Bad Advice
A free browser party game where you write confident, terrible advice for everyday problems, then vote for the worst plan. 2-100 players, no signup.
About This Game
Bad Advice is a free, browser-based comedy-writing party game built on one delightfully bad idea: solve everyday social problems with the worst possible plan. Each round drops a harmless prompt in front of the group, such as an awkward wave, group chat silence, a snack shortage, or a thermostat war. Your job is to type advice that sounds helpful, confident, and completely sensible, while quietly being a disaster that should never leave the group chat.
Once everyone has written their schemes, the room votes for the worst plan, and a reveal shows who authored each answer. "Winning" here is gloriously ambiguous: the prize goes to whoever convinced the room their terrible idea was the most tempting one, which usually kicks off a round of friendly arguments and finger-pointing. If you have played Quiplash, the rhythm will feel familiar, except the goal is to be wrong on purpose.
It plays best with four or more people, where the voting blame has somewhere to spread, and it scales up to 100 players without anyone needing to download anything or make an account. That makes it an easy pull-out for a group hangout, a remote call, or a party where you want everyone laughing within the first round.
How to Play
Start or join a room
One person opens Bad Advice in a browser and creates a room, then shares the room code. Everyone else joins with the code on their own phone or laptop. No accounts or downloads needed.
Read the prompt and write bad advice
Each round shows an everyday social problem. Type advice that sounds confident and helpful but is actually a terrible idea, the kind that should never leave the group chat.
Vote for the worst plan
Once everyone has submitted, the room reads the anonymous answers and votes for the worst plan of the round, the one no sensible person would ever follow.
Win by being most tempting
There is no traditional scoreboard. You come out on top when the room agrees your terrible idea was the most tempting one, making victory cheerfully hard to defend.
Enjoy the reveal
After voting, a reveal shows who wrote each answer. Brace for the moment everyone learns exactly who suggested the most unhinged plan.
Tips & Strategy
- Aim for advice that sounds reasonable for the first half of the sentence and goes off the rails by the end. The slow turn is funnier than going absurd from word one.
- Lean into the petty, low-stakes energy of the prompts. A wildly overblown response to a snack shortage lands better than something dark or mean.
- Match the room. Reference inside jokes or things your specific group would actually do for advice that voters can't resist.
- Keep answers short and punchy so they read fast during voting and the joke hits before anyone overthinks it.
- Get to four or more players if you can, so voting blame has room to spread and the reveal has more suspects to point at.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Free to play in a browser with no signup or downloads, so anyone can join in seconds with just a room code.
- The write-then-vote-then-reveal loop is quick to learn and works for both in-person and remote groups.
- Scales comfortably from a few friends up to 100 players, making it a flexible choice for parties or calls.
- Rewarding bad ideas instead of right answers takes the pressure off and gets people laughing fast.
Cons
- Best with four or more people, so it falls a little flat in a duo where there's no one to spread voting blame around.
- Most of the fun comes from the writing, so quieter or less playful groups may need a round or two to warm up.
- There's no real scoreboard, which is part of the charm but can frustrate players who want a clear winner.
Game Details
- Players
- 2-100 players(recommended: 6)
- Duration
- 10-20 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Price
- Free
- Platforms
- Web
