Dr Gadget - Balderdash Game

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Amazon Maximum Age: 99 Manufacturer Maximum Age: 99 Amazon Minimum Age: 144 Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Toy Brand: Mattel EAN: 0027084072273 Feature: Classic bluffing board game Label: Mattel Manufacturer: Mattel Manufacturer Minimum Age: 144 Model: B9176 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Mattel Studio: Mattel
Features Classic bluffing board game The categories contain real but unbelievable content about People, Words, Initials, and Movies; now includes a new category, Laughable Laws Players make up phony answers, read them off along with the correct answer, and others vote on which answer is real Score points for guessing correctly and for bluffing the other players Grab the bull by the horns and play Balderdash, the game that's hilarious beyond belief
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Creative and Funny Comment: Balderdash is hilarious and a good work-out for your brain. We laughed hysterically. The key is to bluff people into selecting your answers, while you try and select the correct answer. Now, not one person got a single answer right. I think that's a good thing. It's a testament to how obscure these questions are. Let's face it, though, the game is only as good as the group that's playing it. Customer Rating: Summary: Love this game! Comment: I love this game! It makes you think creatively! It is best played in a large group! Customer Rating: Summary: Your brain will be fried Comment: Although Balderdash is fun, I'm reluctant to give this a five star rating because of the play and the wordiness. A word is read and then everyone has to scribble down a potential definition. One reader reads all the definitions as everyone else guesses. If someone guesses your definition then you move the amount of spaces as the amount of people that chose your definition. Maybe it was just me, but I really wracked my brain to come up with official sounding definitions which took a lot of energy. Perhaps if I just came up with the simplest and silliest thing then I would have more fun. But the rounds are long as everyone has to first write a definition and then they all have to be read. And don't have sloppy hand writing because then your definition will be ruined on the reading. Customer Rating: Summary: Bluff away! Comment: This game is specially fun in larger groups. It does not make any sense if you play it with only two or three players. But when you go up to 5 or more players, it becomes a lot of fun. There are five categories of questions (words, names, initials, laws, and movies). Each card contains a word, a name, an initial, a law, and a movie title on one side, and correct answers as to what those words mean on the other. Your job is to read one card (one person per round does this; that person does not write their own answer down). And then others try to compose their own version of the correct answer by bluffing. At the end of each round, persons who guess/write the real answer and whose answer gets picked by others get points. You don't learn much from this game though since the words and persons and laws are pretty ridiculous and non-usable for day to day conversation/knowledge. They are just trivia of some sort. But the game pushes you to be creative, funny, and outrageous, and that can be a lot of fun! The game is also quite appropriate for all ages; I enjoy playing it with the entire family including grandma and grandpa. All in all, a must-play and one of the funnest board games of all times in my opinion. The game, however, does require reading and writing minimally in each round and it can have a slower pace compared to other board games out there. So, if patience (waiting for everyone to submit their written answer) or writing is not your thing, you may find this game a bit dull. Customer Rating: Summary: Great for a group Comment: This is a very fun board game. It requires creativity, knowledge of random trivia, as well as the ability to pontificate and convince people that you are right. This gets competitive and fun, with little setup needed. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Balderdash, the classic bluffing game, has gone beyond hilarious. With real but outrageous facts that now include the category Laughable Laws, play the game that asks your friends to "call your bluff". The categories contain unbelievable but true statements about people, words, initials, movies and laws. Players make up phony answers to these categories, read them off along with the correct answer, then vote to choose the "real" answer. Score points for guessing correctly and for bluffing the other players. It's hilarious. For 2 or more players.