Check-in game

🕵️ Who Wrote It?

“My strangest side job: Santa at the mall.” – Who was that? In Who Wrote It?, everyone answers a harmless personal question. Then some answers appear without names and everyone guesses who wrote them. The reveal brings surprises, aha moments – and plenty of follow-up questions. Perfect for seeing colleagues from a new angle.

• 3–20 people
• about 3 minutes per round
• Free, no app

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How Who Wrote It? works

1. A personal but harmless question appears, e.g. “My first concert”.
2. Everyone answers briefly on their phone.
3. Some answers appear anonymously – everyone matches them to the person they suspect.
4. At the reveal: 1 point per correct match, 2 points for a poker face if nobody guesses your answer.

Why Who Wrote It? works

• You learn things about each other that would otherwise never come up.
• The guessing shows how well the team really knows each other.
• Every revealed answer is a conversation starter.

Great for

• Kick-off
• Onboarding new colleagues
• Team events
• Retrospective

Examples

• My first concert
• A talent hardly anyone here knows about
• My dream job at age 8
• My strangest side job
• A food I hated as a kid

Tips for hosts

• The questions are deliberately harmless – still worth mentioning that all names are shown at the reveal.
• For big groups, set how many answers are guessed (3–8).

FAQ

Are all answers guessed?

No, just a selection (3 to 8, adjustable) to keep it quick. Everyone who answered is still an option.

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