Fantastic Fallacies is a fast, laugh-out-loud card game: spot the bad argument, then out-argue everyone to win the point. In real-time. Built for students, homeschoolers, party people, and anyone who loves to debate.
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Each round mixes Arguments, Fallacies, and Actions — so every hand plays differently. The arguments are ones you've heard in the wild.
A short scenario, news clip, or claim. Read it aloud. Somewhere in there a fallacy (or two) is hiding. Spot it in real-time!
Strawman. Ad Hominem. Appeal to Nature. Slap down the fallacy you think is hiding in the Argument — then defend your call.
The chaos engine. Challenge a winner, steal a point, force a re-read. Play one at the right moment, the whole round flips!
If you can play Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity, you'll have this down in one round and be ruining your friend's arguments in no time. Sorry in advance.
Everyone gets a hand of Fallacy and Action cards. Argument cards go in the middle.
One player in the Hot Seat flips an Argument card and reads it aloud — dramatically, ideally with feeling.
Everyone else slams down the Fallacy card they think is hiding in the argument (there can be more than one!).
Argue your pick in 20 seconds. Object to your brother's pick. Drop an Action card, steal his point. Get loud.
The Hot Seat decides who nailed it. The most points after 15 minutes wins the round. Play another round for a rematch!
If any of these sound like you, Fantastic Fallacies is your game.
Game night is sacred. You've burned through the usual party games and worn out the crude-humor decks. You want something just as fast and funny — but a little smarter.
Logic, rhetoric, and critical thinking that doesn't feel like a textbook. Drop it into the day, pull it out at dinner. The kids don't realize it's the curriculum.
Logic teachers and students. Debate club types. People who love being right. Friends who turn every lunch into a five-hour conversation.
After 15 years teaching logic and informal fallacies — in person and online — I knew one thing for certain: kids can absolutely learn this stuff. What's harder is finding a way to make them actually want to.
I have seven kids and our house runs on games, fun, and debating back-and-forth. For years I kept thinking: why isn't there a game that teaches this? Not a worksheet dressed up as fun. Not a "learning game" you play once and shelve. Something you actually pull out on a Friday night.
So I built it. Fantastic Fallacies is what I always wanted in my classroom — something fast, competitive, and that sneaks real critical thinking into a 15-minute game. I'm 80% of the way to production. I am launching a Kickstarter this summer to fund the first real print run — and I'd love you to be on the list!.
That's where you come in.
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