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3 kinds of phone party games
Before you pick a group game for your phone, ask how the group will actually play it. Most phone party games fall into one of three types, each suited to a different night:
| Type | How it plays | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Everyone on their own phone | Each player joins on their own device and answers alone | Remote groups |
| Pass the phone | One phone handed around | Small groups |
| One screen and a ref | The game on a TV, a ref reads and rules, two teams compete | Living rooms, diwaniyas and big nights |
The third type is the most fun when you’re all in one room: everyone watches the same screen, each team argues it out loud, and only the ref needs a phone.
Hajma: a one-screen soccer party game
Hajma is a soccer quiz of the third kind: open it in the browser on a TV, laptop or phone, split into two teams of any size, and pick a ref. Each team chooses three categories for a six-category, 36-question board, and the most points wins.
In the interactive categories the ref can run the question from a phone through a match link, while the big screen shows the game to the room. One account works on the web and the iPhone app once it launches.
Lifelines that swing a match
Each team picks three of five before kickoff:
- Double points — Arm it before picking a question and a right answer is worth double.
- Point drain — Arm it first, and a right answer also costs the rivals the same amount.
- Snatch — Take the rivals’ question before they answer: right and the points are yours, wrong and they get them.
- Pass — Hand the question to the rivals to answer instead.
- Two answers — You get two guesses instead of one.
Questions from the game
Which club came back from 3–0 down at halftime against Milan to win the 2005 final on penalties?Reveal answerHide
Liverpool
“The Yellow Castle” is the nickname of which Kuwaiti club?Reveal answerHide
Qadsia
Which Italian manager led Leicester to the 2016 title?Reveal answerHide
Claudio Ranieri
Who broke Messi and Ronaldo’s Ballon d’Or monopoly (2008–2017) in 2018?Reveal answerHide
Luka Modrić
How to choose a phone party game
- Player count: can it handle ten people or more? Team games have no cap.
- Language: are the questions in Arabic, and will a non-Arabic speaker cope? Hajma does both.
- Install: does everyone need an app? Playing in the browser saves time.
- Repeats: a game that skips played questions stays fun week after week.
- Topic: if the group lives for soccer, a pure soccer quiz beats general trivia.
What you need
- One device with a browser: a smart TV, a laptop on the TV, or a phone for small groups.
- An internet connection to load questions and photos.
- A free account and a game from the Store — each game is a full match.
- One ref, and any number of players split into two teams.
Games are saved in My Games, so you can pause a match and finish it another night.
Start now
Sign up free from the game page, buy a game in the Store, and read How to play. Board details are in our two-team quiz guide.
