The party game of confident nonsense. Get your phones out and your lies ready.
The idea
Much like the beloved game show, each player reads out a statement about themselves. Only they know whether it's the truth or a lie. It's up to everyone else to cross-examine them and work it out — would they really lie to you?
How a game works
- 1
Build your profile
Answer a few questions about yourself to ready your truths and lies.
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We add some sauce
Using your profile we invent lies that are tailor made to fool your friends.
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You get a statement
It arrives on your phone, marked true or false — only you know which. Then you read it aloud to the room and assert your position.
- 4
The room interrogates you
This is the game. They can ask anything, and you have to answer in detail, whether or not any of it happened.
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It's time to decide
Is it the truth or is it a lie? Points are awarded for guessing correctly, and for fooling your audience.
Scoring
- +1 every time you guess someone else correctly.
- +1 for every person you fool while you're defending.
What you'll need
One big screen
A laptop, a TV or an iPad propped against the fruit bowl. This is the shared board everyone looks at.
A device to play off
Every player needs their own.
3 to 10 people
Four to eight is the sweet spot.
Setting up
The host opens /host on the big screen for a room code and a QR code. Everyone else scans it, or goes to /join and types the code in.
Then you answer a few questions on your own phone and give six true things about yourself. Nobody else ever sees them — they're there so your lies sound like you.
Getting the most out of it
- Ask for detail, not truth. “Was it true?” gets you nowhere. “What was the weather like?” gets you everything.
- Tell everyone to commit. A defender who shrugs kills the round. The rule is that you defend it like it happened, even when it didn't.
- Don't rush the vote. Let the questions run. The timer is a backstop, not a target.
An affectionate homage to the panel show, built for kitchen tables. Not affiliated with the BBC.