Real-time party trivia

Write a bluff.
Spot the truth.

Everyone gets the same question and invents a convincing fake answer. Then the real answer is shuffled in with all the lies — and you have to find it. Pick the truth, or fool everyone who doesn’t.

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players per room
2–12
questions, 40 categories
2,000
languages supported
3

What is Baluff Party?

A trivia game you win by lying well.

Baluff Party is a real-time party game for a room full of people — or a group chat full of people. One person opens a room and shares a six-character code. Everyone else joins on their own phone, laptop, whatever they have.

Then it is the same loop, five rounds by default: a question appears, everybody secretly writes an answer they hope sounds true, and everybody votes on the pile. The scores are small and the arguments are long.

  • You write the wrong answers

    The fake options are not generated. They are written by the people sitting next to you, which is what makes them dangerous.

  • Two ways to score

    Find the real answer for +2. Get someone to fall for your lie for +1 each. Playing safe and playing dirty both work.

  • A round takes about a minute

    Timers are set by the host: 20–60 seconds to write, 15–45 to vote. Nobody waits on the slowest player.

  • Everyone plays on their own screen

    Browser, iPhone or Android — same room, same match. Guests need a nickname and nothing else.

baluff-party.web.app

How to play

From nothing to a running match in about a minute.

One person sets up. Everyone else taps a link.

  1. Open a room

    Pick a nickname and an avatar — no account, no email. Then choose your room settings: how many players, how many rounds, how long to write, how long to vote, which categories are in play, and which language the questions come in.

    Host only · takes ~30 seconds

  2. Share the code

    Every room gets a six-character code. Read it out, or send the join link and your friends land straight in the lobby. They join from a browser or the app — it makes no difference.

    Up to 12 players

  3. Everyone readies up

    Players mark themselves ready in the lobby. Once at least two are ready and at least one category is selected, the host can start the match.

    Minimum 2 ready players

  4. Vote for a category, then lie

    Each round starts with a quick category vote — most votes wins. A question is drawn and everyone writes a fake answer. You cannot submit the real answer, and you cannot submit a lie somebody else already wrote.

    40s to pick · 20–60s to write

  5. Find the truth

    All the lies plus the one real answer appear in a list, shuffled differently for every player. Pick the one you think is real. You cannot vote for your own bluff.

    15–45s to vote

  6. Reveal, score, repeat

    The truth is revealed along with the author of every fake and who fell for it. Scores go up, the standings reshuffle, and the host starts the next round when the laughing stops.

    +2 truth · +1 per player fooled

Game rules

Everything you need, in about two minutes.

The full ruleset as the game actually enforces it. The server decides every phase, timer and point — not your device.

+2

You found the truth

Your vote landed on the one real answer.

+1

Per player you fooled

Every vote your fake answer collects, once each.

