Fiction is a Wordle-inspired game of deception. One player is the Lie-brarian and will choose a secret word from a classic work of literature. All the other players work as a team to guess that secret word as quickly as possible.

The Lie-brarian will tell the players if their letters are present in the word. Be careful, though, as each clue will have one letter be a lie!

Strategy
Remember, There's Always a Lie!

Be careful making deductions.

Try not to make concrete statements about the nature of the word before you’ve confirmed it. If you have time, take a scientific approach and change one variable at a time. This minimizes the Lie-brarian’s attempts at deception!

Conversely, Lie-brarians, capitalize on “known” letters!

If the players are convinced something’s right, don’t touch it! Try and reinforce this behavior, at least until they’ve used up too many turns to correct their mistake.

1. Lie-brarians, Choose a Word From Eight Classic Books

Will you choose Little Women, Moby Dick, A Study in Scarlet?

2. Players, Make a Guess About the Word

Quick, you’ve got ten minutes or ten guesses to figure it out!

3. Lie-brarians, Give The Players Clues About Their Guess

Wordle rules apply! Make EXACTLY one lie about the clues to throw the guessers off.

4. Players, Be Careful! What is Fact or Fiction?

Use all your deduction skills to outwit the Lie-brarian!

Components

What's Inside The Box

We squeezed a lot of game into our tiny box size!

2 Dry-Erase Markers
56 Book Cards
1 Lie-brarian Board
60 Clue Tokens
10 Guess Boards (5 Blue, 5 Tan)
1 Alphabet Board
3 Fact/Fiction Tokens

It may not be possible to ship very heavy items outside of the Mainland UK.
Released: 19 March 2025