Live social games for venues
Boom or bust, people always show up for a good time. Brainflood gives hosts and venues one dashboard for trivia, karaoke, bingo, sports pick'em, brainpardy, lightning, bluff, and tournaments. Pubs, sports bars, restaurants, weddings, corporate. Pick the night, run the night, get paid.
Tonight's Game
Tuesday Trivia Night
14
Teams
R3
Brainpardy Round
52
Players
Live Leaderboard
Current Clue
Music · $800
"This 1975 Queen epic features an a cappella operatic middle section."
Answer
What is Bohemian Rhapsody?
QR Check-In
joinplay.net/TRIV4
12,000+
Ready-to-go questions
8
Game modes
$19
Starting Price / Month
15
Categories
Why Brainflood
We built the platform we wished existed when we started hosting. No bloat, no BS. Just the tools that get out of your way so you can run the night.
Hit the ground running with thousands of curated, verified questions across 15 categories and 3 difficulty levels. Fresh content added weekly so your regulars never get bored.
Let AI run your entire game: read clues, grade answers, manage pacing, and generate commentary. Or use hybrid mode where AI assists while you stay in control.
Drop in an event brief and chat with the AI. It asks the right clarifying questions, lays out the rounds, writes the question pack, and builds a base slideshow from photos you upload. Six starter presets: Wedding, Corporate, Birthday, Pub Trivia, Pub Karaoke, Open Mic. Sessions persist across reloads and tab handoffs, so an event you start Monday is still there Thursday with the to-do list ticked off.
Players scan once, they're in. No app downloads, no account creation. Just point their phone camera and go. Works on any device with a browser.
Trivia. Brainpardy grids. Bluff/Balderdash. Bingo with four win patterns. Lightning buzzer rounds. Karaoke (Contest Mode + Trivia Hybrid). Sports Pick'em with live NFL/NBA/MLB data. Tournament brackets. Mix and match in a single night.
Enter scores round by round. Totals update instantly. Show the leaderboard on a big screen or let teams check standings from their phone. Drama guaranteed.
Run single elimination, double elimination, or round robin tournaments with automatic bracket management and public bracket displays.
Describe a topic, get perfectly formatted questions instantly. Powered by Claude AI. Save to your library or use on the fly. Never run out of fresh material.
Prefer old-school? Multiple game modes run fully on pencil and paper. Players write their answers, you handle the questions, scoring, and leaderboard on screen. No phones, no clipboard, no fuss.
Tabbed KJ console: Queue & Stage, Display, Voice, Settings. Four built-in presets so you don't rebuild every Friday: Open Mic Night, Contest Night, Trivia Karaoke, Tip Jar Special. Trivia between songs earns Priority Passes for skip-the-line. Tip collection (Venmo / CashApp / PayPal), TTS announcements, YouTube playback, and a sticky waitlist that never disappears between tabs.
Turn phones into buzzers for high-speed bonus rounds. Real-time scoring with millisecond precision. The perfect finale to keep the energy sky-high.
Host at one venue or ten. One account, separate stats, shared question library. Built for hosts who run multiple rooms across the week.
Upload event photos in the AI Event Builder and a base slideshow assembles itself: image slides plus quote slides extracted from the brief. Fine-tune in the visual editor. Three hours in PowerPoint becomes fifteen minutes in chat. Run it as the between-round screen, the wedding reception backdrop, or the corporate kickoff intro.
Scrolling messages at the bottom of the venue display: drink specials, sponsorships, upcoming nights, "Trivia every Tuesday at 7." Set them once per venue and they run across every event. Plus public projector / TV displays for game state, leaderboards, tournament brackets, and the karaoke queue. No second laptop.
Build a game by looking at it. A neon timeline shows every round in order; drag to reorder, click to edit, watch a live preview as you go. Quick-Start templates seed a full game in one click (Themed Pub Night, Brainpardy Special, Lightning Tiebreaker, more). Your most-used templates auto-surface under "From your library."
Cards, not spreadsheets. Picture, audio, music, and text questions all in one neon grid. Got a dud? Hit Rotate, get a matched replacement that fits the round (same category, same difficulty, never repeats). Bulk-rotate the bad ones in the picker without losing your spot. Favorites, media-type filters, format tabs.
