Fact bluff
An obscure true fact with a blank. Beat it with a lie. Points for finding the truth, more points for every friend you fool.
A bluffing game for the room
Liar liar. Pants on fire.
A true fact comes up with a bit missing. Everyone writes a lie good enough to beat it, then the room votes for the truth. Every friend your lie fools adds fuel, and the best liar of the night goes up in flames. Frankly, it's a privilege to watch.
3 to 10 players · Phones or the telly · The whole bank free at every preset
How a question goes
The truth is boring. Lying pays.
A true fact, with a gap
Same on every phone and on the telly. Something real, and strange enough that you'll doubt it.
Nearly every resident of Whittier, Alaska lives in ___
Everyone writes a lie
Make it sound truer than the truth. Type the real answer by accident and it comes straight back: I said lie.
an old army tunnel
Everyone hunts the truth
Every lie goes up beside the real answer, no names on them. Pick the one you believe. Not your own. Nice try.
one 14-storey building
The reveal
Heat is the score.
Lies come out one at a time, least fooled first. Each shows who fell for it, then whose it was, and that player's pants catch fire. The truth comes last, on a plain card with no flames, because the truth never fooled anyone.
Question 4 of 8 · PlacesRoom PKR482
Nearly every resident of Whittier, Alaska lives in ?
a converted cruise shipFooled Sam · written by Priya
an old army tunnelFooled Mia, Tom, Dave · written by Jack
The truthone 14-storey buildingFound by Ash and Lou · +1,000 each
The hostThree of you believed that. Three. Jack, you should be ashamed. Take the points.
- Smoulder1 fooledA small flame and a puff of smoke.
- Burning2 to 3 fooledTwo flames. The host starts to enjoy it.
- Blaze4 to 5 fooledThree flames, and sparks rise off the card.
- InfernoHalf the room or more fooledFull-screen fire. The round people talk about on the way home.
Three kinds of question
Trivia, then it gets personal.
Truth About You
Jack once got detention for ___.
Jack secretly writes the truth and a lie of his own. Everyone else writes a lie that sounds like Jack. Plot twist season.
Guess Whose
Everyone answers the same question honestly, for once. Then you match every answer to its owner. Turns out you don't know your mates at all.
Packs
Your town. Your topic. Your crowd.
The built-in bank is free at every preset, all of it. Want questions nobody at the table has seen? Make a pack.
A place
Ballarat, Bali, your old uni. Twelve fact bluffs, each checked against a source before anyone sees it.
A topic
The 90s, Formula 1, true crime. Twelve more facts, checked the same way. A fact that fails the check is replaced, never played.
Your crowd
A hen do, the work team, the family. Type a few safe details and get questions your lot answer about themselves. Nothing is ever invented about a real person.
A pack is ready in about a minute, and you can start playing before it finishes. Packs are bought in the app. A pack that fails its checks doesn't count against you. The details you give for a crowd pack stay inside that pack and nowhere else.
Presets
One fire, four temperatures.
The host picks who's in the room, and that sets the questions and the word filter together. A glance at the telly tells you what kind of night it is.
- KidsFamily facts only, cartoon flames, nothing rude gets through.
- WorkSafe for the office party. Swearing is masked, first letter then stars.
- MatesDefaultThe full fire. Swear all you like; slurs are still masked.
- After DarkAdultsThe hottest questions, lower light, heavier smoke. Only the host can switch it on, and never by default.
With a telly or without
Telly optional. Phones mandatory.
On a TV or laptop
Open the room on any screen and it becomes the board: the question, the reveal, the bonfire, and a host who reads every lie out with a perfectly straight face. Phones write and vote.
Phones only
No telly, no problem. Every phone shows the question and the ballot, and the reveal plays on every phone at once, the fire scaled to fit. The pub table will do.
Tonight, the truth is boring and lying pays.
Start a room, share the code, and find out who you've been trusting all these years.
Start a room