FARP!

Getting started

1. 1

   Open the TV screen

   One person opens the game on a TV or a computer hooked up to one and presses HOST. The TV shows a 4-letter room code and a QR code. Tap once on the TV to turn the sound on.

2. 2

   Join on phones

   Everyone else scans the QR code, or types the code on this site. Each player types a name (up to 12 characters) and picks an icon. Names and icons can't be shared.

3. 3

   Start when you have 3

   You need at least 3 players, and everyone needs a name and an icon. The room holds up to 12. The TV is not a player.

How a round works

1. 1

   One player is the FARP Master

   Each round one player sits out and judges. Everyone takes a turn before anyone judges twice.

2. 2

   Everyone sees a prompt

   A phrase appears on the TV, like a situation or a thing that needs a sound. The FARP Master can choose it from three options if the host turned that on.

3. 3

   Pick two sounds

   On your phone, tap two cards from your hand. The order matters: the first sound plays, then the second. Tap LOCK IN FARP when you're happy. PANIC PICK fills any empty slot at random and locks you in.

4. 4

   Listen on the TV

   The TV plays every locked-in pair. Phones stay silent, so sound only comes out of the TV.

5. 5

   The FARP Master picks a winner

   Their phone lists the pairs as options A, B, C and so on, without names. They can replay any option on the TV as many times as they want, then crown one. The TV announces who won.

Rules

• The first player to win 3 rounds wins the game.
• The FARP Master does not play a hand that round.
• Your hand is dealt fresh each round. The default is 6 sounds.
• If the picking timer runs out, any empty slot is filled with a random sound from your hand and you are locked in. Anything you already tapped is kept in place.
• If the FARP Master runs out of time, the winner is chosen at random.
• Timers start after the TV finishes talking: 45 seconds to pick, 30 seconds to judge, 20 seconds to choose a prompt.
• A player who drops out is skipped, so the round doesn't wait for them.
• Someone who joins after the game has started gets cards from the next round on.

Host settings

Hand size

6 to 10 sounds per player. Lobby only.

Prompt mode

Random, or the FARP Master chooses from three. Choosing from three allows one reroll per game. Lobby only.

Skip tutorial

Skips the how-to screen that plays before round one. Lobby only.

Combo gap

The pause between a pair's two sounds, from 0 to 2 seconds. This one can change at any time.

Sound mix

Volume for effects, narrator and music, set on the TV. Press the gear on the TV screen.