Guides

Games worth playing, arguments worth settling, and the tools that help with both.

12 dice games for two peopleGames you can play with a pair of dice, a scrap of paper and someone across the table. Rules first, then who it suits.7 min read How to split chores without it becoming an argumentThe problem is almost never the chores. It is that nobody agreed what the list was.6 min read Drinking games that need nothing but diceNo cards, no cups, no elaborate setup. A pair of dice and people who can count to twelve.5 min read Card games for two people that are actually goodMost card games are written for four and tolerate two. These are the ones that are better with two.7 min read How to decide what to eat when nobody will chooseTwo people who both genuinely do not mind can spend forty minutes not eating.5 min read How to pick a giveaway winner people will believeBeing fair is the easy half. The hard half is being visibly fair to people who were not in the room.5 min read Party games that need nothing but peopleGames for a room with no equipment, no table and a varying amount of attention.6 min read How to make teams nobody complains aboutThe problem with two captains picking is not fairness. It is that somebody is picked last, in public, every time.5 min read Family game night: what actually works, by ageThe hard part is not choosing a game. It is choosing one that a six-year-old and a fifteen-year-old can both lose gracefully.6 min read Ice breakers that do not make everyone winceMost ice breakers fail for the same reason: they ask people to perform rather than to answer.5 min read