How to play

🃏The basics

1. 1Draw a card. Every card is a debate topic from one of seven categories.
2. 2Most cards are a question: argue where you stand.
3. 3Draw a For It or Against It card and the die picks your side. No switching, no choosing. The die is only used on these cards.
4. 4You get 30 seconds to make your case out loud. (On your phone you can type it instead and get 60.)
5. 5The most persuasive argument wins. Not who's right, not who's popular: who made the stronger case.

📺Game night

3 to 12 players in one room. One TV, everyone's phone.

1. 1Open yodm.com/play/live on the TV. Everyone joins at yodm.com/join with the room code (or scans the QR code).
2. 2Pick how many rounds win the game: first to 3, 5 or 7.
3. 3Each round, the challenger picks an opponent from their phone.
4. 4The card flips on the TV. On a For It or Against It card, the die rolls to set the sides.
5. 5Each of you gets 30 seconds. The TV keeps the time.
6. 6Everyone else votes from their phone. The majority takes the card. A tie is a split decision: nobody scores.

⚔️Challenge a friend

Two players, any time. Great for a lunch break.

1. 1You draw a card and make your case.
2. 2Send the link to anyone. Whoever opens it first gets to answer.
3. 3They argue the other side of the same card. Neither of you sees the other's argument until it's judged.
4. 4Then it gets judged. Other YODM players vote: they read both arguments with the names hidden, and the first side to 3 votes wins (after 24 hours, whoever's ahead wins). When the AI judge is switched on, it decides instead and scores you both out of 10.
5. 5Wins go on the leaderboard. Beating the same person only counts 3 times a week.

🔎Find a match

Same as a challenge, but with strangers. Tick “Post it to Find a match” and anyone on YODM can answer yours. Or take one that's waiting.

Nobody around? Play the House. The House has already argued a card. You take the other side and the judge picks the winner. Wins over the House count on your record (up to 3 a week). The House itself never goes on the leaderboard.

⚖️Be the judge

Read two players' arguments on the same card, names hidden, and tap the stronger case, even if you don't agree with it. You can't vote on your own match, and everyone gets one vote per match.

📅The Daily Card

Everybody gets the same card each day. One shot. The judge scores it 1 to 10 and you see where you rank. A new card drops at midnight, New York time.

🎯Practice solo

Five cards, just you. The judge scores each argument 1 to 10, tells you your best line and your weak spot, and argues back.

🤝House rules

• No looking things up. Argue from what you actually know.
• Go after the argument, never the person.
• On a break at work? Turn on Work-safe mode on the home screen to skip the spicy cards.