Play Bingo on Zoom with your friends or family members online to help pass the boredom and isolation that comes with lockdown and staying at home.
Thanks to the continuation of lockdown and its desired end not being in sight, video apps such as Zoom and Houseparty remain massively popular with people using them to stay in contact with loved ones and mates online while staying at home. While some of these apps include games, Zoom doesn’t but you can still participate in activities such as Bingo with friends by being a bit creative.
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There are plenty of games you can play while on Zoom, Houseparty or other video apps such as Heads Up, Pictionary, and – the best at guaranteeing guilty laughs – Cards Against Humanity. However, for elders or those who wish to continue acting as if they’re in a retirement home, Bingo is another of these good games.
Granted, it’s not the most thrilling, but if you wish to play something with friends that isn’t massively taxing then it’s surely for you.
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You can play Bingo remotely with friends on Zoom by scheduling a meeting.
Once the Zoom meeting time and date is scheduled, share the unique ID with your friends to play Bingo with them during that specified period.
If you’re not the one who is hosting the session, all you need to do is join the meeting by entering the unique ID.
Provided you have the video app downloaded and have the session set up for a later date, you can then begin creating your own Bingo cards.
It’s entirely up to you how you play and how many people participate, but the Independent has shared the idea of making it a movie night in which you all watch the same film simultaneously.
Instead of numbers, your created Bingo cards would have phrases and words most likely to appear, and you all mark them as they occur until a winner is eventually dubbed.
Remember that there are plenty of other games you can play on Zoom and other video apps to stay in contact with people remotely, but Bingo is a good and relaxing get-together for when you want a calm activity as opposed to a frantic one.
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You can also make the session more exciting by creating a reward for the winner and/or punishments for the loser(s). But it’s up to you to be safe, responsible, and not stupid when it comes to any hypothetical rewards and consequences.
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Remote Work Bingo is a fun game you can play with remote workers to increase engagement.
Other names for Remote Work Bingo are Working From Home Bingo and Working Remotely Bingo.
Remote Work Bingo is a type of Online Team Building Bingo.
Here is a free Remote Work Bingo template you can use:
You can share the URL for this page with your colleagues or “right click + save as” to download the template to your computer. You may use this Remote Work Bingo template for internal company team building or video conference calls.
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Here are the rules for playing Work From Home Bingo with coworkers:
Next, you can have a look at our online team building games for remote workers. That post includes more ideas for online team building and free virtual games for remote teams.
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Author: Michael AlexisCEO of teambuilding.com. I write about my experience working with and leading remote teams since 2010.
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