Put it on the TV
Open Ghostwriters in a browser on the screen everyone can see. Click once to wake the host.
The party game on the TV, played from everyone’s phone
Be funny.Don’t get caught.
Everyone answers a prompt anonymously. A ghost host reads them all aloud, the room ranks them, and then you take turns guessing who wrote what. Guess right and the author is murdered on screen. Guess wrong and they get paid.
- Players join free. No app, no account — scan the code.
- 4–12 people, one TV or laptop, about 25 minutes.
- Nothing to install. It runs in the browser on the screen everyone can see.
Evening. I’m Al — ghost of a real human male, not artificial, whatever the footer says. Scroll. I’ll walk you through it.
What the room sees
Caught means murdered.
Your own sheet does the deed. The weapon is drawn at random from twenty-three — the anvil, the custard pie, emperor lightning, a wet fish. You sit the rest of the round out as a ghost and come back at the next round card. Died first? You hunt first.
Someone guesses right. Someone gets murdered.
How a night goes
Three steps. Then five rounds.
Everyone scans in
A code and a QR sit on the TV all night. Players pick a name and a sheet on their phone — thirty seconds, no download.
Write, listen, rank, hunt
Each round: answer on your phone, hear every answer read aloud, rank them blind, then take turns naming who wrote what.
The worst thing to whisper at a wedding
wrong church
LOCK IT IN
1is this the one with the open bar
2wrong church
3her mum told me everything
4I give it a year
Maya
Jordan
Dee
Marcus
Tay
Priya
✓ Dee said Jordan wrote “wrong church” +200
Why it’s different
A host who’s actually listening.
Al, live
Every line the host says is written on the night, for your room, by name — and spoken in a voice that pauses, sighs and chuckles in the right places. He has never repeated himself. He is British, faintly disappointed in all of you, and adamant that he is not an A.I.
“Marcus takes the lead. Enjoy it briefly.”
The murder
Getting caught isn’t a lost point — it’s a scene. Your friend’s sheet walks over and does you in with whatever the game hands them, and you watch the rest of the round as a ghost. Everyone resurrects at the round card.
23 weapons · synthesised sound · everyone comes back
Three ways to get paid
+0catch someone
+0survive a wrong guess
+0a ranking ballot
Hiding pays in turns, not points — so the funniest answer and the sharpest guesser both have a road to the win. Rounds 3 and 5 ask for more and pay ×2 and ×3.
Pricing
Pay for nights. Not for players.
One host account runs the TV; everyone else plays free, every time. A night is the whole thing — five rounds, up to twelve players, Al fully live — and it only counts when you press Start the night. The lobby and the demo are free.
One night$3.99Try it this Friday.Host a nightMost roomsFive nights$14.99$3 a night. They never expire.Get five nightsParty Pass$11.99/moUp to 8 nights a month. Cancel any time.Start a pass
The kill on this page is free. A live night with Al is $3.99, and your guests never pay.
Before you ask
The short version.
What do we need?
A TV or laptop with a browser and sound, and a phone each. Open the game on the screen, everyone scans the code. That’s it — nothing to install anywhere.
Do my friends need accounts?
No. Only the person hosting the TV signs in. Players enter a name, pick a sheet, and play. They never see a price.
How many people, and how long?
Four to twelve. Five to eight is the sweet spot. Five rounds run about twenty-five minutes; the clocks stretch a little for bigger rooms.
Is it clean?
The prompts are sly, not filthy — every one has a funny clean answer. What your friends type is on your friends. Anything mentioning real-world harm is quietly withdrawn before the host ever sees it.
What if the TV browser reloads mid-game?
Reopen it. It offers to continue from the start of the current round, and the night you paid for is not charged twice.
Is Al an A.I.?
He would like it on record that he is the ghost of a real human male. His lines are generated live for your room and spoken live; only the rules are scripted.
Friday’s sorted.
One host, one screen, everyone’s phone. Al will do the rest.
Got a code from the TV?
Players join here. Free, no account.