Would You Rather: 32 questions that start arguments

The party rules (minority drinks) and 32 dilemmas built to split a room down the middle — phones and shame, love and dating, and some pure nonsense for when the room needs it.

Party rules: read a dilemma out loud. On three, everyone points left or right (or shouts A or B). The minority drinks — or takes a forfeit in the sober version. Ties mean everyone drinks, obviously.

The real rule: you must choose. "Neither" costs a double. The follow-up interrogation of whoever voted weird is the actual game.

This guide explains the traditional game as it is played offline. Antics for iOS is a party-only app built on forfeits and contains no drinking instructions.

TIER 1 — PHONES & SHAMEWould you rather…

  1. Have your search history projected at your next party — or have your DMs printed and handed to your parents?
  2. Your group chat leaks — or your camera roll leaks?
  3. Everyone sees your screen time — or everyone sees your bank balance?
  4. Kiss the person on your left — or read out your last five searches?
  5. Your body count is public knowledge — or your bank balance is public knowledge?
  6. Get caught deep-stalking their profile — or get caught rehearsing a conversation with them?
  7. Accidentally like your crush's photo from 2019 — or accidentally send your crush a screenshot of their own profile?
  8. All your exes have your live location — or all your exes are in one group chat?
  9. Swap exes with the person on your left — or swap phones with them for a week?
  10. Hear this room rate your kissing out of ten — or never find out?

TIER 2 — LOVE & DATINGWould you rather…

  1. Everyone knows who you fancy — or the person you fancy reads everything you've said about them?
  2. Text your crush how you feel right now — or never be able to message them again?
  3. Date your boss — or get back with your ex?
  4. Every person you've ever kissed walks in right now — or your last month of DMs is read out loud?
  5. Kiss your best mate's sibling — or kiss your sibling's best mate?
  6. Marry the best sex you've ever had — or marry the best chat you've ever had?
  7. Date someone who still lives with their ex — or date someone who tells their mum everything. Everything.
  8. Only date people your exes approve of — or only date people your parents pick?
  9. Snog an ex every New Year's Eve forever — or never kiss anyone at midnight again?
  10. One-night stands only, forever — or your group chat arranges your marriage?
  11. Your ex writes your dating bio — or your mum picks your profile photos?
  12. Your ex plans your wedding — or your boss plans your last night of freedom?
  13. Your last relationship becomes a documentary — or your next one is a live reality show?
  14. Only first dates for the rest of your life — or married by Monday to someone in this room?
  15. Relive your first ever kiss weekly — or watch your first ever kiss on video with this group?

TIER 3 — BIG QUESTIONS & NONSENSEWould you rather…

  1. Know exactly how you die — or know exactly when you die?
  2. Be famous but broke — or be rich but completely unknown?
  3. Give up sex for a year — or give up your phone for a year?
  4. Only ever whisper — or only ever shout?
  5. Have to sing everything you say — or have to dance everywhere you walk?
  6. Everyone reads your mind for a day — or you read everyone's minds for an hour?
  7. Only speak in questions — or only speak in rhyme?

Making it a drinking game (or not)

The voting mechanic is what turns a car-journey game into a party game: everyone commits publicly, the minority pays, and the room immediately demands justifications. In the sober version the minority takes a forfeit instead — we keep 40+ forfeit ideas for exactly this. Same arguments, no hangover.

Would You Rather FAQ

How do you play Would You Rather as a drinking game?

Read a dilemma, count down from three, and everyone votes at once — point, shout, or hands up for option A. Whichever side has fewer votes drinks. Refusing to choose costs a double.

What if the vote is a tie?

Everyone drinks. It's the only fair outcome and the game gets better if ties feel dangerous.

Can you play Would You Rather sober?

Completely — the minority takes a forfeit instead of a drink. The game is the choices and the arguments, not the sips.

Play it right: the drinking version is 18+ — sips, not chugs, and nobody has to drink who doesn't want to. Look after your mates.

175 dilemmas. Zero reading off a webpage.

These 32 are from Antics — the party games app. The full Would You Rather deck holds 175 pairs with built-in voting flow, forfeits for the losing side, and no repeats until you've seen the lot. Plus seven more games.

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