Absolute Balderdash

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A shy hairdresser gets mixed up with a middle aged socialite, a pregnant rich girl and a single mother. I am lucky to be a highly intelligent person, blessed with a group of equally intelligent friends, all of whom are capable and quick witted.

Balderdash is a blast when played with creative people who are capable of coming up with witty definitions on the spot.

It is the kind of game that really brings out elements of peoples personalities that you never knew were there.

Another way is to have a sudden death, tie-breaker round where whoever gets more points on the tiebreaker round wins. Of these games, my favourite, bar none, is Absolute Balderdash, I like it so much I’ve owned it three times and I still have two copies of the game. Players submitting the correct definition are immediately awarded three points, and, if there is more than one, the round is abandoned (though the points are retained). Balderdash is based on an earlier game, Fictionary, of essentially similar gameplay, varying in that obscure words are found in an unabridged dictionary instead of the definitions and meanings provided on cards.There are many different variations of ways to break ties (when two or more players hit the end at the same time).

Grant Wood was so impressed by the little structure he noticed in Eldon he used it as the background of his classic painting "American Gothic" in 1930. Intelligent players have a serious advantage in this game, because they can use the knowledge they have to make their answers sound plausible. MORE THAN ONE CORRECT ANSWER: If the Dasher receives more than one answer that closely resembles the correct answer, the round is cancelled.Although the game can be played with two people, its easy to tell what the real answer is at the very end of each players turn.