Call the Room

Answer the question, then guess what everybody else said.

A question appears and you tap twice. First the answer you actually want. Then the answer you think most people chose. No totals until everybody has done both.

Only the second tap scores, so having good taste is worth nothing here and knowing your friends is worth everything. Then the totals land, and somebody is always certain the room has misread them.

The questions are about this table rather than the world, so there is nothing to know in advance. Three to ten players, about fifteen minutes.

  • 3–10 players
  • About 15 minutes
  • Free
  • No download
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How each way works

Friends playing Call the Room on a television they can all see, each with a phone

Play with a group in your room

A TV, laptop or tablet — a phone each

Put the question on a television, laptop or tablet and let everybody pick, then call, on their own phone. The totals land on the one screen everyone is already watching.

Open the board
People in different cities playing Call the Room with strangers on their own screens

Play live online with people worldwide

Your own phone, tablet or laptop — anywhere in the world

Sit down at a public table with people you have never met. The question appears on every screen at once, and strangers try to read a room they have never sat in.

Start a game

How to play

  1. A question appears for everyone at once.
  2. First tap: the answer you actually want.
  3. Second tap: the answer you think most people chose.
  4. Only the second tap scores. If two answers tie for most, both count.
  5. Highest score after the last question wins.

Questions

Is Call the Room free to play?

Yes, and there is nothing to buy later. Call the Room runs in your browser: no download, no app store, no payment.

Do I need to install anything?

No. Open the link and play. It works on a phone, a tablet, a laptop and any television with a browser, and everyone at a table can be on a different kind of device.

What does “Play with a group in your room” mean?

Put the question on a television, laptop or tablet and let everybody pick, then call, on their own phone. The totals land on the one screen everyone is already watching.

What does “Play live online with people worldwide” mean?

Sit down at a public table with people you have never met. The question appears on every screen at once, and strangers try to read a room they have never sat in.

How many people can play?

3–10 players, in the same room or live online.

How long does a game take?

About 15 minutes.

Do I need an account?

Only if you want to start a game for other people to join. Playing on one shared screen works without one, and so does joining a game a friend started — you just choose a name.

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Ready when your friends are.

No download, no app. Call the Room opens in the browser they already have.

Start playing