Asking For A Friend

"Asking for a Friend: The party game that might get weird" is a party game where all players are both asking and answering a question each round. The official goal is to collect the most points over ten rounds of play. The real goal is to finally have an excuse to ask your friend's the questions you've never asked before. At the start of a round, a question card is drawn that has a blank. (e.g. "How often do you _____?"). Each player writes a prompt on a piece of paper that fills in the blank to make a complete question (e.g. "wake up before your alarm", "cry", or "fart and blame it on someone else"). All the prompts get shuffled, and each player draws a prompt. Each player answers the prompt they drew (which is sometimes the one they wrote). After everyone has answered, a voting card is revealed and the players vote for the winning answer based on the criteria on the voting card. (One round the voting might be based on which answer is "Most likely to disappoint your parents" and the next round might be based on who gave the "Most wholesome answer"). The winning answer gets the voting card, which is worth a point. However, great answers are made in response to great questions. The author of the prompt that spurred the winning answer will receive a reward card. Then a new round begins. If you don't want to answer a question, you can take a penalty card, but you might have to answer more questions later. Reward cards can do anything from telling someone else to get you a drink to letting you pick who answers which questions. Use your reward cards wisely, but don't forget to use them. The game is concluded after 10 Question Cards/rounds have been completed (or really, however many you want to play!) The player with the most victory points is the winner. The cards are minimalist and each deck has it's own color (white, black, and orange). There is nothing inherently dirty about this game, but you can make it very adult/mature if you'd like. You also could play with kids and grandparents at a family reunion and ask family friendly questions. The maturity level of the game depends on the prompts that are written.