Paranoia, Drinking Game Rules

Category: Party & Verbal Games · Players: 4+ · You’ll need: Drinks only

A whisper game, you hear your name but not the question, unless you pay to know.

Setup: Circle, drinks. Works best with 5+.

How to play:

1. Player A whispers a question to Player B (their left neighbor). The answer must be someone playing: "Who here would survive longest in a zombie apocalypse?"
2. Player B says only the answer, out loud: "Dave."
3. Dave now has a choice: stay in the dark, or drink 2 sips to have the question revealed to everyone.
4. Player B then whispers a new question to their left neighbor, and so on around the circle.

The paranoia is the game: most named players can't resist paying to know.

Paranoia, Variations

• Coin flip reveal (the classic): Instead of paying sips, the named player flips a coin, heads, the question is revealed free; tails, it stays secret forever and they drink.
• Double name: Answers must name two people; both may buy in for the reveal.
• Whisper chain: The question passes through two whisperers before being answered, telephone-game distortion included.

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