A round that went somewhere dark
Prompt
Who would have thought _ would destroy humanity?
Judge's pick
The process of becoming a vegetable.
A brain destroyed by telepathy.
Waking up to the feeling of being suffocated by a pillow
Free online party card game
Dark card games for dark senses of humor
Bad Cards is a free online card game for groups who laugh at funerals. Someone reads a prompt, everyone answers with the bleakest card in their hand, and the judge picks the one that should not have been funny. Play in a browser or on Discord with 3 to 16 people.
No download. Only the host needs an account.
Dark humor packs
- Bad Situations Pack390 cardsWorkplace horror, jailbreaks and end-of-the-world bartering.
- The War Pack123 cardsDark military satire, for veterans and history buffs.
- The Conspiracy Pack97 cardsThe Illuminati, Area 51 and mind control, for friends who did their own research.
The free Bad Cards Base Pack is already pitch black in places, so start there.
Dark is not the same as dirty
Plenty of the darkest cards are not sexual at all. They are about death, disasters and the worst day of somebody else's life. The content rating covers both, so the host decides how far the game goes before the first round.
Why dark humor plays better online
Everyone plays on their own phone, so nobody sees whose card was whose until the judge reads them out. That half second before people work out who played the funeral joke is most of the fun.
Write your own dark cards
The pack editor is free. Write the jokes only your group will understand, and deal them into any game alongside the official packs.
Dark humor in other games
Switch games and the same group finds new ways to be bleak. In Bad Questions you get the answer and play the question. In Bad Texts you reply to a stranger who texted the wrong number. In Bad Blanks nobody has answer cards, so everyone writes their own.
Questions people actually ask
What is a good dark humor card game to play online?
Bad Cards is a free fill-in-the-blank card game with dark humor packs like the Bad Situations Pack and The War Pack, for 3 to 16 players in a browser or on Discord.
Is it free?
Yes. The game and the free packs cost nothing. Extra packs are optional.
Can we keep it dark but not sexual?
Mostly, yes. Pick dark humor packs and set the rating to R or lower, so the most explicit cards are never dealt.
Can we play on Discord?
Yes. It runs as an Activity inside a voice channel.
How many people can play?
Three to sixteen in one game.