An evening with drinks has its own pace. Nobody is going anywhere, the phones are face down, and conversation stops being an exchange of news. These cards fit that pace: none of them can be answered in a word, and none of them ask anyone to drink for a wrong answer. There are no forfeits here, only questions that hold a table for an hour.
How to play
Read a card out loud and answer it yourself first
Everyone else answers in turn, without skipping
One follow-up per answer, then the next card
Anyone can pass on a card, out loud and without explaining
The cards
First glass
While everyone is still settling in
What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud alone?
Which evening this year turned out better than planned?
What do you always order first, and why that?
Which place would you take everyone at this table to?
What did you almost cancel today and came anyway?
Which day this month would you happily repeat?
What do you do on the way home when the evening was good?
Which of your habits appears only at a table like this?
What is the best thing you ate this week?
Which conversation are you still thinking about?
What did you learn recently that surprised you?
Which of your plans this year actually happened?
What sound reminds you of a good evening?
Where did you last go for the first time?
What do you always say yes to?
Which season do your best memories belong to?
What do you carry with you everywhere without needing it?
Which small thing improved your week?
What did you postpone so long it became funny?
Which of us here can you always call late?
Later in the evening
When the table has settled and nobody is rushing
What do you think about on the way home?
Which choice of yours would you defend to anyone?
What has changed about what you want from a year?
Which friendship here surprised you by lasting?
What do you know now that you would tell yourself at twenty?
What are you quietly proud of?
Which conversation changed something for you?
What do you avoid thinking about when the day is busy?
Which of your plans are you no longer sure you want?
What did you stop apologising for?
Who at this table knows a version of you nobody else does?
What have you been putting off out of fear rather than time?
Which loss taught you something you use now?
What would make next year better without changing anything big?
What do you need more of and rarely ask for?
Which part of yourself did you inherit and only noticed later?
What do you forgive easily, and what never?
Which door would you knock on if there were no consequences?
What kind of old person do you want to be?
What would you like this table to remember about tonight?
Loud ones
When the table needs noise, not confessions
What is the worst toast you have ever heard?
Which of us would lose a bet the fastest?
What is your most questionable talent?
Which story about you gets exaggerated every time it is told?
What would you be arrested for in a comedy?
Which of us should never be given the aux cable?
What is the strangest thing you have won?
Which food combination do you defend against everyone?
What is the worst advice you ever followed?
Which of us would fold first in a staring contest?
What did you break and blame on someone else?
Which household object have you fought with?
What would your worst business idea be?
Which of us would be the first out of a group project?
What do you do that would look mad on camera?
Which of your plans failed most spectacularly?
What is the most unnecessary thing you argued about online?
Which of us tells the longest stories, and how long is long?
What is your most useless piece of general knowledge?
Which of us would panic first if the lights went out here?
Advice
Slow is the point, a card every ten minutes beats ten cards in a row, the evening is long
Nobody drinks on a wrong answer, the moment answers get punished, people start answering safely, and the game dies
Water on the table, a long evening works better when it is not only one kind of glass
Questions about this set
Is this a drinking game?
No. There are no rules about drinking, no forfeits and no penalties. It is a set of questions for an evening where drinks happen to be on the table.
Does it work without alcohol?
Completely. Nothing in the set depends on what is in the glass, and the app itself logs any drink, tea and coffee included.
How many people does it need?
Two is enough, and it holds up to about eight. Above that put a minute on each answer, or one story will eat the evening.