How to play would you rather
- 1Pick a question and read both choices out loud.
- 2Everyone picks a side, out loud or on their phone.
- 3Each side gets one sentence to defend its pick.
- 4Move on after a minute. Arguments are allowed; grudges aren't.
The would you rather game: how to play it
Would you rather is the easiest party game there is: two choices, both a little painful, and everyone has to pick. Here's how to play it in a group, how to keep score, and a set of questions to start with.
- 30 questions
- 3 lists
- Play any list live, free
- 01Would you rather always sing instead of talk or always dance instead of walk?
- 02Would you rather sneeze every time someone says your name or hiccup every time you laugh?
- 03Would you rather have a pet dinosaur the size of a cat or have a cat the size of a dinosaur?
- 04Would you rather speak only in rhymes for a week or speak only in questions for a week?
- 05Would you rather have a laugh track follow you everywhere or have dramatic music play when you enter a room?
- 06Would you rather wear clown shoes to every job interview or wear a wizard hat to every wedding?
- 07Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or fight 100 duck-sized horses?
- 08Would you rather have spaghetti for hair or sweat maple syrup?
- 09Would you rather be able to talk to pigeons or be able to talk to squirrels?
- 10Would you rather eat every meal with chopsticks for a year or eat every meal with a ladle for a year?
- 11Would you rather know the date you will die or know how you will die?
- 12Would you rather lose every memory from before age 18 or lose every memory from the last five years?
- 13Would you rather be able to change the past or be able to see the future?
- 14Would you rather have the people you love be happy but forget you or have them remember you but be unhappy?
- 15Would you rather give up music forever or give up movies and shows forever?
- 16Would you rather always tell the truth or always be believed?
- 17Would you rather live to 200 in average health or live to 70 in perfect health?
- 18Would you rather be the smartest person alive and lonely or be average and surrounded by friends?
- 19Would you rather save one person you love or save 100 strangers?
- 20Would you rather never feel physical pain or never feel sadness?
- 21Would you rather have a pet dragon or have a pet unicorn?
- 22Would you rather be able to fly or be able to turn invisible?
- 23Would you rather live in a treehouse or live in a castle?
- 24Would you rather eat ice cream for breakfast or eat pancakes for dinner?
- 25Would you rather be a superhero or be a wizard?
- 26Would you rather talk to animals or talk to your toys?
- 27Would you rather have a slide in your house or have a trampoline in your room?
- 28Would you rather be as small as an ant or be as tall as a giraffe?
- 29Would you rather go to the moon or go to the bottom of the ocean?
- 30Would you rather have a robot best friend or have a dinosaur best friend?
How it works
Ready in about a minute
- 01
Open the game on a TV, a laptop or a projector. The screen shows a six-digit code and a QR code.
- 02
Everyone scans the QR or types the code at LivePartyGames.com. Nobody has to install an app or make an account.
- 03
Every phone answers in secret, then the big screen shows what the room picked.
Three ways to keep score
With the room
A point every time you pick the majority side.
Against the room
A point for every minority pick. Rebels win.
Best defense
The room votes on the best one-sentence argument.
Questions
Good to know
How do you play would you rather with a group?
Read a question, everyone picks a side, and each side defends its choice. Online, everyone votes on their phone and the TV shows the split.
How many people can play?
Two or more. Live here, six play with no account, 20 with a free account and up to 100 with the Party Pass.
Where can I find more questions?
Our would you rather questions page has over 500, sorted by group.
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Get the party going tonight
Open it on the TV, share the code, and ask the first question in under a minute.