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How you play

Each on their phone, 2 to 12 players. A game is a run of rounds; every round, a different mini-game. You score points, you sabotage each other between rounds, and you finish by betting it all on one last question. The TV is just a recap screen: handy in a living room, never required.

The mini-games

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Lightning quiz

3 questions in a row, four answers. Right and fast each time: your score is the average.

🤥
True or False

3 statements. True or false? Decide fast — doubt costs points every time.

🎯
Wild guess!

3 estimates. Type a number (negatives allowed): we rank the total error. Spot on every time: +20.

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Before / After

3 pairs. Did the first event happen BEFORE or AFTER the second?

💬
Who said it?

3 quotes. Who actually said it? Four names, one culprit each time.

✍️
Missing word

3 cult lines, each with a hole. Four words, only one fits. Faster is better.

🔢
What next?

3 sequences of numbers, letters or symbols. What comes next?

🕵️
Deduction

3 puzzles. Two or three clues, only one conclusion holds. No prep school required.

🧭
The heading

3 routes. You start facing a compass point, we spin you. Which way are you looking at the end?

🚦
Green light

3 lights. Red: do not move. Orange: still do not. GREEN: tap! Jump the gun on one and that light is lost.

🐑
Follow the crowd

No right answer: guess what the others will pick. Sometimes you want the flock, sometimes the black sheep.

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Frenzy

Six seconds. One button. Mash it like your life depends on it. Fastest thumb wins.

🔍
Odd one out

5 grids. Twenty identical emojis… except one. One tap per grid, then the next. Most found (then fastest) wins.

🐭
Catch the mouse

Mice pop up at the same time for everyone. Tap them before the others! Five mice, five duels.

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Spot on

3 timers. Each starts, then hides: stop it on the target. We rank the total error.

🧠
Mental snapshot

3 sets. Six objects flash for four seconds, then we ask which one was NOT there (or which one was).

🧮
Quick maths

3 sums, four answers, zero calculator. Fast and right. Fast and wrong scores nothing.

🔢
In order

Nine tiles, shuffled. Tap 1, then 2, then 3… up to 9, as fast as you can. Each miss costs half a second.

🎨
Tricky colour

5 traps. A colour word… written in another colour. Sometimes the ink, sometimes the word. Your brain never settles.

🐹
Whack-a-mole

Six holes, the same for everyone. Tap the mole — the crown pays more, the bomb costs you.

🌠
Shooting stars

A rain of stars, the same everywhere. Tap them: first come, first served. Not the UFO. Never the UFO.

🐝
The swarm

Four waves, the same grid for everyone. At the top: the emoji to grab (there are several). Fastest wins the duel. Another emoji? You lose points.

📜
Timeline

3 timelines. Four shuffled events: tap them oldest to newest. All right and fast pays. Two in place is a consolation prize.

🌪️
Word storm

Words fall, the same for everyone. At the top, the rule: only one category counts. First to tap a right word steals it from everyone. An off-topic word? You lose points.

🤥
Fake out

3 sets of three statements. Two are true, one is a lie. Spot the fake, fast: the two true ones are there to trap you.

📍
The map

3 places to pin on the map. Drop your pin, confirm: we rank the kilometres off. Wild guess, but in space.

🙃
Opposite day

5 orders. Do the OPPOSITE of what is written: "tap left" → right, "tap!" → you freeze. And "don't tap left"… → left. Obeying loses.

Speed pays on quizzes. 3 correct rounds in a row: +15 🔥. Ranked challenges pay 100 / 70 / 50 / 40… (100 / 60 with 2 players). Every round is scaled around 100 pts. “Shared screen” games run at the same time on everyone’s phone (and on the TV if there is one).

✨ Double round: now and then, announced as soon as dirty tricks start, a round counts ×2.

😈 8 dirty tricks

Between two rounds, spend a token 🎟️ to play a trick, in secret. Everything is announced at the start of the next round.

🌫️
Fog

Your target cannot answer during the first quarter of each question.

🌀
Sabotage

Your target’s screen gets… unpleasant. Buttons start moving on their own.

🧤
Pickpocket

You steal 40% of what your target earns next round.

🧨
Bomb

Boom: your target loses 30% of what they earn next round.

🛡️
Shield

Cancels every dirty trick aimed at you this round.

🪞
Mirror

Dirty tricks thrown at you… bounce back into their author’s face.

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Turbo

Your gains next round are multiplied by 1.5. Simple, effective.

🎲
All or nothing

Top half of the round? Gain ×2. Otherwise… zero.

You start with 2 tokens. After that, only one way to earn more: lose the round. The loser of each round (except the last) gets a consolation token. Maximum 3.

💰 The Jackpot

Last round: one question. Before it, everyone bets 0, 25, 50 or 100% of their score. Last place (or 0 pts) plays for at least 50% of the leader’s score. Right answer, the bet is won; wrong, it’s gone.

Frequent questions

How do you play ZapClash?
Create a room (or join a 5-letter code, or a public table). Everyone plays on their phone. A game is a run of mini-games, then one last bet — the Jackpot.
Do you need a television?
No. The TV is an optional recap screen. The whole game lives on the phones, even without a big screen.
How many players?
2 to 12. In private, the host starts when they want. Public tables start on their own as soon as there are enough people.
Is ZapClash free?
Yes. It plays in the browser, no app to install. An account just keeps your scores and puts you on the leaderboard.
What is a dirty trick?
Between rounds, you spend a token to boost your points or mess a friend up: fog, pickpocket, bomb, mirror… Everything is announced at the start of the next round.

Tips

  • Pickpocket on the leader just before a reflex game: cruel. And effective.
  • A Shield when you’re in the lead and everyone is giving you side-eye.
  • All or nothing when you’re sure of yourself… or when you’ve got nothing left to lose.
  • Mirror when you feel the whole room is about to pile on: the Bomb comes back to the sender.
  • At the Jackpot, last place has nothing to lose: they go all in. First place sweats.