Run your office pool as a live draft
A spreadsheet nobody opens is not an event. A draft is. Put your whole team on one clock — in the room, remote, or both — and let people pick on the record, one at a time.
What offices draft
Pick an idea to see how it runs. Every one of these works with a group that has never drafted anything before.
Oscars Pool
Turn the office Oscars pool into a live draft. Everyone picks nominees on the clock instead of quietly filling in a ballot, and the room actually watches the ceremony together.
March Madness Office Pool
Skip the bracket spreadsheet. Draft tournament teams live in a snake or auction format, so every person in the pool owns a handful of teams instead of a sheet nobody checks.
Office Fantasy Football League
Run the office league draft in one room — in person, remote, or both. Synced clocks, auto-pick for whoever is in a meeting, and a board everyone can follow from their phone.
Movie Draft
The purest non-sport draft there is: build the best film slate, defend your picks, argue for a week. No rules to learn and everybody already has opinions.
More office draft ideas
Awards season, tournaments, party games, and the genuinely silly ones.
Office Superlatives Draft
Draft the awards, then hand them out. A twenty-minute team activity that produces better laughs than any icebreaker and needs zero preparation.
World Cup Office Pool
Assign nations by live draft instead of pulling names out of a mug. Auction the favourites, snake the rest, and give everyone in the office a team to shout about.
Halloween Candy Draft
A five-minute draft that settles nothing and starts everything. Perfect first draft for a team that has never done one — the rules explain themselves.
Why a draft beats a spreadsheet
The format is the whole point. Picking in turn, against a clock, in front of everyone is what makes an office pool memorable.
Everyone is actually there
A shared clock means the whole group shows up at the same time. Fifteen minutes of real attention beats a form that trickles in over a week.
Scarcity makes it fun
Once somebody takes your pick, it is gone. That single rule creates all the groaning, negotiating, and trash talk that a bracket sheet never will.
Nobody has to do admin
No tallying, no chasing people for their picks, no version conflicts. The board is the record, and it updates itself as picks land.
Remote teams get the same room
The clock is server-authoritative, so a colleague three time zones away sees the exact same countdown. Auto-pick covers anyone stuck in a meeting.
Bring your own list
Start from a template
The marketplace ships ready-made pools — films, candy, superlatives, franchises — that you can draft as-is or edit first.
Browse templatesOr paste your own
Any list works. One column of names is enough to draft — download the CSV template, fill it in, upload it, go live.
Create a templateOffice draft questions
How do I run a office draft?
Pick a template (or upload a CSV of your picks), invite everyone by link, set the order, and hit start. The draft runs itself on a shared clock — most groups are drafting within five minutes of signing up.
Does everyone need an account?
Anyone drafting needs a free account so their picks are theirs, but joining takes seconds from the invite link. Spectators need nothing at all — flip on public spectating and they just watch.
Can we do this with a remote or hybrid team?
That is the point. The clock is server-authoritative, so everyone sees the same board and the same countdown whether they are in the conference room or three time zones away. Auto-pick covers anyone stuck in a meeting.
What if we have nothing to draft from?
Start from a template in the marketplace and edit it, or paste your own list into the CSV template we generate for you. A office draft pool is usually one column of names.
When should we schedule it?
Any afternoon you want the team in one room is the natural moment, but you can schedule a draft for any date and time and everyone gets the same link. Everyone you invite plays free, however many people join.
How much does it cost?
$49, once. That is a LiveDraft Lifetime license: unlimited drafts, unlimited participants, every feature, forever. It is not a subscription and there are no per-draft or per-seat fees.
Do the people I invite have to pay?
No, and they never will. Everyone you invite plays free, forever. No seats, no per-player fees, no account upsell. Only the person running the draft needs a license, so a twelve-person league costs $49 in total.
Is it a subscription? Does it expire?
Neither. You pay once and the license is yours permanently — no renewals, no expiry, no card kept on file for later.
What features does the license include?
All of them. Every format (snake, standard, auction, hybrid), custom CSV datasets with unlimited rating columns, photos on the board, anonymous auction bidding, live chat, spectating, auto-pick, the template library, and priority support. There is no higher tier to buy.
Do I need to know how to code or use a spreadsheet?
No. Start from a ready-made template in one click, or upload a simple CSV. We provide a downloadable template with the columns already set up for you.
How many people can join a draft?
As many as your format needs. Invite friends by username, set the draft order, and everyone joins the live room from any device — no installs required.
What draft formats are supported?
Standard and snake drafts, budget auctions with anti-snipe and max bids, and a hybrid mode that auctions the top of your board before drafting the rest.
What happens if someone loses connection?
The clock is server-authoritative, so the draft stays in sync for everyone. Anyone who drops can reconnect and resume exactly where they left off, and optional auto-pick keeps things moving on the clock.
Can other people watch our draft?
Yes — flip on public spectating and anyone with the link can follow along pick by pick, live.
Get the whole office on the clock
Everyone you invite plays free however many people join, and you can have one going in about five minutes.