How does a party game work?
A question comes up and the ball goes to one player. Type an answer nobody has used and the ball moves on. If your clock runs out, the ball blows up and you lose a life. The last player with a life left wins.
How does the clock work?
Every turn has its own clock that everyone can see. It starts at 15 seconds and gets one second shorter with each answer on the board, down to 5. A new question sets it back to 15. There is no hidden timer.
When does the question change?
After a set number of answers. Most questions move on after 6. Position-by-season ones take 8, and the widest ones, like naming anyone who played for a team, take 12. A game never asks two questions of the same kind (two jersey numbers, two team rosters) until it has gone through the other kinds.
How are answers scored?
Every answer sits in one of six tiers, from Dump Off (10 points) for the name everyone says to Hall of Famer (100) for the deep cut. Tiers are set ahead of time by how well known the answer is. They do not depend on what other players typed.
How do I get a life back?
Every 600 points earns one, up to 3 lives.
Why was my answer not accepted?
The lists are built by hand from public football records, so a fair answer can be missing. Wrong answers cost you nothing but time, so try another.
Why did it change what I typed?
Answer checking reaches for the closest answer: small typos, the start of a name ("ohio" for Ohio State) and last names all count. With Answer corrections on, you see the corrected answer first and press Enter to lock it in. Ranked is stricter: only a full last name that one answer has, or a typo a letter or two off, counts, and it is taken straight away.
Who are the other players in my room?
Real people first. Quick Play and Ranked put you in the same room as anyone else looking for that size of game, and seats are held for people for 25 seconds. After that, or if you press Play with bots now, bots fill the open seats. A person who joins before kickoff takes a bot's seat. If every waiting room is full, Quick Play can drop you into a game with bots in it: you watch, and take a bot's seat when the next game starts. Ranked never has bots.
What is ranked?
Ranked rooms move your rating up or down by where you finish. Quick Play and private rooms never touch it.
What are the Daily Drive and Unlimited?
The Daily Drive is 7 questions with 25 seconds each, the same for everyone that day, and it turns over at midnight Eastern. Unlimited keeps going until the clock beats you once.
Do I need an account?
No. Your stats and earned heads are saved for this browser. The Locker Room is where Google sign-in lives, for carrying them to other devices.
What do you store about me?
Only what the game needs: your name, helmet, stats and runs, and your email if you sign in with Google. Read the privacy policy.