Icebreaker
Set up the game
You need at least 2 players
How to play
- 1Type the names, choose whether the 18+ questions are in, and how many you want.
- 2The phone draws a question and says whose turn it is. That person answers, and anyone else can chip in.
- 3Move on and it is somebody else's turn. Once the table warms up, start again with 18+ switched on.
Example questions
- What's the last song you played twice in a row?
- What song do you want playing on your birthday?
- Where did you always go on holiday?
- What place reminds you of someone in your family?
- Where have you ended up stranded?
- What do your friends do that annoys you?
- How did you meet your best friend?
- What have you learnt just for fun that's no use to anyone?
- What's a fair price for a dinner out?
- What role did you end up with among your siblings or cousins?
- What are you like when you're tired?
- What scares you most about getting older?
- How do you handle silence?
- What are you terrible at in love?
- What have you given up that turned out to be worth it?
- What have you told people about a partner that you shouldn't have?
- What do you need and don't know how to ask for?
- What does someone you know have that you wish you had?
- What would make you stop comparing yourself?
- What have you struggled to accept about your looks?
- What would you change about the world if it cost you something?
- What would you teach someone before you go?
- Who at this table has changed the most?
- What will you take away from tonight with this lot?
A sample: the deck holds 1000, shuffled every game.
Frequently asked questions
- How many players do you need for Icebreaker?
- From 2 to 20. Fewer and it falls flat, more and it drags, though nobody is going to stop you trying.
- Do I have to download anything?
- No. Icebreaker opens in your phone's browser and runs right there: nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
- Is Icebreaker free?
- Completely. Every card, every level and all six languages, with no account and no paid tier.
- What is the difference between the two options?
- "For everyone" gives you 800 questions about tastes, family, fears, money, bodies and secrets: you can play them in front of anyone. "18+" adds 200 about sex, desire, hookups, drinking and intimacy, and then it matters who is at the table.
- Does it work with people who have just met?
- Yes, and that is where it works best: the questions are specific and everybody has an answer. What brings people closer is not the question itself, it is that everyone answers in turn.