The Lie

In The Lie, all the cards lie! The cards have numbers from 1 to 4 and are in 4 different colors. However, when you turn them something has changed, their color or their number. You will have to play cleverly to combine the highest numbers of the same color. Whoever manages to run out of cards will win the round, and at the end of the third round, whoever has the most points will win the entire game.

Designed by Eloi Pujades and Eugeni Castaño, The Lie is a card game that can be enjoyed from 2 to 6 players, from 8 years old, in sessions lasting about 20 minutes. The objective of the game is to score points in 3 rounds of play in which players will try to discard their hand by forming numerical combinations.

Each round consists of two phases: building the playing hand and playing the cards. In the first, everyone plays at the same time, taking cards from the center of the table to form a 12-card hand. However, we will never be sure which card we are taking, since the back of the cards lies: either the color or the number will be different when we turn it over. The cards that make up our hand must be placed in order as we take them, and they cannot be rearranged at any time.

In the card playing phase, players will be able to play a combination of cards from their hand. This combination can be 1 card or a group of 2 or 3 cards of the same color that are adjacent to each other in our hand. The next player can pass (that is, not play at all) or play a combination of cards of the same color as the set played by the player who started the round, forming a number that exceeds the previous one. The turns will continue until someone runs out of cards, when points are distributed.

With very few rules and a lot of replayability, The Lie is an ideal game for any type of player or gaming group. The little ones will learn to form numerical combinations, while the older ones will find it a great challenge in managing the cards to quickly end up with an empty hand. And all this seasoned with a touch of chance, thanks to the “lying back” of the cards. Ready to play with numbers?