# Social Games
- Hanabi.
- [Wavelength](https://gjeuken.github.io/telewave). [Alternative](https://longwave.web.app/).
- [Codenames](https://www.horsepaste.com/). Can be also played with [Dixit cards](https://meteuphoric.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/pic2664878_lg.jpg).
- Wits and Wagers.
- [Diplomacy](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.oort.diplicity). Also [Backstabbr](https://www.backstabbr.com/).
- [The Schelling Game](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/kM3Xd2mJeWtsGkgSW/the-schelling-game-a-k-a-the-coordination-game). Discern Schelling points among the group.
- [Aumann Agreement Game](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gCKURs0Xdnb8PQS54rckS4CJUp8kCklKs2KKi7xDZdA/edit#). Also possible to [play online](https://web.archive.org/web/20241226132325/https://aumann.io/).
- [Calibration Questions](https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/03/15/americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population).
- [Black Stories](https://detective-stories.com/).
- [Stopots](https://stopots.com/es/). Choose a letter, think about things starting with it.
- [Two Rooms and a Boom](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/134352/two-rooms-and-boom). [Print and Play version](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_jbxtyH0V0xACK_crdIbf-QMFv0aw7pr). [Online Version](https://www.playkaboom.com/) ([alternative](http://tworooms.centralus.cloudapp.azure.com/)).
- [Cockroach Poker](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11971/cockroach-poker). [Can be played with two standard decks](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/ah8t5r/has_anyone_tried_cockroach_poker_with_a_regular/).
- [Secret Hitler](https://www.secrethitler.com/assets/Secret_Hitler_Print_and_Play.pdf).
- [Two of these people are lying](https://youtu.be/NPaz6mFsSjU). Everyone puts a weird Wikipedia articles. Someone pulls a random one. People should come up with a compelling description and the goal is to discern what is true and what is false.
- [So Long Sucker](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8304/so-long-sucker).
- [Nomic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic).
- Randomz. Every person gets a random number (e.g from 0 to 100) and they have to say them in order.
- Everyone puts a finger in the same platform. Someone counts to three and says the number of fingers remaining in the platform, if they are correct, they're out.
- Grammarly. Make teams. Generate a random word. One person on each team needs to guess it. The rest of the team needs to take turns saying a word that forms a sentence to describe the word.
- Guess Who. Someone asks a question like "Who is most likely to do X?" and everyone points to their guess at the same time.
- Cheers to the Governor. As a group, you have to count to 21. The first rule is that 7 and 14 are swapped. Every time you succeed, you say cheers to the governor and add a new rule (e.g: 8 changes sense, 9 is silent, you have to say hello instead of 4, ...).
- Celebrity cup. Add people to a cup and grab 2. You need to defend why that couple will work.
- Deduction Games like "Who Has the Hat".
- [Many other activities can be played as games](https://www.whataaabout.com/)!
## Card Games
- [New Eleusis](https://web.archive.org/web/20190822201119/http://www.matuszek.org/eleusis1.html).
- [Bartok](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartok_(card_game)>).
- Mao.
- [Egypcian Ratscrew](https://waste.org/~oliviax/cards/ratscrew.html).
- [Dvorak](http://web.archive.org/web/20241219082825/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_(game)).
- [Skull](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/92415/skull).
- [Cheat / Bullshit](https://www.pagat.com/beating/cheat.html).
- [In Vino Morte](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksy4mFBZmR0).
- [Oh, Hell!](https://www.pagat.com/exact/ohhell.html).
- [Duel](http://juddmadden.com/duel52/) and [Cuttle](https://www.pagat.com/combat/cuttle.html) ([rules](https://www.cuttle.cards/img/cuttle_rules.pdf)) as 1v1 games.
- [Regicide](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/307002/regicide) ([how to play](https://www.regicidegame.com/how-to-play/)).
- [All Card Games](https://www.pagat.com/) and [more](https://www.parlettgames.uk/oricards/). A list of card games all around the world.
- Some more [modern games playable with a standard deck](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DB2YF46s0oVFUSIpR9vxoGIbhpTKz2jw/view).
## Roadtrip Games
- [Contact](https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-play-the-word-game-Contact).
- [Black Stories](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.divofmod.blackstories&hl=en_US).
- [Going on a picnic](https://www.thegamegal.com/2011/06/11/going-on-a-picnic/).
- [Ghost](https://blog.xkcd.com/2007/12/31/ghost/).
- French Toast. One person thinks of a word. Then someone starts by asking "Is it more like French Toast or more like 'X' ?" where X can be anything they want to guess.
- Play some beats and everyone goes around freestyle rapping?
- One Page RPGs.
## RPGs
- [Laser and Feelings](http://onesevendesign.com/lasers_and_feelings_rpg.pdf). Also [with hacks](https://writingalchemy.net/resources/lasers-and-feelings-hacks/)!
- [Honey Heist](https://gshowitt.itch.io/honey-heist).
- [Lady Blackbird](http://www.onesevendesign.com/ladyblackbird/) ([PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20250119094501/https://ladyblackbird.org/downloads/lady_blackbird.pdf)).
- [Everyone is John](https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/image/1377/34/1377343288798.pdf).
- [Roll for Shoes](https://rollforshoes.com/).
- [List of one page RPGs](https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/1vie0k/what_are_your_favorite_onepage_rpgs/).
## Online Platforms
- [Netgames](https://netgames.io/). Social games for your phone.
- [Skribble.io](https://skribbl.io). Drawing game.
- [Rocket Crab](https://rocketcrab.com/). Party games for phones.
- [Gartic Phone](https://garticphone.com/). The drawing telephone game.
- [Quicksplain](https://quicksplain.com/). Party trivia game for groups of 2 to 8 people that tests your knowledge on a variety of topics.
- [Smart Cookie Trivia](https://www.smart-cookie-trivia.com/). Free, fun, challenging, multiplayer quizzes.
- [Escape Team](https://www.escape-team.com/). A digital-physical escape room game.
## Boardgames
- [Scythe](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/169786/scythe).
- [Res Arcana](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262712/res-arcana).
- [Sidereal Confluence](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/202426/sidereal-confluence).
- [Cosmic Encounter](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39463/cosmic-encounter).
- [Rising Sun](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/205896/rising-sun)