Customer Reviews

Beyond Balderdash

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My family and I enjoy playing this game very much. Expanding on the original concept of Balderdash (where players create phony dictionary definitions of obscure words and try to pick the correct one), this game adds new categories like dates, people, initials, and movie plots. The variety helps make the game even more fun, and keeps it from getting stale.

One of my favorite things about this game is that it continually surprises us how good our made-up answers are! You would think that you could guess pretty easily which answers were true and which were false, but it's not always that easy. We're not all creative geniuses either. We run the gamut from a college professor, to a high school student, to a nine-year child. Just about anyone can play this game and have a great time. (My only complaint is that you run out of answer slips too fast; you can just use plain paper, though.)

I first played Balderdash years ago and thought it was a great game. Each player created his/her own definitions for obscure words and tried to guess the correct definition. Since that time, another board game has been able to overtake Balderdash: Beyond Balderdash! Beyond Balderdash also contains words, but includes four additional categories:

People--the person's major accomplishment

Movie Titles--the basic plot of the movie

Dates--the event that happened on the date

Acronyms (my personal favorite)--what the initials stand for

The items in every category should be unfamiliar to most people, and the actual answers are sometimes stranger than player submissions. Discerning the correct answer is very difficult! This game is not a test to see who knows the most obscure words and history; rather it provides much amusement while building creativity. If you're a quick-thinking, creative person, you should love this game. If not, still play Beyond Balderdash; it will help! When you play Beyond Balderdash, it doesn't matter if you win or come in dead last. Making up responses and hearing other people's is so entertaining, you won't really care!

Beyond Balderdash is a great game to play at parties, especially if you have really creative friends. Sometimes, half the fun is not only trying to guess which answer is the real one, but who provided which bogus answer as well. But even if you don't think your friends are particularly clever, this game can bring out the creativity in just about anyone.

The best thing about the game is the way it's put together. The five different categories provide a fun mix -- from vocabulary words to dates, initials, movie titles and notable names. And guessing can be really tough, because sometimes the real answers are even wackier than anything you could ever think up. Plus, the question writers were smart enough to vary the syntax of the answers (some sound very intellectual, others, like, totally colloquial) so as to neutralize any unintentional clues you might get from your friends' writing styles.

You get the feeling that the people who put the game together had as much fun writing the questions as you'll have playing it.

I've played this game dozens of times, and every time I introduce someone new to it, they go out and buy their own copy afterwards. You won't be disappointed!

This is a totally new version of the original wordbluffing game.There's five categories to play When we played the words,people and movies categories were the favourites.All I can remember is being asked "Who is BERBEL ZUMNER?" The fake answers that everybody made up are too wild to print here but I can tell you the real answer from the game card; Large chested woman who was accidently killed when her reinforced metal bra was struck by lightning. Enough said. This game is great!

We love this game! Every time that we have played this with new people, they buy it for themselves and introduce it to others! It takes awhile to play the game, and the more people you have playing, the longer the game also. If you love trying to "pull one over" on your friends, this is the game. Regular balderdash is fun, but not as challenging. This game asks you to come up with events, and movie plot lines. This game is not for people looking for mindless fun. You have to have a sharp wit, some intelligence and the ability to write a good lie. A great gift for a new couple or college students!

At our Thanksgiving get-together we brought out <i>Beyond Balderdash</i> as a way to pass time while the turkey cooked. It was such a hit that we wolfed down the food to get back to the game!

One of the most appealing aspects of this game is that it can easily be tailored to your type of fun. Like competition? Use the game board and keep close track of points. It will satisfy even the fiercest competitor. Just want to have fun? Don't use the game board or points and just get a kick out of the bogus definitions or descriptions you & your friends will come up with. You'll probably be amazed at the creativity you never knew you had. Don't give up after the first couple tries - it can take a few attempts to get the hang of it.

What I found particularly interesting is that vocabulary, education, or smarts play relatively small roles. Those with extensive vocabularies, for example, are often easily spotted if they use the words that no one else knows. Write down too precise of a description, & it's another dead give-away. Many times the correct answer is the least likely of the bunch. Kids, therefore, can excel at this!

Beyond Balderdash is a great alternative to the original - which anyone could play with just a dictionary. Hopefully, they will soon come out with a booster set. If you find this game as hard to put down as we did, you'll soon need more cards!

Balderdash might be the funest game my friends and I have ever played. It is basically a bluffing game gone wild. My friends and I have never laughed so hard playing any other game. And we have tried them all.

The Object of the game is: To make up answers that will bluff other players. Earn points for fooling other players into believing your bluff as well as for choosing the real answer.

The fun part is: Each player, on their turn, will read a word and every other player will write on a piece of paper, not letting others see, the "definition" of that word. Now the "dasher" will read out loud all the fake definitions including the real one. After the laughter ends every one except the dasher votes on which definition they believe is the right one. You get one point for every vote on your fake definition, three points if you vote for the real definition and three points if you happen to write something similar to the real definition (we make it five points). It has happened four times in the many years I have had this game.

Now Beyond Balderdash is the same game only with five categories. Namely:

Words - As explained above.
People - Who is or what did this person do.
Movies - Write about the plot of the movie.
Initials - What do the initials stand for?
Dates - What happened on that particular day?

It adds to the element of fun. Not to mention the "accidents". And since diapers are not included I will advice having a bathroom nearby.

Two different Beyond Balderdash versions exist. One of them instead of Dates has Laughable Laws (What is the law?) So if you expert Dashers out there get a hand on that version do not let it go. I havent seen many of them around.

If you have only played the original version you have missed on a lot. Is it educational? YES!! Since every real answer is really real my friends and I have learned many thing about people, history and ... well you know, stuff. So my final verdict is BUY THIS GAME! You WILL enjoy it weather you like board games or not.

I bought BEYOND BALDERDASH for my husband's birthday. We played it for six hours, into the wee hours of the night. Since then, we've more than gotten our money's worth out of this game (the price is really good for a fancy party game, by the way), and have had dozens of fun game nights showcasing this game.

BEYOND BALDERDASH is a great ice-breaking game, and I'd recommend it to those who like word games and using creativity in gaming.

Wow! This is really a fun game! Beyond Balderdash is so much more than traditional balderdash. There are four new categories, not just words anymore. These include Movies, Initials, Dates, and People. It is amazing to hear what people can think up for these categories! It takes the game to a new level, because of the random dates, misleading movie titles, impossible initials, and People who you've never heard of! People of all ages can play, and it's great when you get a variation of ages. Remember, you don't have to be a know it all to play Balderdash either! You just have to be creative! All in all, you are really paying for a good time, and great laughs! You really won't regret buying this game!

We have found the wacky word definitions of the original Balderdash to be more fun, as there is more opportunity for humor in the wordplay. The mental switching among categories in Beyond Balderdash proves somewhat disorienting. The "what happened on this date" category is more fun for people who actually have a sense of history.