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Family rating, kid tips, safe prompts

Family game night on the TV

A party game the whole family plays from the couch: the TV shows the fight, everyone answers funny prompts on a phone or tablet, and the family votes for the best line. Pick the Family rating and every prompt comes from the family-safe set. Free, no accounts, 8 to 13 minutes a game.

  • Family rating
  • 125 family-safe prompts
  • No accounts, no chat

Updated

Start family game night

On a phone, START makes this phone the game screen: it shows the game and does not play.

START A GAME

This screen shows the game: put it on the TV or share it on a call. Everyone plays on their own phone. Free, no accounts.

To play too, open

suckerpunchline.tv

on a laptop, TV or tablet and press START there.

No TV or laptop? Start here, then mirror this phone to a TV (AirPlay or Chromecast) or stand it up where everyone can see it.

or join

3 to 8 players plus a crowd of up to 200. Alone or with one friend? AI fighters fill the ring.

What you need

  • One screen everyone can see. The TV (through a laptop, the TV's browser, or mirroring from an iPad or phone), or just a laptop on the table. How to put it on your TV.
  • 3 to 8 phones or tablets for the fighters. Short a device or a person? AI fighters fill empty seats (up to 5).
  • Everyone who can read a short sentence. Answers are typed, so the youngest players do best teamed up with a grown-up.

Setting it up for a family

1. Let a parent be the Show Runner

The first phone to join runs the show. Join first from a parent's phone and you hold the settings, the START button, and the controls to hide an answer or remove a player.

2. Pick the Family rating in the lobby

The Family rating deals only prompts marked family-safe (125 of 274). The default, Balanced, adds work, dating and roommate prompts, and After Dark is for adults only. The swear filter and the slur filter are on by default and mask rude words in answers. Names are always filtered.

Some prompts are call-outs: they name one player in the room and make up something silly about them. Turn call-outs off in the lobby, or anyone can pick Never on their own phone.

3. Slow the clock for younger typists

Set timers to 1.5x or 2x so nobody is racing the clock with one finger.

Filters catch words, not ideas. A creative twelve-year-old can still write something that needs hiding. That is what CENSOR on the Show Runner's phone is for: it hides the answer on the TV during the vote.

Ways to include little kids

  • Team up. A parent and a child share one phone and one fighter. The kid picks the fighter and the joke; the grown-up types.
  • Join the crowd. On the join screen, "Just watch (and vote)" puts someone in the crowd. Answers are read aloud, so a crowd member only needs to tap the one they liked.
  • Let them press the big buttons. START THE FIGHT and PLAY AGAIN live on the Show Runner's phone. Hand it over.

What Family rating prompts look like

  • What do you yell after finally opening a pickle jar?

    House answer: Tell the other jars what happened here.

  • Name a wizard spell for a really boring chore.

    House answer: Foldus Fitted Sheetus

  • Confess a secret you would only tell a goldfish.

    House answer: I've been seeing other fish.

  • The class hamster escaped. Where did they finally find it?

    House answer: Running for student council.

  • Step one in the instruction manual for a baby dragon

    House answer: Remove all curtains.

  • Why did you eat your sibling's birthday cake?

    House answer: It had my name on it. Spiritually.

  • Why are you late to your own surprise party?

    House answer: I had to practice my surprised face.

  • Explain why there's a llama at your graduation.

    House answer: He's my plus-one. Be polite.

  • The shampoo says lather, rinse, repeat. What's step four?

    House answer: Tell no one.

More in the prompt sampler.

Family game night, start to finish

  1. Put the game on the TV and press START (1 minute).
  2. Everyone scans the QR code and picks a fighter (1 minute).
  3. Parent picks the Family rating and taps START THE FIGHT.
  4. Play a game: two rounds and the Main Event, 8 to 13 minutes.
  5. PLAY AGAIN with fresh prompts, or switch to a board game while the champion gloats.

Grandparents across the country can join too: share the game screen on a video call and they play from their own phone. How to play over a video call.

Questions

What age is it for?

With the Family rating, anyone who can read and type a short answer, roughly early elementary school and up, can play on their own. Younger kids do well teamed up with a grown-up or voting in the crowd.

Is there chat or contact with strangers?

No. There is no chat and no public matchmaking. Only people who have your four-letter room code can join, and the Show Runner can remove anyone.

Do kids need an account or an email?

No. Nobody signs up. A player types a name for the game and that is it. Privacy.

Does it cost anything or show ads?

No and no.