What is this deck?
A free 78-card Forehead Party deck about kitchen chaos — burnt dishes, missing ingredients, panicking hosts, and everything that goes wrong when dinner is due.
Free deck · 78 cards
Dinner Went Sideways Party Game Deck
The timer never started, the butter is still frozen, and somebody just asked when dinner will be ready. Guess the tiny kitchen crises every home cook knows.
For cooks who have a backup pizza
Dinner went sideways. Game night is saved.
Dinner Went Sideways is a free Forehead Party deck about recipe mistakes, improvised fixes, crowded counters, and the people who show up exactly when it's time to taste. The cards are familiar enough for casual cooks and specific enough to reward the friend who knows why the butter should have come out an hour ago.
Play before a dinner party, after a holiday meal, at a potluck, or while everyone waits for the oven timer that somebody definitely remembered to set.
A few cards from the deck
Clue these before dinner burns.
- Smoke Alarm Dinner
- Mystery Freezer Bag
- Recipe Blog Preamble
- Salt Instead of Sugar
- Eggshell in the Bowl
- Blender Splash
- Crowded Fridge
- Wet Oven Mitt
- Emergency Takeout
- Dirty Dishes
- Guests at the Door
- Dinner Plate
How to play
No recipe required.
- Pick the deck. Open Dinner Went Sideways and choose a round length.
- Hold the iPhone out. Put it against your forehead with the screen facing your friends.
- Guess from their clues. Tilt down when you get the card and tilt up to pass.
- Pass the phone. Compare scores once every player has finished a round.
Kitchen-chaos questions
Before the smoke alarm
Who is it for?
Anyone who has ever hosted: dinner-party guests waiting on a late main course, holiday-cooking crews, potluck groups, and households that treat a recipe as a suggestion.
When should we play it?
While dinner cooks, after the meal recovers, at potlucks and holiday gatherings — anywhere the room shares the vocabulary of a kitchen mid-crisis.
How do you play?
Hold the iPhone to your forehead while friends give clues. Tilt down for a correct guess and up to pass, then hand the phone on.
Does it cost anything?
No. Dinner Went Sideways is a free deck; it comes with the free Forehead Party download, no purchase needed.
Whatever happens, call it rustic