Christmas party games on your phone
Christmas means a big mixed room: Nan, the cousins, the in-laws, someone’s new partner. Backchat gets them all writing and voting from their own phones, with prompts pitched to who’s there.
Pick your crowd
- Kids: family prompts, and swearing is blocked.
- Work: office-safe, for the work party.
- Mates: cheeky, for after the kids are in bed.
- After Dark: for the cousins who are 18 or over and know it.
Big family? Fine.
Up to 16 players, and anyone else can join the audience and vote. Put it on the telly for the room, or just play on phones round the table.
A deck about your family
Make a deck of prompts about your lot: the burnt pav, the cousin who always brings a new partner, Uncle Rob’s karaoke. You check every prompt before anyone sees it.
Questions people ask
Is it OK for kids?
Pick Kids and the prompts are family ones, and swearing and slurs in answers are blocked.
Can Nan play without an app?
Yes. She opens the link on any phone and types her name.
Better than charades.
Start a room after lunch, before the snooze.