Taboo

Taboo is one of those rare jewels among board games that while being extremely simple in its rules and concept, it provides to be extremely fun while playing it. It is essentially a word - guessing game; some players try to describe some words while their partners try to find out which word is being described every time.

The game requires a minimum of 4 people to play, split in teams. Each player picks up a random card with words, when their turn comes. He then tries to describe the top word in the card to their teammate(s). Below the word to be guessed there are several words that are usually extremely helpful in describing the keyword on the top. The rules of the game forbid the usage of these words or their derivatives while describing.

The fun part comes usually from the improvised descriptions players use to bypass the restrictions of using the forbidden words. To do that, they often employ techniques as referring to common past experiences they have had with their teammates or people they all know about. Thus the game often degenerates into re-living the memorable moments of the players' common past, which tends to be very entertaining. The game is fast paced as there is a time limit and each team tries to guess as many keywords as possible within this time limit to earn more points.

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