Timothy Young
United States
Utah
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I've seen people here on the geek make mention of how the original (1984, Gameworks) version of this game will sell for 50+ dollars on Amazon. I went and checked it out first hand, and sure enough, there's folks asking $71.01 for new-in-shrink copies as of this writing. Why is that, exactly? I saw a copy of this version at a thrift store today, it was heavily worn, but it wasn't missing anything. Looks like copies in similar condition are going for (well asking anyway) ~$7. Could someone please enlighten me as to what's going on here? Why not just by a newly published copy? Don't bother with basic micro-economic theory, I think I pretty well have the gist of that, I'm just wondering what's so special about this particular edition. Is there actually a Balderdash-collecting subset of the population out there? Is there something particularly riveting about this version of the game?
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Haley L.
United States
Colorado
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I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it or not, but I used to own one of the original versions and my family enjoyed that one much better than Beyond Balderdash. The newer categories in Beyond aren't nearly as much fun, except for maybe the ones where you have to come up with the plot of a movie based on its title.
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Jeff Dunford
Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
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I own the original Games Gang version. It was my favourite family game as a teenager (played with mostly adult family members).
I haven't played the newer versions, but my understanding is that newer versions have several categories. There are (were) no categories in the original: only obscure words. Each card has 5 seemingly random words (and their pronunciations) on one side and their definitions on the other. The dasher rolls a die to randomly determine which to use that turn, with a  allowing him/her to choose from them.
It's elegant, simple, and the words are so obscure that it's extremely rare that anyone would have heard or read them before. For example, the version with movies might give a B-movie lover a distinct advantage. Even someone who studied Latin or Greek would still be on a relatively level playing field in the original Balderdash, as most of the words have nontraditional roots.
I don't know if any of that has an influence on the price... but I for one am certainly not interested in "upgrading" to a newer version.
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