Playable
Start GameName Spinner
A spinning wheel for choosing who goes next, who wins a door prize, or who answers the next question.
Shared-screen spinner works now. Online rooms with server-side spins are planned.
- Players
- 2–100
- Time
- 1–5 min
- Host effort
- low
- Ages
- All ages
How you can play it
- Shared screen — runs on site
- Online (own phones) — not on site yet
- In person
Objective
Select one name at random in a way everyone can watch.
Equipment
- A screen everyone can see
Host preparation
- Type or paste the names, one per line or separated by commas.
Rules
- The host enters names.
- The host presses Spin.
- The wheel stops on one name, picked with your device's secure random generator.
- Optionally remove the picked name so it can't come up again.
Example round
Ten colleagues enter names. The host spins; it lands on Priya, who shares the first team update.
Scoring & winning
No scoring — it's a picker.
Winner: Whoever the wheel lands on.
Ties: Not possible; exactly one name is picked.
Variations
- Remove after pick for a full running order.
- Use it to pick prompts or categories instead of people.
Accessibility
- Result is announced as text for screen readers.
- Turn off animation for an instant result.
Safety notes
- Let people opt out of being on the wheel.