Truth or dare?
Players | 2 or more |
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Playing time | None |
Chance | low |
Skills | creativity, embarrassment tolerance |
Truth or dare? or Truth or Consequences, is a widely popular party game that presents players with a choice between revealing truths about themselves or completing a daring challenge proposed by fellow players. This game has been a staple of social gatherings for decades, adding excitement and a sense of adventure to many parties and events.
History
The game has existed for hundreds of years, with at least one variant, "questions and commands", being attested as early as 1712:
A Christmas game, in which the commander bids their subjects to answer a question which is asked. If the subject refuses or fails to satisfy the commander, they must pay a forfeit [follow a command] or have their face smutted [dirtied].[1]
Truth or dare may ultimately derive from command games such as the ancient Greek basilinda (in Greek: βασιλίνδα). This game is described by Julius Pollux: "in which we are told a king, elected by lot, commanded his comrades what they should perform".[2]
See also
- Game of dares
- Never have I ever
References
- v
- t
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- Button, button, who's got the button?
- Charades
- Twenty questions
- Bobbing for apples
- Telephone game
- Dreidel
- Duck, duck, goose
- Hot potato
- Murder mystery
- Musical chairs
- Musical statues
- Pass the parcel
- Pin the tail on the donkey
- Piñata
- Post office
- Scavenger hunt
- Seven minutes in heaven
- Simon Says
- Spin the bottle
- Truth or dare?
- What's the time, Mr Wolf?