As much fun as a game as bingo is, it would get pretty dull if there was no variety to keep things interesting.  That’s something about any good game that keeps it interesting, and gives it a high re playability factor.  That’s a term often used for computer games, but if you look at any of the old classic games (no more how old school they may sound), what you will find is plenty of flexibility in game play.  Bingo is no different.  To start with, you have all the different types of pattern matching you can try.  For instance, you can have cover-all games, top and bottom, nine pack, eight states, X patterns, square patterns, “U” bingo, “T” bingo or outside borders.  While the mechanics, the goal is a little different for each win.  There are even more diverse forms of bingo, you can come up with, it really just depends on your imagination.  There’s one particular type of bingo called human bingo, that’s a great ice breaker, when you have a bunch of people together, that don’t really know each other.  Basically each square of the card if filled with different personal accomplishments, traits, or characteristics related to different people.   Everybody gets a card, and they have to mingle around the crowd, and try to find people that match the different squares of their card.  It’s quite an imaginative twist on the game of bingo, and obviously a great way to get people talking with one another