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Tick Tock Boom: the hot potato bomb game

Tick Tock Boom is a hot potato bomb game for 2 to 30 players, played on the TV with everyone's phone as their controller.

A ticking bomb flies from phone to phone. Fast reactions keep you in the game.

Players
2–30 players
Time
About 3–8 minutes
How you play
Teams, or everyone for themselves
You need
A TV with a web browser, and a phone each
Price
In the Trial and Unlimited (plans); players never pay

How do you play Tick Tock Boom?

A ticking cartoon bomb flies from phone to phone: tap it to send it on before it goes off. Last one left wins.

30 seconds
Read the video transcript

Arnold: A ticking bomb flies from phone to phone. Keep your phone ready, and watch the TV to see who has it!

Lily: When the bomb lands on your phone, it bounces about the screen. Tap it fast to send it flying to someone else!

Arnold: If the bomb goes off while it’s on your phone, you’re out! Each round, the fuse gets shorter.

Lily: Keep tapping and keep surviving. The last player left wins Tick Tock Boom!

How to play

  1. Watch for the bomb

    Keep your phone ready and watch the TV to see who has it.

  2. Pass it quickly

    When the bomb reaches you, hit it away before it explodes.

  3. Survive the rounds

    An explosion knocks a player out. Keep playing as the pressure rises.

How to win

Be the last player left.

What does Tick Tock Boom look like?

Real screens from a game: the TV, the players' phones and the host's Backstage. The names are made up.

Tick Tock Boom on a TV in a living room, with the real phone screens in front: Tick Tock Boom on the TV: the bomb with its fuse burning down
Tick Tock Boom on the TV: the countdown to bomb 1, with the bomb waiting to be lit
Sam's phone: bomb 1 on its way, be readyPlayer controllerPriya's phone: bomb 1 on its way, be readyPlayer controllerLeo's phone: bomb 1 on its way, be readyPlayer controllerThe host's Backstage during Tick Tock BoomThe host's Backstage
Here comes the bomb! Everyone watches their phone: it could land on anyone.
Tick Tock Boom on the TV: the bomb with its fuse burning down
Leo's phone: the bomb bouncing about, hit it away!Player controllerSam's phone: nothing on it, hoping the bomb doesn't come their wayPlayer controllerPriya's phone: nothing on it, hoping the bomb doesn't come their wayPlayer controller
The bomb lands on Leo’s phone: hit it away, fast! The TV never says who has it.
Tick Tock Boom on the TV: BOOM! Priya blew up, and who is still in
Priya's phone: BOOM! It blew up on youPlayer controllerSam's phone: still inPlayer controller
BOOM! Whoever’s holding it when the fuse runs out is out. Last one standing wins.

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