You Lying Sack: How To Play

[@JesseMeza07]

Reminds me of Carrot in a Box, I'll give it a try!

[@Robinson_Christopher]

Can't wait to give lying a try!

[@yabbaguy]

I'm not trying to be an elitist, but the bare minimum for good board game design has evolved way past this, and I wish your next title would acknowledge more of what the industry has learned over the years: - player elimination means losers have to sit around and wait for someone to win. That's not fun, just like it isn't in Risk & Monopoly - two classic but bad games. - Sheriff of Nottingham has done this "Trust me, the good thing(s) are in the bag!" mechanic in a much more interesting way. Credit where credit is due, a previous statement is incorrect, you did think through that bad things have to come out of the bag if you have to give more Bad Things than a die roll you've been awarded. I would love nothing more than to see a greater focus on game design in the future Marry that with your whimsy cartoon fun and I think it'll bring you more success.

[@joelmartinez612]

You're not wrong with Sheriff of Nottingham but that's also a bigger game in terms time and components. Also Sheriff of Nottingham's bluff game is hindered by a very big loophole: There's no real reason to smuggle the bad things. If you just keep trading legal goods you never take a hit and have a damn good chance of winning. At least this introduces a reason to grab bad things.

[@cyrannodb]

The only thing you can say is "my hand is full of bad things, will you take them?" That seems limiting. I would think that you should be saying whatever you think will make the other person do what you want them to do.

[@BiskitBoiMJ]

Can't you say "my hand has the good thing"?

[@loganboi2166]

or I have 2 bad things, but one good thing

[@lugo8824]

@@loganboi2166 don't think that is allowed. You either have to take a number of bad things OR the good thing.

[@loganboi2166]

@@lugo8824 oh

[@lugo8824]

Sorry. A bit late. You can lie. Hell, I'm sure you can say ANYTHING you can't. But, obviously, you can't show it.

[@Kami-mk7tu]

If you just never accept something in someone's hand and you only take the good thing each turn, you can never lose

[@SPaterson65]

That won’t work. You still have to offer the good thing to others and if they accept then they give you the dice number of bad things from their pile.

[@theslimeyboi]

Technically yes, but it'll be an infinite stalemate with 2 people if they do the same thing.

[@OnefootintheGravy]

@@theslimeyboi surely the dice will stop that happening. If you keep rolling low numbers and your opponent high numbers, they will eventually win?

[@theslimeyboi]

@@OnefootintheGravy I meant if both players only grabbed the good thing each turn the bad things would just cycle back and forth.

[@OnefootintheGravy]

@@theslimeyboi yes, so in your turn you roll a 5, take the good thing, and give me 5 bad things. My turn, I roll a 1, take the good thing, but only give you 1 bad thing. If I carried on getting low rolls I'd lose. But thinking about it that is only assuming there are 10 bad things in play. If we both start with 2 and only took the good thing, how do you get more bad things in play?

[@ls190v2]

Cor...