Day 10: Baamboozle — The Low-Prep Game Platform That Supercharges Classroom Engagement

12 Tech Tips of Christmas 2025 – Evolve EdTech

Hello everybody and welcome back to Day 10 of the 12 Tech Tips of Christmas for 2025 with Evolve EdTech! If you’ve missed any of the previous episodes, make sure you head over to our socials (Facebook is usually the quickest) or jump onto YouTube and catch up on the first nine days.

Because today? We’re talking about a tool that’s pretty much a permanent resident in my EdTech toolkit…

Baamboozle (yes, I love it… and yes, I know I say that about a lot of tools 😄)

But some tools aren’t just “nice to have” — they’re the ones you come back to over and over again because they work, they’re simple, and they get students genuinely participating.

Baamboozle is absolutely one of those tools.

What Is Baamboozle?

If you haven’t come across it before, here’s the quick rundown:

Baamboozle is a fun, interactive game platform that brings energy and engagement into any classroom. Teachers can create simple quiz-style games that students play individually or in teams.

And here’s the magic combo that makes teachers fall in love with it:

• ✅ No student logins

• ✅ No devices required for students

• ✅ No complicated setup

• ✅ Perfect for busy educators

Baamboozle also gives you access to thousands of ready-made games across a huge range of subjects and year levels. You can customise existing games, build your own, or use it as a quick:

• warm-up

• revision activity

• formative check

• exit ticket

• “we’ve got 10 minutes left” lifesaver

Whether you’re teaching face-to-face or online, Baamboozle is a simple way to add friendly competition and boost participation.

Why Baamboozle Earns a Spot in Your EdTech Toolkit

There are plenty of gamification tools out there — some are brilliant, but complicated.

Baamboozle is the one I recommend when you want something:

• low-tech

• fast to set up

• high engagement

• easy for students to understand

• flexible across any subject area

It’s also one of those tools that works beautifully even when you’ve got mixed confidence levels in the room — both for teachers and students.

Getting Started: Baamboozle.com

To jump in, head to:

baamboozle.com
(That’s B A A M B O O Z L E — but if spelling isn’t your love language, just Google it and you’ll land in the right place.)

The homepage describes it perfectly:

“An easy way to make your own teaching games.”

And honestly? That’s exactly what it is.

Baamboozle Pricing: Free, Yearly or Monthly

At the time of recording (2025), Baamboozle has three straightforward options:

1) Basic (Free)

Perfect for getting started and testing the waters. It has some limitations, but you’ll be able to create and run games without stress.

2) Yearly

This is the option I’m on. If you use Baamboozle regularly, the yearly plan is excellent value and works out cheaper than monthly.

3) Monthly

A flexible option if you’re not ready to commit for a year.

Important note: pricing can change over time, so always check the site for the most current details.

My Baamboozle Library: You Don’t Need 36 Games on Day One 😄

One thing I want to make clear: when you look at someone’s Baamboozle account (like mine), you might see a big library and think, “Oh wow, I could never build that.”

Don’t stress.

I’ve been using Baamboozle for years — which is why I’ve got 36 games in my library. That collection didn’t appear overnight.

Start with one game. Then another. Then suddenly you’ll have a library that saves you time for years.

The Best Shortcut: Use the Game Library

This is one of Baamboozle’s greatest features:

You can search and use games created by other educators.

In the Games section, you can search any topic (for example, Finding Nemo) and you’ll often find multiple ready-made games.

Even better?

You can copy someone else’s game into your own account and edit it.

That means you can:

• tweak questions

• adjust to your year group

• align it with your unit

• add your own flair

• remove anything that doesn’t fit your context

It’s collaboration without needing to email anyone or chase a shared drive folder. Love that for us.

Creating Your Own Game: Quick and Simple

When you’re ready to build your own Baamboozle game, you click the Create (+) button.

You’ll add:

• Title

• Description

• Language

• optional tags

• and (this bit matters) your visibility settings:

Visibility Options

• Public: anyone can find and play it

• Unlisted: only people with the link/code can access it

• Private: only you can access it

Teacher tip: If you plan to share it with colleagues, choose Unlisted.
(Ask me how I learned that one the hard way… and yes, I’ve definitely set games to private and then wondered why nobody could access them. Classic teacher moment.)

Adding Questions (and Why Importing is a Game Changer)

To build your game, you add:

• the question

• the answer

• a points value

• optional images

And here’s a feature teachers don’t always realise:

You can import questions from:

• ChatGPT

• Quizlet

• Word

• Excel

• Google Docs

So if you’ve already got revision questions sitting somewhere, you don’t need to start again — you can copy and paste them straight into Baamboozle.

You can also create multiple choice questions, which makes it even more accessible for some learners.

Playing Baamboozle: Team Mode, Points, and Pure Chaos (The Fun Kind)

This is where Baamboozle shines.

Once you hit Play, you choose a game mode (the classic mode is the staple), set up teams, and off you go.

Why teachers love the gameplay:

• teams take turns choosing tiles

• questions pop up on screen

• teacher decides whether answers are accepted

• points and “power ups” add surprise and strategy

• students get invested fast

And because students don’t need devices, it’s a great option when:

• tech access is limited

• you’re in a shared space

• you want collaborative discussion

• you need a low-barrier activity

It’s one of the easiest ways to build quick momentum in a lesson.

The Hidden Superpower: Flexible Answers

Unlike some quiz tools that require an exact typed response, Baamboozle gives teachers control.

If a student answers “10” instead of “Day 10” — you can still accept it.

That flexibility makes it more inclusive, especially when you’re using the game for:

• recall

• quick revision

• verbal participation

• group discussion

• formative check-ins

How You Can Use Baamboozle Tomorrow

Here are a few practical classroom uses that work across year levels and subjects:

• Warm-up: 5 questions to recap last lesson

• Revision: vocab, definitions, key concepts

• Exam prep: short retrieval questions before practice tasks

• Exit ticket: “last 10 minutes” knowledge check

• Reading/film study: character, plot, themes, techniques

• Maths/Science: formulas, processes, key terms

• Languages: translation, vocab recall, grammar checks

• Relief lessons: structured, clear, high engagement

It’s a tool you can pull out anytime — and it doesn’t require a full lesson rebuild.

Final Thoughts: Why Baamboozle Is Worth It

Baamboozle is one of those tools that does exactly what teachers need:

✅ quick setup
✅ high student engagement
✅ easy to reuse
✅ works with or without student devices
✅ supports gamification without complexity

If you’re starting your gamification journey, or you want a tool that just works — Baamboozle is a brilliant place to start.

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