Couple games you can play tonight (no board required)

1. This or That

Rapid-fire choices, picked separately, revealed together. You'll be shocked how often you match, and delighted when you don't.

• Tea or coffee?
• Beach or mountains?
• Plan everything or go with the flow?
• Cook together or order in?
• Sunrise or sunset?
• Road trip or flight?

2. Who's More Likely?

Read a prompt and both point at who it describes. Agreeing is satisfying. Disagreeing starts the best conversations.

• Who's more likely to fall asleep during a movie?
• Who's more likely to plan a surprise?
• Who's more likely to say sorry first?
• Who's more likely to get hangry?
• Who's more likely to steal the blanket?

3. How well do you know me?

Each of you writes five questions about yourself (favourite childhood meal, dream job at age eight, most-played song this month) and the other guesses. Keep score if you're competitive; don't if you're not.

4. Two truths and a memory

Share three memories from before you met, where one is invented. Your partner guesses the fake. Surprisingly revealing.

5. The long-distance version

Every game above works over a call, or asynchronously: answer when you can, reveal when you've both played. Distance makes the reveal even better.