How to play pass-the-phone games with Gumbo Game Night
Gumbo Game Night is a pass-the-phone party game. One phone is enough for the whole table. There is no account to create, and there are no ads. It also works offline once you have opened it.
In a pass-the-phone game, people already in the same room share a single screen. You do not install a second app, and you do not need everyone to join on their own device. You open Gumbo Game Night, hand the phone to the next person when it is their turn, and play.
Faker (3–20 players)
Faker is the bluff mode in Gumbo Game Night. Everyone peeks at a card. Almost everyone sees the same secret word. One or more players are the Faker and do not see that word.
- Add the players and pick a deck. House Mix and Holiday Table are free.
- Pass the phone around. Each person presses and holds the card to peek, then lets go and hands the phone on.
- Go around the circle. Each person says one word about the secret. Too obvious, and the Faker can figure it out. Too vague, and you look like the Faker.
- When you are ready, count to three, point, and vote. If the table catches the Faker, the Faker gets one chance to name the word.
You can give the Faker a related hint word, just the category, or nothing at all. You can also add a second or third Faker when the table is large enough.
Holler (2–4 teams) in Gumbo Game Night
Holler is the race mode. One clue-giver holds the phone so their team cannot see the word. The team hollers guesses before the timer runs out.
- Pick teams and a deck, then hand the phone to the clue-giver.
- On some cards you act the word out with no talking. On others you describe it without saying the word or rhyming it.
- Tap Got it when the team says the word, or Pass to skip. Swipe right or left if that is easier.
- When the buzzer sounds, fix any wrong calls. After every team has had its turns, the highest score wins.
You can also make a deck of your own words. Those decks stay on that phone and are never uploaded.