Circle of Joy — Baha'i Games

Gather round. Everyone plays.

Circle of Joy is five Bahá'í games for a gathering — a study circle, a devotional, a family evening, a junior youth group. One phone opens the room. Everyone else points their camera at a code and plays on their own phone, in the browser they already have. Nothing to install for guests, no accounts, no sign-in.

THE FIVE GAMES

• Question Quiz — A question goes up and everyone answers on their own phone. The answers are numbered and shuffled for each player, and the source appears with every answer.

• Virtues Charades — One person acts out a virtue; everyone else types their guess. Nobody has to talk over anyone, and the quietest person in the room gets their turn.

• Clue Detectives — Everyone holds a different clue. Read yours out, talk it over, and put one answer on the table together.

• Passage Builder — A passage arrives with its words scattered. Put it back in order — the closest thing here to learning by heart.

• Consultation — Four things a community might really talk about. The room chooses one, quietly and together, and the conversation is the game. No score, no winner.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• Over 3,200 questions, words, puzzles and passages, from the Bahá'í Writings, Bahá'í history and the Ruhi Institute's books • English and Arabic, each with its own content — the Arabic was written in Arabic, not translated, and the whole app reads right to left • Every quotation names its source • For children, junior youth and adults; choose the topics and the length; play in teams, or take a seat yourself and play on your own

NO INTERNET NEEDED, AND NOTHING LEAVES THE ROOM

The room runs on your own Wi-Fi or your phone's hotspot, and works in a hall with no signal. No accounts, no analytics, no advertising. When the phone is online, the app checks our website for new and corrected questions; nothing about you is sent. The only other thing it sends is a problem report, and only when you press Send. Names and photos stay on the host's phone while the room is open, and go when it closes.

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