Truth or Task (Clean)
A family-safe version of the famous party game. A player chooses "truth" and answers a light question honestly, or chooses "task" and does a small, silly task. Every question and task here is safe for a mixed family group.
- Players
- 3 or more
- Time
- 15 to 20 minutes
- You need
- A bottle to spin, or chits
- Ages
- 10 and above
- Type
- Party games
How to play
- Sit in a circle. Spin a bottle, or go in turns.
- The chosen player says "truth" or "task".
- For truth, ask a question from the list. For task, give a task from the list.
- A player may pass once in the game.
- Go on until everybody has had two turns.
Truth questions
- What is the funniest thing you believed as a child?
- Which food do you pretend to like?
- What is the longest you have gone without a bath? Be honest.
- Which household job do you avoid the most?
- What was your most embarrassing moment in school?
- Who in this room would you call first in trouble?
- What is one thing you are afraid of?
- Which is the worst gift you have ever received?
- What is your silliest habit?
- Have you ever blamed a brother, sister or friend for something you did?
- What is the most childish thing you still do?
- Which song do you sing in the bathroom?
- What was the last thing you searched for on your phone?
- What is a small lie you told to skip an event?
- Which subject did you fear most in school?
- What is your favourite memory with someone in this group?
- If you could change one thing about your daily routine, what would it be?
- What is the strangest dream you remember?
- Whose cooking in the family do you like best? No diplomatic answers.
- What is the one thing you cannot say no to?
Tasks
- Speak like a cricket commentator for 20 seconds.
- Do ten jumping jacks while singing.
- Talk without showing your teeth until your next turn.
- Balance a spoon on your nose for five seconds.
- Walk across the room like a penguin.
- Say the names of everyone here in reverse order.
- Draw a peacock with your eyes closed.
- Act like your favourite teacher for 15 seconds.
- Sing a nursery rhyme like a serious classical singer.
- Make up a slogan for the snack on the table.
- Speak in rhymes until your next turn.
- Pretend to be a statue for one full minute.
- Give a 20-second weather report for your kitchen.
- Clap in a rhythm and make the group copy it.
- Tell a joke in a whisper.
- Read the last message on the group in a film-hero voice.
- Do your best robot dance for ten seconds.
- Eat a biscuit without using your hands.
- Thank each person here for one thing, in one breath.
- Invent a handshake with the person on your right.
Tips and variations
- Never force anyone. If a question feels uncomfortable to someone, change it at once.
- On WhatsApp: the host posts the lists as numbers, and the player picks "Truth 7" or "Task 12" without seeing them.
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- Musical Chairs 10 to 15 minutes
- Passing the Parcel 15 minutes
- Whisper Chain 10 minutes
- Tambola (Housie) 30 to 45 minutes
- One-Minute Games 1 minute for each player
- Draw and Guess 20 minutes
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