Mad Gab

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Product Features

• Teams work to decipher groups of unrelated words into real phrases before time runs out
• Timer included to monitor each teams time
• It's a game sure to spur laughter
• Includes 1,200 mad gab puzzles on 300 cards, timer unit, flipper unit, timer/flipper label, score pad and instructions
• For 2 to 12 players

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 6 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0009F4YRG
• Item model number: G6850
• Our Recommended Age: 10 - 18 years
• Manufacturer Recommended Age: 10 - 18 years
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,013 in Toys & Games (See Bestsellers in Toys & Games)

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• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
Canoe Key Pace He Grit? Mad Gab is one of the most entertaining and fun talk-out-loud games you’ll even play. Teams square off against their opponents in trying to be the first to 25 points, which are earned by solving word puzzles. The puzzles are mondegreens of small words that, when said together, sound like a phrase, famous person, place, or thing. For example, "Canoe Key Pace He Grit" when pronounced quickly sounds like "Can you keep a secret?"

300 cards, a timer, and a score pad are included. "Eiffel Tower" and "A Model Citizen" are the shown puzzles.

Talking to yourself might have people looking at you funny any other time, but it’s almost a prerequisite for Mad Gab. Simply reading "Sea Grit Dress Up Ease" may not be enough to solve the puzzle. But once you start sounding it out slow, fast, slurred, or with quick repetitions, you start to hear "secret recipes" and have the answer. But players should be careful, because if they don’t guess correctly before time runs out, then the opposing team has a chance to steal for the point.

The game includes 300 cards featuring 1,200 puzzles with two levels of difficulty. An easy example is "Sand Tack Laws" being Santa Claus, while a hard clue might be "Thigh Sing Gone Thick Ache" (the icing on the cake). A timer, a flipper, labels, a score pad, and instructions are also included.

Product Description
Introducing the new game that has everyone speaking a strange new language called Mad Gab. Read a group of simple words aloud, like: "Ask Rude Arrive Her." You and your team-mates have 30 seconds to sound out three puzzles. Guess right and snatch that card. Miss it, and the other team can steal the point.

O.K. the time is set, the card flipper is loaded, and everyone's ready for a laugh riot. Just remember, when it comes to scoring points in Mad Gab, it's not what you say, it's what you hear.

Includes 1,200 Mad Gab puzzles on 300 cards, timer unit, flipper unit, timer/flipper label, score pad and instructions. For 2 to 12 players.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun for kids and adults, January 10, 2007

By	R. DOLLARD "RMD" (PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Our family likes to play this game together. Kids should be at least 13 or some phrases may not make sense. It's fun to play with a few couples.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mad Gab Rocks!!, August 5, 2007

By	A. Emery (Seattle WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This game is unbelievable fun for adults...and kids over the age of about 9 will get it too, although the sentences/sayings might not be as familiar to them.
We have had wonderful time playing this everytime, as a family, and with adult friends as well...
get this game and have great fun!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GAB's Got Game!, January 4, 2007

By	D. Blakey "DB" (East Coast, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I played this game for thie first time at a family gathering. There were players from three groups-late teens, twenty somethings, and forty somethings. We laughed and laughed trying to figure out the phrases. With good food, tasty drinks, family and friends, this game was a big hit!