Hidden levels
Points disappear from the board and each column is shuffled, so you won’t know whether a question is easy or hard until you pick it.
How to play Fateen
Two teams. One board. One winner.
Fateen is a team trivia game for one room and a few phones. Here’s a whole game in pictures, from opening a room to crowning the winners.
- Two teams, any size
- Any screen, nothing to install
- Arabic and English
The short version
A whole game in four steps.
Learn these four and you can play tonight. Everything further down is detail.
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Open a room
The host opens a room in the app or a browser and shares its code.
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Split into two teams
Everyone joins from their phone and picks a side.
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Take turns on the board
Pick a question, answer it, score its points. Harder ones are worth more.
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Most points wins
When the board is empty, the team on top takes the night.
Setting up
Open a room, fill two teams.
Takes about a minute. The host’s screen runs the game; everyone else just needs the code.
Open a room
The host opens a room and shares its six-letter code, a QR code or an invite link.
Join and pick a team
Everyone joins from their own phone and picks a side. The host can move anyone between teams.
Get the teams ready
Each team picks a name, a color and 3 lifelines. The host picks 6 categories for the board.
Start
Once everyone’s ready, the host starts the game. No phones around? Play the whole game on one screen.
What you need
- A screen everyone can seeA TV, a laptop or a phone. It runs in the browser, so there’s nothing to install.
- Two teamsAny size. Up to 32 players in a room.
- A hostShows the board, reveals the answers and gives the points.
Best setup: the board on a TV or laptop for everyone, and everyone’s phone in their hand.
The board
Read the board in five seconds.
6 categories, three levels, and a question of each for both teams: 36 questions and 10,800 points.
6 categories
The host picks them in the lobby, from 270+ in the bank.
Two of each level
Every category has a 100, a 300 and a 500 for each team. On its turn, a team picks one of its own.
Harder is worth more
- 100
- Easy
- 300
- Medium
- 500
- Hard
Played questions change color
A question takes the color of the team that won it. A grey one means nobody got it.
Score and turn
The top shows each team’s points and whose turn it is.
- 36questions on a full board
- 10,800points on the board, before any Double
- 3lifelines for each team
A turn
One turn, start to finish.
Follow the Falcons through a single question. Every turn of the game goes the same way.
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Pick
On their turn, the Falcons pick one of their own questions: Geography, 300.
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Answer
The host reads it out, and the Falcons answer first.
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Steal
Wrong, or stuck? The Wolves can give another answer and steal the points.
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Reveal
The host shows the answer and gives the points to whoever got it, or nobody.
Then it’s the Wolves’ turn.
Play goes back and forth until the board is empty, and the team with the most points wins. The host can also end the game early and show the results.
Lifelines
Pick 3 lifelines. Each works once.
Before the game, each team picks its lifelines from these. Double is played from the board before picking a question; the rest while a question is open.
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Before picking
Double
Double the points if you get the question you pick right.
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During the question
Block
Stops the other team from answering this question.
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During the question
Two Answers
Give two answers. If either is right, you score.
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During the question
Call a Friend
A full minute to call anyone you know.
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During the question
Choices
Shows four options, one of them correct.
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During the question
Swap Question
A new question from the same category and level.
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During the question
Bomb
Pass the question to the other team. If they miss, they lose the points.
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During the question
Hint
A smart hint that nudges you toward the answer without giving it away.
Settings
Make the game yours.
The host sets these in the lobby before the game starts.
Countdown
Put every question on the clock, from one to ten minutes. When time runs out, the game doesn’t decide anything; you do.
One screen or everyone’s phones
The host’s screen runs the whole board, so you can play around one device. When players join from their phones, they follow the board and play their team’s lifelines from where they sit.
Tips
Tips for winning.
Small choices that swing a close game.
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Save Double for a sure thing.
Played before a 500 question you’re confident about, it’s 1,000 points in one go.
Go big in your strong categories.
A 500 question in a category your team knows well is worth five easy ones.
Use the Bomb when you’re stuck.
Pass a question you can’t answer to the other team; if they miss, they lose the points.
Watch the board.
Keep track of the big questions still left: a lead can flip in the last few turns.
Mix your team.
Put a sports fan, a geography buff and a history lover on each side, and talk it over before you answer.
Everyone for themselves?
Try the Party Quiz: everyone answers on their own phone, backs it with confidence points, and one player takes the night.
Game night starts here.
Gather your people, split into two teams, and find out who the real Fateen is.
