Red Flag Runway

Present your worst quality like it's a feature.

Four slides to take something genuinely alarming about yourself and sell it as a selling point. Origin story, spin, and hostile testimonials. Honesty scores points — so does the spin.

4–8 players4-slide starter deck6 min to buildY2K Chrome theme16+
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How it works

  1. 1.Everyone gets a different confession prompt
  2. 2.It has to be at least partly true
  3. 3.Reframe it as a strength with a straight face
  4. 4.Testimonials must be unflattering

Your deck is already started

Nobody starts at a blank white slide. Every player gets these 4 slides pre-laid-out in the Y2K Chrome theme, with a prompt on each one telling you what goes there.

The Flag

Say the thing. No softening.

1/4

Origin Story

Where it started. Blame someone specific.

2/4

Why It's Actually Good

The reframe. Sell it like a job interview answer.

3/4

Testimonials (Hostile)

Real quotes from people who've dealt with you.

4/4

How you're scored

After each presentation the room votes on three things specific to this mode — not generic “was it good”.

Honesty

How much of that was actually true?

Made up → Too real

Spin

How well did they reframe it?

No sale → Almost bought it

Alarming

How worried are you now?

Fine → Concerned

Red Flag Runway prompts

Every player is dealt a different one of these.

  • My biggest red flag, formatted as a LinkedIn post
  • A guided tour of my camera roll's worst folder
  • Why I am, in fact, the problem
  • My Spotify Wrapped, explained under oath
  • Things I've said that got me uninvited
  • My texting habits: a threat assessment
  • The hill I will die on, and the hill's side of the story
  • My worst opinion, defended in full
  • A timeline of my most confident mistakes
  • Why my friends stopped asking for my advice
  • The group project I ruined
  • My relationship with deadlines, as a case study

Ready to run Red Flag Runway?

Free, in the browser, nothing to install. Share a six-character code and your friends are in.

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Other game modes

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The original. One topic, everyone suffers together.

3–10 players3 slides

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Pitch a company that should not exist. Get funded anyway.

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One slot. One replacement. Defend it to the room.

4–10 players4 slides16+

Conspiracy Defense

Five slides. Zero evidence. Make us believe.

4–8 players5 slides

Corporate Cult

Onboard us. We are not allowed to leave.

4–8 players5 slides

Pitch The Room

Sell something nobody here wants. They cannot leave.

4–10 players4 slides
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