Taboo Uncensored Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Object
• Set Up
• Play
  • On Your Team's Turn
• When to Squeak!
• Win

Contents

240 cards (480 Guess words), squeaker, and sand timer

Object

Get your team to say the GUESS word but don't say any of the TABOO words or else the other team will CALL YOU OUT!

Example card: BEER PONG. Taboo words: Game, Table, Ball, Drink, Ping. Clue example: "We played this last weekend… you need cups!"

Set Up

1. Split into two even teams. Sit like this so you can keep an eye on each other.

2. Sort the cards. Choose which color side (red or blue) to play this game. Make sure the cards are all facing the same way, then put them in piles with your chosen side facedown.

Play

Teams take turns playing, so decide which team goes first.

On Your Team's Turn

1. Pick someone to be the describer and give them a stack of cards. Everyone else on your team will guess.

2. Someone from the other team grabs the squeaker (or virtual buzzer) and peers over the describer's shoulder. They'll squeak if the describer breaks any rules. (See "When to Squeak!" below.)

3. Start the timer. Describer, flip a card and describe the Guess word, avoiding the Taboo words.

   • If your team says the Guess word, put that card to the side as a point.
   • If you get squeaked or decide to skip, set that card to the other side.

   Keep flipping cards and describing words until time runs out!

4. Use the cards played to keep track of teams' scores. (Or, have one player use the scoreboard on their phone.)

   • Your team keeps any cards they guessed correctly as a point.
   • The other team keeps any cards squeaked or skipped as a point.

   Now the other team plays.

   Make sure teams switch up the describer each round.

When to Squeak!

Squeak if the describer breaks any of these rules:

• Don't say any part of any word on the card. (E.g., you can't say "ass" or "hole" if the word is "asshole.")
• No sneaky plurals or abbreviations. (E.g., you can't say "feet" for "foot" or "TV" for "television.")
• If the Guess word is an acronym (e.g., "UTI"), you can't say the words that make it up!
• No gestures, noises, or sound effects. You're free to sing, but no one really wants you to…
• No "sounds like," "rhymes with," or "starts with the letter…" That's cheating.

Win

The game ends once all players have had one turn as the describer.

• For an odd number of players: Have a player on the smaller team take an extra turn as the describer, so both teams get equal turns.
• For small groups (4-6 players): Keep the game going longer by taking more than one turn each – just make sure teams get equal turns!

The team with the most points wins! If there's a tie, each team chooses their best describer and takes another turn.