Fun Games to Play on Zoom with Coworkers to Build Teamwork - Part 3 of 7 - Codenames Free Zoom Game

This is Part 3 of a 7 Part Series on Fun Games to Play on Zoom with Coworkers. In this video, I give you the second of the Free Games to Play on Zoom with your team. This game is called Codenames. I show how to organize the game on Zoom and the rules.

If you have at least four team members and fewer than, say 30 or so, Codenames is a fun and competitive virtual game. Codenames is a free app that allows two different teams to compete to be a spy champion. It is an adaptation of a classic card game and one of the best online games that can be easily adapted to Zoom.

Codenames A Fun Game to Play on Zoom If You Have a Small GroupHere is a quick overview. The group is divided into two teams — red and blue. 25 cards (agents) are laid out on the screen in a five-by-five format. Each agent has a codename listed on the front of the card. One of the 25 agents is designated an “assassin.” If either team picks that card, they lose automatically.

Nine agents are spies for the “blue” team and nine are agents for the “red” team. The remaining agents are neutral. The goal is for each team to “contact” their agents by their codenames before the other team contacts their agents.

Each team elects a spymaster. The spymasters will be able to see which cards are colored and what color they are. So, each spymaster wants to give clues to their team to help the team pick their own cards without picking the other team’s cards or the assassin.

Spymasters must give clues that contain a single word and a number. The number corresponds to the number of cards that the clue applies to. For instance, the Blue Spymaster could say “2-hospital” since two of the blue cards are medical-related (doctor and patient.) Spymasters can also give the number zero to eliminate cards. So, the Red spymaster could say “0-hospital” to eliminate those cards.

Each team takes turns until they make contact with all of their agents or they get assassinated.

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