Consensus Ranking
Rank the list — match the group's average.
Forget your own taste for a minute — the challenge here is predicting what the room will collectively decide, then arranging a list to match that group average before it's revealed. It rewards reading people more than having good opinions.
Objective
Order the items to mirror the group's average ranking, not just your own opinion.
How to play
- A prompt and a list of items are shown (e.g. 'Rank these pizza toppings from best to worst').
- Drag or use the arrows to put the items in your personal order, from best (top) to worst (bottom).
- When everyone locks in, each item's average position sets the group's ranking. You score for every item you placed in exactly the same slot.
Scoring
You score 1 point for every item you place in the exact slot that the group's average ranking puts it, and 0 for the rest. There is no bonus for being 'mostly' right — the slots have to match. Speed bonus (host option): the fastest of the round's top scorers gets +1.
Example round
- The prompt is 'Rank these pizza toppings from best to worst': Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Extra Cheese, Pineapple.
- Ana ranks: Extra Cheese, Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Pineapple.
- Ben ranks: Pepperoni, Extra Cheese, Pineapple, Mushrooms.
- Cleo and Dan both rank: Pepperoni, Extra Cheese, Mushrooms, Pineapple.
- The group's average lands on Pepperoni first and Extra Cheese second, so Cleo and Dan — whose personal order matched that exactly in both slots — score 2 points each, while Ana and Ben only match on one slot or none.
Strategy tips
- Rank items by what you think most people believe, not by your own favorite — a personally accurate ranking can still score zero if it's out of step with the room.
- Extreme opinions rarely win here; the group average tends to pull toward the safely popular middle, so lead with the crowd-pleaser at the top.
- There's no partial credit for being close, so it's often safer to nudge a borderline item toward the position you're most confident the group shares.
- Pay attention to who's in the room — a table of the same three friends who play often will start to converge on shared instincts round after round.
Best with
Works from just two players debating a list up through a larger group where the average has more voices pulling it toward consensus — bigger groups tend to produce sharper, more predictable averages.
Variations
- Agree to only use lists everyone already has an opinion on — local restaurants, movies from a specific franchise, songs from one album.
- Add a rule where players briefly explain their top pick out loud before the average is revealed.
- Play a running series with the same category theme across several rounds to see whose predictions hold up over time.
FAQ
Do I get points for being close to the group average, or only exact?
Only exact — you score a point for each item you place in the precise slot the group's average puts it in, with no partial credit for being close.
What counts as the 'group average'?
It's calculated from everyone's personal rankings for that round once all players have locked theirs in.
Can two players tie for the same average position?
The game resolves the group's average into one ranking per round; check the round results screen for how a specific close call landed.