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Random teams from your guest list, dealt live

Add Trivia teams or Field day teams to your RSVPlinks event, choose how many teams, and press Draw. Guests are split into balanced teams, people from the same RSVP together and children shared out evenly. Each player is emailed their team, and the live screen deals names into columns one team at a time.

Per event
$6 or 1 credit
Players
Up to 500
Guests need
A phone, no app
Create Free EventWatch the draw

The team deal

Names are dealt like playing cards from a deck into a column per team, one team per step.

Sample names, drawn in your browser with the same rules as a real game. Nothing is saved.

How to run a team draw online

  1. 1

    Add teams

    Pick Trivia teams or Field day teams from Party Games.

  2. 2

    Choose who plays

    Everyone attending by default, or guests opt in on the rsvp form, or players you add. On the day, draw only checked-in guests.

  3. 3

    Set the teams

    From 2 to 12 teams, with names if you like. Each team needs at least two players.

  4. 4

    Draw

    Teams are balanced by size; parties stay together and kids are spread out, if you choose.

  5. 5

    Reveal

    Each Next on the live screen deals the next team.

What you set up

Number of teams
2 to 12.
Team names
Leave one empty for Team 1, Team 2…
Keep parties together
People from one RSVP share a team.
Spread the kids
Children are shared out evenly between teams.
Checked-in guests only
Only guests checked in at the door are put on a team.
The Teams settings a host fills in on RSVPlinks
The host's Teams settings on the event dashboard.

What guests see

  • An email and a game page with their team and teammates.
  • Every team on the event page once you reveal them.
  • A late guest is put on the smallest team for you.
What a guest sees for a team draw on their phone
A guest's view on a phone.

On the big screen

  • Names are dealt into columns, one team revealed per Next.
  • Skip jumps to the result and Replay plays it again. Neither changes who won: every result is stored before it plays, so a refresh or a second screen shows the same thing.
  • Full screen, synthesised sound you can mute, and buttons along the top that switch between your event's games without leaving full screen (keys 1 to 9).
  • QR code puts the game's page on the big screen for the room to scan.
  • Preview the draw rehearses with your players, topped up with sample names, and saves nothing.

Good for

Questions

Can families stay on the same team?

Yes. Keep parties together puts everyone from one RSVP on one team. Turn it off to mix everyone.

How are kids shared out?

With Spread the kids on, children are divided evenly between the teams, so no team ends up with all the little ones.

What if someone arrives after the teams are drawn?

A guest who joins late is added to the smallest team and emailed their team; a guest who leaves is taken off theirs.

How much does it cost to run a team draw with RSVPlinks?

$6 or 1 credit per event, paid once, for the Party Games add-on. It unlocks every game on that event (up to 12), and a free event can buy it: no paid plan needed. A free event's games hold up to 200 players; paid plans hold up to 500.

Do guests need an app or an account?

No. Guests play from your event page, a QR code or the private link in their email, on any phone or computer.

Setting one up? Read the Party Games guide.

Every game, one add-on

One purchase unlocks all of them on your event.

Run a team draw at your next event

Make the event free, then add Party Games from the event dashboard for $6 or 1 credit.

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