The one game here you cannot play sitting down.

Pair up with whoever is nearest. Between your two screens there is exactly one icon you both have. Find it, and that is a connection. Then go and find somebody else.

A round takes about ten seconds, so people meet dozens of others in the time it takes to drink a coffee.

You cannot win this one alone

Nobody scores without another person, so there is no reason not to talk to a stranger. "Do you want to find the one?" is an easier opening line than anything a host could hand out.

The score is how many people you met

Every pair adds to your score and to the room's running total of connections. The presenter screen shows progress while it runs, and a podium or a leaderboard when it stops.

It gets better the more people there are

More people means more strangers to find, so this is one of the few games that improves as the room grows. A conference crowd is its natural home, not a team of eight.

Day one icebreakers, the post-lunch slot when everyone has gone quiet, the first hour of an event where nobody knows anybody, and big onboarding groups.

Running it

Set the timer, share the link or put the QR code on the screen, and start. Twenty minutes is the default and you can add or take off a minute while the game is running.

People can join after it has started, so anyone arriving late is not locked out. Add your logo and choose the language.

It needs a room and a crowd

People get up and walk around, so this one does not work remotely or hybrid. It also needs a group big enough that you have not already met everyone.