BrainBuzz
BrainBuzz
Practical, in-depth guides to running a great game night, whether it is a family evening, a party, or a classroom. Written by the people who build BrainBuzz, from what we have learned running hundreds of games.
A step-by-step guide to running a trivia night in your living room: choosing topics, setting up the TV, building teams, pacing the rounds and keeping everyone playing to the end.
What makes a party game work for a big group, how to keep every age included, and which formats suit a family gathering, an office party or a room of strangers.
Where classic logic puzzles like Lights Out, Sudoku and the sliding puzzle came from, what makes them satisfying, and how they are designed so every puzzle can be solved.
Practical ways to use quiz games for revision and retrieval practice in class, including low-stakes design, playing without student devices, and building a quiz from your own lesson notes.
The craft of a good trivia question: one clear fact, the right difficulty, no ambiguity, no giveaways, and categories that start conversations. With examples of good and bad clues.