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Is anyone else on this board a player of Balderdash, the commercial version of the old parlor game, Dictionary?
Not that I'm expecting any of you to drop over for a game any time soon, although you may if you like, but I am curious if this word-based game is enjoyed by other verbivores. Scrabble seems to be popular, but it relies on vocabulary and spatial capacity, whereas Balderdash relies on vocabulary, etymological knowledge, and a good "poker face." What say you?
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Interesting, Geoff...sounds like a bolder dash of Scrabble to me!  But, more seriously, I'll have to look for it.
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How do you play Balderdash? I've only heard it in this context a few times.
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>h ow do you play...the game cards have an obscure(?) word and a definition. each player comes up with his own definition for the selected word, and everyone votes for the best def'n; points are scored. obviously, you don't need game cards for this -- passing around a collegiate dictionary should suffice. http://www.centralconnector.com/GAMES/balderdash.html
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Sure, I like to play Balderdash in my copious free time, meaning every decade or so. Funny you should bring up the game, since recently I've been contemplating how we could play it here. I guess the variation would simply be for participants to be honor-bound not to look up a term whilst playing.
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>I've been contemplating how we could play it here.
me too; the def'ns could come in via PM and the moderator would then post the list for voting. the moderator would also include the actual def'n plus one of his own creation.
scoring could be like the board game or modified.
I'd be glad to moderate a round (I've got a veritable font of obscure words!)
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I'd be glad to moderate a round (I've got a veritable font of obscure words!)
Too bloody true!
And all fascinating ... like you?
You'd HAVE to moderate or nobody'd have a snowball's chance in hell of winning against you!
The above all fawning compliments - I note in case you're having a tetchy day!
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That's six Balderdashers thus far, so, tsuwm, let's do it! Toss one out!
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That's six Balderdashers thus far,
Make that seven. I played dictionary once or twice long ago, and have no objection to being trounced once again.
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toss one out!
okay... watch for a separate thread soon.
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