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πŸ’£ Two Rooms and a Boom

Two secret teams split across two physical rooms, trading hostages each round while a President and a Bomber try to steer the outcome.

4+ players 20–30 min Medium–Hard Two Rooms

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Overview: Two secret teams split across two physical rooms, trading hostages each round while a President and a Bomber try to steer the outcome.

Objective
Bomber's team: get the President into a room where their team has the majority by the end of the game. President's team: avoid exactly that.
Players
4 or more β€” you'll need two separate rooms or spaces to actually play.
Setup
Add players, set the number of rounds and minutes per round. The app splits everyone into two teams and assigns one President and one Bomber.

How Two Rooms and a Boom Works

  1. Everyone privately learns their team, role (if any), and starting room, then physically splits into two spaces.
  2. Each round has a timer. Each room privately discusses and agrees on who to send to the other room as hostages β€” the number required goes up each round.
  3. Carry the phone to each room in turn to record the picks. The exchange happens at the same time β€” sent players physically swap rooms.
Winning
After the final round, check the President's room. If their team's opponents (the Bomber's team) have more people there, the bomb goes off and that team wins. Otherwise, the President's side wins.

Tips

  • Keep the two rooms far enough apart that neither can overhear the other's discussion.
  • The Bomber's goal isn't to hide β€” it's to maneuver the President into the wrong room by round's end.

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