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Taboo | 
| Brand: Hasbro
Category: Toy
List Price: $26.48
Buy Collectible: $12.95
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 278
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 16 - 127 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 3.5 x 8 x 10.7
MPN: 004015
Model: 4015 S5
UPC: 032244040153
EAN: 0032244040153
ASIN: B00005UKIZ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: original box. wear to box. directions have pencil scribbles on it, otherwise all pieces present and in good condition. WE SHIP DAILY.
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Editorial Review
It sounds so simple: get your team to name common words without voicing a few choice descriptors. But could you describe a wristwatch without mentioning time, wrist, or clock? Taboo rewards those who think--and speak--fast. The team that correctly identifies as many words as possible in a minute (measured with an hourglass timer) wins. If a member of the opposing team, armed with the blaring buzzer, catches the clue giver using any of the taboo words, a point is deducted from the group's score. It's a good idea to separate people who know each other well, because their familiarity can be too great an advantage. If the clue is spinach, prompting with "Mom made this every Monday" just doesn't seem fair, though it is permissible according to the rules. Playing Taboo requires an AA battery and a sense of humor--you'll need them both! The timer is included. Taboo is for four or more players. --Leah Ball
Product Description
How do you get your team to say diamond, if you can't say baseball, ring, carats, jewel or engagement' You might say, "These are a girl's best friend. Hope is a huge one. The World Series is played here. Some are found in the rough." Get your team to say the secret word. Give suggestive sentences, funny phrases or even one word hints as clues. But don't use any of the words on the card. That's Taboo! Each time your team shouts out the secret word, you get a point. But be careful! Your opponents will be "looking over your shoulder" - making sure you don't say any of the Taboo words. If you do and they catch you, they sound the buzzer and score the point! It's unspeakable fun. Take our word for it! For 4 or more players. Game includes: 504 cards, card holder, buzzer, timer, score pad, and instructions. Requires 2 "AA" alkaline batteries (not included).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
Great game for battle of the sexes December 3, 2008
P. Ng (ABQ, NM)
A great social party game. Opens up ways brains think a like! Sometimes the game gets on a roll as your minds sync up and you just know exactly what the person is saying without much hints and other times it just get challenging as you have no clue what is going on and have no way to articulate without the tabooed words. Great semantic game where you're trying to say words without literally saying them!
 Great fun November 30, 2008
A. Arino (NY, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband and I played this game with a group of friends and it was a great way to have fun and to excercise verbal skills. We recommend it for adults as well as older children.
Great game, other recommendations September 25, 2008
Heather Hamby
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The basic idea is to get your team to say a certain word, but without saying certain strategic other words in your clues. For example, you might have to get your teammates to say "kangaroo" without using the words "pouch," "Australia," or "Captain." Be careful, you can't say any part or form of any of the words, such as "AustraliAN," and you can't make hand gestures, either.
Taboo was a classic when it first hit the party scene, right up there with Pictionary. It is a riot! And for years I would have said the best "verbal-charades" type game out there. Now I have to recommend Electronic Catchphrase as an alternative. It's a little different, with no "taboo" words, but otherwise very similar, and the advantage is that it is all contained in a little electronic disc that gives words/phrases and keeps score for you. Electronic Guesstures is another self-contained game that will elicit great fun and laughter from you and your friends. If you don't really like those little electronic gadgets, I'd say Taboo is still the way to go.
Taboo September 12, 2008
D. A. Swartz (Easton, MD)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
We have been playing Taboo for years, great for preteen on up. We take it on family vacations. Wait till you see how much fun your friends have when they get to buzz you for saying the Taboo word!! This is kind of a "word" version of charades. Easy to learn fun for hours.
THE GREATEST GAME! September 5, 2008
L. Anders
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Taboo is the most fun! My only complaint is I wish they'd make new cards and sell them separately.
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