Sounds Fishy

Someone reads a strange fact, someone else invents a convincing lie, and the judge has to spot which is which.

👥 4–10 playersapprox. 30 min🪄 Rules in 5 min10+
6.0 · BGG #3,309

Who it's for

Big, laughing party groups who love bluffing games and confident lies about genuinely weird trivia.

Not for you if…

You are not comfortable inventing lies on the spot in front of a group, because that is the entire premise.

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Vibe's take

funny, social, bluffing-heavy, loud, addictive

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About this game

Sounds Fishy hands one player a card full of genuinely strange trivia and everyone else a choice: tell the truth or make up something convincing enough to pass for it. The judge for the round has to sort real facts from confident nonsense, and half the fun is watching your friends commit fully to a lie about, say, the mating habits of a jellyfish. It scales easily up to ten people, needs zero setup beyond dealing cards, and rewards the kind of deadpan delivery that turns a party into a proper bluffing showdown. Loud, funny and dangerously moreish once the group gets going.

Truth-or-lie trivia bluffingScales up to ten playersZero setup party game

By the numbers

Players

Best at 6–9 playersWorks with 5–10

Duration

30 min

Ages 10+

Complexity

1.0 / 5 — Very Light

BGG Rating

6.0/10

Rank #3,309

1.7k ratings

Published

2022

Language

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