Lying to your friends: Our 4 favorite bluffing games

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"Aaron, just tell me the truth. I’ll believe you. Are you a spy?”

Of course I was a spy. I’m always a spy. We had already played several rounds of The Resistance that night, and I had drawn one of the spy cards every game. Our last mission had failed because of a betrayer, and my mom was in charge of assembling the team for our next mission. I needed to be on that team so I could tank the mission and secure the win for the bad guys.