BALDERDASH--THE HILARIOUS FAMILY BLUFFING GAME

You just ran into a perwitsky! Was it an old school chum? A rare species of tropical tree? A corner store? A European skunk whose fur is used to make paint brushes? In a game of Balderdash the correct meaning for perwitsky could be any one of the above definitions. You see, Balderdash is not just a game of questions and answers. It's a bluffing game. Players try to bluff each other by creating phony definitions for some of the zaniest, most unbelievable words in the English language. Players are awarded points for bluffing as well as for choosing the correct meaning. By the way, one of the above definitions is correct. Game includes box of word/definition cards, gameboard, 6 game tokens, die, bluffing pad, and instructions. For 2 to 6 players or teams; ages 10 to adult.

Get this - the original First Edition of Balderdash produced by jointly by The Games Gang and Western Publishing! Balderdash contains several cards with real words nobody has heard of. After one of those words has been read aloud, players try to come up with definitions that at least sound plausible, because points are later awarded for every opposing player who guessed that your definition was the correct one. Versions of the game as a parlor game go back at least as far as 1970, although Balderdash itself was not published until this game in 1984.