
Official Balderdash Rules
How To Play Balderdash

2+
Players

12+
Ages

45 MIN
Play Time

$20
Price
Balderdash is a fun, bluffing game whereby contestants compete with each other by making implausible or plausible answers to impossible but true content. The questions range over four categories: people, words, initials, and movies. Players take turns reading a question from each of these categories, and everybody has to write down what they think is the answer or to make one up-ridiculous or plausible.
It involves bluffing your opponents, making them take a created response as right and trying to obtain the right ones from others. Your goal is either to guess a right answer or just simply dupe others with a fake answer choice. Call somebody's bluff-if you think it is a fake- and gain extra points from a correct call.
Balderdash is a mix of creativity, strategy, and humor, making it a great party game for friends and family. The unpredictability of the answers, added to the thrill of calling bluffs, keeps everyone engaged in the game, laughing. Be good at bluffing or enjoy making outrageous answers-this is the time when Balderdash can assure hours of entertainment.
It involves bluffing your opponents, making them take a created response as right and trying to obtain the right ones from others. Your goal is either to guess a right answer or just simply dupe others with a fake answer choice. Call somebody's bluff-if you think it is a fake- and gain extra points from a correct call.
Balderdash is a mix of creativity, strategy, and humor, making it a great party game for friends and family. The unpredictability of the answers, added to the thrill of calling bluffs, keeps everyone engaged in the game, laughing. Be good at bluffing or enjoy making outrageous answers-this is the time when Balderdash can assure hours of entertainment.
- Deck Of Balderdash Cards
- Game Board
- 6 Tokens
- 1 Die
- Bluffing Pads
- Official Balderdash Rules And Instructions

Balderdash winners must decipher between answers that are made up and real.

Please keep in mind that the official Balderdash PDF rules listed below could be different depending on the version you have. They should be an exact copy of what came in your original packaging. Download them to view now or print them for later use.
- Beyond Balderdash Game Rules PDF
- Balderdash Game Rules PDF
- Balderdash Junior Game Rules PDF
- Balderdash (Mattel Games) Game Rules PDF
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Paula Davis says:
The smarter the contestants, the more hilarious this gets! The best B.S. artist usually wins.
11-13-2020
The smarter the contestants, the more hilarious this gets! The best B.S. artist usually wins.
Liz says:
This game gets me every time since I always fall for the wrong answer. It's hard trying to figure out what is real and what is made up. It didn't take long to learn how to play and see the rules for the Junior game make me want to look into this for my kids. Would be a fun educational game.
08-10-2015
This game gets me every time since I always fall for the wrong answer. It's hard trying to figure out what is real and what is made up. It didn't take long to learn how to play and see the rules for the Junior game make me want to look into this for my kids. Would be a fun educational game.
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