OffLimits

Party room

Open a room, put the code on the biggest screen in the house, and everyone joins on their own phone. The room sees the question. Only you see your answer.

Got a code?

Six characters, letters and numbers. Ask your host.

Name the party

Optional. Shows on the shared screen so people know they're in the right room.

What are you playing?

Would You RatherNever Have I EverMost Likely To

How it runs

1

Open the room

Pick your games and hit open. A six-letter code appears, put it on the TV, a laptop, or any screen everyone can see.

2

Everyone joins

Players open this page on their own phones and type the code. No app to download, no account to make.

3

Play and keep score

The shared screen shows the prompt. Everyone answers on their phone. Points tally up automatically between rounds.

How to run a room well

Put the shared screen down

Lay the laptop flat or angle the TV so nobody has to crane their neck. The shared screen is the board, treat it like one.

Read the code out loud

Don't just point at the screen. Say the six letters twice while people are still finding the join page.

Close the round early

If most people have answered and the room's gone quiet, end it. Momentum beats waiting for the last holdout.

The winning lie is boring

In bluff rounds, the answer that sounds plausible and slightly dull fools the most people. Save the jokes for the reveal.

Nobody sits out

Hand the quiet person the next prompt to read. Everyone should touch the game at least once a round.

If it goes quiet, shorten it

Switch to a faster game, cut the timer, or call last round. A short great session beats a long flat one.

Common questions

How is this different from Jackbox?

Same shape, one shared screen, everyone plays on their phone, but there's nothing to buy or install. It runs in the browser, it's free, and it's built around talking to the people in the room rather than watching a show.

Does it work over Zoom or Teams?

Yes. Share your screen the way you normally would and read the code out; remote players join on their phones exactly like people in the room. Anything that can share a screen works.

What happens if someone refreshes or loses signal?

They come back to the join page, type the same code, and drop back into their seat. Their score is held for the rest of the session, so a dropped phone doesn't end anyone's game.

How many people can play?

Three is enough to get going and it stays sharp up to about sixteen. Bigger rooms still work, but rounds run long, split into two rooms if you're over twenty.