About
Early in my career as a mobile disc jockey, someone I knew who lived in a retirement home mentioned an event at their home where a person came in and played music. I lived near a retirement home and started volunteering to play music there and, later, senior centers. Then, I had an idea of bringing in a game. We didn't ask 100 people but surveys said that it was a hit. I began playing a Friendly Feud at many senior centers, and for other organizations.
In the January of 2020, at the request of a manager at a senior center I regularly worked at, I developed and hosted my first game of Bandstand Bingo, a bingo game with bands instead of numbers.
When COVID shut down everything, I adapted my Friendly Feud game to play online and offered a free game every night. As the weeks went on, I wanted to offer something different, so I added Words of Fortune (like the children's game Hangman), Bandstand Bingo, a game of my own creation, and a couple other games. After COVID, I was able to adapt most of the games from virtual to in person and began offering 5 of the games for groups. In the Winter of 2025 I added a 6th game for all those card sharks out there. They were all widely enjoyed wherever I went.
When I was making an improvement to the Words of Fortune game, I realized that it could be hosted by others and run indepently. I decided to adapt all my games to make them available for groups to use on their own. If you have a host, you can run these games.
- Matt