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==== It’s great to have both physical and digital options: ====
* Printed Cards: With the PDFs from step 2, you can print out the cards for players at Fozzy’s Bar. Printing in black-and-white with an “ink-saver” template is economical (many generators offer a simple design option). If you plan to reuse cards, laminating them and using dry-erase markers is an optionmisericordia.com<ref>{{cite web|title=misericordia.com|url=https://www.misericordia.com/assets/1/6/Musical-Hits-Bingo.pdf#:~:text=Mark%20your%20cards%20with%20either,com%2Fmusic%20Activity%20Supplies%20Activity%20Materials|publisher=misericordia.com|access-date=2025-12-23}}</ref>. Also print or keep a “caller’s sheet” – a list of all songs in the game to mark them off as they’re played (this helps in tracking and verifying bingo claims).
* On-Screen/Digital Play: An on-screen option means players can mark their cards on a phone or tablet instead of paper. There are a few ways to achieve this: - Use a web-based card: The MyFreeBingoCards site, for example, can send each player an individual link to a digital card, so they can tap to mark it on their phonemyfreebingocards.com<ref>{{cite web|title=myfreebingocards.com|url=https://myfreebingocards.com/music#:~:text=Music%20Bingo%20Cards%20and%20Games|publisher=myfreebingocards.com|access-date=2025-12-23}}</ref>. For a custom solution, you could create a simple web app where after you generate the cards, you upload them and players navigate to a URL to get their card (possibly by entering an code or picking from a lobby). Each card could be a static image/PDF that they annotate, or an interactive HTML table where tapping a cell highlights it. - Screen display in the venue: Consider also having a central screen that shows the currently playing song (and maybe the last few played). This isn’t strictly necessary, but it adds to the experience – players get confirmation of the song title as it’s announced. Your custom app could simply display the song title and maybe an album image as each track plays (since you have Spotify data, you could pull album art or just show text). This pairs with the host announcing or the music itself. Some professional systems (like Singo) even have an “autopilot” mode to play songs automatically with brief pausesplaysingo.com<ref>{{cite web|title=playsingo.com|url=https://www.playsingo.com/docs/tutorial#:~:text=|publisher=playsingo.com|access-date=2025-12-23}}</ref>, but you can achieve a basic version by manually playing a playlist on shuffle and pausing between songs for people to mark cards.
* Verification and Winner Management: If everyone’s on paper, the host can collect the winning card and manually check off against the song list – workable for a single winner scenario. If many people are playing digitally, you might incorporate a way for them to “call bingo” on screen. For example, if using a web app, a button could alert the host. For simplicity, you might still rely on them yelling “Bingo!” and then verify. Since each card is unique, you can simply compare their marked songs to the sequence of songs played. (Tip: Maintain a log of songs played in order. You can even use the playlist itself as a randomized source – shuffle it and record the order in which songs were played as the “draw order.”)