Sunday was a most enjoyable day of rest and there was even time in the evening for game night.  The game of the evening was Beyond Balderdash, which always leads to laughter and enjoyment all the way around the table.

If you have never played before, here is a brief explaination:  A card is drawn and the dice is rolled to select a category.  The item (possibly a word, name, movie title, acronym or date) is then read from the card and each player comes up with a definition for that item.  Then they are all read in a random order, including the actual answer and the players guess which one is correct.

I am including a sample round to show you how it works.  The category was word, which means every answer is a dictionary definition.  The word for this round was “swazzle” and the answers were:

Swazzle: A lively Mexican dance in which the dancers, who are usually young girls, wear colorful long dresses.

Swazzle: An African cloth used to wrap babies.

Swazzle: A rod-like instrument used by puppeteers.

Swazzle: A special cooking term.

Swazzle: A special tool that enables a person to wash hard to reach places on windows.

As you can see, even the boys are pretty shrewd in answering these questions.  One point for anyone who can guess (no cheating please) which answer is the correct one.  Ten bonus points for the comment which correctly identifies who (King, Queen, Architect, Artist) came up with each false answer.

Not only did we laugh but we also learned the real names for Bo Derrick (Mary Kathleen Collins) and Truman Capote (Strekfus Persons).