What Would You Do?
Hypotheticals with consequences.
- Players
- 2+ players
- Length
- 15–30 min
- Cost
- Free · no signup
- Long distance
- Works long distance
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Hypotheticals with consequences.
- Players
- 2+ players
- Length
- 15–30 min
- Intensity
- Sweet
Free · No signup · Nothing you answer is saved
How do you play What Would You Do??
What Would You Do? is a couples game of hypothetical scenarios — from winning a secret fortune to discovering a friend has lied to your partner. Both partners answer with their first instinct and then explain their reasoning. Hypotheticals produce honest answers because nobody feels accused.
How to play
- Read the scenario out loud.
- Both of you answer. First instinct, then reasoning.
- Push for specifics — "I would handle it" is not an answer.
- When you disagree, argue it out. That is the game.
- Move on before the argument gets real. Usually about two minutes.
Why couples love this game
Hypotheticals bypass the defensiveness that real questions trigger. Asking "would you lie to me?" gets a reflexive no; asking what you would do with a friend's secret gets an honest and much more interesting answer, because nobody feels accused.
A hypothetical is a safe way to find out something real. Nobody has to defend an actual decision, so people answer honestly — and then discover their partner would have done something completely different.
These range from silly (you win the lottery and tell nobody) to genuinely awkward (you find out something about a friend of mine). The silly ones are warm-ups. The awkward ones are the game.
It is the funniest deck on the site that occasionally stops being funny, which is exactly the right ratio.
Example questions
- You win £5 million on the condition you tell nobody, including me. What do you do?
- You find out a close friend of mine has been lying to me about something big. Do you tell me?
- A stranger hands you an envelope and says "do not open it". What happens next?
- You could relive one year of your life. Which one, and would you change anything?
- You get offered your dream job in a city I do not want to move to. What now?
- You find out you have a half sibling nobody mentioned. Do you get in touch?
The full game has 22 of these, shuffled every time you play.
Who this game is best for
- Long drives
- Double dates — it works better with an audience
- Couples who enjoy a debate
- Anyone who finds sincere questions difficult
Tips to make it better
- Do not accept vague answers. The specifics are where you learn something.
- "I would never be in that situation" is a dodge. Make them answer it anyway.
- Two minutes per card. These can absorb an entire evening if you let them.
- If one lands somewhere genuinely sore, note it and come back another day.
Frequently asked questions
Why do hypothetical questions work better than direct ones?
Because nobody is on trial. "Would you lie to me?" gets a defensive no. A scenario about somebody else's secret gets the real answer, and the real answer is more informative.
Can this cause an argument?
Frequently, and mostly the enjoyable kind. If one lands on something genuinely unresolved, close the deck rather than pushing through it.
Does it work with more than two people?
Yes — it is better with four. Double dates produce far more disagreement, which is the fuel.