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The Lie

Game ID: GID0446888
Game Info
Players
2-6
Age
8+
Playtime
20 min
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Sentiment: pos 2 · mix 0 · neu 0 · neg 0
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Video wrsejAlQt2Y Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 1:12:44 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Easy to teach and play
  • Pure chaos and fun
  • Good for parties or family gatherings
  • Elements of deduction and deception
  • Quick playtime
Cons
  • Not much strategy, relies on luck
  • Can get stuck with cards you can't play
Thematic elements
  • Lying/Deception with card values
  • Cards spread across the table
Comparison games
  • Scout
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card Drafting — Players draft cards from a central spread, aiming to build a hand of 12 cards.
  • Hand Management — Players manage a hand of 12 cards and must strategically decide which cards to play and where to place them in their hand.
  • Hidden Information — Cards have a revealed number/color and a hidden 'lie' on the other side.
  • Push Your Luck — Players try to get rid of cards by playing higher numbers, but risk being stuck with cards they cannot play.
  • Set Collection — Players aim to collect sets of same-colored cards to play higher values.
  • Trick-Taking — Players play cards in sequence, with each player needing to play a card of the same color but a higher value than the previous card.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • If you can't correctly use a gas can, maybe you don't need to be on this earth.
  • This is where I'm losing the translation.
  • It's not as complicated as what we made it out to be.
  • There's no strategy here. It's just have fun with these cards and and hope that you can um outplay your fellow players with uh making the right combos as you're building them.
  • While the merry bells keep ringing, I thought there was something called a merry bell.
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Video _kcLGU86viQ Board Gaming Ramblings Other at 24:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Mixed (Positive elements, but culled due to length/heaviness)
Pros
  • Really good game.
  • Love the worker placement like bidding.
  • So much about it.
  • Great game.
Cons
  • Such a long and and and and heavy game.
  • It can really mess with your plants.
  • I just don't like how long it is.
  • It's big and it's long.
  • It's a big box.
  • Hasn't been in the collection that long.
  • Don't think I will play it again.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • bidding — like bidding that you bid with work.
  • Worker Placement — I love the worker placement like bidding that you bid with work.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • It's a good one. Next up is another good one called Formosa Tea.
  • It's a flip and cube placing game.
  • This is the one that I wanted us to get.
  • This is the way that doesn't spill.
  • It is a longer game. I would have liked to play it but there is too many games so we're not playing it.
  • He played it when it arrived. We never did.
  • it's supposed to be fun, but there are so many fun games.
  • this made it into the top 10 from last year.
  • I love the worker placement like bidding that you bid with work.
  • But I like so much about it. I just don't like how long it is.
  • So even though I love and adore it, I don't think I will play it again.
  • my number one game from last year was galactic cruise. Galaxy Cruise.
  • And those are 20 more games leaving the shelf for different reasons.
  • And if you have too many games, take a hard look on yourself and see if there's something that you don't really need to have there because I promise you it feels good.
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