Truth or Dare: rules, questions and tips

Pass one phone around and let Dareboard run the game. It deals truth or dare questions, tracks whose turn it is and keeps the score. Works with friends, with a partner, or with a full room.

Rules

Truth or Dare

An honest answer or a bold move

  • 2–12 players
  • with points
Cards from the game
Truth · +1 point

What's your silliest alarm or ringtone?

Dare · +2 points

Talk like a pirate until your next turn.

Truth or Dare rules

The classic party game, with the phone as your host. It keeps track of whose turn it is and the score, so nobody has to.

  1. Add the playersFrom 2 to 12. Take turns in order or in a random order.
  2. Truth or dare?On your turn, choose one and read the task out loud.
  3. Score pointsA truth earns 1 point, a dare 2. Skipping costs 1.
  4. One free swapEach player can swap a task once per game, with no penalty.
  5. Finish any timeThe most points wins. A tie is a draw.

Tips for the host

  • Agree on limits before the first card. Anyone can skip a task, no questions asked.

  • Mix the group: pair up people who don't know each other well yet.

  • Keep it moving. If a dare takes more than a minute, pick the next card.

Truth or Dare questions to try

A few of the thousands of tasks inside the app.

  • Truth

    What's the last thing in your gallery?

  • Truth

    What would you do if you won a million today?

  • Truth

    What's the boldest thing you did at school and didn't get caught?

  • Truth

    What did you sneak out of a hotel as a keepsake?

  • Truth

    What's the dumbest mistake you made in your first month?

  • Truth

    Who's the better cook, and which dish do you like most?

  • Dare

    Wink at every player in turn so that it doesn't look weird.

  • Dare

    Come up with a funny name for your profession and explain what people do in it.

  • Dare

    Show the funniest photo from your school yearbook.

  • Dare

    Read out your most romantic message from a trip, or make one up right now.

  • Dare

    Give a joke award to the tidiest coworker and explain why.

  • Dare

    Have a staring duel for ten seconds. The winner picks the next dare.

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