The goal, though, is not to create a description that is correct, but rather that sounds correct. The topics are real, but very obscure, so it is unlikely that you will ever know the real answer (though, it happens from time to time, as with google, and vagitis). The goal at this point is to come up with the most convincing descriptions of the movies as you can. Debbie announces this to the group, and everyone grabs his or her sheet of paper, writes his or her name on it, and develops their own description of the movie. If Debbie rolls a 4, the topic of the round is Only One Night. For example, on this particular card, the topics are: If s/he rolls a 6, s/he gets to choose the topic. The dasher then rolls a die, and if s/he rolls a 1-5, then the topic for the round is the corresponding topic listed above. Dates - Explain what significant event happened on this date.Movies - Describe the plot of the movie.

Initials - Explain what the initials stand for.

People - Explain what makes this person important.

Words - Give the definition of the given word.

S/he draws a card from the stack, and the card has a list of five topics on it. The game is played with a board that has 27 spots on it (with a 'double score' in the middle), but usually when I play we just keep track of the score on paper.Įach round, there is a reader called the dasher, and s/he leads the group. The game is a very entertaining party game. This game is a sequel to the now out-of-print Balderdash, which is basically identical, only with one category, Words, instead of five. Beyond Balderdash, copyright 1995, 1997, a Parker Brothers Game.

Beyond balderdash cards