Hasbro Gaming Taboo Board Game

Taboo has been one of my all-time favorite games. - It's a super simple game to understand. - It's hilarious to see how people act under pressure. I've been in tears laughing while playing this game. People can say the funniest things, especially since the game is designed in a way that makes you speak in strange ways since you're permitted from use certain words. - It's a great party game, as it requires little explanation, and you can easily pick it up and put it down whenever you're tired of playing. - You don't always need to keep score. Taboo is a game that's fun to just play without worrying about score. - Great for families, kids, or friends. PLAYING WITH 2 OR 3 PLAYERS: While Taboo is technically for 4+ players, I've had a lot of fun playing it with 2 and 3 players. With 3 players, you each take turns giving clues while the other two players guess. The person who guesses correctly gets 1 point, and the clue giver also gets one point, so everyone is incentivized to guess correctly. 2 players isn't as fun, since one player can easily prevent the other from scoring, but if you're less worried about score, this game can still be a lot of fun with just 2 people. One person guesses while the other gives clues. The clue giver is the only one who can score, so each player must make an honest effort when guessing.

I always like games promote communication. Taboo is one of many. Avalon is a better one !!! I am a light to medium strategy gamer, so I rarely touch the "Mass Market Board Games" but I have a weak spot for Taboo and Password because I consider myself is a awesome clue giver ~ ~ ~ Components: - Very high quality squeaker, people here are complaining about they switch from the electronic buzzer to a squeaker, come on, simple is better, and no batter is needed. - Sand timer is good and the die is heavy for its size and very good quality. - I like it how they are 4 words per card now, so you get 162 cards in the game which means you are getting 648 words per game. This increase the replayability of the game ~ Game play: - House rule. I bought this game with the intention to play with international students, and regular Taboo is already hard for most native English speakers, therefore to house rule it, you can play it backward, all you can say is the 5 words listed below the word you are trying to get people to guess. Try it and see what happened ~ Full Disclosure: - One other thing makes me like this game is I bought it for $6.99 + tax here on Amazon with FREE Shipping !!! What a Deal ~

I bought this as our family gift this Christmas. Taboo has always been our very favorite game. We have owned the original one for years. It is a blast to play with our kids and when we have other couples over for game nights. My husband and I are the champs! We had recently noticed that the many of the cards in the original game are a bit outdated now, though. So of course, I was really excited when I found this new updated version. This new game has a ton of new cards. Each card has 2 sets of words on each side. Like the original, it comes with an hour glass style flip timer and a small note pad for score keeping. I really like the fact that the some what annoying buzzer in the original game has now been replaced with a fun purple squeaker that sounds similar to a dog toy. The game is still the same.... you have to get your partner to guess the word with out using any of the other words on the card. A team member from the opposite team watches and squeaks you if you happen to use one of the forbidden words.

Why I chose this game: -I bought this game because I had played it a few times and was VERY good at it. I wanted something I could challenge my friends to, and then blow them out of the water. -I also bought this game to play with my father when he visits. We don't have a lot in common, so it's often difficult to find things for us to do together for "quality time". Board games are usually a universal way to bring people together. PROS: -You'll definitely get some laughs with this game. -It's easy to play, and those who have never played can learn the game rules and be playing in probably under 3 minutes. -It's a game I would play with my parent, so that should tell you that it's not too risque of a game despite its name. CONS: -I did notice the timer thing is a bit funny, like other reviewers have said. I didn't mind this though, as I like to use the timer on my phone anyway as it is easier to control. Ultimately, I would recommend this game to any of my friends with glowing reviews.

Still a great classic party game that is good for large groups and is a hit with people of all ages. We did also find the "anatomay" spelling error which gave us a good laugh. The buzzer is a squeaky toy that isn't that loud and it is not electronic. Also -- this is more of an Amazon issue but I've ordered a couple board games from Amazon and the boxes seem to get banged up during shipping. Not too happy about receiving a partially crushed box when this should be a brand new game. The contents inside were fine and we didn't want to deal with the hassle of returning it.

We love this game and think it's the perfect night-cap when we have family and friends over. Here are my findings: 1. I got this game for a family game night on vacation. Our vacation was on a sailboat for a week, so we had to be careful with our packing--the boat only had limited storage space--as did our luggage. So, I took all of the items out of this box and they fit into a small Ziploc bag...way too much packaging! 2. This particular game comes with a squeeze buzzer, rather than the battery-powered buzzer that the older version comes with. That means that we have to put my dog in the garage when we play because he gets to excited about the squeeze noise. 3. The box comes with a pad to keep score for only two teams per sheet. We played with three teams, so we had to modify the pad. It's a tiny pad, so it was a little difficult to see our tiny little hashes when it was time to tally the score. Also, there was no pencil with the box, so we had to look through bags on the boat to find one. I love this game and would buy it over and over.

I bought this as an addition to our monthly game night. It brings out the competitive side to everyone. The clicker is a little different from other versions of taboo. My older game has a button for the beep, whereas this one comes with a rubber noise maker you squeeze. Still does the trick but maybe that could be a turn off to some. It comes with plenty of cards with words on both sides and a choice of 4 different lists. The die is something to mention as it's different from normal taboo. There's I believe 8 different sides to the die and each side of the die means a different thing. From play the normal way to each team can participate. It's a good game to test your brain power and fast thinking skills. It's also kid friendly which is a plus.

After 35+ years of playing games of various sorts, this still remains one of our family favorites! Well thought out and loads of fun to play! One of my favorite memories of teen years was playing this with a neighbor's family. They were at our house, and the dad was an attorney. He and my dad teamed up, and each of them literally said ONE WORD to the other one, and the other one would guess the correct word!! I wish I had video taped it, as it was a classic episode of game playing - they were totally in sync and it showed how fabulous this game can be and how fast paced it can move! It was always lots of fun to watch the women play too, because women have the gift of gab so could usually come up with clues for long enough to get a correct answer from even the slowest of brains!

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Nous avions l'habitude de jouer à ce jeu en Angleterre. C'était super de l'initier à nos ados. La minuterie d'une minute était un peu trop rapide pour nous. Nous avons passé plus de temps à déplacer tous les objets qu'à jouer au jeu, nous avons donc mis 90 secondes sur la minuterie de nos téléphones, ce qui était bien mieux. Soirée tout à fait agréable.

Fabulous Game for the whole family, all ages. A little expensive but should buy.

I knew Taboo before, so it was not a surprise that it turned out to be a 5 star purchase. The game can be played in teams, or even just with two people without keeping score. Language dependent.

We used to play this so much back in the 90s. And even now, after 30 years, it still brings a lot of fun to any party. Absolute classic!