Too Taboo For You
| No. of Players: | 3+ |
| Type of Game: | spoken |
| What you need: | nothing |
Goal
To guess the taboo letter.
How to play
One person is selected to be the joker whose job is to mentally choose a letter of the alphabet. This letter is deemed to be the taboo letter. The joker then questions the other players in turn. Questions are asked in a way that can be answered using a single word. If the answer includes the taboo letter, that player loses a life. Each player starts out with three lives, and anyone losing all three is out of the game. A player can, at any time, guess the taboo letter. A correct guess makes that player the joker for the next round. But if he guesses incorrectly, he loses two lives.
Example
| Amelia: | (having mentally chosen the letter V as taboo) What month is it? |
| Bella: | October |
| Amelia: | What is five plus five? |
| Charlie: | Ten |
| Amelia: | What is next month called? |
| Dean: | November |
| Amelia: | You lose a life. What is five plus six? |
| Bella: | Eleven |
| Amelia: | You lose a life. What is the opposite of DEFEAT? |
| Charlie: | Victory |
| Amelia: | You lose a life. What country has as its capital Hanoi? |
| Bella: | (quickly interjecting before Dean can answer) The taboo letter is V and the answer is Vietnam! (Bella becomes the next joker) |
