How to Play Yes, No, Maybe

Game guides · Updated 4 September 2026

Yes, No, Maybe is a private checklist for a night with one of you in charge. Each player answers on their own, lead or follow first, then a list that gets bolder as it goes. You see only what overlaps. A no is never shown to anyone. It is the conversation most people never quite have, turned into a screen.

How it works

1. The first player takes the phone and answers the roles question: tonight I would like to Lead, Follow, or Either
2. Then the checklist, one item at a time, yes, maybe or no. It runs mild to wild, and you can tap Nothing past this at any point
3. Pass the phone. Nobody sees anyone else's answers
4. Once everyone has answered, the reveal shows what you have in common, and who leads

What is on the list

Sixty-four items, sixteen at each level, written in plain words from the answerer's point of view. Gentle is protocol without touch: titles, positions, eye contact, asking permission to speak, being told what to wear, service. Playful adds light touch under instruction, undressing on command, being made to ask, praise. Spicy is restraint, blindfolds, spanking by hand, edging. Wild is heavier impact, longer denial, and ownership for the scene.

Give and receive are separate items where they differ. "Being told how to sit, stand or kneel" and "Telling someone how to sit, stand or kneel" are two answers, and a pair who match on complementary sides has found a thing to do. That is where a Lead and follower fit is discovered rather than declared.

Nothing past this

The list gets spicier as you go, and you do not have to read to the end. Tap Nothing past this and everything below is answered no without being shown to you. A couple who are at Playful never have to read Wild.

The reveal is the contract

The reveal names who leads and who follows, and lists what both of you said yes to, level by level. Things one of you said yes to and the other said maybe are shown as worth talking about. Nothing else is shown. If nothing overlaps, that is an answer too: talk it over and answer again another night.

The contract is what Power Play deals from. A card that names something is only ever dealt when it is in the contract and both people in front of it said yes.

Answers that outlive the tab

Your answers stay on this phone with this group, so a regular pair is not asked the same sixty-four questions every evening. Next time, the game asks whether to keep your answers or answer again. Any player can forget their stored answers from Player settings, and nothing about them ever leaves the device: the app logs that a reveal happened and how many items matched, never which ones or who.

Limits still come first

Any limit set in Player settings hides the items it touches before they are ever asked. Three limits exist for this list in particular, Impact, Orgasm control and Kneeling, and they filter every game, not just this one.

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