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Debates
The phone draws a divisive question. One player reads it out loud and everyone gives their opinion. There are no assigned sides, no timer and no vote: the next card comes when the group is done arguing.
The simplest game in the catalogue, and often the longest. One question, the whole table, and a phone waiting patiently for you to finish.
How to play, step by step
- One player takes the phone and reads the card out loud. The screen says it plainly: "Ask this question and everyone answers".
- Everyone gives their opinion. Nobody is assigned a side: positions form around the table.
- There is no timer on this game. The debate lasts as long as the group wants.
- When the discussion runs dry, the reader taps Answered and the next question appears. Skip drops a card that is not landing.
- Pass the phone round: everyone reads in turn.
- The end-of-round recap counts cards played and cards skipped. There is no winner and no score: this is a conversation game.
Variants
- Two sides. House rule: split the table in two before reading the card, for and against, and let everyone argue the position they were given. The app does not assign sides, you do.
- Devil's advocate. House rule: one player against everyone else. Turn a single person and they win the round.
- Timed turns. House rule: one minute per person, timed by hand. The app has no timer on this game.
Playing tips
- With no timer, one card can eat twenty minutes. Put someone in charge of moving on, or the game stops by itself.
- Cards run from social questions to frankly personal ones. If one falls flat, skip it: there are hundreds.
- This is the catalogue's best fit for a work or mixed-generation setting.
Frequently asked questions
As long as you want. It is one of the Capsule games with no timer: the card stays on screen until someone moves to the next one.
There are no sides in the app: everyone answers what they think. If you want the two-sided version, split the table yourselves before reading the card.
No. The app runs no vote and no jury, and counts no points: it serves questions and records only the cards played.
Yes, it is the best in the catalogue for it: no physical contact, no adult content, and it gets the quiet people talking.
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