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FUN VIRTUAL HAPPPY HOUR GAME IDEAS FOR THE OFFICE

THIS ARTICLE WILL FEATURE 10+ HAPPY HOUR GAME IDEAS FOR YOUR NEXT HAPPY HOUR ACTIVITY TO HELP YOUR TEAMS CONNECT AND HAVE FUN.

Virtual team building activities like virtual games and virtual happy hour allow us to connect our remote teams, no matter where they are. One of the easiest ways to boost any online happy hour is to provide opportunities for fun and engagement in the form of games. We have rounded can engage and have fun with your team by suggesting a fun game to keep everyone entertained. With these fun ideas, your team will enjoy some quality time together and get to know each other in a light-hearted way.

1. QUIZ SHOWDOWN

Turn your happy hour into a classic Pub Quiz, and test your team's general and pop culture knowledge! With KraftyLab’s virtual game experience, Quiz Showodown - this session requires no special downloads or kits. Simply, invite your team to make a yummy drink and play along! This session can help boost morale and camaraderie through friendly competition and your team will enjoy an inclusive session for all backgrounds and skills. To suit the happy hour theme, you can include a food and drinks session, a pub quiz classics, or even a fun holiday theme!

2. Team DISCOVERY CHALLENGE

In this fun and energising game, your team will go on a journey exploring their homes to win our Team Discovery Challenge. Led by a a fun and engaging host, they will have one minute to find three items, which could be random, meaningful, or related to a specific theme (e.g., finding yellow items). his is a fun twist on a ‘show and tell’ game and a great addition to happy hour as teams will learn more about each other! This is a perfect way to introduce recruits or interns or help establish team bonds.

3. BLURT

Blurt is a central hub for all of our favorite party games. This game offers hilarious and interactive experiences with entertaining mini-games like a scavenger hunt, charades, and Pictionary. The game is perfect for welcoming new employees, and interns, or boosting team morale. With the help of our professional host and stand-up comic, your team will enjoy a unique and fun-filled virtual experience, as they sip on a delicious drink.

4. MUSIC BINGO

Enjoy a unique twist on the classic Bingo game with Music Bingo! It's a fun way to discover your employees' music knowledge and preferences and help them get to know each other. This experience is perfect for happy hour, as music will flow and help your teams relax and have fun. Plus, this easily customizable game is perfect for any holiday party or themed happy hour like Pride or the 4th of July! Thanks to our expert host and professional DJ, your team is in for a lively and memorable experience.

5. ALPHABET GAME

The goal of the Alphabet Gamehe goal is to build a story, conversation, or scene by using each letter of the alphabet. Your colleagues can take turns saying sentences, and points are deducted for delays or using the wrong letter. The game continues by looping back to "A" after reaching "Z." This game is such a fun addition to happy hour as it requires your team to think quickly and stay sharp!

6. CATEGORIES

Give your team a sense of nostalgia with this hilarious child-like game, scattergories! Here, your team will be given a letter, and they must come up with a series of words beginning with this letter as quickly as possible. Traditionally, the categories include, Name, Place, and Animal, but you can add a fun twist to this game by adding your own categories like Dog Breeds, Books, Landmarks, Movies, Celebrities, or random ones like, pizza toppings or things in a junk drawer.

7. THIS OR THAT

Help your teams get to know each other with a fun, easy and lighthearted game of this and that. They can help participants by breaking the ice, entertaining guests, and encouraging interaction. It is a light and playful game and can lead to fun discussions or funny anecdotes. You can switch it up, and choose from a selection of fun and unique questions, or use it as an opportunity to customise your happy hour event, by choosing appropriate happy-hour prompts like the ones below:

Happy Hour at Home or Happy Hour at a Bar?
Classic Martini or Fruity Daiquiri?
Beer on Tap or Bottled Beer?
Nachos or Cheese Fries?
Live Music or DJ Playlist?
Trivia Night or Bingo?
Fancy Cocktails or Craft Beer?
Bar Nuts or Pretzels?
Cosmopolitan or Old Fashioned?
Pina Colada or Mai Tai?

If you enjoy icebreakers like these, check out our master list of This Or That Questions.

8. SPEED DATING

Use Happy Hour as a way for team members to get to know each other, this is particularly great for new teams who may not yet know each other well. By putting them in break-out rooms, and encouraging them to ask each other fun and silly questions, they will learn little fun facts about each other, and develop a greater sense of empathy for one another.

Have you checked anything off your Bucket List?
If you could spend a summer anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Do you have any weird food combinations you love?
What TV would you want to live in?
If your pet could speak, what would they say about you?
If you could have a private concert with anyone, dead or alive, who would you choose to see?
What is your go-to karaoke song?
What does your perfect day off look like?
What is your favorite film saga?
What is the best Halloween costume you’ve ever worn or seen someone else wear?

If you like this game idea, check out our full Get To Know You Questions list and our Icebreaker Questions!

9. MOST LIKELY TO

For established teams, ‘most likely to’ is a fun and exciting game that can lead to some hilarious reactions! In this game, your employees will see a prompt, and have to assign it to the team member it fits best. Encourage your team to justify their answers, and the ‘accused’ can even defend themselves!

Who is most likely to become famous on Tik Tok?
Who is most likely to become a famous travel vlogger?
Who is most like to keep a dog they fostered?
Who is most like to make their own cocktails at home?
Who is most like to organize a surprise birthday party?
Who is most like to become a stand-up comedian?
Who is most like to start a DIY home improvement project?
Who is most like to host their own reality TV show?
Who is most like to start a successful side business?
Who is most like to win a hot dog eating contest?

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ABOUT KRAFTYLAB

KraftyLab is a leading provider of virtual team building and corporate events across the US and Canada. We focus on providing fun and engaging opportunities for connection through virtual team building activities, games and experiences.