Roast your family. Remember everything. Laugh way too hard.
The family card game where calling each other out is the whole point. Light roasts, buried stories, and dares that get Grandma out of her chair — plus Brownie Points for whoever survives. It's all love. Mostly.
- 3–12 Players
- 7+ Age
- 30+ min Play time
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What is The Family Roast?
It's your family — as a card game.
Draw a card. Do what it says. Earn Brownie Points and the smug superiority that comes with them. Light roasts, buried secrets, ridiculous house rules, and dares that drag everyone out of their seats. It's your family group chat — out loud, with witnesses.
It's all love. Mostly.
What's inside
Open the box. Game on.
Everything you need to start the chaos. No batteries, no app, no "let me just read the rules real quick." Open it, pick a victim, deal.
- 144 game cards
- 56 Brownie Points your scoreboard, your tiebreaker — and a full deck of playing cards (jokers included)
- 2-minute sand timer
- instruction manual
- two games in one — play the Roast, keep the deck
Meet the categories
Five ways to lovingly call out your family.
Every card belongs to one of five categories. Each one brings a different flavor of chaos to game night.
Ridiculous temporary rules everyone has to follow. Talk like a news anchor. Refer to your cousin as "Your Highness." Game night gets weird, fast.
Old stories. Funny confessions. "Wait, you remember that?" moments. Some you tell out loud. Others your family has to guess.
Light-hearted callouts for the people who absolutely deserve it. Every family has a drama queen, a snack thief, and someone who definitely started it.
Quick challenges that get everyone out of their seat. Searching, acting, competing, and laughing way too hard at Mom doing an impression.
Guess what someone would choose between two options — and find out how confidently wrong your family can be.
HOW IT WORKS
Four steps. One winner.
No 45-minute rulebook. No fake politeness. Draw a card and find out who's lying, who's the favorite, and who definitely started it.
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DRAW A CARD
Pull a card, read it out loud, commit to the bit. No takebacks.
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PLAY THE CATEGORY
Roast someone, spill a memory, guess wrong, or do something dumb. Loudly.
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EARN BROWNIE POINTS
Win the round, grab a Brownie Point, lord it over everyone. Until next round.
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WIN
First to 6 Brownie Points wins it all.
Rounds are fast. The grudges are forever.
Earn them. Hoard them. Lord them over your siblings.
First to 6 wins.
Two games in one: all 56 double as a full deck of playing cards.
Try a round
Draw a card. Start the chaos.
A taste of what you're in for. Real prompts, real categories, real "wait, you actually remember that?" energy.
Perfect for
Every family that can take a joke.
Real families. Real cards. Zero hurt feelings (we're like 90% sure).
- Family game night The weekly ritual that actually gets everyone off their phones.
- Holidays & reunions Thanksgiving, Christmas, the big get-together — instant icebreaker.
- Road trips & rainy days Fast to learn, easy to pack, hard to put down.
- A gift that gets opened first For the family that can take a joke (and dish one back).
On the house
Print and play it free.
The whole game is also a free printable PDF. No email, no catch — just print it, cut it, play it. The box has the sand timer and the proper card stock and zero scissors required, but if a printer and an afternoon is what you've got, that's a great way to start.
Free for personal home use. Not for resale. © 2026 Bravo Games.
Before we printed a single box
Played by real families. First.
We put The Family Roast in front of families before printing a single box — here's how it landed.
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"We played this with our three kids, ages 8, 11 and 14, and everyone was laughing within the first few minutes. The card asking who was most likely to eat the last piece of dessert without asking caused an actual family investigation. Apparently it's me. Easy to learn and genuinely fun for all of us."
Megan R.
Mom of three
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"Our family is already very good at giving each other a hard time, so this game was perfect for us. "Who is most likely to start a project and never finish it?" ended with every person pointing at Dad before the question was even finished. We'll definitely be bringing this out again."
The Peterson Family
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"I normally don't like family games that much but this one was actually funny. Everyone picked my sister for the card about getting lost in a parking lot and she got so mad because it's true. I would play it again."
Tyler M.
age 13
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"My favorite part was that the game actually got our kids talking instead of just staring at cards. "Tell us about a time you got in big trouble" led to my husband telling a story from middle school that none of us had ever heard. The kids have brought it up about twenty times since."
