News · 5 min
The app has a new name
Same game, same decks, same purchases, new name and icon. Why the old name had to go and how the new one was chosen.
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Better questions. Less awkward advice.
Useful ways to get a room talking, with clear rules and enough restraint to keep the game fun for everybody.
Writing questions · 9 min
Why most icebreakers are boring
People want real questions more than they expect to. What the research says, and the rules we hold to.
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Hosting · 8 min
How to host a question game
Nine things good hosts do differently, starting with never announcing the game.
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New friends · 9 min
Questions for people you just met
Thirty prompts arranged from easy answers to real stories.
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Adult groups · 8 min
Icebreakers adults will not hate
Twenty-four low-pressure questions without corporate cringe.
Read guideHosting · 7 min
No-setup games for one room
Seven games you can begin without printing, props or player accounts.
Read guideChoosing an app · 8 min
What makes a question game good?
The twelve design mistakes that kill trust or empty a room.
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Birthdays · 8 min
Party games when guests do not all know each other
A short run-of-show that lets the birthday person enjoy the night too.
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Date night · 9 min
Closeness without forced intimacy
Questions for new dates and people who know the basics already.
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Hot takes · 8 min
Start a debate, not a fight
Original food, habit, travel and etiquette takes with a cruelty test.
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Travel · 9 min
Hostel icebreakers that travel well
Simple, no-pressure formats across cultures and confidence levels.
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Dinner parties · 8 min
Questions that rescue a flat table
Match the prompt to arrivals, the meal and late-night energy.
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Family Mode · 6 min
Mixed-age questions without adult surprises
What to choose when anyone playing is under 18, and what Family Mode removes.
Read guideChristmas · 7 min
Christmas question games for the whole table
A run of show for arrivals, the after-lunch lull and once the table regroups.
Read guideGoing first · 6 min
Why the first question is the hardest
The room wants this conversation more than the host thinks. Here is what to do with that.
Read guideOld friends · 6 min
Questions for people you have known for years
A method for finding an angle old friends have not already said.
Read guideHosting · 6 min
Everyone answers: keeping the whole room in the game
Answers should travel in every direction. Five moves that keep it that way.
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How to build a twenty-card round out of whatever you have
Three piles, a seven-seven-six deal, and the same questions play like a better game.
Read guideWriting questions · 7 min
How a question earns its place
The four-part test every card has to pass, and the machinery that applies it.
Read guideHosting · 6 min
How to bring in the person who has not said much
Never name them. Five moves that make the next card cheap to join instead.
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How to end a round while people still want more
Nobody can feel the right stopping point, so set it before the first card.
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Ask why: the second question is where the night is
The card buys the first sentence. The follow-up gets the story the room retells.
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What a quiet moment actually means
Most pauses are a room thinking. How to spot the one kind that needs you.
Read guideHousemates · 7 min
The house rules talk, before it becomes a group chat argument
The money, chores, guests and noise conversation new housemates skip, and how to raise each one without it feeling like an ambush.
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