Absolute Balderdash

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A television game show based on the game aired on PAX (later i; the network is now Ion Television) with comedian Elayne Boosler as host.

The other players CAN collapse in fits of laughter but MUST NOT give away which is THEIR answer in any way - no shouting "that's mine", no nudging, winking or grunting! point is given for the player who scored a vote for their bluff, 2 points are given for the player who correctly guessed the real answer, and 3 points to either the dasher for when no one guessed the real answer or are given to the player that has a bluff similar to the real answer.

Players are awarded one point for each other player who incorrectly chooses the fake definition they wrote. MORE THAN ONE CORRECT ANSWER: If the Dasher receives more than one answer that closely resembles the correct answer, the round is cancelled. In fact this is one of those games that if an answer sounds too ridiculous to be true, it may just be true. He IMMEDIATELY awards the relevant player TWO points which the player moves BEFORE the other answers are read out. Intelligent players have a serious advantage in this game, because they can use the knowledge they have to make their answers sound plausible.

Remove the game board from it's plastic package, the package containing the plastic moving pieces and miscellaneous pieces and a die, as well as the game cards currently being held inside the other box inside the game package. From a high level, this game presents rare and unusual words, the players secretly submit definitions for the words, hoping that other players will believe their definition is the real one. A poor small town family strike it quite rich when they grow some very popular tomatoes that everyone loves.This gives the Dasher a chance to bluff and score more, as well as creating more answers to choose from. As you learn the way the real answers are structured you can begin to emulate them, which makes your answers more likely to be chosen by the other players. Miss Parego created him and he eventually became a little puppet with three hands directing him through and another who supplied the voice.