How do you play Prompts That Kill?

One player is the Judge and reads out a Prompt card: a ridiculous question a human asked a machine. Everyone else answers as the machine by playing a Response card from a hand of ten. The Judge reads each pair aloud as a two-line conversation and picks the answer that kills. First to five Kills wins.

What makes it different from other party games?

The cards form a conversation instead of filling in a blank: a human asks a machine something ridiculous and you answer as the machine. Two card types are ours alone, Save Us and Hallucination.

How many players do you need?

Four to twenty-plus, best with four to six. A game runs 30 to 90 minutes and you can stop whenever the room has had enough.

A complete 213-card deck is free to print at promptsthatkill.com/print-and-play, and there is a 12-page pocket deck too. The 601-card box is what you buy if you would rather not use scissors, and every card in it is released free over time.

What are Save Us cards?

A Save Us card is one of the machines planning how to harm humans, cut off mid-sentence. Instead of answering as the machine you finish its sentence as a human, with an Instruction card: something lovely the machine now believes is a weapon.

What is the Hallucination card?

An optional round for tables with pens. Shuffle the Hallucination cards into the Judge's pile; when one comes up, nobody plays a card: everyone writes their own answer, the player on the Judge's left reads them aloud, and the Judge picks without knowing whose is whose. Thirty seconds.

Is it family friendly?

No. It is 17+, adult and older-teen humour.

It is not in stores yet. A Kickstarter is planned for autumn 2026 with delivery in 2027. Join the kill list on the site for launch news.

Who made Prompts That Kill?

Chris Canfield, who grew up in his parents' game store in the Chicago area, sold the first copies of Apples to Apples across that counter, builds AI systems for large companies by day and is an award-winning magician by night.

Kickstarter planned for autumn 2026

PromptsThat Kill^™

Be there when it goes live.

A party card game where one player reads out a ridiculous question a human asked a machine, and everyone else answers as the machine: confident, helpful and completely wrong.

The kill list

Hear about it first

One email when the Kickstarter opens, and a heads-up before it does. Playtest calls and new cards in between. Nothing else, ever, and the list is never sold.

The Machine will confirm your enlistment personally. It has been waiting.

What you are signing up for

Three real rounds

A human asks. The machine answers. The Judge picks the one that kills. Every card here is in the box.

Prompt

Why does Dad have a zipper now?

Response

Most of that will grow back.

Prompt

What do I do if the piñata is still moving?

Response

Do not run. It will think it is a game.

Prompt

Is it rude to fact-check a eulogy?

Response

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: it was a Tuesday.

The other answers in that first hand were “It is supposed to do that. Eventually.” and “That is within tolerance. Barely. Stop shaking it.”. Choosing between them is the whole game.

Before the Kickstarter

Play it tonight, free

A complete 213-card deck is free to print — the real game, not a demo. Play it with four people this weekend and you will know by the third round whether you want the box.

Download a free deck See how it plays

The short version

When is the Kickstarter?

Autumn 2026 is the plan, with delivery in 2027. The list is told before it goes public.

What is in the box?

601 cards: the prompts, the responses, and the two card types that are ours alone — Save Us and Hallucination.

Do I need an app, or any AI?

No. It is paper on purpose: no app, no internet, no machines at the table. That is the joke and the point.

Who is it for?

17+. Adult and older-teen humour, four to six players at its best, thirty to ninety minutes.

PromptsThat Kill™

Hear about it first

Three real rounds

Play it tonight, free

The short version

PromptsThat Kill^™