Neon timers that pulse amber at 10 seconds, red at 3. Confetti when a team clinches a streak. Haptic buzzers that vibrate in players' hands. Spotlights when their team flashes on the leaderboard. The venue feels like a show because every micro-interaction is built like one. No second monitor, no production switcher, no light board.
One night, many activities
A weekly trivia night is one Event. A wedding reception is one Event. So is a Sunday football pick'em with halftime bingo. Brainflood treats them the same: a container that holds whatever activities you want, in whatever order, on whatever screen.
Mix game modes, slideshows, tickers, and polls inside one Event. Schedule it once, save it as a template, run it again next week. Or chat with the AI Event Builder and have the whole thing scaffolded in fifteen minutes.
The Game Library
Each one fits a different room. Each one runs from the same dashboard. Pick the games that match your venue, then mix them across the week.
Science · Easy
"What planet is known as the Red Planet?"
The foundation. Multiple choice, true/false, short answer: build rounds your way with pen-and-paper or digital play.
5×5 category board with Daily Doubles, Final Brainpardy, and buzzer-based wagering. A crowd favorite.
Phones become buzzers. Millisecond precision timing. Speed-based scoring. The crowd goes wild.
Which answer is real?
Teams submit fake answers, everyone votes. Points for fooling other teams. Hilarity guaranteed.
Standard number bingo or trivia bingo. Multiple win patterns: line, four corners, full card, X.
Single elim, double elim, or round robin. 4–32 teams, automatic bracket generation, and live bracket displays. Run a championship night.
Now Performing
Sarah M.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Tabbed KJ Dashboard, four built-in presets (Open Mic, Contest Night, Trivia Karaoke, Tip Jar Special), Priority Pass skip-the-line via trivia between songs, YouTube playback, TTS announcements, and Venmo / CashApp / PayPal tip collection. Pop the venue display on the projector and you're running the show.
Live sports data · auto-judged on final
Real NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and soccer games. Players lock in predictions before kickoff. One Lock-of-the-Night per session: 2× points if you nail it, half if you don't. Auto-judges off live game finals.
One Subscription
Same dashboard. Different rooms, different crowds, different revenue. A packed week looks something like this.
Mon
Trivia
Quiet pub night. Regulars team up.
Tue
Bingo
Family restaurant. Mixed-age tables.
Wed
Bluff
Comedy night. Fake answers, real laughs.
Thu
Sports Pick'em
TNF. Sports bar packs in early.
Fri
Karaoke
Big crowd. Trivia between sets.
Sat
Tournament Final
Eight-team bracket, monthly closer.
Sun
Lightning
Sunday Funday. Phones become buzzers.
You don't have to fill every night. Pick three, pick five, pick all seven. The schedule is yours, the modes are all included, and your regulars stop asking "what's tonight?"
Pick Your Room
Every venue type has a different rhythm. Here's the bundle that fits each one.
NFL Sundays, March Madness, Game 7s
Sports Pick'em turns spectator nights into participation nights. Lock-of-the-Night creates real drama at the bar. Tournament brackets keep monthly leagues going.
Pick'em · Trivia · Lightning · Tournaments
Tuesday quiz that's not the same five categories
Trivia is the anchor. Bluff nights for the comedy crowd. Brainpardy themes (Movies, Music, Geography) keep regulars from getting bored. Lightning when the room needs energy.
Trivia · Bluff · Lightning · Brainpardy
Slow weeknights, mixed-age tables
Bingo's low-stakes social vibe works for grandparents and grandkids at the same table. Themed Trivia (kid-friendly, food-themed) lets families team up.
Bingo · Trivia
KJ workflow that doesn't feel like 1999
Real-time queue management. Contest Mode (audience voting) for Saturday nights. Trivia Hybrid keeps the room engaged when one singer's bombing. Tip-jar links on the public display.
Karaoke · Trivia (between sets)
$500–$2,000 per event, repeat business
Brainpardy with custom company-history clues lands every time. AI Event Builder generates a bespoke question pack from a brief in minutes. White-label branding on the Business tier.
