Fact or Crap

When M* and I were in Belize two years ago with my sister, we spent time at the bar of the resort—the wonderful Victoria House. One night after dinner we returned for a before-bed drink. To enhance our enjoyment we played one of the bar games—Fact or Crap. We never learned the rules; we just had fun holding up our Fact or Crap signs.

Carolyn, M*, me and Joy at Victoria House bar in Belize

A birthday package arrived on Saturday from my sister including two games: Fact or Crap and Man Bites Dog. We brought Fact or Crap to the pub, Hat & Feathers, last night, and Michael, Tialda and James were happy to play. We were disappointed that the game no longer included the signs—instead there were two answer cards (one Fact/ one Crap) that you place face-down down on the table.

Fact or Crap answer card

If you are correct and the first one to answer, you get two Fact or Crap tokens. Else, if you are correct, you get one token. All incorrect answers require one token to be returned to the pot in the middle of the table.

Tokens

After an hour, we thought the game needed to be energized, so we added an element of betting. You could wager up to five tokens depending on how confident you are in your answer. The game was cut a bit short as the pub closed earlier than expected (11:30pm). M*'s stack was the largest of the remaining players. It's not surprising as he kicked ass on all the science questions.

M*'s large stack of tokens in back, James' to the left and mine, the smallest, to the right

The funniest part of the evening occurred when a woman asked us the name of the game: she had watched us playing and thought her grandchildren might like it. Michael, as he was sitting the closest to her, answered, "Fact or Crap." Luckily, the woman laughed.