Guides

Filling a room, in writing

What we'd tell a friend who owns a bar, runs a restaurant, or booked the private room and is now responsible for twenty people having a good time.

Bars and taprooms
How to run a game night at your bar without a trivia host
Trivia needs a host, a mic and a question bank. Here's how to fill a slow night with games your guests run themselves from a TV and their phones, what each option costs, and what actually gets a table to stay for another round.
6 min read
Screens and setup
Interactive TV games for bars and restaurants: what actually works
The TVs are already on. Here's what makes an interactive game work on a restaurant or bar screen — sound, pace, phones as controllers, wifi — and an honest look at the options from Jackbox to browser games.
5 min read
Private events
Games for a private dining room: rehearsal dinners, birthdays and work parties
A private room has one problem: the first twenty minutes. Here's a short list of games that work at a table of strangers and half-strangers, with no props, no host and nothing to set up.
5 min read

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