Absolute Balderdash

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A television game show based on the game aired on PAX (later i; the network is now Ion Television) with comedian Elayne Boosler as host.

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. A shy hairdresser gets mixed up with a middle aged socialite, a pregnant rich girl and a single mother.THREE / FOUR PLAYER OPTION: When playing with four people or less, one variation of the game is to have the Dasher submit a bluff answer in addition to the real answer. This gives the Dasher a chance to bluff and score more, as well as creating more answers to choose from. ONE CORRECT ANSWER: If the Dasher receives a player's answer that closely resembles the correct answer he must put it aside and not read it out during the turn.

English–Arabic English–Bengali English–Catalan English–Czech English–Danish English–Hindi English–Korean English–Malay English–Marathi English–Russian English–Tamil English–Telugu English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Vietnamese wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, volunteer authors worked to edit and improve it over time.Each player who submitted a close answer scores 2 points and moves their playing piece forward immediately. If a player's playing piece lands on a Spinner Segment, he spins the spinner and moves the number of spaces indicated.(See CENTRAL SPINNER). In its day, Absolute Balderdash was mightily popular with those who like to create a bit of a hectic, party atmosphere around board game nights. If that strikes a chord, then you’ll probably like: Each player requires a pen or pencil and a Bluffing Sheet (from the pad in the box). Each player writes their name at the top of their Bluffing Sheet. Lay out the board and assemble the spinner through the hole in the centre. Each player chooses a playing piece and puts it on the START segment on the board. Select the first person to read a card entry (known as The Dasher) by common consent. Playing the Game

a player scores two points if their Bluff closely resembles the correct answer (this doesn't apply to the Dasher of course). The game begins by all players rolling a die, with the high roll chosen to be the first "dasher". The dasher draws a "definition card" from the supplied box, and rolls the dice to decide which of the words listed there is to be used. Then the dasher writes the definition of the word (as supplied on the card) on a piece of paper. All other players then write down a definition, which may be an honest attempt to supply the correct definition, or, if they do not know or for tactical reasons decide not to, a fictitious definition for the word designed to sound convincing. Rapidough– guess too slow and you lose some dough! You might well be a terrible clay sculptor, but if your brain works in the right way…Now play the turn as described above. Use the same procedure for each subsequent turn. WINNING THE GAME For other uses, see Balderdash (disambiguation) and Boulder Dash (disambiguation). Balderdash Designers After everyone has moved their playing piece and spun the spinner if necessary the player to the Dasher's left becomes the new Dasher. He takes the next card in the box. The Category to be read is determined by which segment the leading player's (or players') playing piece is sitting on at the start of this new turn.