Imposter

What is Imposter?

Everyone shares one secret word — except the Imposter, who's faking it.

3–12 players. 3–6 → 1 Imposter. 7–12 → the host picks 1 or 2 (two Imposters know each other).

Each round

1. Everyone gets their secret info (the Imposter doesn't get the word).
2. Everyone gives one clue.
3. Discuss.
4. Vote — the highest-voted player is eliminated and their role is revealed.
5. Repeat until a team wins.

Voting

• Vote for another active player — no self-voting.
• Most votes is eliminated.
• Tie → one of the tied players is eliminated at random. No revote.

The final chance 🎭

If all Imposters are caught, each gets ONE chance to guess the secret word.

• Online: each Imposter types one private guess.
• In person / One Phone: they guess aloud; the host taps Correct/Wrong.
• Any correct guess → Imposters win. All wrong → Innocents win.

A small typo is forgiven — a clearly wrong word isn't.

Winners

When Innocents win, only the surviving Innocents count as winners — an Innocent voted out earlier doesn't.

Ways to play

• Online: own device, anywhere — typed clues, in-app voting.
• One Device Each: together, own phones — clues spoken aloud, in-app voting.
• One Phone: one shared phone — private info one player at a time; clues, discussion & outcomes are manual.

Difficulty

The Imposter's hint gets harder by tier. Easy — a short descriptive hint. Medium — one clearly related word. Hard — one word, but a much more indirect connection.