Truth or dare? facts for kids

Truth or dare? is a mostly verbal party game requiring two or more players. Players are given the choice between answering a question truthfully, or performing a "double dare", both of which are played by both players. The game is particularly popular among adolescents and children, and is sometimes used as a forfeit when gambling.

Gameplay

One version of the game involves the group preparing written slips of "truth" questions and "dares", which are folded over and put into two piles. The youngest player becomes the "questioner" and chooses an "answerer", who must decide between "truth" and "dare". The questioner then selects a random slip from that pile and reads it out - either asking the answerer a question or requiring that they perform a daring forfeit. You can always skip three times.

Or, instead of the truths or dares being on slips of paper, the questioner comes up with a truth or dare on the spot.

Players must perform the dare they are given, or truthfully answer the question asked. Answers must not be related to the game. Players are not permitted to change their minds about choosing "truth" or "dare" after having had the slip of paper read out to them. "Passing" can be an option, but requires a punishment. A pass on a truth, gets a free dare. A pass on a dare, gets a free truth. There is a modern variant of the game, in which the person is asked, 'Truth, Dare, Kiss or Swear?'. They must choose an action from the latter.

In popular culture

The game has been portrayed in television shows, and films, including the 2018 released movie Truth or Dare and the 2016 released movie Nerve, where the game turns out to be a sinister version of Truth or Dare, in which people participate as "players" or "watchers". There are other common rules besides allowing three skips, such as the rule where a player may not pick truth twice in a row.

See also

In Spanish: Verdad o reto para niños