Balderdash is heaps of fun, one of the few games better if played with anal-retentive word freaks. You've got a box of cards with categories like 'movie', 'word', 'abbrieviation', and a couple of others where the current player chooses one, writes down the prescribed answer (movie description, word meaning etc.), printed on the back of the card, on a separate piece of paper.
Everyone else having heard the category and topic, are supposed to write what they think is the correct answer on a separate piece of paper. The person whose turn it is then collects all of the papers, reads out the answers (which can get really hilarious from time to time) and people vote which they think is the correct answer. You get points if people choose your answer or if your answer is correct (unlikely), following which you move pieces on a board (not necessary, but I suppose it was the most 'fun' way of keeping track of who's ahead). Great game, you oughta get it! Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 7:35 AM Subject: RE: OT: Tans prattling again (RE: not particularly Re: Digital vs Film) > ok, so educate me, what is "Balderdash"? > (although, I think I *kind of* get the gist of it going by Frank's post... > > tan. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 23 July 2004 7:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: OT: Tans prattling again (RE: not particularly Re: Digital > vs Film) > > > --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank, > > > > Balderdash is my favorite game. > > I ~love~ Balderdash, but I'm quite horrible at it. I > always lose, and at this point I don't even try to > win. I try to make up funny definitions. The, the > person whose turn it is laughs out loud when reading > my definition, and no one picks it, so I lose. > > Of course, I rarely guess the correct one (riparian is > a rare exception, as it's a legal term having to do > with river bed or shoreline property rights or > something like that), so I can't get points that way. > > It's a great social game, though, and when our family > plays, we laugh the whole way thought it. > > Great fun!! > > cheers, > frank > > ===== > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > >
