How is this different from an imposter game?

An imposter game has one player who is different and a round that ends in an accusation. Here everybody has a mission, nobody is against anybody, and there is no round structure at all — it runs alongside the evening and resolves once, at the end. The secrecy is shared rather than adversarial.

What if somebody cannot complete their mission?

Perfectly normal, and part of the design. A mission you can always complete is a chore. Most groups award a point for completing one and a point for correctly guessing someone else's, so an unfinished mission still leaves you in the game.

How many guests does it need?

Four at minimum. It works best between six and twelve — enough people that missions are not obvious, few enough that the guessing round at the end does not take half an hour.

Should the host play?

Yes, and hosts are usually the hardest to catch because they are moving around and talking to everybody anyway. The one argument against is that the host has to run the reveal, which is a thirty-second job.

Secret Mission Generator

Most party games stop the party to happen. This one runs underneath it: everybody gets a private mission at the start — get three people to talk about the weather, sit in every chair, use the word 'penguin' in conversation — and spends the evening trying to complete it without being caught. Nothing is interrupted and everybody is playing all night.

Guests

One name per line. Four or more. Names stay in this browser and are never uploaded.

Difficulty

Seed (optional)

Reproduces the same deal, if a device runs out of battery mid-reveal.

Your own missions (optional)

One per line. Missions written for the specific occasion are much funnier than generic ones.

Your missions will appear here, one guest at a time.

What this generator does

Deals one private mission per guest and reveals them one at a time as the device is passed round, so no player ever sees another's. Missions are dealt without replacement, so two guests never get the same one — which matters, because two people obviously working on the same task give each other away immediately. At the end it can reveal everything at once for the guessing round, which is where most of the entertainment actually is.

How to use this tool

Add your guests, one name per line.
Choose a difficulty and generate the missions.
Pass the device round, one player at a time, so each person sees only their own.
At the end of the evening, everybody guesses everybody else's mission.

Understanding the controls

Guests: One name per line. Four upwards; there is no real upper limit, though above about fifteen the end-of-night guessing round takes longer than anybody wants.
Difficulty: Easy missions can be done in one conversation. Hard ones need several people or a specific opportunity, and some will not be completed — which is fine and is what makes completing one worth something.
Custom missions: Add your own, one per line. Missions written for a specific group and occasion are much funnier than generic ones, and writing ten takes five minutes.

Worked examples

Easy: Get somebody to tell you what they had for breakfast.
Standard: Get three different people to mention the weather without mentioning it yourself.
Hard: Get somebody else to suggest a group photo.
The end of the night: Everybody guesses everybody else's mission. A point for each correct guess, and a point for every guess you survive.

Common use cases

Dinner parties, where a game that stops the conversation is unwelcome
Long gatherings — weddings, family Christmases — that need something running quietly underneath
Team away days, where the alternative is an organised icebreaker nobody wants
House parties where guests do not all know each other
Any event where you want a game and cannot get everybody sitting down at once

How this generator works

Missions are dealt from a shuffled list without replacement, one per guest, and revealed through a pass-and-play sequence that shows one mission at a time behind a confirmation step. That reveal state is the only mechanism the game needs — it is the same pattern the site's hidden-role games use, and it exists because a list of missions on one screen is not a secret. There is no scoring and no timer: the game's clock is the party.

Randomness and fairness

Missions are dealt from a shuffled list without replacement, using the browser's cryptographic random number generator, so no two guests receive the same mission. The deal happens once at the start and does not change. A seed reproduces a deal using a deterministic generator that is not cryptographically secure — useful if a device runs out of battery mid-reveal and you need the same allocation back.

For how randomness is produced across the whole site, see how Generate Random works.

Assumptions this tool makes

Guests will be talking to each other over an extended period rather than sitting through a structured activity.
One device is passed round for the initial reveal.

Limitations and good to know

There is no way to verify a mission was completed. The honour system is the whole enforcement mechanism, and in practice it is entirely sufficient.
Some missions depend on circumstances that may not arise. That is deliberate — a mission you can always complete is a task, not a mission — but it does mean some guests will not finish.
It cannot judge whether a mission suits your group. Anything involving touching people, alcohol or embarrassment is your call, and the default set deliberately avoids all three.
The pass-and-play reveal needs one device passed round, which is awkward with more than about fifteen guests.
Nothing is stored, so a guest who forgets their mission has lost it unless somebody wrote it down.

Common mistakes

Reading the missions out loud: The whole game is that nobody knows anybody else's. Pass the device round one person at a time and let each person read only their own.
Missions that require a specific person to cooperate: A mission that depends on one guest doing something unprompted will usually fail. Good missions can be attempted with anybody in the room.
Skipping the guessing round: It is where most of the entertainment is. The missions themselves are the setup; the reveal of what everybody has been quietly doing all evening is the payoff.
Missions that make people uncomfortable: Anything involving physical contact, drinking or genuine embarrassment can land badly and is hard to withdraw once dealt. The default set avoids all of it, and custom missions should too.

Practical tips

Deal the missions as people arrive rather than all at once. It is less conspicuous and it means latecomers can join.
Write four or five missions specific to the occasion — the host's new kitchen, the running family joke. They are the ones people talk about afterwards.
Announce the guessing round at the start so people know it is coming. It makes everybody pay attention to each other all evening, which is more or less the point of a party.

Troubleshooting

Somebody forgot their mission: Nothing is stored, so it cannot be recovered unless you noted the seed. Have them screenshot it at the reveal — most people do this instinctively.
Everybody worked out everybody else's within an hour: The missions were probably too conspicuous. Move to a harder set: the good ones are things a person might plausibly be doing anyway.

Privacy and your data

Guest names and any custom missions stay in this browser. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is written into the page address, and the site has no endpoint that could receive them. Nothing is stored between visits either, which is worth knowing before you close the tab mid-party. Analytics records only that the tool was used and how many guests were dealt in — never a name or a mission.

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from an imposter game?: An imposter game has one player who is different and a round that ends in an accusation. Here everybody has a mission, nobody is against anybody, and there is no round structure at all — it runs alongside the evening and resolves once, at the end. The secrecy is shared rather than adversarial.
What if somebody cannot complete their mission?: Perfectly normal, and part of the design. A mission you can always complete is a chore. Most groups award a point for completing one and a point for correctly guessing someone else's, so an unfinished mission still leaves you in the game.
How many guests does it need?: Four at minimum. It works best between six and twelve — enough people that missions are not obvious, few enough that the guessing round at the end does not take half an hour.
Should the host play?: Yes, and hosts are usually the hardest to catch because they are moving around and talking to everybody anyway. The one argument against is that the host has to run the reveal, which is a thirty-second job.