.

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