Hear Me Out 2025

Calling all opinionated besties that are born to yap. We made a game just for you. Have you stayed quiet with an extremely earnest hot take about a totally trivial topic? You’re obviously right and now you’ll finally get to explain why. Featuring questions on unserious topics, like pop culture, food, entertainment, and more, the floor is yours to GO OFF. No opinion is too unhinged, too bizarre, or too much. In fact, you’ll get awarded for your radical honesty.

How to Play and Win: Each round, one player acts as the Judge (starting with the person whose life is the least dramatic). The Judge picks a card from any category and reads the prompt aloud.

Next, it's time to "Spill." All players (including the Judge) write their answers on their dry-erase boards. Once everyone is ready, players reveal their boards and take a moment to share and defend their hot takes.

Scoring & Winning: Instead of a standard judging format, the Judge draws one random Award Token from the bag. The tokens are: - LMAO: Funniest answer - NO NOTES: Best answer - WTF?: Weirdest answer

The Judge then awards that specific token to the player whose answer best fits the category. (Note: The Judge cannot award the token to themselves). Twin Bonus: If any players write down the exact same answer, they are disqualified from winning the Award Token for that round, but they get to mark a point on their board's "Twin Meter"!

The role of Judge passes to the left. The game ends when every player has been the Judge at least twice, when the tokens run out, or whenever the group wants to stop. Add up your Award Tokens and Twin Meter bonuses—the player with the highest score wins!

For 3-6 friends, ages 18 and older.