Something Borrowed · the bridal shower pack · Debate & laughs

I Do, But…

Finish a wedding dilemma so the room splits exactly down the middle. Then argue about it over fizz.

I Do, But… is one of the ten games in Something Borrowed, a pack bought once and kept by your group.

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What it feels like

Planning a wedding is one decision after another, and everybody has an opinion. Today, the room gets to make a few of its own. Here's how it works. In a private turn, you each get a dilemma with a blank, and fill it so the room can't agree. Then, one dilemma at a time, everyone else votes on whether they'd take it. After that, argue about it, because that's the best part. A perfect half and half split scores three for the writer, and less the more lopsided the vote. If the whole room agrees, the writer scores nothing.

How to play

  1. Take a private turn each: you get a dilemma with a blank. Fill it so the room can't agree.
  2. One at a time, everyone else votes: would you take it? On phones, or hands up.
  3. The closer to half and half, the better for whoever wrote it.
  4. Then argue about it. That's the best part.

Scoring: A perfect split scores 3 for the writer, and less the more lopsided the vote. A unanimous room scores nothing.

You'll get prompts like

  • “You get the perfect dress, but you have to wear ___ on your feet.”
  • “The weather is perfect on the day, but the first dance is to ___.”

What you need

3 to 10 people and one phone, tablet or laptop to pass around — or everyone on their own phone in a room. Nothing to download, no accounts. The best lines can be sealed into your group's Almanac and come back in later games.

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