Trapwords EN - board game

Product detailed description

Trapwords is a fun and exciting game for two teams, each made up of an approximately equal number of players, and takes about 30 minutes to play. It might remind you of the classic word game Taboo, but with an interesting twist – the opposing team picks the words you cannot use! With no idea which words are “traps,” it’s like walking on a minefield as you try to describe your assigned word to the rest of your team.

In the game, you play as a group of adventurers crawling through a fantasy dungeon full of traps and curses, with a Boss waiting for you at the end. Your task is to successfully guess the word that one of your teammates is trying to describe. Sounds easy, right? But it’s fiendishly hard because you have no idea which words are off-limits. Both teams secretly prepare traps – words you can’t say – and the further you get, the more trapwords you might face.

Here’s an example of one possible turn when you’re trying to give clues for the word "Axe":

You: "It’s something that a dwarf can use..." Opponent team: "Aha, dwarf! Gotcha!" You: "How did you know that? Was it obvious I would use that?"

Or when you try a different approach and it goes like this:

You: "This thing is used by a man with a beard, in a checkered shirt..." One of your teammates: "A coffee maker?" [Everyone laughs] You: "He uses it for work in nature." Another teammate: "A chainsaw!" You: "He makes smaller pieces from a big plant with it." Someone from your team: "An axe!" You: "Yes! Well done!"

Can you avoid your opponents' trapwords when you don’t know what you can’t say?