Mad Gab Game
Posted : admin On 7/13/2022Start studying A List of Mad Gab. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Mad Gab is a game created by Terry White in which there are at least two teams and 2–12 players. Each team has two minutes to sound out three puzzles. The puzzles, also known as mondegreens, contain small words that, when put together, make a word or phrase. For example, 'These If Hill Wore' when pronounced quickly sounds like 'The Civil War'. MAD GAB® is a game sure to spur laughter as friends say the answer without even knowing it! You may find 'Yore luka ink hood,' or you may get tied up in a tongue twister. Includes 200 cards, 800 mad gab.
Mad Gab game review – Mad Gab by Mattel is a game that can be played with 2 to 12 players, and for anyone ages 10+. It’s a simple game that takes mere minutes to learn.
The theme of Mad Gab is “It’s not what you say, it’s what you hear.” The main point of the game is to be able to decipher what someone is saying when it is re-written with different wording but similar sounds. For example, if you say “Anger Say Weigh” over and over again out loud, you will hopefully be able to decipher the true phase by realizing what you’re actually saying (and what they’re looking for on that game card) is “Anchors Away.”
Teams are put together to battle the game cards of unrelated words into real phrases before the timer runs out. The game comes with a timer to monitor each team’s time, as well as 150 game cards to be deciphered.
I played Mad Gab with my kids and it was entertaining and funny. It’s easy to laugh at yourself when there are funny words that you can’t attribute to a specific, more sensible phrase. And, it’s even more fun when you say the unrelated words out loud until you find yourself saying the actual phrase. We even put a twist on the game when there were only three of us playing… one person acted as the “coach” that reads the unrelated words and the two remaining players race to see who can decipher the phrase first. If we played according to the rules with only three players, it wasn’t as fun as it would probably be with a larger group.
Some of the Mad Gab game cards are difficult, so younger kids can get easily frustrated, especially if they have never heard the phrase before which makes it even more difficult to decipher when you don’t have the familiarty behind the puzzle.
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Mad Gab board game is available online on Amazon.com or mattel.com.
| Manufacturer(s) | Mattel |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | Terry White |
| Genre(s) | Board game |
| Language(s) | English |
| Players | 2–12, two teams |
| Random chance | Medium |
| Skill(s) required | Linguistics |
| Material(s) required | Game board, cards, timer, flipper unit, score pad |
Mad Gab is a game created by Terry White[clarification needed] in which there are at least two teams and 2–12 players. Each team has two minutes to sound out three puzzles. The puzzles, also known as mondegreens, contain small words that, when put together, make a word or phrase. For example, 'These If Hill Wore' when pronounced quickly sounds like 'The Civil War'. Another example would be 'Eye Mull of Mush Sheen' quickly spoken it sounds like 'I'm A Love Machine'. There are two levels of difficulties: easy and hard. The faster the puzzles are answered, the more points the players score.[1]
This game uses phonetics, which is a branch of linguistics. This game is a test for the human brain to process sounds based on simpler English-written sounds into a meaningful word or phrase. The game is designed where a person would not be able to decode the meaning of the phrase unless spoken out loud and listened; reading the phrase silently will not allow the player to decode the meaning because sounds would have to be encoded into meaningful English words.
Game versions[edit]
Mad Gab Game App
Original Mad Gab Game includes 300 cards and 1200 different puzzles. It also includes a timer unit, flipper unit, score pad and instructions.
A Bible Mad Gab version released in 2000 references the New International Version of the Bible, including 300 puzzles and 1200 statements from the Bible. For example, 'Know Ozark' when pronounced quickly sounds like 'Noah's Ark'.
See also[edit]
Mad Gab Printable Cards
References[edit]
External links[edit]
Mad Gab Game Timer
- Official Mad Gab page from Mattel
- Mad Gab at BoardGameGeek