Opinion Market
Everyone starts with 100 points and a stack of claims — "Napa is overrated," "AI replaces white-collar work," "the 90s were peak." You invest points in the opinions you think the table will back; the market rises and falls on the live vote. End the night with the most persuasive guest, the biggest contrarian, and the best prediction. Debate as a trading floor.
What it's for
Make people put a number on their convictions — when opinions cost points, the hedging stops.
The guest's job
Start with 100 points and allocate them to claims you think the table will endorse; save some for the contrarian plays.
The vote
Live round-by-round market — each claim goes to a table vote and the points redistribute accordingly.
The reveal
Final tally: most points wins, but the real trophies go to most persuasive and biggest contrarian.
Food & drink spine
Something easy and shareable the host sets out before the market opens; no one cooks tonight.
Conversation fuel
"Which position did the market get wrong, and why did the crowd miss it?"
How it flops — steer around it
Boring claims. The host seeds the claim stack with a few genuinely divisive ones before the night starts.