''Dirty Minds'' is a
board game
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made by
TDC Games
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in
Itasca, Illinois
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. Created in 1988 by Larry Balsamo and
Sandra Schaeffer
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, it was originally sold only in novelty and adult stores such as
Spencer Gifts. Over its history, however, it has penetrated the mainstream marketplace. The primary reason for its popularity is its use of sexual
double entendres as clues to otherwise innocuous riddles. All of the clues are puns that may sound dirty on a first hearing, but actually refer to clean solutions. For example, the correct answer for the clue ''"The more you play with me the harder I get"'' is ''"
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Details
The game is completely clean unless the players have a dirty mind. All of the answers are clean. The player to correctly answer the question with the correct clean answer will be rewarded a card. Each card either displays a letter, lose a card, take two cards, or wild. The card with the letters either have a D, I, R, T, or a Y. The first person to have all five of the lettered cards wins the game. The game is easy to play and meant to be funny. It is advised to be played with only adults 18 and up.
Contents
The contents that come with the game include:
*Game Rules
*Puzzle Booklets
*50 Game Cards
*912 naughty clues
*304 clean answers
Versions
There are four versions to date: ''Dirty Minds'' (the original), ''More Dirty Minds'', ''Deluxe Dirty Minds'', which introduced an entirely new category and the travel card game edition, and Dirty Minds Supreme. As of 2011, a television game show version was in the works. ''Dirty Minds'' is also played regularly on radio stations across the country.
References
External links
TDC Games website*
Board games introduced in 1988
Off-color humor
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