Pinocchio: True or False
Pinocchio: True or False Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Game Accessories
- 1 Pinocchio doll (Pinocchio's nose). Images are for reference only.
- 25 Nose blocks (Pinocchio's nose)
- 1 Cardboard (Pinocchio's head)
- 80 Subject cards (each printed with 4 words/phrases)
- 10 Truth cards
- 10 Lie cards
- 12 Angel tokens (one side has 1 angel, other side has 2 angels)
Game Steps
Put the Pinocchio doll in the middle of the table so that all players can access it easily. Place the cardboard (Pinocchio's head) and all nose blocks (Pinocchio's nose) aside on the table. Each player gets a "Truth card" and "Lie card".
The player who has the longest nose will be the starting player. Draw a Subject card and select a word or phrase from the list, and start to share a story related to it (without revealing his/her card to the other players). However, before starting the story, the storyteller should decide whether the story is true or just a lie, and put the corresponding card of "Truth" or "Lie" face-down on the table.
After telling the story, the one who grabs the Pinocchio doll first can ask the storyteller a question. Then he/she must answer honestly, unless the "Lie card" has been chosen for this turn. (Cannot ask the storyteller "Is the story true or not", or similar questions.)
All players should guess whether the story is true or a lie accordingly. They use the "Truth card" or "Lie card" to show their guesses, and put it face down on the table.
All players reveal their guesses (Truth/Lie Card), and the storyteller reveals the Truth/Lie card he/she has selected.
The players who guess wrong must take a nose block, and stack it one by one on the mark of the nose on the cardboard of Pinocchio's head.
If half or more players have guessed correctly, the storyteller has to stack a nose block on the cardboard.
Stack the Nose Block
All the players who need to stack the nose block must draw a subject card, and, with reference to the number printed at the bottom of left corner, then take turns to stack their block in ascending order. For 4 to 6 players, each player stacks 2 nose blocks; for 7 to 10 players each player stacks 1 nose block.
When a player stacks the nose block, the middle brown tree ring area on the block must be fully covered and not visible to any players.
If any blocks fall, the player who causes it will get an Angel token. All the remaining players should continue stacking blocks on the mark of the nose of Pinocchio's head cardboard, or onto the nose blocks built by the previous players.
End of Turn
Turn end while all players finish to stack the nose block. Put the used subject card back to the bottom of the deck. Return the Truth/Lie Card to all players. The storyteller for the new turn is the player on the left of the current one (following turn are continue in clockwise direction).
Game End
When a player gets 3 Angel tokens, the game ends after that round finishes. Whose gets 3 Angel tokens lose the game, all other players win together.
Closing note from the rulebook: Innocent Pinocchio is not a cunning child. When he chooses to tell the truth, he would not make up a story full of lies to deceive others at the same time. Pinocchio sincerely wish you enjoy the game as you follow the rules, and experience this wonderful and interesting journey with him.