Taboo
Taboo is a party game for around 4 to 10 people split into 2 teams. Each
round, a player from a team becomes the giver and the rest of the
team become guessers. The opposing team act as monitors.
The giver is given a card containing a word and 5 taboo words. The
giver must somehow tell the guessers about the word without mentioning
the word itself or any of the 5 taboo words. The monitors act as
judges to see if any of the words said are not allowed.
If a guesser gets the word right, the team earns a point. If the giver says
any taboo word, the team loses a point. The giver may also choose to pass
and the team also loses a point. The giver is then given another card and
this continues until the round time runs out.
Additional notes
When there are enough players, the giver is announced and he can start the
game by pressing the Start button. Normally, taboo rounds are 1 minute long,
but we extend it to 2 minutes because of the time it takes to type things.
The system can rudimentarily act as a monitor itself. If the giver types out
any of the taboo words verbatim, the system immediately calls taboo on those.
It can also check if the word was guessed correctly assuming it was spelled
correctly. For all other cases, we will rely on the monitors and the giver
to act in good faith.
To facilitate faster playing, there are some command you can just type in:
/s - Start the round/p - Pass/c - Correct (someone got the word)/t - Taboo
What is this?
Hi! This is just a side project I made where you can play Taboo online.
I liked playing it with my friends during our Christmas party and I wanted
to play a bit more.
Feature-wise, it's a bit sparse. There's no score tracking beyond a single
round, but it should at least have the core game mechanics ok. UI/UX could
also use a lot of work. I'm also leaving the prospect of adding more games
open. Like maybe Pinoy Henyo or whatever.
Also, while the website is responsive now, you still can't play on mobile
because I don't know how to layout the game such that it works.
There aren't that many words yet, and I'd greatly appreciate contributing
some for the game. There's also an API for accessing the word list in case
you want to build your own Taboo-like thing. GET /cards should
give you the entire card list, while GET /cards/random will
give you a random card each time.
Obligatory note, I do not own the rights to the Taboo board game. The card
data was made by me and any contributors. I did not use any of the Taboo cards
as a source for them.