The questions
Each side comes with one line of the case for it. The rest is up to you.
I walked miles to return a few cents. A cashier undercharges you. Do you go back?
- YEA GO BACK
It comes out of the cashier's drawer, and they might have to cover it.
- NAY LUCKY DAY
A big chain won't miss two dollars, and you didn't make the mistake.
- YEA GO BACK
Four score and zero fibs. Is saying "I'm fine" when you're not a lie?
- YEA THAT'S A LIE
You know you're not fine and they believe you are, so it's a lie.
- NAY JUST POLITE
At the checkout, "how are you" is a hello, and "fine" is the reply.
- YEA THAT'S A LIE
I was famous for my stories. Is stretching the truth to make a story funnier OK?
- YEA STRETCH IT
Nobody needs to know the bear was really a large raccoon.
- NAY STICK TO FACTS
Once you're caught padding one story, nobody believes the next one.
- YEA STRETCH IT
I'm six foot four, honestly. Is adding an inch to your height on a dating app OK?
- YEA ROUND UP
Everyone rounds up, so telling the truth just makes you look shorter.
- NAY EXACT HEIGHT
They'll notice the missing inch within ten seconds of meeting you.
- YEA ROUND UP
I never forget a face. If you forget someone's name, do you admit it?
- YEA ADMIT IT
Ask now, or get caught later when you have to introduce them.
- NAY FAKE IT
A warm "hey there" buys time, and the name usually comes back.
- YEA ADMIT IT
I told the same stories for years. If a friend repeats a story, do you say so?
- YEA SAY SO
A quick "you told me" saves them five minutes and you a fake laugh.
- NAY HEAR IT AGAIN
They're having fun telling it, and laughing twice costs you nothing.
- YEA SAY SO
My best speech took two minutes. Should toasts have a time limit?
- YEA SET A TIMER
Every wedding has a best man still talking while the dinner goes cold.
- NAY LET THEM TALK
Some of the best moments at a wedding are a toast that ran long.
- YEA SET A TIMER
I grew up in a one-room cabin. Could you live in a tiny house?
- YEA MOVE ME IN
You clean the whole place in ten minutes, and the bills shrink too.
- NAY TOO SMALL
When you're mad, there's no other room to storm off into.
- YEA MOVE ME IN
About the host
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin and grew up to be six foot four. He kept letters and papers tucked inside his stovepipe hat. People called him Honest Abe, and the story goes that as a young store clerk he walked miles to return a few cents to a customer. That's either very honest or a lot of walking.
He's hosting the week of October 23 because The Lobbyist is a game about lying, and somebody had to keep an eye on it. His questions are about the small fibs everyone tells, like the extra inch on a dating profile or the "I'm fine" that isn't. He says he has never told one. He'd like that on the record.
How to play these
Every question this week is about a lie small enough to defend, which makes them good rounds of The Lobbyist. Nobody has to argue anything outrageous, just the other side of a fib most people have told. The dating app inch is the one to hope for. Someone will admit to it, someone will swear they never would, and the table has to decide who's acting.
The cashier question works with any crowd, phones or no phones. It sounds easy until someone asks how far you'd drive to give back two dollars. The toast question is best with anyone who has sat through a long wedding. And if you're the honest type, like the host, and the phone tells you you're the Lobbyist, read these bluffing tips before your next game.
About guest decks
White Lies is Honest Abe Lincoln's guest deck for The Lobbyist, free to play from Oct 23 to Oct 29, 2026. A new guest moves in every Friday with eight questions of their own. See this week's guest.
The guest before: Spare Parts, hosted by Frankenstein's monster.
The guest after: Uninvited, hosted by Count Dracula.
Play the guest deck
Start a game and pick this week's guest deck, or Fuzzy Logic. Both are free.
Play free