Countdown · the new year's eve pack · Debate & laughs
Midnight Face Off
Two of you answer the same prompt. Everyone else votes for the one that made them laugh.
- ~15 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- In the Countdown pack
- Ages 10+
What it feels like
The clock is running. Two of you, one question, and a room deciding who goes into the new year with bragging rights. Here's how it works. In a private turn, you each get two prompts and write one answer to each. Go for the answer that makes the room laugh. Every prompt went to exactly two of you, so their answers face off on screen with no names. Everyone else votes for the one they like best, and then the names come out. Every vote you get is a point. Win every single vote in a face-off, and that clean sweep earns you two more.
How to play
- Take a private turn each: two prompts, one answer to each. Go for the answer that makes the room laugh.
- Every prompt went to exactly two of you. Their answers face off on screen, with no names.
- Everyone else votes for the one they like best — on phones, or hands up.
- Then the names come out.
Scoring: 1 point for every vote. Win every vote in a face-off and it's a clean sweep: 2 more.
You'll get prompts like
- “A resolution nobody should make”
- “The worst way to see in the New Year”
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.
