Thank you for taking the time to read this!
I’m Kuroma from Team 0, and I’ll be your writer for this article.
At Dandelions, we regularly hold “recreation” events to strengthen bonds among employees, and this time, Team 0 hosted an Old Maid tournament.
We wanted to play during a company dinner, so we checked with the restaurant when making the reservation and received their approval.
Many of you reading this blog have probably played Old Maid at least once in your life.
While it’s a familiar card game for our Japanese employees, it wasn’t as well-known among our international team members, so we held a brief session beforehand to explain the rules and play a practice round—together with the Japanese staff.
And this wasn’t just your standard Old Maid match—we decided to spice it up with a loser’s bracket tournament inspired by a popular TV show segment!
We divided into five teams for the first round, and only the losers from each team advanced to the second round.
Things got lively right from the first round, but the second round brought even more excitement, with winners from each team cheering from the sidelines!
The unlucky employee who lost again in the second round was given the honor of delivering the closing remarks at the dinner.
Thank you…!

Some employees were playing Old Maid for the first time, but the room was filled with laughter and joyful voices from start to finish, making it a wonderful recreation event.
We hope you look forward to the next one too!