How Dare You? Review

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We review How Dare You?, a party game published by Alion Games. In How Dare You?, players are trying to guess the answer to trivia quesitons without going over.

While I tend to retain a lot of random bits of knowledge, I rarely play trivia games. And when I do, I’m probably going to reach for something like Wits and Wagers. It’s a game where everyone can participate because you don’t have to actually know any answers and can always make guesses.

How Dare You? (from here on shown without the ? at the end for the sake of my spell checker) is a newcomer to this genre. This small box game will have you and your fellow players one-upping each other to see who can find the closest correct answer.

While the rulebook has a few small variants included, the main way to play How Dare You is really simple. On a player’s turn, they read a question from a card and must try to guess the answer. Every question has a numerical answer, so even if the player doesn’t know the exact answer (which is likely), they can still make an educated guess (or take a blind stab in the dark).

For example, a question might be “The maximum speed of a poodle” or “The percentage of Earth covered by water.” Then, the next player clockwise can make their own guess (which must be a higher number), followed by the next player, and so on. However, instead of making a guess, a player can Dare the previous player if they think they’ve already guessed too high. In that situation, whoever was incorrect (the guesser or darer) claims the card. Then the next player takes their turn.

The game ends after a player has collected a number of cards based on the player count. Players will then count the ducks on their cards and whoever has the most is the loser. Spoiler alert: you don’t want to be the loser.

How Dare You is a party game through and through. The rules take just a minute or two to explain and it can be played just about anywhere. I brought a copy to my in-laws house for Thanksgiving to try out with some