Hidden Scale

How the night unfolds

1. 01

   Read the scale

   Everyone shares the same pair of endpoints, such as minor inconvenience to total disaster. Each player privately receives a different number from 1 to 100.

2. 02

   Give an example

   Say one example that feels appropriate for your number. Keep the number itself secret. A low number calls for a mild example; a high number calls for something much more extreme.

3. 03

   Build the order

   Talk together and arrange the player cards from lowest to highest. Hold and drag a card, or use its up and down buttons. You may explain your example, but do not reveal or directly encode your number.

4. 04

   Lock and reveal

   Confirm the order when everyone agrees. Reveal the numbers together and see whether the whole sequence is correct. Play five rounds with fresh scales and numbers.

Picture this

On “minor inconvenience → total disaster”, a forgotten umbrella might represent a low number, while the whole city losing power might represent a much higher one.

A few good ground rules

• Reasonable people interpret scales differently. That conversation is the game.
• There is no individual loser ranking. Solve the order as a team.
• Up/down controls work with a keyboard as well as touch.

Player names and settings stay in this browser. Matches can recover after a refresh in the same tab, but closing it may clear progress. Private cards are protected from casual peeking, not from someone inspecting the device’s storage.