How to Play the Balderdash Board Game The Balderdash board game is a different kind of word game from Scrabble and Upwords, two of the other game titles I’ve discussed this week. Balderdash tests your knowledge of words and the meaning of words, but it also helps to have a gift for (convincing) writing and bluffing. I’ve heard Balderdash described as a trivia game, too, and ...

Upwords, these days known as “Scrabble Upwords,” is both a board game and a word game derivative of Scrabble, but it’s different enough to be considered its own game. Upwords is marketed by Hasbro in over 20 different language. In fact, Hasbro has full rights to market Upwords internationally, which means it has rare control over the Internet publishing rights for Upwords. Scrabb...

Boggle is a word game about finding as many words in a small grid of letter cubes in a short period of time. Boggle tests word knowledge and your ability to quickly find words in the grid, as each player has the same 3 minute interval to find those words. Unlike many popular word games, Boggle is a test of pure word skill without a whole lot of randomness or luck added in. That’s because all...

Three Popular Word Games Word games are good distractions because they’re educational and fun at the same time. I remember playing word games in school when the teacher needed to kill some time or when I would finish an assignment early. Word games train your brain to think more clearly about words and language, and allow for a little friendly competition. There are all sorts of word games, ...

How to Play the Apples to Apples Board Game Apples to Apples is one of the most popular board games at family gatherings around my house these days. Apples to Apples lets the people with big vocabularies show off (a little) without alienating those who aren’t wordsmiths. Without turning the game into a complete luck fest, Apples to Apples lets all kinds of people–including kids–c...