Brainpardy · Trivia · Bluff (corporate filter)
One-off, personal, doesn't feel canned
Bluff with couple-themed fake answers. Bingo cards full of personal milestones (where they met, first dance song). AI Event Builder spins a custom round from the couple's brief.
Bluff · Bingo · Trivia
Stupid Simple
From zero to hosting your first game in minutes. No training manual required.
Use the Visual Game Designer to lay out rounds on a neon timeline, browse the Question Explorer's card grid, and quick-rotate any dud in one tap. Or skip the wizard entirely: chat with the AI Event Builder, give it a brief, and it scaffolds the whole night.
Use our clean mobile interface, or let AI handle it. See questions and answers at a glance, manage rounds, and enter scores as you go. Teams check in via QR.
Share instant leaderboard graphics on social media. Track player retention, popular categories, and attendance trends. Build a hosting business that compounds week over week.
Built-In Community
A great game night isn't just a game. It's a community. Brainflood gives your players a home base between visits, turning one-time drop-ins into regulars who bring their friends.
Teams stick together across games and venues. Rosters, join codes, team stats, captains, and aggregate rankings. Your regulars build an identity they're proud of and keep coming back for.
Full-featured forums with categories, threads, reactions, search, and moderation. Players debate answers, share highlights, and trash-talk between games. Your community stays engaged even when nothing's on the calendar.
Every team gets a private space to strategize, share study material, and coordinate. Auto-created when teams form, with captain moderation. It's like a team group chat, but built right into the platform.
Connect with other Brainflood hosts in private forums. Share tips on venues, swap question ideas, discuss what's working, and help each other grow. KJs, trivia hosts, sports jockeys, MCs, all in one place.
Every player gets a profile with skill tiers, category strengths, game history, and unlockable achievements. AI-generated performance summaries show players how they're improving, giving them a reason to come back.
Players message each other, talk trash, and form rivalries. Global leaderboards track rankings, win streaks, and points across all games. Competition breeds loyalty, and loyal players fill your venue every week.
Community isn't a nice-to-have. It's how you fill seats every single week.
When players have teams, rivalries, achievements, and forums, they don't just show up for the game. They show up for each other. That's the difference between a quiet Tuesday and a packed house with a waitlist.
Build Your Business
Brainflood is your tech stack, not your employer. You set your rates, choose your venues, and pocket 100% of what you earn. We've built a complete resource library to help you succeed.
$38-90+[1,2,6]
Effective hourly rate
100%
You keep what you earn
2-3x[7,8,11]
More than Uber/DoorDash
$500+[3,4]
Corporate event rates
Illustrative figures based on industry data — view sources & methodology.
Forget Uber and DoorDash. See the real numbers on why hosting pays 2-4x more per hour with zero vehicle costs, recurring income, and total schedule freedom.
Read the breakdown →Seven revenue streams, detailed income ladders, and real-world scenarios. From $800/mo side hustler to $8,000+/mo full-time pro.
See the numbers →Companies pay 3-5x weekly-venue rates for team building. Learn how to find corporate clients, price your services, and deliver events they'll rebook.
See the corporate playbook →Four tiers of gear from "use what you have" to premium $5,000 setups. Specific product recommendations and smart buying tips.
See the gear →The craft of working a crowd. Preparation, pacing, energy management, handling hecklers, and the secrets that make great hosts.
Master the mic →Go from 1 gig to 10+. Systemize your business, hire other hosts, build an agency earning $6,000-$12,000+/month.
Scale your business →9 in-depth guides covering everything from finding venues to business setup, taxes, and more.
Other platforms charge premium prices for features most hosts never use. We give you everything you need, with flexible add-ons only when you want them.
Industry Average
$49–$150+/mo
Brainflood
from $19/mo
Pricing
No contracts. No hidden fees. Cancel anytime. Every plan includes our curated question database.
Kick the tires
For weekly hosts
or $189/year (save 17%)
For serious hosts
or $389/year (save 17%)
For multi-venue operators
or $989/year (save 17%)
All paid plans include a 30-day money-back guarantee. Not happy? We'll refund you, no questions asked (well, maybe one trivia question).
