City game
in your city
Teams with a phone or tablet, challenges at spots in the centre and a scoreboard that updates live. In the city you choose.
How a city game works
A city game is a game through a town or city centre, played on a phone or tablet. Teams get a map of the play zone and see challenges appear along the way: questions about what's around them, photos and videos, puzzles and races against the clock. Every challenge earns points, and the game hosts follow live how the teams are doing.
Teams choose their own route. There's no fixed order, so they have to weigh up whether they can still make that one challenge on the other side of the centre. That gives the game pace and stops the groups from walking in a line behind each other.
- Route, challenges and play zone prepared for your city
- Playable on your own phone, one device per team
- Live scoreboard and game hosts during the game
- One and a half to two and a half hours, from about 10 people
Four kinds of challenges
Location challenges
A challenge that only opens when the team is in the right spot. For example, a question about a carved stone on a building front that you can only answer if you actually look up.
Photo and video
A group photo recreating a painting, a video with a passer-by who plays along. These challenges produce the pictures people keep talking about later.
Puzzles and codes
A rebus, a combination lock or a riddle whose answer can be found somewhere in the street. This gives the thinkers in the team something to do while the rest look around.
Timed challenges
Challenges that are only open for a short time or that only one team can win. That forces teams to make choices, and suddenly they run into each other.
Organising a city game in your city
We set up the city game in the city that suits your programme. Often that's the city where the office is, or the place where the group is eating afterwards. We work across the Netherlands, from Enschede. If you're playing in Enschede or Hengelo, take a look at our city game in Twente, where we already know the routes.
For a new city, we prepare the route in advance. We check where it's busy on Saturdays, which days there's a market, where teams can shelter and where there's a toilet. We leave out spots where you'd have to stand still in the middle of the street or where traffic speeds past.
We prefer to have the start and finish in a café or function room. That's where we explain the game, and where the teams come together at the end for the results and the best photos on a screen.
Teams, departments and groups of friends
Companies often choose a city game as the start of an afternoon or evening that ends in town. No coach is needed, the group meets within walking distance of the restaurant and nobody has to be sporty. The challenges can be about your own company, or about the city some of your colleagues have never visited before.
We have large groups start at different points, so there aren't thirty teams standing at the same fountain at once. For groups of friends and hen and stag parties, we make the challenges a bit cheekier; for a club with young and old, a bit calmer.
The price depends on the number of participants, the city and whether the route needs to be prepared from scratch. You'll get it after a short enquiry, within 1 working day.
Frequently asked questions
What is a city game?
A game in which teams walk through a town or city centre with a phone or tablet and complete challenges along the way. Some challenges only appear when you're in the right spot, others produce a photo or video. Points come in on a scoreboard that the game hosts follow live.
In which cities can you organise a city game?
In almost any city with a centre you can get around on foot. We prepare the route at the location you choose, often the city where the company is based or where the group is eating afterwards. We take into account where it's busy and where teams can shelter.
How long does a city game last?
Usually one and a half to two and a half hours, including the briefing at the start and the results at the end. It can be shorter with a smaller route. We advise against more than three hours, because attention drifts and the phones run out of battery.
What do participants need for a city game?
One phone per team with internet and a full battery, plus good shoes and clothing for the weather. A power bank per team is handy. If you'd rather use tablets, mention it in your enquiry and we'll include that in the proposal.
Does a city game go ahead if it rains?
Yes, a shower won't stop the game. When choosing the route, we look for covered spots, and in bad weather we can shorten the route or move challenges indoors. In really severe weather, we'll discuss another date with you.
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A city game in your city
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