The Confessions Game

This confessions game to play with friends guarantees that the warmest, most fascinating conversations won’t have to be left to chance. With the help of a dice and some cards, the game asks participants to answer a series of questions around career, sex, money, relationships, family, gently inviting everyone to share important bits of themselves in an intimate and playful atmosphere. By thinking of confessions as a game – as a sociable and exploratory activity, as opposed to a risky affair – the cards prompt us to open ourselves up to interesting and exhilarating conversations, allow us to be a little more honest around the most intimate aspects of ourselves.

Example Cards:

• What did you call your partner in your most heated argument?
• In your most depressed moods, what do you tell yourself about your career?
• What are you ashamed of people knowing about you and money?
• Describe in some detail the first time you had sex.
• What do you hate most about your children?

The dark, rich colours have been designed to reflect the atmosphere of a secret club or drinking spot where one might naturally feel the thrill of a slightly out-of-bounds or illicit activity, as a reminder of our less polished and more risky selves.

How to Play the Game

You might…

• Play with a group of friends to prompt conversation and ease players into the art of playful revelation.
• Use the cards as an exploratory prompt with a partner to delve into some aspect of yourselves or the relationship that otherwise feels a little out of bounds or hard to bring to the table.
• Sort through the cards on your own when you’re feeling in the mood for a little inner enquiry, particularly around your career or relationship choices.