What's Your Meme?

What's Your Meme? is a fun and relaxed game that promises to liven up your get-togethers with friends. In each round, one player is the judge and reveals a card with an iconic image from the internet. The other participants then choose their best text cards to create the most hilarious meme possible. The judge then decides which combination made the most laughs, and the winner takes the round. Get ready to unleash your creativity and see who really understands the memes that dominate social media!

Age 17 + 90 min 3 to 20 players

Artists: ;

Designers: Elie Ballas; Ben Kaplan

Date: 2016

Note: 6.6

Mechanics: Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection

Topics: Adult, Humor

Table of Contents
- How to Play
- Tips for playing
- Game mechanics
- Game components
- Additional Information

How to play What's Your Meme?

Deal out 7 caption cards to each player. Place the pile of picture cards in the center of the table. Someone is chosen as the judge for the round.

The judge turns over the first image card in the pile and places it for everyone to see. Each player chooses a caption card from their hand that they think best matches the image revealed and hands it to the judge, face down.

The judge shuffles the caption cards received and reads them aloud, associating them with the image. The judge chooses the caption they think is the funniest, most creative or most appropriate. Whoever played the chosen caption wins the round and keeps the image card as a point.

Players draw new legend cards to replace the used ones. The role of judge passes clockwise to the next player. The game continues until one player reaches the agreed number of points.

Main objective

The main objective of the "What's Your Meme?" game is to create the funniest or most creative combination of caption cards and image cards taken from popular internet memes. In each round, a player acts as a judge and chooses the combination of caption card and image that they consider to be the funniest or most appropriate, awarding points to the player who proposed it; the game promotes humor and friendly competition among the participants.

Tips for playing What's Your Meme?

Here are some tips for doing better in the game What's Your Meme?:

  • Study the available legend cards well before the game starts to formulate good combinations.
  • Pay attention to the mood of the round judge to increase your chances of winning.
  • Don't be afraid to use risky cards; the unexpected is sometimes funnier.
  • Consider the context of the image and think about how your caption can add an extra layer of humor.
  • Observe other players' moves and learn from them to improve your own strategies.
  • Keep a balance between being funny and offensive; the aim is to amuse everyone.
  • Use letters that have universal appeal so that everyone in the group can relate.

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Mechanics of What's Your Meme?

  • Simultaneous Action Selection: In "What's Your Meme?", this mechanic involves all players choosing their caption cards at the same time, without revealing their choices to the others. Each player has a set of caption cards, and the task is to select the card that best complements or relates to the meme image presented in the round. The simultaneous choice creates an element of suspense and unpredictability, since the players don't know what the others will play, encouraging creativity and reading in the room.
  • Hand Management: This mechanic refers to the process of each player efficiently managing their legend cards throughout the game. Players start with a set number of cards and must decide which card to use each round to maximize their chances of winning. After each round, new cards are drawn to replenish the hand, and players must continually evaluate their available options, considering both the mood of the room and the current image card. This mechanic challenges players to think strategically about which cards to play and which to keep for future rounds, considering the mood dynamics of the other players and the nature of the cards in hand.

Game components What's Your Meme?

See all the items in the game below What's Your Meme?:

- Meme Letters - Text Cards - Punctuation Cards - Instruction manual - Storage Box - Player Markers - Action Cards - Game Board

Additional Information

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