For players — the cosmetic + analytics tier.
Plus badge, custom profile color, vanity slug, animated avatar, achievement showcase, deep skill analytics, unlimited game history, weekly AI recap, study guide, lifted DM caps, and DM attachments.
Flexible Add-Ons
Need a little extra for a big gig? Add-ons let you say "yes" to more opportunities without upgrading your plan.
Hosting a pop-up, festival, or filling in at a new venue? Add individual venues for just that month, no need to upgrade your whole plan. Perfect for grabbing extra gigs.
$8/venue/month or $18 one-time event
Landing a big corporate event? Buy token credits for extra AI question generation or full autonomous hosting. Pay only for high-value moments; regular nights stay on your plan.
Packs from $5 (generous monthly allowance included)
Running a tournament or multi-night corporate series? Temporarily unlock Business features for that event only. Say yes to bigger opportunities without changing your subscription.
$25-$45 per event unlock
Add-ons are completely optional and purchasable from your dashboard in one click. Most hosts never need them. They're here when you want to seize those income-boosting opportunities.
FAQ
Nope! Brainflood is 100% web-based. Players scan a QR code or type a short game code on their phone browser. No downloads, no accounts, no friction. They're playing in seconds.
Three modes: Human (you run everything, the platform is your tool), Hybrid (AI assists with reading, grading, and pacing while you stay in control), and Full AI (runs the entire game autonomously). You choose the personality: Witty, Professional, Casual, or Snarky.
A chat-driven assistant that turns an event brief into a fully prepped show. Tell it about the event (a wedding, a corporate kickoff, your weekly pub night), upload photos, and the AI walks you through clarifying questions, builds the round structure, generates a custom question pack, and assembles a base slideshow you can fine-tune. Six starter presets ship out of the box: Wedding, Corporate, Birthday, Pub Trivia, Pub Karaoke, and Open Mic. Sessions are durable across reloads and tab handoffs. Pick up exactly where you left off, on any device. A per-session project page shows the to-do list, the photos synced from the media tab, the question pack, the AI-built slideshow, and the schedule, so a multi-day event stays organized.
Yes, and most successful hosts do. Brainflood treats a night as an Event: a container that holds activities like a game, a karaoke set, a slideshow break, a poll, a ticker, or a tournament round. Mix them in whatever order. Save the recipe as a template and run the same shape next week. Tuesday is trivia + lightning tiebreaker; Friday is karaoke with trivia between sets; Sunday is football pick'em with halftime music bingo. One dashboard, one calendar.
Hit Rotate. The Unified Question Explorer swaps it for a matched replacement in the same category and difficulty, never the same question twice. Spot the dud while you're building the game and you can bulk-rotate all the weak ones in the picker without losing your spot. No more rebuilding a round because two questions died.
Each plan includes a monthly AI credit wallet that covers question generation, AI hosting, commentary, slideshow build, and grading. Run out and you can top up with a credit pack (no auto-charge: you opt in). The Business tier ships with unlimited AI for the heaviest users. Soft caps prevent surprise overages. Every AI call shows its credit cost in the chat or wizard before it runs, so you always see the price before you press the button.
Never. You pay a flat monthly subscription for the tools and keep 100% of what you earn. Hosting fees, tips, sponsorship deals, corporate event charges: all yours. No commissions, no revenue shares, no finder's fees.
Eight modes: Trivia, Brainpardy Grid (Jeopardy-style with Daily Doubles & Final Brainpardy), Lightning Rounds (speed-buzzer), Bluff/Balderdash, Bingo (4 win patterns + a trivia variant), Karaoke (full KJ system, Contest Mode, Trivia Hybrid), Sports Pick'em (live NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL prediction nights with Lock-of-the-Night), and Tournaments (single/double elim or round robin). Trivia rounds also support picture, audio, and music questions. Mix and match in a single night.
Yes. No contracts, no cancellation fees. Cancel from your dashboard in two clicks. You keep access through the end of your billing period. All paid plans include a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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