How to play Mise à Sec

1. 1

   Add 2 to 8 players and pick an emoji for each. Quick mode starts a 4-player game without typing any names.

2. 2

   Choose the dealer: if you don't, it's the first player on the list.

3. 3

   Set the game options if you like (rounds, variants, limit per player, alcohol-free mode), then start the game: a 52-card deck is shuffled.

• The dealer doesn't guess. In each round, every other player plays once, starting to the dealer's left; the app tells you who to hand the phone to.
• The player answers the round's question, then the app draws the card, without replacement: a card that is out doesn't come back until the deck runs out.
• Right answer: the dealer drinks. Wrong answer: the player drinks.
• The stake is one sip per turn. With progressive sips, it's the round number: 1 sip in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
• Every player keeps the cards drawn for them: they are their reference cards for the next rounds. Ace is the lowest card, King the highest.

Here is the default order, from the easiest to the toughest.

1. 1♥

   Red or Black

   Will the next card be red or black?

   Hearts and diamonds are red, clubs and spades are black.

2. 2♠

   Higher or Lower

   Higher or lower than your last card?

   The card is compared with the last one drawn for you. A card of the same value is a miss.

3. 3♦

   Inside or Outside

   Between your last two cards, or outside them?

   Landing exactly on the value of one of them is a miss.

4. 4♣

   Which Suit

   Hearts, diamonds, clubs or spades?

   You need the exact suit of the next card.

5. 5A

   Which Value

   Guess the exact value, from Ace to King.

   The suit doesn't matter: a 7 of hearts or of spades is a 7. The hardest of the five.

Missing a reference card, because the round comes first for instance? The app draws it for you first, without you having to guess.

After a right answer, the player may try their luck once more: red or black, on a new card. Win, and the dealer drinks double the stake. Lose, and the dealer drinks nothing while the player drinks the stake. Double or nothing is on by default; it can be turned off in the game options.

• Rotating dealer: the dealer role passes to the next player every round, so everyone gets a turn.
• Carte blanche: after a right answer, the player picks who drinks, dealer included. A short video unlocks it for one game.
• Progressive sips: the stake is the round number.
• Pick your rounds: remove a round or change their order; at least one stays.
• Dealer's help: the odds of each choice, worked out from the cards still in the deck, and the list of cards already out.
• Limit per player: 5, 10, 15 or 20 sips for the whole evening. A player who reaches it takes a water break and drinks no more.

• The game ends once every round has been played. The summary ranks the players by sips drunk, or points, and can be shared.
• From the second game on, the evening totals show too. They reset 12 hours after the last game, or with “New evening”.
• “Play again” starts a new game with the same players and options: the next player becomes the dealer.
• Game cut short by a call or a closed app: the home screen offers “Resume game”, at the round you were at.

Alcohol-free mode replaces sips with points, with no limit. At the end of the game, the player with the most points gets a dare, drawn from ten. For example:

• Imitate an animal chosen by the group for 30 seconds
• Dance for 20 seconds without music
• Commentate the next turn like a sports announcer