What Do You Meme

1 Overview

What Do You Meme is an adult party card game for 3+ players inspired by internet meme culture. Each round, a rotating judge picks a meme photo card from the deck. All other players select a caption card from their hand that they think best completes the meme. The judge picks their favorite caption — that player wins the round.

It's essentially Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity, but with internet memes as the format. Simple to learn, instantly funny with the right group.

2 Setup

Shuffle caption cards and deal 7 to each player. Shuffle photo cards face-down in the center. Choose the first judge (whoever most recently laughed at a meme, or youngest player, etc.). All players keep their hand of 7 caption cards secret.

3 Gameplay

1. The Judge flips the top photo card face-up and places it where everyone can see.
2. All other players (not the Judge) select one caption card from their hand that they think will make the funniest or most fitting meme combination.
3. Players pass their chosen caption card face-down to the Judge.
4. The Judge shuffles the submissions and reads each caption aloud while holding it up against the photo card.
5. The Judge picks their favorite. That player wins the photo card as a trophy point.
6. Everyone draws back up to 7 caption cards. The Judge role passes clockwise.

4 Judging

Judging is entirely subjective — the current Judge picks whatever they find funniest, most fitting, most absurd, or most clever. There are no rules about how to judge. That's the game.

Judges cannot vote for themselves, and players should not reveal which card is theirs until after the judge decides.

5 Winning

The official rules don't specify a win condition — most groups play until a set number of rounds (one per player as Judge = one full rotation) or until a player collects a target number of photo cards (typically 3–5). Whoever has the most photo cards wins.

6 House Rules & Variants

• Themed rounds: Before flipping a photo, the Judge announces a theme (e.g., "most offensive" or "most relatable") that the caption must match.
• Wildcard: Each player gets one blank caption card they can write anything on per game.
• Team play: For large groups, split into teams and discuss submissions together before choosing one.
• Family edition: A separate family-friendly version is available with age-appropriate captions and photos.