Vegan Icebreaker Bingo!

[Dandelion]

For my next Vegan Chicago Meetup i'm toying with the idea of playing IceBreaker Bingo to get people to interact more. It's one of our biggest problems at events and for our 6th anniversary i'd like to try this social experiment. Bingo cards will be handed out and this is how it's played:

Directions: An individual wants to fill out her/his paper by asking different people whether or not the statement in the square is true about them. Write the name of the person or have that person sign the square. Only one person per square. Also, each square must have a different name. This guarantees that each participant is talking to multiple people throughout the game. The first person to fill her/his paper of names or fills a row or column or names, yells Bingo. At that point, the Bingo winner must introduce to the group each person whose name she/he wrote down and which square each person matches.

I need to come up with a list of statements and it would be nice if they had a (nonjudgemental) vegan spin to them. A typical statement list is something like this:

can name 3 marsupials. _________
can say the alphabet backwards.
can touch their toes. __________
can wiggle their nose. _________
cheers for the Maple Leafs. ____
doesn't go to your school. _____
drinks coffee regularly. _______
has a pet. _____________________
has as many siblings as you. ___
has heard of Led Zeppelin. _____
is born in the same month of the
is wearing a watch. ____________
is willing to sing in front of s
is younger than you. ___________
likes McDonalds. _______________
likes mushrooms on pizza. ______
likes yogurt. __________________
owns a Britney Spears CD. ______
owns a Disney movie on VHS tape.
plays a sport. _________________
prefers Pepsi over Coke. _______
was born outside of BC. ________
watched a movie last week. _____
watches soap operas. ___________
watches tennis on TV. __________
watches the Food Network. ______

BOOORing right?!

I figured i'd try to harness the power of VR to help compile a fun list.
So can you help a vegan brother out? Can you think of some creative vegan-centric bingo statements?

[La Végétalienne]

-volunteers/works at some sort of animal rescue/sanctuary
-has been vegan for over 5 years
-was raised veg*n
-has produced some sort of A/R 'zine, website, film, etc.
-has never been to a Chicago Vegan Meetup
-is raising vegan children
-has vegan pets
-has been vegan for less than 3 months
-is involved in an A/R organization
-is a member of VRF

[ajkochanowicz]

For my next Vegan Chicago Meetup i'm toying with the idea of playing IceBreaker Bingo to get people to interact more. It's one of our biggest problems at events and for our 6th anniversary i'd like to try this social experiment. Bingo cards will be handed out and this is how it's played:


I need to come up with a list of statements and it would be nice if they had a (nonjudgemental) vegan spin to them. A typical statement list is something like this:

BOOORing right?!

I figured i'd try to harness the power of VR to help compile a fun list.
So can you help a vegan brother out? Can you think of some creative vegan-centric bingo statements?

You do meetups in Chicago?

Where is there more information on this?

[Emiloid]

That sounds really fun! I can't think of anything to help at the moment. But still... I love the idea.

[Dandelion]

You do meetups in Chicago?

Where is there more information on this?

Yeah i sorta do, heh.
Vegan Chicago hosts Vegan Meetups.

[Dandelion]

-volunteers/works at some sort of animal rescue/sanctuary
-has been vegan for over 5 years
-was raised veg*n
-has produced some sort of A/R 'zine, website, film, etc.
-has never been to a Chicago Vegan Meetup
-is raising vegan children
-has vegan pets
-has been vegan for less than 3 months
-is involved in an A/R organization
-is a member of VRF

Holy wow these are brilliant! Thankyou!

[Dandelion]

That sounds really fun! I can't think of anything to help at the moment. But still... I love the idea.

Good, i was afraid this might be too cornball. Still i will make this optional with plenty of positive reinforcement.

[downwithapathy]

Do single vegan boys who aren't too physically fit go to these meetups? I want to play Bingo!

eta: We played a version of this in Girl Scouts. Totally fun.

[Dandelion]

Do single vegan boys who aren't too physically fit go to these meetups? I want to play Bingo!

eta: We played a version of this in Girl Scouts. Totally fun.

All kindsa vegan boys come to the meetups. Hop on that bus!
Glad to hear it was fun, i hope i don't goof this up.

[quagga]

how about the vegan foodie angle??

has eaten edamame
has eaten miso
has eaten tofu
has eaten tempeh
has eaten natto

or the chicago vegan angle -- with chicago area vegan restaurants or restaurants with veg specialties?

[Dandelion]

how about the vegan foodie angle??

has eaten edamame
has eaten miso
has eaten tofu
has eaten tempeh
has eaten natto

or the chicago vegan angle -- with chicago area vegan restaurants or restaurants with veg specialties?

Good ideas! I'll add some for reference later:

Has tried Chicago SoyDairy's Vegan Cheese "Teese"
Had a vegan shake at Chicago Diner
Had the french Toast at Pick Me Up Cafe
Bought vegan goodies at Ethical Planet in the last few months
Had cake at Blind Faith
Never been to Cousin's before.
Had the chili cheese fries at VeggieBite
Marched at Fur Free Friday last week.

I need resident foodie Carnelian!

[La Végétalienne]

Holy wow these are brilliant! Thankyou!

You're welcome! I based my list on some of the threads we have, since clearly those are things vegans find interesting. How about a few more:
-knows the word for “vegan” in at least 3 languages
-works for a vegan restaurant/store/etc.
-has a vegan and/or A/R tattoo
-has made seitan from scratch
-has at least 7 A/R and/or vegan t-shirts
-has been to an A/R conference
-is also freegan
-is also a raw foodist
-regularly attends A/R-related protests
-has traveled more than 5 hours specifically to visit a particular vegan establishment
-has a favorite vegan author (i.e. Singer, Francione, Regan, etc.)
-is male, single, and not too physically fit

[La Végétalienne]

Good ideas! I'll add some for reference later:

Has tried Chicago SoyDairy's Vegan Cheese "Teese"
Had a vegan shake at Chicago Diner
Had the french Toast at Pick Me Up Cafe
Bought vegan goodies at Ethical Planet in the last few months
Had cake at Blind Faith
Never been to Cousin's before.
Had the chili cheese fries at VeggieBite
Marched at Fur Free Friday last week.

I need resident foodie Carnelian!

Note to self: move to Chicago.

[Dandelion]

Awesome... VR FTW OMG <3!!

-is male, single, and not too physically fit

i saw what you did there!

[carnelian]

Can name 3 types (not brands) of non-dairy milk
Did not attend but knows where the November meetup was held
Attended the November meetup
Attended the October & November meetups
Has won a raffle at a past meetup
Has seen 'Meet Your Meat'
Attended the Mercy For Animals gala at the Chicago Cultural Center last night (it’ll be ‘last night’ on meetup day)
Has been to Kramer’s Health Foods
Has eaten at Lake Side Cafe
Knows what a Tofutti Cutie is
Can name a vegan online store
Attended the Green Festival in Chicago this year
Has a vegan blog
Has had a green smoothie
Has eaten the bread pudding at Karyn's Cooked

Warning - Shameless Plug: Has visited my vegan/AR display case in the SAIC Sullivan Galleries (Since I posted info about it on VRF and on the meetup message board a while back, the potential exists for a few to have seen it. I know at least three people (not including me) who have done such and will be in attendance at the meetup). FYI: It’s up through December 13th.


P.S. This is gonna be SO MUCH FUN!