Q&A for How to Play 21 Dares

You don't always have to go through with a dare. This would be highly inappropriate unless both parties involved know that it is for a dare and is not real. This would be a terrible idea if it is actually someone you want to marry.

Any dare can be good, depending on the people involved. Some good ones include kissing someone of your choice, revealing your biggest secret, eating or drinking something unappetizing, or saying the alphabet backwards.

Depending on the abilities and age range on the people you're playing with, you can give someone a dare that tests their physical agility (like doing a cartwheel or the splits), a dare to test their risk taking ability (like date someone for 24 hours, or tell the people you are playing with your darkest fantasy), or a dare that is completely gross (make a s'more with a pickle in the middle, drink a glass of mayo, etc.) You can get more extreme than that, just make sure your dares are appropriate for the age group you're playing with.

No, but you could play the 'Truth or Dare' version. Then you can choose truth, so you don't always have to do a dare!

When it is two people, usually it is easy to find a pattern. It depends a bit on the person you're playing with. But make sure when you reach the final numbers, you have to be very careful. Like when they say 13,14,15, for example, you should know that if you say 16,17, then they can easily say 18,19, 20, and you'll have to say 21. So, you'll have to say just 16, then they can only say till 19. Then you can say 20 and they'll have to say 21.

It may seem odd at first, and sometimes a bit embarrassing, but you can hug very quickly, just to get the dare over with. However, after the darers messed with you, you can apologize to those you hugged to say they wanted you to hug them, and that you hoped that was okay with them.