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2. Everyone picks an option at the same time, by pointing or by holding up one or two fingers.
3. Each side gets one sentence to defend its choice. Then go to the next card.

Updated November 2026.

1. Would you rather get one full-size candy bar from every house or get a handful of tiny candies from every house?
2. Would you rather carve a pumpkin with a spoon or carve a pumpkin wearing oven mitts?
3. Would you rather have a pet bat that sleeps in your closet or have a pet spider that rides on your shoulder?
4. Would you rather wear your costume to school for a whole week or never wear a costume again?
5. Would you rather live in a haunted house with a friendly ghost or live in a normal house with a very grumpy cat?
6. Would you rather eat only candy corn for a day or eat only pumpkin pie for a day?
7. Would you rather be a ghost who can walk through walls or be a witch who can fly on a broom?
8. Would you rather have a pumpkin for a head until November or have broomsticks for arms until November?
9. Would you rather trick-or-treat in a snowstorm or trick-or-treat in a heat wave wearing a furry costume?
10. Would you rather howl like a werewolf every time you laugh or cackle like a witch every time you sneeze?
11. Would you rather find a skeleton key that opens any door or find a broom that flies, but only two feet off the ground?
12. Would you rather be lost in a corn maze for two hours or be stuck on a hayride that circles the same field for two hours?
13. Would you rather have a talking black cat that gossips about you or have a talking owl that corrects your grammar?
14. Would you rather eat a caramel apple with no hands or eat a powdered donut off a string with no hands?
15. Would you rather sleep in a coffin that is very comfortable or sleep in your own bed covered in fake cobwebs?
16. Would you rather be the mummy who keeps unraveling or be the vampire whose fangs keep falling out?
17. Would you rather give out the best candy on the street or have the best decorated house on the street?
18. Would you rather wear a costume that is far too hot or wear a costume you can't sit down in?
19. Would you rather let your little brother or sister pick your costume or let your grandma pick your costume?
20. Would you rather bob for apples in ice water or dig through a bowl of cold spaghetti for a prize?
21. Would you rather have teeth that glow in the dark or have a shadow that waves at people?
22. Would you rather only be able to whisper on Halloween night or only be able to shout on Halloween night?
23. Would you rather go to work dressed as a giant hot dog or be the only person at the party with no costume?
24. Would you rather hand out candy all night to other people's kids or take six overtired kids trick-or-treating?
25. Would you rather watch a scary movie alone in a cabin or walk through a haunted house holding a stranger's hand?
26. Would you rather be the back half of a two-person horse costume or go solo in a costume nobody recognizes?
27. Would you rather explain your costume to every person you meet or be mistaken for a different costume all night?
28. Would you rather watch your boss win the office costume contest every year or have to judge the office costume contest yourself?
29. Would you rather eat all the trick-or-treat candy by October 20 or run out of candy at 7 pm with a line at the door?
30. Would you rather host the Halloween party and clean up alone or go to a party where you only know the host's dog?
31. Would you rather wear full face paint for a ten-hour workday or wear a rubber mask for a one-hour meeting?
32. Would you rather have your in-laws show up in costumes that match yours or have your ex show up in the same costume as you?
33. Would you rather scream the loudest in the haunted house in front of your date or have your date hide behind you the whole way through?
34. Would you rather be the house that gives out toothbrushes or be the house that gives out raisins?
35. Would you rather have a ghost that folds your laundry but judges your outfits or have a ghost that pays one bill a month but moans all night?
36. Would you rather learn your house is haunted after you sign the mortgage or learn your roommate is a vampire after you sign the lease?
37. Would you rather carve one pumpkin together and let your partner pick the design or carve two pumpkins and let the guests vote on whose is worse?
38. Would you rather wear skeleton pajamas to the grocery store or wear a full witch costume to a parent-teacher meeting?
39. Would you rather watch a scary movie with someone who talks the whole time or watch it with someone who grabs your arm at every noise?
40. Would you rather decorate in September and get comments from the neighbors or decorate on October 30 and get comments from the neighbors?
41. Would you rather spend a month's fun money on one great costume or make a costume from whatever is in your recycling bin?
42. Would you rather slow dance with your partner to spooky music in front of everyone or sing a monster duet with your partner in front of everyone?
43. Would you rather be tied to your partner all night as a two-headed monster or lose your partner all night because everyone is in a mask?
44. Would you rather end every October email with an evil laugh or say "boo" before you speak in every October meeting?
45. Would you rather share your candy stash with the whole office or have the office find the stash hidden in your desk?
46. Would you rather go to work on November 1 with a sugar crash or go to work on November 1 covered in glitter that won't wash off?

Tips for a better game

• Ban "neither" and "it depends". Being forced to choose is what makes people argue.
• If the group splits evenly, the reader decides which side argued better.
• Keep a tally. Whoever lands in the minority most often reads the next round.

Questions people ask

What are some good Halloween Would You Rather questions?

Five from this list: Would you rather wear your costume to school for a whole week or never wear a costume again? Would you rather have a talking black cat that gossips about you or have a talking owl that corrects your grammar? Would you rather only be able to whisper on Halloween night or only be able to shout on Halloween night? Would you rather wear full face paint for a ten-hour workday or wear a rubber mask for a one-hour meeting? Would you rather spend a month's fun money on one great costume or make a costume from whatever is in your recycling bin?

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