Fake Expert Game Session

Fake Expert is a communicative game of social deduction using Demodice cubes. Players take the role of talk show guests making short statements about democratic issues and trying to expose one fake expert player. The game is split into four phases. First, a host is selected among the players. He/she decides a main topic by throwing Demodice, picking a die, and writing the topic on the main topic card. Then the host decides on a subtopic of the talk show and writes it to all subtopic cards except one. The host shows the main topic card to all participants and distributes the subtopic cards. A player with a subtopic card will be a guest, and a player with an x will be the fake expert. Second, the host announces talks show to begin, and each guest and the secret fake expert will make a short comment about the topic on their turn for a few rounds. The fake expert tries to sound convincing without knowing the subtopic. Third, the host announces accusations to begin. Players have three minutes to discuss who the fake expert is. In the fourth and final phase, after time runs out each guest and the fake expert points out who they think is the fake expert. If guests manage to point out the fake expert by majority they win, unless the fake expert succeeds to guess the subtopic, then Fake Expert and host win. Otherwise, the fake expert and the host will win.
Fake Expert is a fun game and could be used as a method to introduce democracy or human rights to participants. Also, the developers put great emphasis on a debriefing session after playing to discuss themes of the game with the participants. The rules are hard to grasp at first, but when participants have played for a while, games are quick and enjoyable.