Like charades, except you are allowed to talk
Charades asks the one thing a lot of people hate at a party: get up and perform. Taboo asks the opposite. You stay in your seat and talk as fast as you can, except the four or five most useful words are off limits. Tadado is that game with the admin removed. Nobody writes prompts on paper, the timer and buzzer are in the app, and the score keeps itself.
Side by side
What changes when you swap acting for describing.
| Tadado | Charades | |
|---|---|---|
| How you play | Describe out loud, dodge forbidden clues | Act it out in silence |
| Talking allowed | Yes, describing is the whole game | No, that is the point |
| Who it suits | Groups who want to argue and shout | Groups happy to perform |
| Setup | One phone, two teams, no prep | Someone has to write the prompts |
| Running out of prompts | Never, AI writes more | Depends who is writing them |
| Scoring | Timer, buzzer and team scores built in | Track it yourself |
Frequently asked questions
Is taboo easier than charades?+
It is easier for people who do not want to perform, and harder in a different way. You can talk as much as you like, but the clues you would naturally reach for first are exactly the ones that are banned, so you have to think sideways.
Do I need to prepare anything?+
No. The cards, the 60-second timer, the forbidden-word buzzer and the team scoring are all in the app. You just split into two teams and pass one phone around.
Can I use my own words?+
Yes. Describe a topic in a sentence or type a single word and the AI engine writes a full deck of target words with forbidden clues, which is far faster than writing charades prompts by hand.
Swap the miming for shouting
Free to download for a limited time on iOS and Android, with the Classic deck included and no prep required.