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Language Exchange and Beer Night by Playing Tabu!

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Language Exchange and Beer Night by Playing Tabu!

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Hey there, beloved reader,

You are invited to "Taboo Game Night" in English.
Join us to have fun while learning. It's not just more fun when it's more challenging, it's also more educational! It's a great brain exercise game to improve our language skills and bond by witnessing each other's funniest struggles.
I don't have the actual board game yet, but we are playing the game
online for a few weeks now and it's going smoothly. Later, we can consider buying the board game as a group. (IT'S NOT AN ONLINE EVENT, THE "e-Tabu" GAME IS A MOBILE APP AND DURING THE GAME WE'LL PLAY IT FROM MY TABLET).

There's no reason to be shy, but still, if you need to get warm up by watching players before you join us you're also very welcome!

⚠️⚠️This event is free, but purchasing at least one drink or food is required at the pub.⚠️⚠️

TO JOIN THE WHATSAPP GROUP: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JMrti6T8237LZcC0ZgMZ8j

WHAT IS TABOO AND IT'S RULES?

An even number of players from four to ten sit alternating around in a circle. Players take turns as the "giver", who attempts to prompt their teammates to guess as many keywords as possible in the allotted time. However, each card also has "taboo" (forbidden) words listed which may not be spoken. Should the giver say one, a "censor" on the opposing team hits the buzzer and the giver must move on to the next word. For example, the giver might have to get their team to deduce the word "baseball" without offering the words "sport", "game", "pastime", "hitter", "pitcher", or "baseball" itself as clues. The giver may not say a part of a "taboo" word;for example, using "base" in "baseball" is taboo. Nor may they use a form of a word; for example, if the word was "wedding" and the taboo words are "marriage", "bride", "groom", "nuptials", or "honeymoon", the words "marry" and "bridal" would not be allowed. The giver may only use speech to prompt their teammates; gestures, sounds (e.g., barking), or drawings are not allowed. Singing is permitted, provided the singer is singing words rather than humming or whistling a tune. The giver's hints may rhyme with a taboo word, or be an abbreviation of a taboo word.
While the giver is prompting the teammates, they may make as many guesses as they want with no penalties for wrong guesses. Once the team correctly guesses the word exactly as written on the card, the giver moves on to the next word, trying to get as many words as possible in the allotted time. When time runs out, play passes to the next adjacent player of the other team. The playing team receives one point for correct guesses and one penalty point if "taboo" words are spoken.
(Citation:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo_(game)#:~:text=well%20as%202012.-,Rules,which%20may%20not%20be%20spoken.)
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