Taboo (game)

Mensa Select 1990 Game of the Year 1992 shortlist Game of the Year 2001: Games Hit for Many

Taboo is a communication board game by Brian Hersch, author of Outburst. Hasbro, it moved in 1990 under the label MB games. Meanwhile, it is sold under the label matches Parker. According to information on the publisher over 20 million games have now been sold worldwide.

Game rules

For this purpose, a time master is required ( it measures the time and yells STOP when the hourglass is empty). Furthermore, a Quietschmeister is needed ( he squeaks when an opponent says a word, which he can not use it, see below ).

The game revolves around the telling of terms. In the popular party game in which can take many people arbitrarily declared a player who is a term and may thereby use either one of the five taboo words, nor a part of the search word ( With " Polar Bear" for example, must not " ice " or "Bear " be said ). In addition, the time champion starts the game by turning over the hourglass. Here About wakes a player of the opposing team with a horn in his hand, which he operated for rule violation or smearing of the time. The player tries to explain as many concepts as possible within a given time. Pro erratenem term there is a point. If a player can not explain a concept, because it is too difficult or it takes too much time, he may omit the map. In this case no point is deducted. If a taboo word used, the player must proceed to the next term and gets a point deducted. It is advised alternately until one team reaches 50 points. In the new editions of the game comes with a game board for counting the points.

Variations

Meanwhile, other issues have been published with new rate maps and game variants. To be mentioned are:

  • Taboo (1990) original version
  • Celebrity Taboo (1993 )
  • Taboo Junior ( 1994); for children adapted version
  • Tabu Body Talk (2001), also by Brian Hersch; here it comes, to form a dumb players
  • Tabu Hot Pen ( 2002); here to the ratende term is in the style of Pictionary opened drawing
  • Taboo XXL (2006); combines other versions and offers four different game variations: Explain terms pantomime using node - Knut ( small stuffed animal with long arms )
  • Drawing concepts
  • Explain as many concepts with 15 individual keywords
  • Explain concepts without using one of the five taboo words ( classic version )

Hasbro Currently offers only taboo, taboo XXL and junior taboo. However, the other variants are partly still to find in stores.

Awards

  • Mensa Select 1990
  • Selection list for Game of the Year 1992
  • Game of the Year 2001: Games Hit for Many for Tabu Body Talk and Austria taboo
Milton Bradley List of Mensa Select recipients Mime artist BoardGameGeek
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