Anniversary Questions
One year reviewed properly, once a year.
- Players
- 2 players
- Length
- 30–60 min
- Cost
- Free · no signup
- Long distance
- Works long distance
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One year reviewed properly, once a year.
- Players
- 2 players
- Length
- 30–60 min
- Intensity
- Sweet
Free · No signup · Nothing you answer is saved
How do you play Anniversary Questions?
Anniversary questions review the year together — the best day, the hardest week, what changed in each of you, and what you want from the year ahead. The deck is designed to be repeated annually with the answers written down, so that reading last year's responses becomes part of the ritual.
How to play
- Do it on or near the anniversary, before or after dinner.
- Both answer every question.
- Write the answers down. This is the deck where that genuinely matters.
- Keep them somewhere you will find them next year.
- Read last year's answers first if you have them.
Why couples love this game
Reading last year's answers before starting this year's is the part people are unprepared for. You forget what you were worried about, what you wanted, and how much moved — and seeing it in your own words from twelve months ago is more affecting than any card.
An anniversary is usually marked with a dinner and a card, both of which are lovely and neither of which requires you to actually look at the year.
This deck is a review. It asks what happened, what got harder, what got better, and what each of you wants from the next one — and it is designed to be repeated every year with the answers kept.
The compounding is the point. Doing it once is a nice evening. Doing it for five years gives you something almost nobody has: an honest record of a relationship in its own words.
Example questions
- What was the single best day of this year?
- What was the hardest week, and what got us through it?
- What did we do this year that we had never done before?
- What changed about you this year?
- What changed about me that you noticed?
- When did you feel proudest of us?
The full game has 22 of these, shuffled every time you play.
Who this game is best for
- Any anniversary, first or fortieth
- Couples who want a ritual rather than a gift
- Long-distance couples marking a year apart
- Anyone who feels the years blur together
Tips to make it better
- Write it down. Without a record this is a pleasant evening; with one it compounds.
- Read last year's answers first. That is the whole ritual.
- Do not skip the harder cards. A year of only good bits is not a year.
- The final card is the one to keep somewhere visible.
Frequently asked questions
What should couples do on their anniversary?
Something repeatable. A dinner is lovely and forgettable; a yearly review you write down and read back the following year is the one couples still do a decade later.
Why write the answers down?
Because the value compounds. You will not remember what you were worried about or hoping for twelve months from now, and reading it in your own words is the most affecting part of the whole exercise.
Does this work for a first anniversary?
Yes, and starting the record early is the best possible reason to do it. Year one is when it feels least necessary and matters most.