This board game takes the word variety to a whole new level. Players will be asked to perform a variety of challenges, including sock wrestling, imitating the sound of coughing up a hairball, taste-testing while blindfolded and more. Launch date: December 2006.

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Fans of Cranium, prick up your ears: Rigamarole (ToyDirectory) is the latest board game aimed at the bulging party-game demographic. Players circle round the board tackling categories that demand a multitude of different skills.

Cards in five categories—Word of Mouth, Stage Fright, Sensory Perception, Uncommon Knowledge and the final challenge, Hidden Talents—test players with challenges like creating a 60-second story without using the letter E or guessing fictional characters like Rapunzel and Holden Caulfield. Word games, Charades, clever challenges and more await the daring.

At the end of the game, the first player or team to garner enough points may take a stab at the Hidden Talents category to seal the victory and claim bragging rights.

Clearly aimed at an older audience, Rigamarole is likely to delight those bored with the simple scope of Cranium. Rigamarole is a challenge no self-respecting party game aficionado should pass up.