Deck the Halls · the holiday party pack · Debate & laughs
Naughty or Nice
Finish a holiday dilemma so the room splits exactly down the middle. Then argue about it by the tree.
- ~15 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- In the Deck the Halls pack
- Ages 10+
Naughty or Nice is one of the ten games in Deck the Halls, a pack bought once and kept by your group.
What it feels like
Somebody, somewhere, is keeping a list, and checking it twice. Tonight, you find out which side of it this room is on. 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
- Take a private turn each: you get a dilemma with a blank. Fill it so the room can't agree.
- One at a time, everyone else votes: would you take it? On phones, or hands up.
- The closer to half and half, the better for whoever wrote it.
- 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 exactly the present you wanted, but it's wrapped in ___.”
- “It snows on the day, every year, but you have to ___ before breakfast.”
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.
