Kraken Bingo
A dare card for the night — a different one for every guest
Nine dares, one evening, and a secret challenge that only appears on one person's card.
Create a gameWhy this works as a bingo card
Party dare games mostly come as a printed sheet where everyone has the same nine dares. That's fine for the first twenty minutes, and then the group splits up, half the sheets are in someone's bag, and the last four dares never happen because nobody can remember what they were.
The version that actually works has two properties a printed card can't have. Everyone's dares are on the phone that is already in their hand all evening, and each guest can be given a secret dare that appears on nobody else's card. That second one is the whole game: it turns the night into a set of small conspiracies, and it means the bride, the birthday person or the one guest who needs pushing gets a challenge written specifically for them. Every dare needs a photo, which is how you end up with the evidence in the morning.
Set it up in five minutes
- 1
Create a team
Make a team for the party and add everyone who's coming. It stays private to whoever gets the link.
- 2
Add a game and pick the board
Use a 3×3 card. Nine dares finishes inside one evening, which is the point.
- 3
Paste the tasks
Paste the nine dares below, then rewrite the ones that don't suit the group.
- 4
Invite everyone
Give each guest a personal dare — one that appears on their card alone, and that nobody else can see.
- 5
Play, and prove it
Photo or video for each dare. In the morning, the card is the story of the night.
9 tasks you can copy
A 3×3 board needs exactly 9 tasks, so this list fills a card with nothing left over. Copy it and paste it straight into the bulk task field.
- 1Get a stranger to join a group photo
- 2Order in an accent that isn't yours
- 3Convince the bar to make something off-menu
- 4Start a conversation with the table next to you
- 5Get the whole group to dance to one song
- 6Ask someone for a story about their best night out
- 7Teach a stranger a phrase in another language
- 8Collect a compliment from three different people
- 9Recreate an old photo of the group
Recommended setup
- Board size
- 3×3 — nine dares, one evening
- How long to run it
- One night. Set it up an hour before, close it over breakfast.
- Worth turning on
- A personal dare per guest — the one thing paper can't do. It's invisible to everyone else's card until it's completed.
What makes it work
Photo and video proof
Every dare needs a photo or a video, which means the morning after comes with a complete record instead of an argument about who actually did what.
A live ranking
The ranking updates live all evening, so even a group that splits across two bars is still playing the same game.
Everyone in one chat
The chat keeps the whole party in one thread — useful when half the group is in a queue and the other half has moved on.
Frequently asked questions
How many dares should one night have?
Nine. A 3×3 card is finishable in an evening, which is what makes people push for the last square instead of drifting off. Sixteen is too many for one night.
Can each guest have a different dare?
Yes — that's the feature worth having. Alongside the shared nine, you can give any guest a personal dare that appears only on their card and is hidden from everyone else until they complete it.
Can we keep the photos private?
The team is hidden from team lists unless you make it discoverable, so the evening is visible only to guests who have the link.
Does it work if the group splits up?
That's when it works best. Everyone has their own card on their own phone, and the ranking and chat keep two halves of a party in the same game.
Any advice on writing the dares?
Keep them doable by one person in five minutes, keep them kind, and make sure every dare can be photographed — an unphotographable dare quietly gets skipped.
Does everyone need an account?
Each guest signs in once — Google or Apple takes about ten seconds — and then joins the team from the invite link or QR code.
Start your first card
Free to create, no card needed, and your team joins with one link.
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