Meet Dave.
He’s an olive. He climbed out of the jar in 2019, and tonight he’s running your game night.
Dave picks who’s up, deals the cards and calls people out by name. Dodge a card, lose a round or get caught out, and he puts pits on your tab. When the night’s over, he prints the tab. Fewest pits wins.
Do or Dodge
Do it, or dodge it.
Truths, dares and duels. Dodge one and it goes on your tab.
How it plays
- Dave picks who’s up and deals a card: a truth, a dare, a vote, a duel.
- Do it, and Dave cracks up a little. Dodge it, and the pits go on your tab.
- Make Dave lose it before the last card and the table wins.
- Truth. What’s the pettiest hill you’ll die on? You get 15 seconds to convert one person here.
- Truth. What small lie have you kept up so long it now has its own backstory?
- Dare. Read your most recent text aloud as a Shakespearean actor. The context stays a secret.
Never Have I Ever
Have you, though?
Own up or stay quiet. Dave wants the stories.
How it plays
- Dave reads out a Never Have I Ever.
- If you have, tap yourself in and take a pit. Dave keeps count.
- Sometimes he flips it, has someone point the finger, or makes one of the guilty tell the story.
- Never have I ever accidentally liked an ancient photo, then liked two more so it looked deliberate.
- Never have I ever made fake static noises to get off a phone call.
- Never have I ever sent a screenshot of someone’s message to that exact someone.
- Never have I ever gone on a second date purely because the first one made a good story.
Dave’s Court
All rise for Dave.
Put your friends on trial for their pettiest crimes. Guilty pays.
How it plays
- File real grudges on the docket, or let Dave bring the charges. One of you is on trial, one prosecutes, the rest are the jury.
- Twenty seconds for the prosecution, thirty for the defense. Shout Objection if you dare. Then Dave produces the evidence.
- Plead guilty, 1 pit. Convicted, 2. Lose your appeal, 3. Acquitted? The prosecutor takes one.
- The charge Perjury in transit: texting “leaving now” while still choosing between two shirts. Exhibit A Find your last “on my way” text. Read its timestamp, then the time of the next message in that chat.
- The charge Emotional tax evasion: answering a heartfelt four-paragraph message with one heart react.
- The charge Fabricating traffic: blaming a jam that no map, no witness and no road has ever seen. Exhibit A How late were you to the last thing you blamed on traffic? Minutes, exactly. The court does not accept “ish”.
- The charge Grave robbing: resurrecting a chat you ghosted months ago with “haha random but”. Exhibit A Search your messages for “random but”. Read out the date on the latest one.
Tipping Point
Hobby, or entire personality?
One clue, one dial, one very wrong table. Miss the mark and pay.
How it plays
- One of you secretly sees where the target sits on a scale, like Green flag to Red flag, and gives one clue.
- Everyone else argues and drags the needle. A dissenter can bet it’s further left or right.
- Bullseye wipes a pit off everyone’s tab. Miss by a mile and you all take some.
More scales
- Instant reply ↔ 3–5 business days
- Funny story ↔ Needs a legal disclaimer
- Heart react is fine ↔ Deserved a paragraph
- Reasonable 2am buy ↔ Unhinged 2am buy
Paranoia
Why did they say your name?
They read a secret question and say your name. Pay to find out why.
How it plays
- Pass the phone to one person. Only they read the question.
- They answer out loud with a name, and nothing else.
- Whoever they named can take 2 pits to find out what the question was.
The question was
- Who here would give you an alibi without asking what you did?
- Who here goes out for milk and comes back with a cat?
- When something goes missing at a party, who here is the first suspect?
- Who here would you trust to pick your next partner?
The Number Game
Pick a number. Any number.
Three hundred numbers. Pick one for them. Pray.
How it plays
- Take turns picking a number from 1 to 300 for the other person.
- Behind it is a question. Answer it, or dodge and take the pits. Higher numbers go further.
- Some numbers hide Dave’s wild cards.
- What are you a total snob about, with zero qualifications?
- No. 147, Phone Check. Which voice memo on your phone is the oldest? Tell me what’s on it, or play three seconds.
- Habits & Quirks. What do you always check twice before leaving the house? Ever gone back a third time?
- Phone Check. Open the shopping cart on any app you use. What’s sitting in there, and what’s stopping you?
The Fuse
Name one. Pass it on.
Hot potato with a lit fuse. Don’t be holding it.
How it plays
- Dave lights a fuse and gives a category.
- Say an answer, pass the phone to the next person. No repeats, no stalling.
- Whoever’s holding it when it blows takes the pits.
Next fuse
- Things you’ve apologized to that were not alive
- Excuses you’ve actually used to leave a party early
- Things you’ve smuggled out of a hotel breakfast
- Things in a supervillain’s fridge
Mind Reader
Guess what they’d say.
How well do they really know you? Wrong guesses cost.
How it plays
- One person secretly picks their honest answer.
- Everyone else guesses out loud. Every wrong guess takes a pit.
- If you all guessed right, the pit’s theirs for being so predictable.
How much?
Two games, free. Do or Dodge and Never Have I Ever cost nothing, forever.
A free taste of the rest. Every paid game lets you play a few rounds free, once, with your real crew.
Keep the ones you like. Buy games one at a time, or open The Whole Jar and get all six. Already bought some? It becomes The Rest of the Jar, priced so the games you own count toward it.
One-time purchases. No subscription, no ads, no sign-up.
Keep it chill. Or don’t.
Pick how far each game goes, before it starts.
Chill. Fun for anyone, even people who just met.
Pitch a reality show starring everyone here: title, premise, and who gets voted off first.
Dave says: “Nice and easy. I’ll behave. Mostly.”
Spicy. Personal, flirty, a little dangerous.
Which ex does your family still ask about, and what do you tell them?
Dave says: “Ooh. Someone’s getting found out tonight.”
Unhinged. 18+. Exes, secrets, no filter. Only after everyone’s said yes.
18+. You’ll see it in the app, after a separate confirmation.
Dave says: “No filter. I’ll remember everything and so will you.”
Made for your crew.
- Add your friends once. Pick everyone’s piece and color. Tell Dave who’s single, who’s taken and whose partner is in the room, and he deals cards that fit.
- Two on a date or sixteen at a birthday. Most games take 2 to 16 players.
- Every card can be dodged. Saying no only ever costs pits.
- Stays on your phone. No sign-up, no ads, no tracking. Your crew and your past tabs never leave the phone.
Every night ends with the tab.
Who took what, who dodged and what Dave noticed. Fewest pits wins. Share it with the group chat.
Dave’s Tab
Do or Dodge
- Chris
- clean
- Tyler
- 2 pits
- Sthavar
- 4 pits
- Megan
- 6 pits
- Jess
- 9 pits
- Total
- 21 pits
Chris wins the night. Jess is the pits.
The table made Dave lose it.
Chris kept a clean tab. Suspicious, or just good at this.
Jess dodged 2 times. I counted.
20 rounds · Fewest pits wins. Dave keeps the receipts.
House rules.
- It’s only points. Pits are never traded for anything, and no card asks anyone to do anything risky.
- Every card can be dodged. Saying no is always allowed. Nobody at the table should push anyone to answer or dare.
- Read the room. If a question lands badly, swap the card and move on. Dave won’t mind.
- Phones stay yours. Phone dares are show, read or reveal. Nobody ever has to send, post or call anything.
- What’s said at the table stays at the table. Don’t share someone else’s answers without asking.
- Unhinged is 18+, and only for tables where everyone has said yes to it.
Your crew’s already arguing about who goes first.
