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How to Play FLUSTER

You can play FLUSTER however you like! Lots of people just start picking up cards and asking questions. That's a great way to use FLUSTER, but if you want some structure, here are our favourite ways to play. If you're leading a team-building or large group event, check out these additional ways to play.

Ways to Play FLUSTER

In this version, the more revealing your answers are, the juicier the questions you get to ask, so don't hold back on those succulent details! Question cards come in three levels of intensity (!,!!,!!!) and special cards add unexpected twists.

  1. Everyone picks up five question cards and a reaction card.
  2. The person who is normally the quietest goes first. They start by asking their least intense question to whoever they choose.
  3. That person gives their answer and everyone else holds up a reaction card to signal how strongly the answer resonated with them (!,!!, or !!!) based on honesty, humour, vulnerability, or whatever is important to them.
  4. The answerer then gets to ask someone a question with the same number of !'s (or fewer) as the average reaction they received.
  5. After you ask a question, pick up a new card so you always have five. After you answer a question, place it in front of you.
  6. Play until everyone has answered at least one question of each intensity level.

In a high-energy setting like a noisy party? Cut through the noise and prove that quantity can be just as fun as quality!

  1. Choose one person to be the answerer.
  2. Set a timer for one minute.
  3. Pull cards from the deck and ask them rapid-fire to the answerer until the minute is up (skipping is allowed).
  4. The answerer gets one point for each level ! question they answered, two points for each !!, and three for each !!!.
  5. Move on to a new answerer and see who gets the most points.

Like to keep score? Add a bit of competition to your conversations!

  1. Pick someone to go first. They draw a card from the deck and everyone else gives their answer.
  2. The person who drew the card decides which answer they like best, and that person gets a point.
  3. The nest person in the group draws a card and the process repeats until someone reaches five points, or whatever score you agreed upon.
  4. If you a turn up a FLUSTER card, hang onto it. You can use it to block another player from giving an answer to a future question.

Meeting lots of new people? Make quick connections that last!

  1. Form a group of six or more people and split into pairs.
  2. Someone draws a question from the deck and reads it aloud for everyone.
  3. Set a timer (we recommend three minutes if the question is a !, four for a !!, and five for a !!!).
  4. Both players in each pair tell their partner their answer to the question and they talk until the time is up.
  5. Each person pairs up with someone new, and another question is drawn.
  6. Repeat until each player has paired up with everyone else.