Friends who like surprising facts
Familiar milestones in space, technology, toys and everyday life give the group something to talk about after every reveal.
Year Off
A guess-the-year party game. Enter the year of a famous event, compare your guesses and win with the smallest total error.
- 1+ players
- About 10 min
- Private year guesses
Set up your rounds, then invite players by QR code or link.
What’s the game?
Was Nintendo founded before the first modern Olympics? How long ago was the first text message? Year Off gives everyone the same event and asks for a year. You can make a good guess without remembering an exact date.
Everyone locks their answer privately on their phone. The reveal shows the correct year, a short fact and how far each guess landed from the answer. Your errors add up across rounds: the smallest total wins.
Who will enjoy it?
Team socials with mixed interests
Everyone answers together. Nobody needs to give a spoken clue or share personal information.
A quick warm-up or solo try-out
One guest is enough to start. Five rounds make a short game; select more if you want a longer trip through time.
How to play
Choose your trip through time
Select thematic packs, rounds and the answer timer. Open the shared screen and let guests join with the QR code.
Lock your year
Read the event, enter a year on your phone and tap Lock year. Your answer stays private and cannot be changed.
Reveal and compare
Once everyone answers or time runs out, see the year, fact and each guess. The host starts the next round after the group has had a moment to react.
The world's first SMS
Everyone guesses the year the first text message was sent.
Amira enters 1990. Leo guesses 1995. Both answers stay hidden until the reveal.
The correct year is 1992. Amira adds 2 years to her score and Leo adds 3. The message said Merry Christmas. The lowest total error wins the game.
How points work
Your round score is the absolute difference between your guess and the correct year. An exact guess adds 0. Enter a year from 1000 to 2026; a missed answer adds the largest possible error within that range for the event. Lowest total wins, and equal totals share a place.
A tip for the host
Start with five rounds and a mix of packs. Leave time to discuss each fact. You can reveal early if a phone disconnects; unanswered players receive the missed-answer penalty. Events do not repeat within one game, and sources appear on the reveal.
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