New Year's Eve music game: guess the year
While you wait for midnight, play a game about years. Fitting, and a lot better than staring at the clock.
Free to try. Log in with an email code, no password and no app to install.
New Year's Eve has a lot of waiting. A music game fills the hours before the countdown with songs from every year you can remember, and the competition is a nice way to look back.
Pick a deck of the biggest hits of the last decades and see who actually remembers which year was which. The final round can be timed to finish just before the fireworks.
How it works
- 1
Log in with a code
Enter your email address and type the code we send you. No password, no app.
- 2
Pick a deck
Choose a popular deck, one of your own, or scan the QR code of a deck you have.
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Add the players
Add everyone who plays and choose how many cards are needed to win. One phone is enough.
- 4
Listen and place
Hear a 30 second preview and place the song on your timeline. Right answers grow your timeline, the first to fill it wins.
The timeline in one look
Every player builds a timeline of songs in release order. You never see the year of the new song: you listen, then decide where it fits between the songs you already placed.
Tips for this game
Use a speaker
Everyone in the room should hear the previews.
Play teams
Couples against couples works well at a party.
Set an end
Pick a target so the winner is known before midnight.
What you get
One phone, whole group
The phone goes from hand to hand. Nobody needs their own device or an account.
Real music
Songs play as 30 second previews, enough to recognise a chorus and argue about the year.
Free decks to start
Popular public decks are free to play. Want your own songs? Turn any playlist into a deck, the first 100 cards are free.
Prefer real cards?
The same game also exists on printed cards with a QR code on every card. See how that works for this subject.
Frequently asked questions
Can I play with a big group?
Yes, add teams as players.
Will it work with bad internet?
The game needs a connection to load songs, so check wifi before the party.
Do I need to install an app?
No. The game runs in your phone browser. You only log in with a code sent to your email address.
Can we play together on different phones?
Not yet. The game is made for one phone that the group passes around, the way you would pass a stack of cards.
Ready to play?
Open the game, log in with a code and start your first round in a minute.
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