GAME NIGHT

multiplayer browser games — no installs, phones as controllers

LETTER STORMnew

1–8 players race to swipe words on their phones while the TV keeps score. Earn prank tokens and hit rivals with ink splats, dizzy spins and freezes. Music, fireworks, QR-code joining.

💡 Inspired by Boggle Party

FAMILY TRIVIAnew

The whole family reads a short story on the TV, then answers a multiple-choice question in secret on their phones. Be right when everyone else is wrong for the Lone Wolf payout.

Bluff trivia: everyone invents a fake answer, then votes for the truth among the lies. Score for spotting the truth — and for every player your lie fools.

💡 In the Fictionary tradition — the parlour game behind Balderdash and Fibbage

DOODLE PARTYnew

Sketch a secret word on your phone while it appears live on the TV — everyone else races to guess it first. Letter hints, near-miss nudges, drawer rotation.

💡 Draw-and-guess, in the Pictionary / skribbl.io tradition

THE ODD SHEEPnew

Everyone secretly knows the word — except one faker. Drop one-word clues, argue, vote out the sheep… who might still guess their way to victory.

💡 Hidden-faker parlour game, in the Spyfall / The Chameleon tradition

Answer like the family would: the biggest herd scores, and the one lone answer wins the Pink Cow — which blocks you from winning until you pass it on.

💡 Inspired by Herd Mentality

CATEGORY CLASHnew

One letter, eight categories, one frantic timer. Unique answers score — duplicates CLASH and cancel. The captain gets a veto for dodgy answers.

💡 The parlour game Guggenheim — the ancestor of Scattergories

Trivia for people who don't know trivia: everyone guesses a number, then bets on whichever guess looks closest. Grandma can win by betting on you.

💡 Estimate-and-bet, in the Wits & Wagers tradition

BROKEN PENCILnew

The telephone game in drawings: write, draw, describe, redraw… then watch every chain fall apart on the TV, stroke by stroke. Vote the funniest beat.

💡 Eat Poop You Cat — the family that gave us Telestrations and Gartic Phone

MOONLIGHT VILLAGEnew

Werewolf with the TV as narrator: secret roles on phones, night actions, dawn reveals and dramatic day votes. Wolves lurk among the family.

💡 The classic Werewolf / Mafia parlour game

GOING, GOING, GONE!new

A live auction of things you can actually buy — a fairground candy floss machine, a shipping container, one alpaca. Nobody is told what they cost. The auctioneer calls for an opening bid and comes down until somebody bites; hold your nerve too long and the lot is passed in. Survive the valuation, bank the lot, and go again with the winnings.

💡 Real items, real prices, every one sourced and dated

FULL HOUSE BINGOnew

The TV is the caller — ball machine, nickname calls and flashboard. Daub your ticket on your phone and smash BINGO! for the line and the full house.

Bid, bluff and call liar. Each player peeks at their own dice on their phone — last one with dice standing wins.

💡 The traditional dice-bluffing game (Perudo)

CORNER THE MARKETredone

The frantic commodity-trading game, rebuilt party-style: shout-trade card bundles on your phone while the TV runs the trading floor. Corner a commodity, ring the bell — and dodge the Bull & Bear traps.

💡 Inspired by the Hasbro trading-pit classic

Noughts and crosses as a party game: 2–8 players, a knockout bracket on the TV, one match at a time. Draws replay with the starts swapped, so every match has a winner.

ROCK PAPER SCISSORSnew

The captain picks the format: battle royale — everyone throws at once and everyone on the losing symbol is out — or a knockout bracket, two at a time with the draw filling in on the TV. 2–12 players, QR joining.

THE LAST LAUGHnew

A rotating judge shows a prompt; everyone else plays the funniest card from their hand and the judge crowns a winner. Family or cheeky grown-ups deck, first to 5 laughs wins.

💡 Judge-picks-the-funniest, in the Apples to Apples / Cards Against Humanity tradition

Roll, move, and obey whatever the square says. 2–12 players pick from 30 little trekkers who walk the board, pull faces and sulk when it goes badly. Gimmick cards shove you around, a Build card bends one rule all game, and the Finale card decides how the win is actually won — a duel, a vote, or pure luck.

💡 Inspired by Chungus Odyssey 2, a Tabletop Simulator board game

Say what you see! The TV shows an animated emoji rebus puzzle and the whole room races to BUZZ IN on their phones. First to buzz types the phrase — right scores and reveals it, wrong locks you out. Starring Buzz the bee.

💡 Say-what-you-see, in the tradition of TV picture-phrase shows and 100 Pics Catchphrase

KINGS CORNERnew

2–4 players build descending, alternating-colour runs onto a cross of piles — only a King can open a corner. Draw, play, pass; first to empty their hand wins the round. A turn assistant highlights legal moves and offers a hint when you're stuck.

💡 The traditional Kings-in-the-Corner patience/rummy hybrid

Up to 7 players bet virtual chips and play their own hand against the house — hit, stand or double down, beat the dealer's 21 without busting. The TV or hosting phone runs the table as the dealer; everyone else joins from their own phone.

💡 The traditional casino card game, also known as Twenty-One

2–6 players ask each other for cards by rank — hand over every card of that rank if you're holding it, or say "Go Fish" and send them to the stock. Collect all four of a rank to lay down a book; the game ends the instant all thirteen are claimed, most books wins.

💡 The traditional parlour card game

2–8 players play any cards face down, claiming any rank — you never have to tell the truth. Suspicious? Call "I doubt it!" before the window closes: wrong, and you pick up the whole pile; right, and the bluffer does. First to empty their hand and survive wins.

💡 The traditional parlour game, also known as Cheat or BS

2–8 players match colour or number, play Skips, Reverses and Draw Twos, and race to empty their hand first. Play a Wild Draw Four without a good reason and the next player can call your bluff. Forget to call "Last Card!" on your second-to-last card and you'll draw two.

💡 Inspired by Uno, descended from the traditional card game family Crazy Eights / Last Card

more at haddley.github.io Enjoying these? ☕ Buy me a coffee These are original games written for one family's game nights, several of them inspired by games we love. Not affiliated with, authorised by or endorsed by their publishers — all names and trademarks belong to their respective owners. Player sprites by Kenney (CC0 1.0 — public domain). Credit not required; given gladly. Details. © 2026 Neil Haddley · licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 — free for personal and educational use; converts to Apache 2.0 on 2030-08-18.