Taboo

The classic game of unspeakable fun.

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Goal

Guess more words correctly than the opposing team

Number of Players

4 or More Players (Two teams)

Time to Play

30 to 60 minutes

Rapid Rules

General Play

  1. Choose a team to guess first.
  2. The clue giver will pick a card with a word to guess and a list of words they cannot say. The opposing team should have a member that can also see this card.
  3. Set a timer for 60 seconds
  4. The clue giver will give clues to get their team to guess the word on the card
  5. If the clue giver says a word they aren't allowed to say, the opposing team can call them out and no points are given.
  6. Try to get through as many cards as possible until time runs out.
  7. The opposing team now can choose a clue giver and will repeat steps 2-6.
  8. Play continues alternating between teams and different members on each team giving clues.

Winning and Losing