Another Trip Round the Sun · the milestone birthday pack · Debate & laughs
The Kind Roast
A rotating judge, a prompt about the birthday person, and everyone's answers with no names. Win the judge, not the room.
- ~15 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- In the Another Trip Round the Sun pack
- Ages 10+
What it feels like
A roast, but a kind one. Everything you write tonight is about the person whose birthday it is, and all of it comes from love. Mostly. Here's how it works. In a private turn, answer a few prompts. You'll skip the one you're judging. Each round has a judge, and the answers to their prompt come up with no names. The judge reads them all aloud, then picks a favourite, for any reason at all. Then the names come out. Each time the judge picks your answer, you score two points. So forget pleasing the room. Win the judge.
How to play
- Take a private turn each: answer a few prompts. You'll skip the one you're judging.
- Each round has a judge. The answers to their prompt come up with no names.
- The judge reads them all aloud, then picks a favourite — any reason counts.
- Then the names come out.
Scoring: 2 points each time the judge picks your answer.
You'll get prompts like
- “The birthday person's catchphrase should be…”
- “The title of the birthday person's autobiography”
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.