Objective Score the most points across all rounds.
  • Two things earn points: correctly picking the real answer, and writing a fake answer that other people vote for.
  • The player with the highest total when the last round ends wins.
  • If two or more players are tied at the top, the game goes to sudden death instead of declaring a shared winner.
Players & rooms 2 to 12 players in a private room.
  • Rooms are private. The only way in is the six-character code or the join link.
  • The host sets the room size: 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 seats. The default is 8.
  • A match needs at least 2 players marked ready before the host can start it.
  • Every player picks a nickname of 2–16 characters and an avatar. No account or email is required.
  • Nobody can join once the match has started.
  • The host can remove a player from the room. If the host leaves, the player who has been in the room longest becomes the new host.
Setup The host chooses rounds, timers, categories and language.
  • Rounds per match: 3, 5, 7 or 10. The default is 5.
  • Time to write your bluff: 20, 30, 45 or 60 seconds. The default is 45.
  • Time to vote: 15, 20, 30 or 45 seconds. The default is 30.
  • At least one category must be selected, from the 11 available. The room only draws questions from the selected ones.
  • The question language is chosen per room and is separate from the app’s interface language — you can run Arabic questions with an English interface.
A round, step by step Category vote, write, vote, reveal, score.
  • Category vote (40 seconds): every player picks one of the room’s categories. The category with the most votes wins; a tie is broken alphabetically. If nobody has any unseen questions left in the winning category, the game falls back to the next preferred one.
  • Write (host’s timer): the question appears and everyone privately writes a fake answer.
  • Vote (host’s timer): the real answer is shuffled in among all the fakes. Every player sees the list in their own random order.
  • Reveal: the real answer is shown, along with who wrote each fake and who voted for it.
  • Scoreboard: the round’s points are added and the standings reorder.
  • Reveal and the scoreboard have no countdown. The host taps to continue, so nobody gets rushed past the good part.
Writing a bluff It has to be plausible, original, and not the truth.
  • A blank answer is rejected.
  • You cannot submit the real answer. The game normalises text before comparing, so changing the spacing, punctuation, capitalisation or Arabic diacritics will not get it past the check — and accepted alternative spellings of the answer are blocked too.
  • You cannot submit an answer identical to one another player already wrote, again after normalisation. First writer keeps it.
  • You can change your bluff until the timer runs out. The last version you submit is the one that goes in.
  • Once everyone has submitted, the round moves on immediately — it does not wait out the rest of the clock.
Voting One vote each. Never for your own lie.
  • The list contains exactly one true answer and one fake per player.
  • Your own bluff is shown but cannot be selected.
  • The order is shuffled per player, so you cannot work out the answer from where somebody else is looking.
  • You can change your vote until the timer runs out.
  • If you do not vote before time is up, you simply score no truth bonus that round.
Scoring +2 for the truth, +1 for every player you fool.
  • +2 points — you voted for the real answer.
  • +1 point — for each other player who voted for your fake answer.
  • A fake answer can earn its writer points from several players in the same round; there is no cap.
  • There are no penalties. You never lose points for being fooled.
  • Scores are calculated on the server, so a player cannot change their own score.
Winning & sudden death Highest total wins. Ties play one extra round.
  • When the final round’s scoreboard closes, the highest total wins.
  • If several players share the top score, the match goes to sudden death: one extra round played only by the tied players.
  • Sudden death runs on a shorter clock — 20 seconds to write, 15 to vote.
  • Everyone else watches that round and does not score.
  • The host can start a rematch straight from the results screen. The room remembers which questions it has already used, so a rematch never repeats one.
Good to know Repeats, drop-outs and reporting.
  • A question never appears twice in the same room, and that memory survives a rematch.
  • Every timer is a server deadline, not a countdown on your device. A backgrounded tab or a wrong device clock corrects itself as soon as it catches up.
  • If your connection gets slow the game tells you, so you know whether to blame the game or the wifi.
  • A player who backgrounds the app is marked away rather than removed, and has a 30-second grace period to come back.
  • Any question can be reported as wrong, unclear, offensive or a typo, straight from the round it appeared in.

Game flow

One match, start to finish.

This is the exact state machine the server runs.

  1. Lobby

    Players join with the code and mark themselves ready.

  2. Category vote

    Everyone picks a category. Most votes wins.

    40s

  3. Write your bluff

    The question appears. Everyone invents an answer.

    20–60s

  4. Vote

    Truth and lies together, shuffled for each player.

    15–45s

  5. Reveal

    The truth, the authors, and who fell for what.

    Host-paced

  6. Scoreboard

    +2 for truth, +1 per player fooled. Standings reorder.

    Host-paced

  7. Winner

    Highest total takes it. A tie goes to sudden death.

Repeats for every round

Features

Built to be played, not just launched.

Everything listed here is in the game today.

  • Real-time multiplayer

    Everyone sees the same phase at the same moment. Submit early and the round moves on — no dead waiting.

  • Private rooms

    A six-character code, or a join link that drops your friends straight into the lobby. Nothing is public.

  • Server-authoritative

    Phases, timers and scores are decided on the server. No device can set its own clock or its own score.

  • Host controls

    Rounds, both timers, room size, categories and question language. The host also paces the reveal and can remove a player.

  • 40 categories, 2,000 questions

    Geography, history, science, food, sports, cinema, music, the Arab world, animals, technology, Tunisia and more. The host picks which are in play.

