Mind Match
One clue, one spectrum: who reads you best?
One player sees a hidden spot on a scale like Cheap ←→ Expensive and gives a single clue: “a morning coffee”. Everyone else talks it over, then secretly drags their own pointer. The closer you land, the more you score.
- Players
- 3–10
- Length
- 8–60 min
1 · Clue giver
One of you sees the target.
Everyone sees the same scale, like Cheap to Expensive. Only this round's clue giver also sees where the hidden target sits on it.
Everyone else
CheapExpensive
Where is it? Wait for the clue…
Clue giver
Hold to peek
CheapExpensive
Only you can see this
2 · Clue giver
They give one clue.
- No numbers
- No words from the scale
- Then silence
3 · Guessers
Talk together. Guess alone.
CheapExpensive
Discuss out loud. Your pointer stays on your phone.
4 · Everyone
321
Answers freeze.
You get 90 seconds to decide.
5 · Everyone
Closer scores more.
CheapExpensive
Guessers score 4, 3, 2 or nothing by how close they land.
The clue giver scores the same way, by the table's average.
Everyone takes a turn.
Most points is the Mind reader of the game.
Phones and TV
On your phone
- The target: only for the clue giver, only while held
- Your own pointer: drag, nudge, lock
- Your result: “off by 4 · +4”
On the TV (optional)
- The scale and the clue in big type, with the countdown
- “Locked 3 / 5”, never anyone's pointer
- The reveal, the round's best match and the standings
No TV? Every phone shows the reveal instead.
Mind Match in brief
How many players?
3 to 10. Each round one player gives the clue and everyone else guesses, so you need at least two guessers.
How long does a game take?
About 2.5 minutes a round. With the default of one clue each, 3 players finish in about 8 minutes and 10 players in about half an hour.
Do we need a TV?
No. Every phone has its own spectrum. A TV or tablet makes the reveal more fun: it shows the clue, the timer and everyone's pins.
Which languages?
Each player sees the scale in their own interface language, so one table can mix English and Chinese.