About Roundlark
Roundlark exists for the moment someone says “so, what shall we play?” and the room goes quiet.
What this site is
Roundlark is a library of party and group games: 30 so far, and the library is still growing. Each one has its own page with the rules, the set-up, the number of players it really works for, the youngest age that can join in and what you need to have in the house.
Most of these are folk games. Nobody owns Charades or Musical Chairs. They have been passed around living rooms, classrooms and church halls for generations, and every family plays them a little differently. Roundlark writes down one clear way to play, then lists the common variations.
What makes it different
Most lists of party games are sorted by holiday. That helps you browse, but it does not answer the real question, which is whether a game will work for these people in this room. So every game here is tagged with a player range, an age, a place and an energy level, and the game picker uses those tags to deal you three games that fit.
Every game also belongs to one of four suits, shown on the corner of its card: talking, moving, making or thinking. A good party usually needs more than one suit.
How the pages are written
Roundlark is a small independent publication. Pages are drafted with the help of AI writing tools and then checked against a written set of rules before they are published. We do not claim to have run a game at a party when we have not, we do not invent quotes or testers, and we say so when a detail varies from house to house. The full rules are in How we write.
How it is paid for
Roundlark is free to read and use. It is set up to be paid for by display advertising. Advertisers have no say in which games are listed or how they are described.
Who runs it
Roundlark is published by Luis Alberto Najar Isidro, based in Spain. You can reach us at hello@roundlark.com.
Found a rule we got wrong, or a variation your family swears by? Tell us.