Bingo fans gather round. It’s time to brush up on your Greek mythology because this post is going to take you on a rollicking ride. The ancient Greeks were renowned for many things – they were explorers, conquerors and great philosophers. Join me as we delve into the world of Greek legends and titans.
In a welcome departure from the norm, I’ve decided to don my Greek mythology hat and provide a tasty treat for bingo fans. It’s fantastic that no matter what the subject, bingo is easily incorporated into the fold. The idea to write a piece on this subject was suggested to me by a family member at a dinner I was having with Greek relatives recently. Not that it mattered because I’ve always wanted to take bingo games to a legendary level.
How bingo and Greek mythology can be incorporated
Let’s start off with a standard 75 ball bingo card. For those who don’t already know, this is the North American favorite variant of bingo gaming. Take a grid and make it 5 x 5 with the center square gifted to players. To add a little spice, I’ve added the Poseidon background for greater appeal (Note: you can easily superimpose the bingo grid onto the picture as illustrated below), So it could look a little something like this:
Remember that the theme here is ancient Greece – so ancient that these names are the stuff of legend. If you’re going to fill up the bingo card with names of gods and mythical creatures, then choose popular names like: Achilles, Helen, Midas, Aphrodite, Pandora and many others.
If you’re having a gathering of folks at your pad then you may want to consider giving each player 1 card. You can easily make up exciting descriptions for the characters in the blocks. Recall that the caller (you or someone you’ve designated) will have a list of all the names that will be found on all cards. A short description of a name will be randomly selected (from a bingo hopper or RNG – random number generator).
Players always want to know how to make sure the calling goes smoothly – without fear or favor to any one player. It’s simple: the word B-I-N-G-O (as printed on the 5X5 card allocates numbers to each letter ie. B is for 1-15, I is for 16-30 and so on) so use a whiteboard to mark the called out numbers on, so that players have a reference as they’re daubing. The winner is the one who is first to form a winning pattern with the bingo card and yell out ‘Bingo!’ or perhaps ring a bell or buzzer that you’ have provided.
Patterns vary between completing lines (vertical, diagonal or horizontal) and filling up entire cards. In the end you’ll see a quick and easy operation – much like prior posts – where a winner can be crowned in between 7 and 11 bingo balls being called out. You could even get a little eccentric and play Troy the movie, starring Brad Pitt (this is bound to get characters buzzing). What makes this even more exciting is the fact that the Greek icons are universally popular – sot there’s precious little need to play teacher.
If you’d like to play this version of Greek bingo, give it a bash and let me know how it went. Send all comments to me right here at bingo-room.com
This is for great blog post and the Greek cultural element is most fantastic. How is the positioning of the bingo board on the Poseidon background possible?
Hello Simone Verhoef,
This is an interesting question that you’ve posed here. If you look at this post you’ll notice that there are two square blocks. The one is the bingo grid – the 5 x 5 grid with the centre square gifted as free and the other is the picture.
The way to do it is like this:
Print the picture to the correct size. Once you’ve done that then you’ll want to use your bingo card generator to print the grid. You can do this and then cut out between the squares or print on plastic laminate (that way you won’t have to cut between blocks).
I like to do things more simply though – simply use a program that allows one picture to be superimposed on another – really simple.
Thanks again
Jeremy