Groups that like a good debate
Choose it for friends or family who happily disagree about food, films and everyday decisions.
The Scale
A spectrum guessing party game. Give a clue and help everyone find a hidden position between two opposites.
- 2+ players
- About 20 min
- Individual guesses
Set up your rounds, then invite players by QR code or link.
What’s the game?
How extravagant is a taxi home? How brave is sending the first message? The Scale turns everyday opinions into a guessing game. Each clue belongs somewhere between two opposites, but only its author knows the target position.
Guests prepare clues privately on their phones. The room then sees each clue and its two extremes, and everyone else places a guess on the dial. The reveal shows how differently people read the same idea.
If you enjoy Wavelength, The Scale offers a similar game of clues and guesses along a spectrum. Guests prepare their own clues and make individual guesses on their phones.
Who will enjoy it?
Team socials without personal trivia
The clue creates the conversation, so colleagues can play without needing to know each other’s history.
A relaxed start to games night
Two guests can play; a few more gives you a wider mix of opinions. Everyone submits their own guess.
How to play
Write your clues
Choose the scale packs and number of scales per guest. Guests see private targets on their phones and write a clue for each pair of opposites.
Find the hidden position
Show a clue on the shared screen. Everyone except its author moves the dial on their phone and submits a guess.
Reveal and compare
Reveal the target and the guesses. See who got close, talk through the clue, then move to the next scale.
Everyday ↔ Extravagant
Your private target sits towards the extravagant end of the scale.
You write “A taxi home from the corner shop”. Everyone else decides where that belongs and places their guess.
The target reveals how extravagant you meant it to be. The closer each guess lands, the more points it earns — and the more specific the post-round debate becomes.
How points work
Guesses earn 4, 3 or 2 points depending on how close they are to the target; guesses outside the scoring bands earn 0. Individual scores carry across rounds. Separate clue awards track the points other players earned from your clues.
A tip for the host
Start with a small number of scales per guest. Let people talk about a reveal before advancing, and choose familiar packs when guests are meeting for the first time.
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