Jackbox Games Launches Fibbage and Fakin’ It Board Games in Australia

Fibbage just left the TV. Jackbox Games has launched physical board game editions of Fibbage and Fakin’ It in Australia, and both boxes are on shelves right now for AU$29 each.

No phones. No screens. No room code shouted across the lounge while someone’s uncle tries to find the browser on his phone. Just cards, tokens and a lot of lying to people you love.

Jackbox says the pair will be stocked across almost 600 physical retail stores in Australia, plus online. The retailer list covers Big W, EB Games, Games World, JB Hi-Fi, Target, Toymate and Toyworld, so you won’t have to hunt for them.

Fibbage Board Game Keeps the Bluffing Simple

If you’ve played Fibbage on a Party Pack, you already know the rules. One player takes the Revealer role, reads a trivia card out loud and secretly writes down the real answer. Everyone else writes a fake answer that sounds believable enough to fool the table.

The answers get shuffled and revealed, then everyone votes on which one they think is true. You score for fooling your friends and for picking the real answer. After six rounds, whoever has the most points wins.

The box is built for 3 to 6 players aged 14 and up. Inside you get 300 unique trivia cards, 54 voting and scoring tokens, and reusable dry-erase whiteboards for writing your lies. It’s everything you need to play straight out of the box.

Fakin’ It Uses Secret Wallets to Hide the Faker

Fakin’ It is the one I’m most curious about. The digital version leaned on phones to tell everyone the task except one player. The physical edition swaps that for special secret wallets. A task card gets passed around in them, and one player’s wallet won’t show what the card says. That player has to fake it and hope nobody notices.

It also runs at 3 to 6 players, comes with 300 task cards and costs AU$29. The tasks are split across five categories:

Hands of Truth, where players raise a hand or keep it down. Number Pressure, where you hold up between 1 and 10 fingers. You Gotta Point, where you point at another player or yourself. Face Value, where you pull a facial expression. And Text You Up, where every player answers the question on their card out loud, truthfully.

If you’re the Faker, your job is to blend in. If you’re not, your job is to catch them. Classic social deduction, minus the setup headaches.

Jackbox Pitches the Physical Editions as Screen-Free Game Night

Andy Kniaz, Jackbox Games’ Vice President of Business Development and International, framed the launch around getting people in the same room. He said the physical editions keep what people love about Jackbox, from bluffing and laughing to working out which friends you shouldn’t trust.

It’s a smart move. Jackbox has spent years as the default party game for anyone with a console and a group chat. But not every get-together has a TV handy, and not every family member wants to fiddle with a phone. A box you can throw in a bag for a holiday or a camping trip fills that gap.

There’s also a how-to-play video for Fakin’ It doing the rounds from the board game’s publishing side, which is worth a watch if you’ve never played the original.

Fibbage and Fakin’ It Price and Where to Buy in Australia

Both games are out now in Australia at AU$29 each. You’ll find them at Big W, EB Games, Games World, JB Hi-Fi, Target, Toymate and Toyworld, as well as online.

My take? Fibbage is the safer pick for mixed groups because the rules take about thirty seconds to explain. Fakin’ It is the one that’ll get the loudest table, though, and I’d grab that first if your crew already loves catching each other out. At AU$29 a box, getting both won’t hurt much either.

We’ll keep an eye out for how the physical versions play compared to the originals. For more party game news, stick with ShaneTheGamer.

Source: press release from Jackbox Games. Images courtesy of Jackbox Games.