Duck, Soap & Paper Boat 2026

In Duck, Soap & Paper Boat you all find yourselves in the bathtub… and you have a very specific goal: to figure out what’s going through the others’ minds. Each round, one of you is the “Soapy One,” and the others have to guess their preferences from a list of unlikely and absurd choices.

Each turn, the “Soapy One” secretly chooses between two options… and everyone else has to guess what they really prefer. It’s not about saying what you would choose, but about getting inside the head of the person in front of you. And when the options get absurd or ambiguous, every answer becomes a calculated risk.

Guessing correctly earns you rubber ducks, but one mistake is enough to knock you out of the round… unless you’re willing to spend a bar of soap to stay in the game. And when you’re the last one left? You can stop and cash in… or try to double your score and risk losing it all in one fell swoop. A choice that separates those who play it safe from those who really want to win.

The game is played over multiple rounds, and the winner is whoever accumulates the most points from rubber ducks and little boats. But it’s not just about guessing: you need to understand when to push, when to stop, and when to risk it all. Because in this tub, amid laughter and veiled accusations, whoever reads the others best… floats all the way to victory.

—description from the publisher