Spectrum is our take on Wavelength, the dial game: a hidden target on a spectrum between two extremes, one clue from the Psychic, and the team arguing the dial into place. The team not guessing still has money on the round — they score by calling which side of the target the dial comes down on.
Color Clues plays the same trick with colour. Your clue can be any word except a number, and the whole table guesses which square of the colour wall you meant. Herd Think and Wits & Bets drop the spectrum but keep the mind-reading: write what the room will write, or bet on whichever guess reads truest.
Table Party is not affiliated with any of the publishers whose games these echo. Spectrum is our own implementation, free in a browser with no app or account — teams from four players, and below that it quietly becomes a co-op with one shared score.
Four that live between the clue and the guess
Playing in under a minute
- 1One person opens tableparty.io on a phone or a laptop and picks a game.
- 2Everyone else types the four-letter room code on their own phone. Nothing to install.
- 3Play. Anything secret stays on your own screen, so it works across a table or a video call.
Questions about Mind-reading party games to play online
Do you have the dial game?
Yes — Spectrum, our own version of it. A hidden target on a spectrum, one clue, and the dial argued into place by your team, while the other side scores by calling which way you missed.
Does it work over a video call?
Yes. Everyone joins on their own phone, so the call only has to carry the clue and the arguing — which is the fun part anyway. Nothing needs screen-sharing.
What if there are only two or three of us?
Below four players Spectrum switches itself to a co-op with one shared score and no side to steal from. Color Clues, Herd Think and Wits & Bets all run from three.
Which suits a big group?
Spectrum itself seats twelve, splitting into two teams from four up. Color Clues caps at ten and is the pick when the table wants everybody guessing every round rather than taking sides.