Build-your-own bluffing quiz

Write the lies. Polish the bluff. Find the truth.

Decoy Relay turns host-authored facts into collaborative bluffing rounds. Players invent believable wrong answers, inherit and improve another person's decoy, then vote among shuffled choices where both knowing the truth and fooling the room can matter.

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Write the lies. Polish the bluff. Find the truth.

Players
4–24
Playtime
About 15 minutes
Energy
Lively
Skills
Knowledge recall, Persuasive writing, Critical reading

How to play

Decoy Relay in five steps.

  1. 1

    The host writes one to five complete multiple-choice questions, including the correct answer and explanation.

  2. 2

    Players privately answer, then invent a believable wrong answer.

  3. 3

    Each decoy rotates to another player who improves the bluff without seeing the answer key.

  4. 4

    Yakery shuffles the truth with the player-made decoys and everyone votes.

  5. 5

    Reveal the correct answer, explanation, and which decoys convinced the room.

Example round

Company policy becomes a convincing bluff

For “How quickly must an expense be submitted?”, players might polish “before the receipt emotionally detaches from the purchase” into a plausible thirty-day policy beside the real answer.

Best for

Use it when the room needs…

  • Company trivia
  • Training reinforcement
  • Onboarding
  • Subject-matter review

Facilitator tips

Keep the chain moving.

  • Write questions with one unambiguous correct answer.
  • Use the explanation field to teach the reason, not just announce the winner.
  • Avoid sensitive performance, compliance, or personnel facts that should not become jokes.

Participation and accessibility

Answer choices are text based, authors remain private during play, and the correct answer is revealed only after completion. Keep host-authored wording plain and define any internal acronyms.

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