  • English, French and Arabic

    Arabic runs right-to-left throughout, not just mirrored at the edges. The question language is chosen per room, separately from the interface.

  • Instant guest identity

    A nickname and a generated avatar. No account, no email, no password. The same seed always makes the same face.

  • Connection awareness

    The game watches your round-trip times and tells you when the connection, not the game, is the problem.

  • Rematch without repeats

    One tap to run it back. The room remembers every question it has used, so a rematch never serves the same one twice.

  • Report a question

    Wrong answer, unclear, offensive or a typo — flag it in the round it appeared in and it goes to review.

  • Sound and music

    Tap effects and a match loop, each toggled separately with its own volume.

  • Solo demo mode

    Play a full match against bots on one device to learn the flow before you gather everyone.

Play everywhere

One match. Whatever everyone happens to be holding.

The same room works across browsers, iPhones and Android phones at the same time.

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Web

Open a link and you are in. Nothing to install, works on a laptop or a phone browser.

Play on Web

iOS

The full game as a native app on iPhone and iPad.

Coming soon App Store

Android

The full game as a native app on Android phones and tablets.

Coming soon Google Play

The mobile apps are not on the stores yet. Until they are, the web version is the complete game — and it works fine on a phone browser.

Why play Baluff

The good part is the argument afterwards.

  • Nobody is out of the game

    You do not need to know the answer to score. A well-written lie beats a lucky guess, so the trivia expert and the person who knows nothing are both dangerous.

  • The reveal is the payoff

    Every fake answer gets attributed. The moment the game names who wrote the one that fooled you is the moment the room gets loud.

  • It fits in the gaps

    Three rounds is a coffee break. Ten is an evening. The host sets it before anyone commits.

  • It never plays the same twice

    The questions are fixed but the wrong answers are not — they are whatever your friends invented that night.

FAQ

Questions people actually ask.

What is Baluff Party?

A real-time party trivia game. Everyone gets the same question and writes a fake answer. All the fakes plus the one real answer are shuffled together, and everyone tries to pick the truth. You score for finding it, and for fooling other people with yours.

How many people can play?

Between 2 and 12 in one room. The host picks the room size when creating it — 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 seats — and at least two players must be ready before a match can start.

Can I play in my browser?

Yes, and it is the complete game. Open baluff-party.web.app, pick a nickname and you are playing. It works on desktop and on a phone browser.

Do I need to install anything or make an account?

No. There is no sign-up, no email and no password. You choose a nickname of 2 to 16 characters and an avatar, and that is your identity for the session.

How do my friends join?

Every room has a six-character code. Read it out, or send them the join link — opening it drops them straight into your lobby. They can be on the web version while you are on the app.

Is it on iOS and Android?

The game is built as one codebase for web, iOS and Android, but the mobile apps are not published to the App Store or Google Play yet. The web version runs the full game in the meantime.

How does scoring work?

You get +2 points for voting for the real answer, and +1 point for every other player who votes for your fake answer. There are no penalties — being fooled never costs you points.

How long does a game take?

The host chooses 3, 5, 7 or 10 rounds. A round is a 40-second category vote, 20 to 60 seconds to write, 15 to 45 to vote, then a reveal and scoreboard the host paces. Five rounds usually runs 10 to 15 minutes.

What happens if two players tie for first?

The match goes to sudden death: one extra round played only by the tied players, on a shorter clock — 20 seconds to write, 15 to vote. Everyone else watches.

What language is it in?

The interface is available in Arabic, English and French, with Arabic laid out right-to-left throughout. The question language is chosen separately, per room, so an Arabic-speaking group can run Arabic questions with an English interface.

Can I try it on my own first?

Yes. Turn on demo mode in Settings and the game seats bots that pick categories, write bluffs and vote, so you can walk a whole match solo. Nothing from a demo match is saved.

What if my connection drops mid-match?

You are marked away rather than removed, with a 30-second grace period to get back in. Timers run against a server deadline, so a tab that was asleep catches up as soon as it wakes.

Get everyone in a room and start lying.

Free, in your browser, right now. No install, no account — just send the code.

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