Category
Agile games
Agile games turn abstract framework concepts — sprints, WIP limits, retrospectives — into something a team can feel in their hands. Use them to onboard new joiners, reset a stuck team, or open a planning week.
User story mapping workshop
8.8Build a user journey on the wall, then slice it into shippable releases.
- Group
- 5–15
- Energy
- Medium
- Time
- Half day
Ball-point game
8.7A scrum classic — pass tennis balls through every team-mate's hands.
- Group
- 6–24 (in teams of 6–8)
- Energy
- Medium
- Time
- 45 min
Kanban pizza
8.5Build paper pizzas on a kanban board to feel WIP limits in your hands.
- Group
- 8–25
- Energy
- Medium
- Time
- 60 min
The dot game
8.1Coin-flips on a board teach the cost of large batches in 15 minutes.
- Group
- 6–18
- Energy
- Low
- Time
- 45 min
Online whiteboard sketch
7.7Sketch an idea silently in 60 seconds — others guess and annotate.
- Group
- 4–20
- Energy
- Medium
- Time
- 30 min
Planning poker warm-up
7.6Estimate the size of made-up animals to depersonalise estimation.
- Group
- 5–20
- Energy
- Low
- Time
- 20 min
Other categories
Meeting icebreakers
Quick openers that get a room talking in under ten minutes.
Team building games
Mid-length games that build trust through shared problem-solving.
Improv games
Theatre-school exercises that train listening and 'yes, and' thinking.
Minute to win it
60-second challenges with cheap props and big laughs.
Team energizers
Two- to ten-minute boosts to wake a flat room.
Virtual team building
Activities designed for fully-remote teams on video calls.
Hybrid team building
Designed so remote and in-person players have equal footing.