BunkerRP: who gets a seat in the bunker?

The world outside has ended, the shelter only has room for half of you, and the group has to decide who stays out. That is the party game Bunker, and BunkerRP plays the host role inside your Telegram group chat. 🏚️

Nobody has to shuffle cards or tally votes. The bot deals the characters, calls the turns and announces results, so the people can focus on the fun part: arguing their case.

The quiet player goes first

Every player gets a hidden character sheet: job, health, age, hobby, phobia, luggage and a couple of odd facts. At the start nobody sees anything.

Each round you reveal one card and explain why the group cannot survive without you. Then everyone votes, and someone is left outside the door. At the end only the best talkers make it in.

Luck matters less than you might think. An asthmatic doctor can beat a healthy athlete with a better pitch, which is why Bunker works so well in chatty groups. 🗣️

The host's job, automated

• Character deal. Random traits arrive in each player's private messages, hidden from everyone else.
• Turn order. The bot tells you whose turn it is and which card to open next.
• Voting. Votes are collected and counted for you, so there are no fights about who picked whom.
• Rules on demand. The /rules command brings up the rulebook for newcomers.
• Profile and rankings. /profile keeps your stats, and /rating shows how chats rank.
• Open games. /chats lists game chats, handy if your own friends are offline.

Your first round in four steps

1. Start the bot with /start and skim the rules.
2. Add BunkerRP to the group chat you want to play in.
3. Gather people. Six or more players give you livelier debates and tenser votes.
4. Launch the game and follow the host's prompts. Your character arrives by private message.

Tip: agree on a speaking time limit before you begin. Otherwise one enthusiastic player can stretch a single round into half an hour. ⏱️

Why so many people play it

Bot catalogs put BunkerRP at roughly 140,000 monthly users, and it shows up in lists of the most popular Telegram bots. The interface comes in English and Russian, and the project runs its own news channel.

The appeal is easy to see. You need no table, no printed cards and no extra app. The game happens in the messenger your friends already open every day.

Before you invite everyone

The bot must be allowed to message you privately, or it cannot send your character. If your card never arrives, open a chat with the bot and press /start.

And keep it friendly. Getting voted out in round one is part of the story, and next game that same person might end up saving humanity. 😄