What is this deck?
A free 72-card Forehead Party deck of romantasy vocabulary — romance tropes, fantasy worldbuilding staples, and the reader rituals of book club life.
Free deck · 72 cards
Romantasy Book Club Guessing Game
There is only one bed, the map is in the front, and the group chat has theories. Guess the tropes, quests, and reader rituals your book club argues about every month.
For readers whose TBR pile has its own shelf
No spoilers. Just clues.
Romantasy Book Club is a free 72-card Forehead Party deck covering the vocabulary of romantic fantasy reading: relationship tropes like enemies to lovers, slow burn, fated mates, and grumpy sunshine; worldbuilding staples like fae courts, dragon riders, magical academies, and blood oaths; and the reader rituals around them — annotated pages, sprayed edges, buddy reads, book hangovers, and the eternal TBR pile.
It is aimed at book clubs, bookish group chats, and reader meetups, and it works because these words are common shorthand rather than plot points from any one novel. Nobody gets spoiled, and nobody needs to have finished the month's pick to play.
Play it while the club waits for the last person to arrive, between discussion questions, at a midnight release, or on a couch with people who all have opinions about morally gray love interests.
A few cards from the deck
Clue these before the discussion starts.
- Enemies to Lovers
- Only One Bed
- Slow Burn
- Fated Mates
- Grumpy Sunshine
- Found Family
- Dragon Rider
- Fae Court
- Third-Act Breakup
- Sprayed Edges
- Reading Slump
- Book Hangover
How to play
No spoilers required.
- Pick the deck. Open Romantasy Book Club 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.
Romantasy deck questions
Before the next chapter
Does it cost anything?
No. Romantasy Book Club is included free with Forehead Party on iPhone. No subscription, no ads, and it plays fully offline.
Who is it for and when should we play it?
Book clubs, bookish friend groups, and reader meetups. It fits the wait before discussion starts, a midnight release line, or any couch night with fellow readers.
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 to the next player.
Will it spoil the books we are reading?
No. The cards are general tropes and reader habits, not plot points from specific novels, so nothing in the deck gives away a story.
One more round before the group chat theories