Cards Against Sharam – Indian Party Game With 500 Cards

There’s sharam, and then there’s playing Cards Against Sharam in front of people who know your family. This Indian adult party game takes the things we usually avoid saying out loud and puts them straight onto the table.

The deck comes with 500 cards, 100 black prompt cards and 400 white answer cards—built around the wonderfully chaotic side of Indian life. Think suspicious aunties, flying chappals, secret relationships, rishtas, kundlis, dramatic weddings, impossible parents, cricket obsession, questionable career choices, NRIs, jugaad, and family WhatsApp groups where privacy goes to die.

Some combinations will be ridiculous. Others will be uncomfortably relatable. And a few might make everyone look around the room before deciding whether it’s safe to laugh. Cards Against Sharam is made for adults who are ready to drop the filter and find out who in the group has the least sharam.

Gameplay

• Gather 4 to 20+ players. For a smaller group, you can also use our 2–3 player rules.
• Pick one player to be the Card Czar for the round and deal 7 white cards to everyone else.
• The Card Czar reads one black card out loud.
• Everyone else chooses the white card in their hand that creates the funniest response.
• The Card Czar reads the combinations and picks their favorite.
• The player behind the winning card gets 1 Awesome Point, and a new Card Czar takes over for the next round.

Need more details? Check out our complete Cards Against Humanity rules.

Winning

There’s no need to wait for Dadi’s approval to end the game. Play until your group has had enough, finish things off with a Haiku if you wish, and count the Awesome Points. Whoever collected the most wins Cards Against Sharam and officially has the least sharam at the table.

Cards Against Sharam Card Examples

Black Cards

My parents spent ₹20 lakh on my education so I could become ____.

What made Dadi finally say, “Hai Bhagwan”?

The housing society has called an emergency meeting.

The wedding has 700 guests. The bride knows ____.

What did my NRI cousin become too sophisticated for?

The family WhatsApp group has gone completely silent.

 

White Cards

A cow’s funeral.

Mom saying “Idhar aaja, nahi marungi” while holding a chappal.

A one-night stand asking your gotra.

Saving your boyfriend’s number as “Swiggy Customer Care.”

A flying chappal with GPS-level accuracy.

Explaining “friends with benefits” to Dadi.