Question card
What is Jake most likely to be doing at 2am?
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Majority Rules
Being right is worth nothing. Being the same is worth everything.
Everyone writes their own answer to the same question about the guest of honour, then reveals together. Be in the majority and you score.
- 4-20
- Players
- 20-35 minutes
- Time
Ask the room
What is Jake most likely to be doing at 2am?
Every card in the pack is built around them.
How to play
1
Read the question out
One question. Everyone hears it, everyone answers it.
2
Write it down in secret
Your own words. One line. No conferring.
3
Reveal together
Be in the majority and you score. Everyone else gets nothing.
One round
One round, start to finish
Write your answer, then see what the rest of the table wrote.
Why the arguing is the point
01
It rewards agreeing
Most party games reward being clever. This one punishes it. The obvious answer is usually the winning one.
02
Every reveal ends in a row
Somebody always insists their answer means the same thing as the winning one, and the table has to rule on it. That row is the game.
03
The questions are about them
It is not trivia. Every question is about the person the party is for, so the answers are about your group.
What you print
- Question cards, chosen around the guest of honour20+
- Answer sheets1 page
- Score sheet1 page
Prints on plain A4 or Letter. Black and white is fine. Cut along the guides and you are ready.
Is this one for your group?
Perfect for
- ✓Mixed groups where not everyone knows each other well
- ✓A sit-down moment between food and the next thing
- ✓Big tables, it happily runs to 20
- ✓Groups with at least one person who will die on a hill
- ✓Anyone who wants a game running in under a minute
Maybe not if
- ×A group of three. You need a crowd for a majority to mean anything.
- ×People who want a right answer. The popular answer wins here.
- ×Standing around a bar. Everyone needs somewhere to write.
Questions
What actually counts as a match?
Exact matches always score. Close ones score if the table agrees they mean the same thing, and arguing about whether they do is genuinely half the fun. Let the room decide and move on.
What if nothing gets a majority?
Then nobody scores that round. If the table splits evenly, or if the two biggest groups tie, the round pays out nothing and you move on. It happens, and it is usually because somebody tried to be clever.
Do we need the printed answer sheets?
No. Scrap paper, napkins, or the back of a receipt all work. One word is one word. The sheets are in the pack because it is easier than hunting for paper.
How long does a full game take?
Twenty to thirty five minutes. Rounds are fast, so most groups end up playing well past the winning point because someone wants a rematch.
Does it work if some people barely know the guest of honour?
Better than you would think. The people who know them least tend to answer with the obvious stereotype, and the obvious stereotype is very often the biggest pile.
Is it too simple?
Simple to learn, not simple to win. Guessing what everyone else wrote is a very different job from knowing the answer yourself, and it is harder than it sounds.
Build out the box
Secret Missions
Secret tasks that turn the whole event into the game.
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Talk your way out of anything - using two words that should make it impossible.
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