Customer Reviews

Malarky An Imponderables Bluffing Game

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Our family had so much fun playing this over Thanksgiving, I had to write this. We read the great reviews this game received on Amazon so we decided to buy one. Well, we pulled this out and played by the fire.

We laughed so hard my sides hurt. I would recommend that when you open the game, you shuffle the cards (for some reason, the questions at the front of the deck aren't as much fun as those questions scattered throughout the deck).

Anyway, we played for 3 hours. Even the kids loved this game. My 10 year old came up with bluff answers that the adults bought off on. That was pretty funny.

If you buy a game each year for your family, I'd buy this one. THis is really a great game.

We played this last night with the family, we all laughed at the answers our friends came up with. Most of all we had fun and learned some cool stuff at the same time. If you like bluffing games, like Balderdash, you will love Malarky. It is faster since you don't have to write down the answers, you speak through the answers. The material is much better than Balderdash. Rather than definitions you bluff answers to questions like, "why did pirates wear earrings", or "why are pistachios dyed red".

This is going to be around for a long time. I would recommend this to anyone.

I write this a bit tired from last night's party. We really laughed and played till we could play no more. Malarky is a fun game. Bluffing is fun, but bluffing questions to David Feldman's Imponderables books is hilarious.

OK, "Why are red lights arranged, Red, Yellow and Green"? "Why was Green designated as being GO?"

"Why do roosters crow in the morning"?

One person has the real answer, the rest must make up their answers. It is funny to see people try to make up answers that are so stupid it makes you laugh.

I thought the scoring was easy.

In any case, I thought I needed to write a review about the relatively obscure game because I think you'll have fun breaking it out at your next party.

This bluffing game actually teaches you a whole lot of useless, but fun, trivia. The funniest things such as why do dogs smell funny when they get wet? What is a Cootie and where did it come from?

The game has the actual answers. You supply the bluffs.

I remember playing this with my family on New Years Eve and how much laughter and fun we had. The only downfall of the game is that you need 3 to 6 players and in my family we're usually too busy to play at 1 time. But when we do have enough players to play, it's totally worth it. Here's kind of what the game's about: There is a stack of game cards with questions of them such as "Why are tennis balls fuzzy," or "Why do doughnuts have holes," or "Why don't we ever see baby pigeons," and so on. 1 player has the card with the answer on it and all the other players have to bluff an answer. Players tell their answer to everyone and people vote on which one is right. It is really funny to hear some of the peoples answers. This is a great bordoem buster game.

Which is the correct answer?

a. Back in the days of the gold miners, Levi Straus got a great deal on gold thread. It became the trademark and the company didn't break with tradition. b. The gold thread matches the rivets on the pockets of the jeans. c. Ripped seams can be easily detected due to the contrast of gold thread on indigo denim.

Mind you, two of those possible answers are made up and one is the correct one. Unless you know the correct answer, all the answers look pretty believable. It doesn't really matter if you have the real answer or not, just as long as you can deliver your bluff with conviction so that the other players vote for you. Being right isn't necessarily the way to win this game; it's about being the most believable.

It's really a fun, educational and highly interactive game. This will allow your family to have a great time together, we really look forward to playing this. My kids friends (ages 10 - 14) ask to play when they come over. The questions are just great.

Everyone gets a chance to be creative. This really is a fun family game. We first read about it in Good housekeeping Magazine where it was voted, by parents and kids, as the best game of 1999.

That's my two cents. We really do like this.

The directions are somewhat hard to follow at first so it may take a "practice round" to get used to how it works and the scoring but once you figure that out, everyone settles into the game very easily. You are given an "imponderable" question such as "Why is there a bluish/green tint on white wall tires when they are new?" (Or something along that line.) One card has the correct answer and everyone else has to make something up. Or if they know the answer, they can state what they think it is. You have to guess at who has the right answer (or maybe everyone is wrong-one card is kept out of view) and use poker like chips to vote. The scoring is based on the voting. (Sounds confusing but you get the hang of it after reading the directions and playing a few rounds.) It is fun with about 4-6 players max. We have fun when playing it and only 1 argument has broken out concerning the validity of an answer to a question that was given on a card from the game. It is an adult/upper teenager game.

I absolutely love this game! We've been having lots of rain here in Dallas and it is our kid's favorite game to play when they can't go outdoors. I read one review here by someone who thought the rules were "cumbersome". I have to wonder if we played the same game! Our creativity was not limited at all and our kids loved making up stuff. They call it the "Fool Mom and Dad" game. We all learn something new every time we play. I would recommend this game to anyone who is a trivia fan with a limitless imagination and a sense of fun.

I hate to disagree with the last reviewer, but we really think that Malarky blows away Balderdash. It is faster to play and the questions are much better than Balderdash. This is an awesome game.

We love to play with this our friends -- especially during "party" time.

The really cool thing about this game is the questions. The questions are provocative, interesting and really force the players to come up with believable bluffs.

You will laugh and learn some neat facts.

"Why are pistachios dyed red"? "Why did pirates wear earrings"?

The game has the real answers.

Worth buying.