truth or Dare

Truth or Dare (also: Duty or Truth ; Deed or Truth ; Truth or Risk ) is a party game that is particularly popular among children and young people .

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Either after the question has been answered or the task has been completed, or one after the other or by random selection (often by means of spin the bottle ), the respondent who now has to fulfill “truth or dare” (i.e. a task) is selected. To do this, the respondent must first choose between “truth” and “duty” (also called “deed” or “risk” depending on the region and group).

In the case of "truth", the chosen person is asked a question that he must answer truthfully; In the case of “duty”, the selected player must do a task chosen by the other players. The question or task is posed by the person who was previously the respondent. Depending on the age of the players, the questions and tasks often go in the personal or intimate area.

Variations

Among other things, there is the option choice , in which three tasks are set and one of them must be completed.
In the lemon variant , both the truth and the duty task are mentioned, and the respondent only then decides.
Before the game, it can be determined whether and how often a refusal is possible. The refuser is asked a new question or task. Whoever has no refusal left and still refuses, is eliminated. The winner is the last one left.
In another variation, the last person interviewed can choose a teammate who then has to decide whether he wants to answer a question true or to fulfill a certain task.
For adults there are variants such as drink or dare or strip or dare . These fall under the categories of drinking games or erotic gimmicks.

Japan

In Japan, a similar game called Ōsama Game ( 王様ゲーム , Eng. "King's Game") is played using chopsticks, one of which is marked as ōsama 'King' and the others are numerically marked according to the number of participants.

Each round consists of someone holding all of the chopsticks in their fist, covering the markings, and then everyone present pulls a stick. The person with the king stick then gives an - usually embarrassing - instruction to one or more numbers. Only then do the others reveal their numbers. The peculiarity of this game is the double random selection, because the "king" does not know beforehand who has drawn the number he has named and therefore has to carry out his order. After the command has been carried out, another draw is made and the procedure is repeated with a new double random selection of “King” and “Sacrifice”.

Similar games

There is a truth-or-dare variant of the skill game Jenga . But see also: