Two Truths and a Lie Team Building Activity

Q: Does it work on a video call?

Yes. On a video call holds starters about what is around each desk, such as Just out of frame behind me is ___. Everyone types three statements in the chat, then the team votes on each person's lie.

Press Next card three times, then fill two blanks with the truth and one with a lie.

On Saturday mornings you will find me ___.

Lie builder: answer questions about the lie as slowly as questions about the truths.

Lie builder: steer clear of anything a teammate watched happen. They will remember.

Lie builder: write all three down first, so the lie is not the one you stumble on.

Lie builder: on a call, type the three in one message so no pause gives it away.

Lie builder: say the dull thing with a straight face. Nobody doubts a stapler.

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How it works

This two truths and a lie team building game deals sentence starters written for colleagues: skills, commutes, lunch, small mishaps and video calls. No starter touches family, money, health, faith, politics or age.

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Three ways to run a two truths and a lie office game

Deal three cards each, fill the blanks, and read all three in one flat voice. Around a table, sit in circles of five or six. On a call, type the statements in the chat and vote 1, 2 or 3. For a big room, play table against table and count the right guesses.

Pick the set by how well the team knows each other

Before the first card, press Topic. Easy works on a first day: My way in takes me past ___. Hard has to surprise the person at the next desk. In About our team the host fills the blanks, so the statements are about the work: This team once had ___ people.

Tips

Borrow a teammate's true story only with their say-so; the lie builders say the same.
On a first day, deal Easy only: nobody should need a secret to play.

Questions and answers

What are good two truths and a lie examples for work?

Small and about you: I can fold a ___ out of paper. I once printed ___ copies by mistake. The top drawer of my desk holds ___. Fill two with the truth and one with a lie.

Is the deck safe to use with a work team?

No starter touches family, money, health, faith, politics or age, and none asks for an account security answer such as a first job or a school. That describes the list; it is not legal advice, and your own policy comes first.

Does it work on a video call?

Yes. On a video call holds starters about what is around each desk, such as Just out of frame behind me is ___. Everyone types three statements in the chat, then the team votes on each person's lie.

All 142 starters

Skills nobody here has seen 18

A skill I picked up from a library book is ___.
I can ___ without looking.
I can balance a ___ on one finger.
I can change a ___ in the dark.
I can count to ten in ___ languages.
I can draw a decent ___ in under a minute.
I can fix a ___ with nothing but tape and patience.
I can fold a ___ out of paper.
I can spell ___ backward.
I can still recite ___ word for word.
I can tell ___ apart by sound alone.
I can tie a ___ knot with one hand.
I can type ___ words a minute.
I can whistle ___ all the way through.
I can write ___ with my other hand.
I once won a ribbon for ___.
The last thing a how-to video showed me was ___.
The quickest I have solved a ___ is ___ seconds.

Outside work 18

A thing I make at the weekend is ___.
I belong to a club that meets to ___.
I coach ___ on weeknights.
I grow ___ on my windowsill.
I have a workshop corner where I build ___.
I have been learning the ___ for ___ years.
I have built a ___ from a kit.
I have finished ___ books so far this year.
I keep a shelf of ___ at home.
I once took second place in a ___ contest.
I once won a local ___ league.
I spend my lunch break ___.
I volunteer as a ___.
The last class I took for fun was ___.
The last thing I repaired at home was ___.
My most-used tool at home is a ___.
The oddest hobby I ever gave a try was ___.
On Saturday mornings you will find me ___.

Travel and commutes 18

A town I only know from a layover is ___.
The farthest I have gone for one meeting is ___.
The farthest north I have ever been is ___.
I always pack ___ in my carry-on.
I have been stuck in an elevator for ___ minutes.
I have driven across ___ in a single day.
I have left a ___ behind on a bus.
I have missed a flight because of ___.
I listen to ___ on the way in.
I once biked to work ___ days in a row.
I once boarded the wrong ___ and ended up in ___.
I once reached the office on foot through ___.
I once rode a train from ___ to ___ just for the view.
Most days I travel to work by ___.
My way in takes me past ___.
On the way in, I always stop for ___.
The smallest airport I have flown out of is ___.
The strangest sight on my way to work was ___.

Food and coffee 18

I cannot start the day without ___.
I cook ___ from a recipe with no measurements.
I drink ___ cups of tea a day.
I have baked ___ for an office birthday.
I have judged a ___ cook-off.
I learned to cook ___ from a video.
I make a very good ___.
I once burned ___ in the office microwave.
I once had ___ for breakfast three days running.
I once won an office bake-off with ___.
I own a mug that says ___.
I put ___ in my coffee.
The lunch I pack most often is ___.
My first drink of the working day is ___.
My lunch today is ___.
The spiciest thing I ever finished was ___.
The thing I always buy from a vending machine is ___.
The top drawer of my desk holds ___.

Small work mishaps 18

I have misplaced my badge ___ times.
I have set off the ___ alarm.
I have spilled ___ on a keyboard.
I have worn two different ___ to work.
I locked myself out of ___.
I once called my manager ___ by accident.
I once carried ___ into a meeting instead of my laptop.
I once emailed ___ and left off the attachment three times.
I once forgot my ___ on the first day.
I once held a door for someone who was ___ feet away.
I once left ___ in the office fridge for a month.
I once presented with ___ stuck to my sleeve.
I once printed ___ copies by mistake.
I once pushed a door marked pull at ___ for a full minute.
I once replied all with ___.
I once sat through the wrong ___ for an hour.
I once showed up a day early for ___.
I spent an hour hunting for a file named ___.

On a video call 18

An animal that has wandered into my calls is a ___.
Close enough to grab from my chair is ___.
I keep a ___ next to my keyboard for luck.
I once froze on screen while ___.
I once joined a call while standing in line at ___.
I once joined a meeting ___ minutes early and sat alone.
I once shared my screen with ___ on it.
I once took a call from ___.
Just out of frame behind me is ___.
The lamp on this desk came from ___.
The longest I have talked while on mute is ___ minutes.
The mug in my hand holds ___.
My background once showed ___ by mistake.
My camera once caught ___ walking past.
My chair is actually a ___.
My desk is really a ___.
The oldest tab still open in my browser is ___.
The view from my window is ___.

Lie builders for colleagues 16

Lie builder: answer questions about the lie as slowly as questions about the truths.
Lie builder: ask a teammate for one of theirs and claim it, with their say-so.
Lie builder: choose a lie the newest person on the team could believe.
Lie builder: claim the commute you had two jobs ago.
Lie builder: keep the job title true and change what the days were like.
Lie builder: keep the story and inflate the figure. Two monitors, not five.
Lie builder: lead with your oddest truth, so the lie looks plain beside it.
Lie builder: lie about a tool, not a person. Nobody can check which spreadsheet you love.
Lie builder: on a call, put the lie about your desk, where no camera reaches.
Lie builder: on a call, type the three in one message so no pause gives it away.
Lie builder: pick a lie you could explain in one sentence if someone asks.
Lie builder: say the dull thing with a straight face. Nobody doubts a stapler.
Lie builder: set a real story in an office you never worked in.
Lie builder: steer clear of anything a teammate watched happen. They will remember.
Lie builder: turn a plan into a memory. The course you signed up for is now finished.
Lie builder: write all three down first, so the lie is not the one you stumble on.

About our team 18

The first thing ever written on our whiteboard was ___.
The most-used word in our meetings is ___.
Our first project was called ___.
Our longest-running joke began with ___.
Our oldest piece of equipment is ___.
Our record for requests closed in one day is ___.
Our team name used to be ___.
Someone on this team has been here ___ years.
The team chat was started on ___.
The team once celebrated ___ with ___.
The team's busiest month is always ___.
The team's longest meeting ran ___ hours.
This team has sat on ___ different floors.
This team once had ___ people.
We have ___ plants in the office.
We once fixed ___ the night before a deadline.
We once held a meeting in ___.
We shipped ___ before ___.

How this list was compiled

Written by the Game Night Generator editors on 2026-09-30; every starter is our own wording and no list was copied from anywhere. A card is a sentence with a blank that a colleague fills with the truth or with a lie; the Lie builders set holds ways to disguise a lie instead, and in About our team the host fills the blanks so that the statements are about the work. The way to play (each participant makes three statements about themselves, two true and one untrue, and the others try to identify the falsehood) follows the Two truths and a lie entry of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icebreaker_%28facilitation%29, read on 2026-09-30. Screen: no starter touches family, money, health, faith, politics or age, and none asks for an answer that accounts use as a security question, such as a first job, a school or a pet's name. That describes how the list was written; it is not legal advice. Levels say how well the team needs to know each other: easy works on a first day, medium needs a particular memory, and hard is rare enough to surprise the person at the next desk. Compared by script on 2026-09-30 with every other list on this site, the site's party deck of two truths and a lie starters included: no starter is repeated. Licence: own work