Free Online Party Games
Games built for a room rather than a person. Bingo and tambola have outlived a century of living rooms because the rules fit on a postcard and nobody has to be good at them. The quiz and the drawing game are the same idea with the hosting done for you — the clock, the scores and the arguing about whether that was close enough all handled on one screen.
One screen, everyone plays
The problem with digital party games is usually that everyone needs a device and an account before anything starts. Everything here solves it the old way: one screen the room can see, passed around or left on the table. Bingo and tambola keep each card secret as the phone goes round; the quiz turns the keyboard into six buzzers; the drawing game hands the pen to whoever's turn it is.
It also means they work with no connection once the page has loaded. On a train, at a family lunch, in a hall with bad signal — the caller keeps calling, the clock keeps running and the tickets keep printing.
The difference between bingo and tambola
They are relatives rather than the same game. Tambola, also called housie, is played on a 3x9 ticket holding fifteen numbers drawn from 1 to 90, and the prizes are Early Five, the three lines and Full House. Bingo more often uses a square grid where you count completed rows, columns and diagonals.
Both are on the site because they play differently. Tambola Live is the one to open if you are hosting — it prints tickets and calls numbers for a real room. Bingo Rush is the one to open if you want to play right now, on your own, against opponents who are trying to beat you to the shout.
Nothing to buy, nothing to install
Both games are free in full. The ticket generator will print a thousand tickets without asking for anything, the caller has all ninety traditional calls, and no feature is held back behind a payment.
They run in the browser on a phone, tablet or laptop. If you are hosting, a laptop plugged into a television makes a decent caller board — the numbers are large enough to read across a room.
Play online with friends who are not in the room
Everyone on their own phone, wherever they are — share a five-letter room code: Bingo Live
Games for a room full of people
One screen between everyone, rather than a device and an account each: Quiz Party · Draw & Guess · Tambola Live · Bingo Rush
Bring your own questions and words
Both of these are better with your own material than with the packs they ship with: Quiz Party · Draw & Guess
Print tickets and host it yourself
If you are running the night rather than playing it, this is the one you want: Tambola Live
Party Games — frequently asked questions
Are these party games really free?
Yes. All four are free in full, run in the browser, and need no account, download or payment. The ticket generator prints up to a thousand tickets at no cost.
Can everyone join from their own phone?
No — and it is worth being clear about it. These are one-screen games: the room looks at a single display and passes it, or uses the keyboard as buzzers. There is no room code to join. It suits people who are actually in the same room, which is what they are built for.
Can we all play on one phone?
Yes. Both games have a pass-and-play mode where each player sets up a card in secret and the phone goes round the table. Bingo Rush supports up to six players this way.
Can I print tambola tickets to hand out?
Tambola Live generates proper 3x9 tickets — 15 numbers, 5 per row, columns in their correct ranges — and prints from the same page. You can print single tickets or full strips of six, where the six between them use every number from 1 to 90 exactly once.
Do I need an internet connection to play?
Only to load the page. After that the caller, the generator and the games all run locally in your browser, so a dropped connection mid-night does not stop anything.