Games like Taboo and Charades are undefeated at bringing high energy to a room. They make smart people look hilariously ridiculous and turn quiet observers into enthusiastic cheerleaders.
Anyone who's tried running Taboo or Charades for 50, 75, or 100 people with physical cards knows the headache: passing cards between tables, arguing over timers, tracking points on a flip chart, and trying to keep everyone engaged while half the room waits its turn.
With Neegma's Team Mode, you can run both classics for up to 100 people at once, on a single screen, using nothing but the phones already in their pockets. Here's how to set up and run a session that actually holds together.
Step 1: Set up the main stage and QR code
- Open Neegma on your laptop or phone and project the host screen onto your venue's main display, projector, or TV.
- The host screen shows a QR code and a game link.
- Announce that everyone should pull out their phones and scan it. Because there's no app to download and nothing to sign up for, a room of 100 can join within about a minute.
Step 2: Split the room into teams
Switch Neegma to Team Mode before you start, and let the room organise itself.
- Divide into 2 to 6 teams, by table, seating row, or department, whatever matches how the room is already sitting.
- Players pick or name their own team the moment they join, so there's no manual sorting for the host to do.
- A team lead can rename the team at any point before the game starts, if the first name someone typed in doesn't stick.
Step 3: Running Taboo at scale
In Taboo on Neegma, one player from the active team describes a secret word to their teammates without saying any of the forbidden buzzwords shown on screen.
- The setup: the rotation picks a default clue giver each round, and that word and forbidden list appear on their phone.
- The twist that actually matters at scale: if the person up isn't feeling it, or they're stuck at the wrong end of the table, any teammate can tap in and take over instead. It doesn't restart the clock, so there's no advantage to hijacking someone else's turn, just a way to keep the round moving when the default pick isn't working.
- The energy: the clue giver has a short countdown to fire off creative descriptions while their team shouts guesses, and opposing teams listen closely for an accidental slip of a forbidden word.
- Scoring: the host taps correct answers as they land, and the leaderboard on the big screen updates immediately.
Step 4: Running Charades for the whole venue
Charades on Neegma removes the need for physical props, cue cards, or hand signals nobody can quite agree on.
- The performer sees their assigned word or phrase directly on their own phone, privately.
- They take the stage or stand in front of their table and act it out while their team scrambles to guess before time runs out.
- Same as Taboo, if the scheduled performer would rather not, anyone else on the team can step up and take the turn instead.
- The moment a correct guess lands, the host confirms it and the next round cues up straight away.
Step 5: Build your own themed deck
The words don't have to come from a generic pool. Both games pull from the Neegma Playground, so you can write or upload a deck built for the exact room you're standing in front of. A few themes that work well at scale:
- Wedding Charades: the couple's story, in-jokes, and moments from the day, acted out by the guests who actually lived them.
- Birthday Charades: the birthday person's most quoted phrases, favourite films, and the running jokes from the group chat.
- Music Legends Charades: artists, album titles, and iconic performances for a room that knows its music.
- Football Charades: clubs, players, and famous moments for a crowd that would honestly rather be watching the match.
Upload a deck by CSV in one go or type it straight in, and it's saved as a template you can reuse next time without rebuilding it from scratch. If you're the person who ends up building decks like this for other people's events too, that's exactly the kind of content the Partner Program is built to help you sell.
Why this format keeps 100 people engaged
- Zero downtime. The live timer and automatic round rotation cut out the pauses between rounds that usually kill momentum.
- Nobody loses their place. If someone steps away or their phone browser refreshes, they rejoin instantly under the same name, and their team's score is exactly where they left it.
- A leaderboard everyone can see. Because every game crowns its own winner, a team that had a quiet Taboo round can still come out on top once Charades gets going, keeping the whole room invested until the very last reveal.
Whether you're running an all hands offsite, an end of year company dinner, or a lively community banquet, Taboo and Charades on Neegma bring the energy of the physical games with none of the setup headache.