Taboo

SoccerAaron · 02-08-2003, 02:45 PM

Who else thinks this game rocks?

Jozeca · 02-08-2003, 07:23 PM

Mmm, It's okay, but I definately prefer "The Bowl Game" a LOT more.

SoccerAaron · 02-08-2003, 07:33 PM

whats the bowl game?

Jozeca · 02-08-2003, 07:58 PM

The Bowl Game is a game that my brother brought home from college several years ago. . . it's traveled all over the place with my family and friends.

It's something like taboo. Each person has a partner who they sit across from in a circle. Each person then gets two slips of paper. They write five words on each paper. They really can be any words, but you don't want to make them too hard because you may need to explain them to your own partner. So everyone puts their slips of paper in a bowl. It starts with one person, and they draw a paper and look over the words (making sure they can understand everyone's hand writing and stuff, you may want to have people initial their papers). Someone then starts a timer for 45 seconds. That reader has 45 seconds to try to get their partner to guess the words. There are a few exceptions: they cannot (at any time) say any of the words on the paper. You cannot say (if the word was "bee") "It rhymes with tree" but you can say "it rhymes with something that is tall and green on top." You cannot say what the word begins with. Anyhow, the reader must make their partner guess the five words. Once the partner has guessed all the words, they partner has to repeat the five words - without the readers help. If they get it within 45 seconds, they get to keep the paper, and can draw another one and begin working on that. If they don't get it, they must put it back in and the bowl goes to the next pair. (The next pair cannot draw the paper that was just drawed.) It keeps going around the circle until the papers are gone. It keeps getting easier because you hear the words being repeated over and over again. . .

Anyhow, fun game. Tell me if you have questions.

SoccerAaron · 02-08-2003, 08:18 PM

That does seem pretty fun

**Sean** · 02-08-2003, 08:28 PM

I like it, but only when I'm playing on a team with people I know. When you got good friends you think on the same wave length. YOu can just send messages to them. As long as you can control yourself, you can conquer.

SoccerAaron · 02-08-2003, 08:49 PM

I know a trick for hard ones.

**Rach** · 02-08-2003, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AtlasShrugs
I like it, but only when I'm playing on a team with people I know. When you got good friends you think on the same wave length. YOu can just send messages to them. As long as you can control yourself, you can conquer.

This is so true....this is the ONLY way to play this game.

There is also a game similar to taboo called Catch Phrase....THIS is TONS of fun to play late at nite with all your friends....haha, crazy times.

SoccerAaron · 02-08-2003, 08:56 PM

Catch Phrase is "ok".

Laura · 02-08-2003, 10:05 PM

I love that game! My friend and I are DEADLY at it because we've played it so much and have practically memorized all the words! She's a good actress and loves acting out stuff, and I'm pretty good at describing things using words, so we make a pretty nasty team. Fun stuff, though. It's great to take on a nerd trip - for example, I took it with me on a UIL Academic team trip to Regionals, and we had a blast. It was hilarious.

**Sean** · 02-08-2003, 10:20 PM

Hablo espanol