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Origin Stories
The true story behind a nickname, a scar, a fear, a favourite mug — or one the room made up.
- ~20 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- Free
- Teens and up
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What it feels like
Every nickname has a story. So does every scar, every fear, every favourite mug. Tonight, you'll hear some of them. One of them really happened. The others were made up by the people you trust most.
How to play
- Take a private turn each: answer one question about yourself truthfully, and invent believable answers to the same kind of question about others.
- Each round, one person's real answer is hidden among everyone's fakes.
- Everyone else picks the one they think is true — on phones, or point on three.
- Then the truth comes out, and so do the fakers.
Scoring: 2 points for finding the truth. Every person you fool with your fake is 1 point for you. If under half the room finds the truth, its owner scores 2. Write the real answer by accident and it's 2 for you.
You'll get prompts like
- “How did you get a scar or a bruise you remember?”
- “How did you get your nickname?”
What you need
3 to 10 people and one phone, tablet or laptop to pass around — or everyone on their own phone in a room. Nothing to download, no accounts. The best lines can be sealed into your group's Almanac and come back in later games.
