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How truth or dare works
You need at least three players, sitting in a circle or around a table. On your turn, you pick either a truth, a question you answer honestly, or a dare, a small challenge you do right away. The other players come up with the question or the dare, then it’s the next person’s turn.
The wheel takes the stalling out of it: it decides for you. Land on “You choose” and the call is yours, which keeps a little suspense. A few house rules so everyone has a good time:
- You can always pass, with no explanation and no penalty dare.
- A truth gets a one- or two-sentence answer, with no follow-up grilling.
- A dare takes a few seconds and happens right where you are: no touching anyone, nothing to eat or drink, nobody else’s phone, and nothing that costs money.
- What’s said in the game stays in the game: nobody uses it to tease someone later.
Two ways to play with the wheel
The wheel picks, the group asks. This is the easiest way. Keep the Truth / Dare wheel, everyone spins on their turn, and the others give a dare or ask a question, borrowing from the lists below.
The wheel picks everything. Load the “Quick dares” or “Easy truths” list at the top of the page, and the wheel draws the actual dare or question. You can also mix both lists into one wheel and add your own. Writing a slice twice gives it two shares of the wheel, so twice the chance of coming up.
Either way, the winning slice is drawn with your browser’s secure random generator before the wheel starts turning, so nobody can aim for one. To play apart, tap “Send my wheel”: your friends get the same wheel by WhatsApp, text message or a copied link, and spin it on their own phones. The slices travel inside the link, nothing is stored on our server, and nobody signs up for anything.
Make it work for any group
- With kids: load the “Kids' version,” a mix of dares that get them moving and questions about the things they love. A grown-up can read the slices out loud for little ones.
- With family: memory questions work great across generations. Grandparents tell stories, and kids hear ones they’ve never heard before. It’s a nice one for Thanksgiving or a family reunion.
- With coworkers: stick to truths about tastes and dreams (travel, movies, hidden talents) and calm dares you can do from your chair. It makes an easy icebreaker at the start of a team meeting.
- With friends: add your inside jokes, shared memories and silly challenges, while keeping the spirit of the game: laughing together.
Friendly dare ideas to copy
- Act like an animal and have everyone guess which one.
- Give the weather forecast like a TV meteorologist.
- Walk to the door in slow motion.
- Do a cartoon villain laugh.
- Act out a job without saying a word.
- Say the alphabet as fast as you can.
- Make up a slogan for the closest object.
- Sing “Happy Birthday” in a robot voice.
- Hold a statue pose for twenty seconds.
- Give a compliment to anyone you choose.
Easy truth questions to copy
- What’s your favorite food, and who makes it just the way you like it?
- What did you want to be when you grew up?
- If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
- Where in the world would you most like to travel?
- What’s a hidden talent of yours?
- What movie could you watch ten times?
- What’s something silly you did as a kid that still makes you laugh?
- What’s your favorite vacation memory?
- What song always puts you in a good mood?
- What three things would you bring to a desert island?
More wheels to keep going
After a few rounds, the dare wheel takes over with funny dares for whoever lost the last game. For a quick decision, the yes or no wheel answers for you, and the number wheel picks a random number. Prefer building a wheel from scratch? The spin the wheel page takes any ideas you like. To decide who goes first, draw a random order, and find every other picker on the Buzzloo home page.