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Balderdash is a board game of confusions about words, bluffing people and language trivia. It was created by Bradyn Blower and Mark Powell and is now owned by Mattel (The company that also makes UNO, Hot Wheels, Kerplunk, and Magic 8 Ball to name a few). It is based on a classic parlor game called Fictionary.It basically relies on the fact that the English language is so massive and diverse that no one knows what all the words mean. Balderdash has these rare and obscure words on cards and players compete to guess the correct definitions. In each round one person has the correct definition with the other players having to write their own guessed definition. The aim, is of course to fool everyone, and guess yourself.It
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