Kraken Bingo

Team building bingo that runs for a month, not an hour

Give your team a card of 25 challenges, a few weeks to finish them, and a shared album of everything they did.

Why this works as a bingo card

Most team building activities have the same problem: they end. The workshop finishes at five, everyone goes home, and by Monday the only trace left is a group photo nobody looks at. A bingo card behaves differently because it has no single session. It sits in the background for a few weeks, and people pick tasks off it when the moment happens to be right — a lunch, a Thursday afternoon, a delayed train.

That changes what you can put on the card. Instead of trust falls, you can ask for things that only work over time: having lunch with someone from another team, presenting a five-minute talk, learning what everyone's first job was. And because every completed task needs a photo or a short video, the card produces something an away day never does — a genuine record of the weeks, built by the team rather than by whoever brought the camera.

Set it up in five minutes

1
Create a team
One team per company or department. Team admins can add games and tasks; everyone else just plays.
2
Add a game and pick the board
Pick 5×5 for a team building game — 25 tasks is enough to keep several weeks interesting without feeling like homework.
3
Paste the tasks
Paste the list below into the bulk task field. Edit anything that doesn't fit your office.
4
Invite everyone
Share the QR code or invite link in your team chat. People join and get their card immediately.
5
Play, and prove it
Each task is done when someone uploads proof. The ranking updates itself, and a completed row is a bingo.

25 tasks you can copy

A 5×5 board needs exactly 25 tasks, so this list fills a card with nothing left over. Copy it and paste it straight into the bulk task field.

1Have lunch with someone from another team
2Present a five-minute lightning talk
3Ask a colleague what their first ever job was
4Fix something small that annoys everyone
5Learn where every teammate grew up
6Cook or bake something for the office
7Take the team photo nobody has taken yet
8Run a meeting that finishes early
9Write down a process nobody has written down
10Give someone public credit for their work
11Walk a whole one-on-one instead of sitting
12Teach a colleague something from your job
13Learn something from a colleague's job
14Have coffee with the newest person on the team
15Recommend a book to someone who reads it
16Bring in food from your home region
17Find out which teammate has the longest commute
18Swap desks with someone for a day
19Say thank you to another department in writing
20Solve a problem outside your job description
21Organise a lunch for more than four people
22Find a photo of the team from over a year ago
23Ask someone about a hobby you know nothing about
24Volunteer for the task nobody wants
25Finish a whole day without a single meeting

Recommended setup

Board size: 5×5 — 25 tasks, room for several weeks of play
How long to run it: Four to six weeks. Long enough for slow tasks, short enough to stay urgent.
Worth turning on: A personal task for each person. As a team admin you can set one challenge that only appears on that person's card — the fastest way to make the game feel written for your team rather than downloaded.

What makes it work

Photo and video proof

A task counts when someone shows it happened. Over a few weeks those photos become the team's own record of the game — far more interesting to look back on than a workshop agenda.

A live ranking

Everyone can see who is ahead. Rows, columns and diagonals count as a bingo, so people who join late can still chase a line instead of giving up on the whole card.

Everyone in one chat

Every game has a team chat, so the jokes, the planning and the arguments about whether that really counts all happen in one place instead of scattered across four apps.

Frequently asked questions

How long should a team building bingo run?

Four to six weeks works best for a 5×5 card. Under two weeks and the slower tasks — lunches, talks, anything needing another person's calendar — never get done. Over two months and people forget the game exists.

How many people can play?

There's no limit on a team. Everyone gets their own card dealt from the same task pool, so two players rarely have the same layout and the ranking stays interesting even with fifty players.

Does everyone get the same tasks?

Everyone draws from the same pool, but the arrangement differs per player. If you add a personal task for someone, it appears only on their card, in the middle cell, and nobody else can see it.

Can remote and hybrid teams play?

Yes, and it's arguably a better fit — a distributed team has no corridor to bump into each other in. Swap the physically co-located tasks (swapping desks, bringing food) for calls, screen shares and photos of home workspaces.

Do people need to install anything?

No. It runs in the browser on any phone or laptop, and there are native iOS and Android apps if people prefer notifications on their phone.

What does it cost?

Creating a team, a game and a card is free. You need one person to sign up as the organiser; everyone else joins with the invite link or QR code.

Start your first card

Free to create, no card needed, and your team joins with one link.

Create a game

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