Emily S.
Mom
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"I usually try to avoid family game night, but I'll admit this one got me. The rules were simple, it moved quickly and there wasn't much sitting around waiting for your turn. The "What is my biggest fear?" card also proved that my family apparently knows nothing about me."
Greg D.
Dad who "doesn't play games"
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"We played with our children and grandchildren, and it was wonderful having every age involved in the same game. "Tell us about your favorite family memory" brought up stories from years ago, while the roast cards had the grandchildren laughing at all of us. A very sweet game underneath all the teasing."
Linda P.
Grandma
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"We had nine people playing and it worked surprisingly well with such a big group. The "Go hide" card sent my brother-in-law running upstairs, and somehow nobody found him until after the timer ended. The whole night was loud, ridiculous and exactly what we hoped it would be."
The Ramirez Family
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"I loved the game because I won 6 brownie points before my brother. We had to stand up and the last person to sit down lost a point and my dad fell over trying to sit first. It was so so funny and I want to play it again."
Chloe B.
age 9
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"Played this with my siblings, parents and two cousins. The card asking who was most likely to accidentally break something and try to hide it was painfully accurate and reopened a twenty-year-old argument about a broken lamp. Five stars for the game. Zero stars for my brother's honesty."
Ashley K.
Older sister
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"We play a lot of party games, and most of them start feeling repetitive after a few rounds. This one didn't because the family becomes the entertainment. "Tell us about a time something didn't go as planned" somehow turned into a forty-minute story about our worst family vacation."
The Nelson Family
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"Brought this to Sunday dinner and expected the kids to lose interest. Instead, they took the game completely seriously and became ruthless about the Brownie Points. Easily the most fun we've had at a family dinner in ages."
Marcus T.
Uncle
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"The "Wash Your Hands" card absolutely destroyed our game because seven people went sprinting toward one bathroom at the same time. My son tried to wash one hand and claimed it counted. It did not. This game is silly, easy to play and gave us one of the funniest family nights we've had in a long time."
Sarah J.
Parent of two
Frequently asked
Questions, before the chaos.
Is the game actually family-friendly?
Yes — completely. The Family Roast is designed for mixed-age households. The roasts are light-hearted, the challenges are silly, and nothing in the deck is inappropriate for kids. It's warm humor, not sharp edges. You're calling out your cousin's drama, not roasting a stand-up crowd.
How many people can play?
The game works with 3 to 12 players. The sweet spot is 4–8 — enough people for great guessing and voting rounds, not so many that turns drag. Got a huge family? Play in two teams.
How long does a game take?
A full game runs about 30–40 minutes — but individual rounds are quick, usually a minute or two, so the pace never drags. You're in control: play all the way to 6 Brownie Points, or set your own finish line and crown whoever's ahead when dinner's ready. Easy to pick up, easy to put down.
What comes in the box?
144 game cards across five categories, 56 Brownie Points cards, a sand timer, and a one-page instruction manual. Everything you need is in the box — no app, no batteries, no setup.
What are Brownie Points?
They're how you win — collect them from rounds, and first to 6 takes the crown. They earn their keep mid-game too: some Family Fun cards use them, and a tied round is settled by high card. Best part: all 56 double as a full deck of playing cards, jokers included — so there's a whole second game night hiding in the box.
When does it launch?
We're putting the finishing touches on the first production run now. Join the early access list and you'll be first to know the exact date — plus first in line if we do a launch deal.
Do you need to know complicated rules?
Not at all. The rulebook is one page and you can explain the whole game in under two minutes. If you can read a card, you can play. No setup, no overhead, no one reading a wall of text before the fun starts. Read the full rules here →
Can kids play?
Yes. We built the game for ages 7 and up. The prompts are written so that younger players can participate fully — not just sit there while the adults do something over their heads. Kids are often the funniest players at the table.
What if I can't afford the boxed game?
We'd rather see families laughing than precious about the IP — the whole game is also a free printable PDF (bring scissors and patience). No email required. Get the free print & play →.
Does it make a good gift?
It's one of the best gifts for families, honestly. It works for birthdays, holidays, reunions — any occasion where a group of people are going to end up in the same room. The box looks great, the price is right, and it's the kind of thing people actually play instead of putting on a shelf.