True or False?

I’ve got another fantastic game for you to play with your friends over the holidays.  I say “friends” because most likely family members will know you too well to pull this game off with any degree of credibility.  I’m speaking of a game called “True or False.”  It’s big fun, and your guests will love it.

To speed things along, I give my company a “heads-up” about the game before they arrive.  If I don’t, chances are they will not be able to come up with a convincing memory on the spot.  I ask them to think of a time they did something extremely unusual or daring or strange and to practice telling that event in a couple of minutes or less.  Then I tell them also to invent another “story” about themselves that is NOT true yet quite incredible or jaw dropping.

When we’re ready to play the game, I pass out paper and pencils to all my guests.  Then starting at one end of the room, I invite the first person to tell his/her two stories, one true and the other false.  It doesn’t matter which order they tell them in.

For example, my first guest would say, “My “A” story is that I once had a date with an Olympic gold-medal winner, and my “B” story is I met Elvis when he was stationed at Ft. Hood and had my picture made with him.”  Then the remaining guests write the person’s name beside #1 and which letter they think represents the TRUE story.  Every person takes a turn, and at the end, we start over with Person 1 again. He or she tells which story is the true one, and everyone else marks that number right or wrong, depending on if they guessed correctly.

The fun comes in hearing more details about the true story.  I can guarantee that True or False will provide your party with lots of great conversation, quite a few surprises, and lots of laughs!

Stay tuned because next week I’ll share with you two games perfect for a Christmas party!