How to Play Balderdash

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Purchase a brand new copy of the game Balderdash from the store and bring it to your game-area at home or location.

   These are the bare minimum things you'll need to prepare. , The more the better! Although the game can be played with two people, its easy to tell what the real answer is at the very end of each players turn. 4 or 5 people are an absolute minimum number to assure some validity. , Rolling the die will allow the game to obtain the first player to set foot.
   
   Highest number becomes the first player to read the questions to the remaining players (In Balderdash, this player is called the dasher. ,, Rolling the die will help determine which category will be used for the given play. ,, question or "What is this definition?" or "who is this person?" or "what does this (initial) stand for)? or "What is this movie about?" or "What is this law?" question. ,,,, Make sure they realize that when read, they are not to mention in any way that the answer is there own (however subtle the motion may be). , Never allow the card to be seen by any of the players. ,, Although not often when a bluff is the same as the answer, you can't allow this card to be read.
   
   Read the real answer instead and give the player 3 points.
   
   Don't allow this player to guess or vote again in this round. ,,,,,,,, The player who crosses the finish line first, is the winner.
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   Step 2: Rip open the plastic seal that encloses the Balderdash game package.

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   Step 3: Pull the top of the box open.

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   Step 4: Remove the game board from it's plastic package

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   Step 5: the package containing the plastic moving pieces and miscellaneous pieces and a die

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   Step 6: as well as the game cards currently being held inside the other box inside the game package.

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   Step 7: Assemble a small group of people.

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   Step 8: Allow each player to roll the die.

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   Step 9: Place the plastic men on the Start space on the board.

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    Step 10: Allow the dasher to roll the die.

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    Step 11: Rolling a 6 can be given at dasher's choice of category.

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    Step 12: Allow the dasher to read off the category name and topic

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    Step 13: along with it's "What is this supposed to be used for?"

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    Step 14: Hand each player a page to the Answer sheet pad/booklet.

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    Step 15: Allow them time to write down the question in the Question section

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    Step 16: and their proposed bluffing answer in the Answer section.

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    Step 17: Ask the players to place the name of the dasher someplace on the sheet

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    Step 18: along with their initials (or name) in the cards too (designating which one is which)

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    Step 19: Have them bring up the answers to the dash.

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    Step 20: Allow the dasher the same chance to write down the question and the real answer.

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    Step 21: Allow the player the chance to sit down again.

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    Step 22: Make sure the reader has the ability to peruse through the cards.

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    Step 23: Include the real answer somewhere in the choices.

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    Step 24: Allow all players to vote for whichever card they think the item really means/is.

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    Step 25: Record all the votes on each card.

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    Step 26: Reveal the real answer.

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    Step 27: Tally up the scores.

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    Step 28: Allow all players who have scored in this round

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    Step 29: the ability to move their game pieces the given number of spaces they acquired by amount of votes tallied during the previous round.

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    Step 30: Move around the table

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    Step 31: choosing a new dasher from the player to the left of the last dasher.

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    Step 32: Repeat these steps until the player who crosses the "Finish" line is obtained.

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