Girls Night Out Cards

Two real cards from the deck, so you know the register before you buy:

Nothing in the deck is designed to embarrass anyone. The prompts push, but they push at stories people already want to tell.

• Birthdays, as the gift that gets opened and then used the same night
• Bachelorette and bridal-shower evenings
• Hostel and flatmate send-offs, where the names on the cover are the point
• Long-distance friend groups who see each other twice a year

Fifty-five cards, each carrying one prompt. The prompts are grouped by type, with categories printed at the top of the card so you know what you are walking into before you read it. CHAOS cards go after the stories nobody planned to tell, like who has the funniest "how did we even get here?" story. CALL HER OUT cards ask the group to point at someone, which is where most of the noise comes from. The deck costs ₹399 and your names are printed on the cover card.

There are no rules to learn. Shuffle the deck, put it face down in the middle, and take turns drawing one card and reading it out. Whoever draws answers first, then it goes round. If a card asks the group to point at someone, everyone points at once, which is the part worth watching. Most groups get through fifteen to twenty cards in an evening because each one turns into its own conversation, so one deck lasts several nights.

Three or more works best. The pointing prompts need a group to be funny, and with two people they turn into a straight question. There is no upper limit beyond how many people can hear each other, though past about eight the deck moves slowly because everyone wants to answer everything.

Yes, and it is required rather than optional. You type the names when you order, up to thirty characters, and they are printed on the cover card. Groups usually use first names, a group-chat name, or something the group already calls itself. The fifty-five prompt cards themselves stay as designed; the cover is the part that is yours.

English, Hindi or Gujarati. You pick one when you order and all fifty-five cards are printed in it, so the deck is not mixed. Pick the language the group actually jokes in rather than the one they write in, because these are read out loud.

The deck is made to order. You approve a design preview first, and after that it is two to four working days to make, then dispatch. Orders in Surat arrive within 24 hours of dispatch and the rest of India within three to seven working days. Delivery is free anywhere in Gujarat and a flat ₹50 to the rest of India.

Pick your names, language and quantity on the product page: Girls Night Out Cards, ₹399.

For couples there is Us & More, and if you would rather have your own photos on a real playing deck, see personalised card decks.