Chattagories
One letter, a list of categories — score by being the only one
Category: Party · Players: free-for-all · Status: Beta
Chattagories is in beta — details may change.
The classic scorepad, live: each round deals one letter and a numbered list of categories, and everyone fills in one answer per line before the host calls pencils down. At the flip, only answers nobody else gave score — copies cancel each other — so the win isn’t being fast, it’s being the only one who thought of it.
What makes it different from everything else on the shelf: viewers fill their sheet in secret from their own phone, at a short link shown on stage. The broadcast shows who’s writing and how full each sheet is — never what’s on them — because a game about unique answers dies the moment answers are readable.
Sheets
Scan or type the address on stage — livehub.gg/w/@streamer (the streamer’s
handle, one link for the whole room). Put a name at the top of the card; it’s
what the board shows at the flip. No login, no app.
One answer per line, starting with the round’s letter. A, An and The don’t count against the letter — “The Alamo” is an A answer. Lines save as you type and you can rewrite any of them until time’s called; the same answer can’t be used on two lines.
The host closes the round (or an optional timer does). Whatever is on your sheet is what counts — writing at the buzzer doesn’t.
Every line is marked like the tabletop pad: ✓ (points) for an answer nobody else had, a pencilled cross-out for copies. Your sheet shows your own marks and the list total in the circle.
Scoring
A scored answer pays one point per word starting with the letter, capped at three — the alliteration rule. “Snake” on S is 1; “Sneaky Snake” is 2; “Krispy Kremes” on K is 2. Points add up across every list, and the highest total takes the game.
Challenges
Answers are open-ended, so the room is the referee. Every scored answer
carries a tag at the flip (#4) — type challenge 4 in chat, or tap ⚖️ next
to it on your sheet, and it goes up for a vote. Everyone votes y (keep) or n (toss); majority rules, a tie drops the challenged player’s own
ballot, and a tossed answer loses its points on the spot. One challenge runs
at a time; the rest queue.
Modes
Answer page only (the default) is the blind game above.
Chat mode lets anyone play straight from chat by typing the line number
and an answer — 3 frozen fish fills line 3. Chat is public, so this mode
flips the scoring to claim-first: answers land on the board live, the
first to claim a word owns it, and latecomers have to find another. Zero
friction, no secrets — a different game with the same sheet.
Setup
Pick how many lists (each gets its own letter — the classic die, no Q, U, V, X, Y or Z), how many categories per list, an optional clock, and which mode the room plays. Categories draw through deck memory, so a room that plays weekly keeps seeing fresh lists.