The Balderdash Board Game

The Balderdash board game is a game of bluffing and deception using the English language.

How To Play Balderdash

Balderdash comes with a game board, playing pieces, cards, note paper, die. The general game instrustions are: To play Balderdash, each player chooses a colored playing piece and puts it on the game board. The die is rolled and the highest scorer goes first. They then take a card from the stack, which contains an odd word in English and its definition. The player reads the word, but not the definition to the other players, who then write down what they think the definition of the word is. These definitions are given back to the first player, who reads them all aloud. Each player votes on what they think is the actual definition. If they guess the real definition, they get 2 points. If someone guesses their (false) definition, they get 1 point, and if noone guesses the real word the first player gets 3 points. Each point moves your piece one space further on the board. The first one to "Finish" wins!