"The smutty Shakespeare game you need for your next smarty-pants party." -Washington Post

100 mock-serious questions for our time. 375 answers copied word-for-word from the works of William Shakespeare. To...

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"The smutty Shakespeare game you need for your next smarty-pants party." -Washington Post

100 mock-serious questions for our time. 375 answers copied word-for-word from the works of William Shakespeare. Totally hilarious.

I'M SORRY, THIS TABLE IS RESERVED FOR _______.
"youth blasted with ecstasy" (Hamlet III.i)
"my wife's liver" (Winter's Tale I.ii)
"a cock that nobody can match" (Cymbeline II.i)
"seventy senators that died" (Julius Caesar IV.iii)
"converting Jews to Christians" (Merchant of Venice III.v)
"Cupid's butt-shaft" (Love's Labour's Lost I.ii)

To be profane, or not to be? Bards Dispense Profanity is 100 mock-serious questions for our time and 375 answers copied word-for-word from the works of William Shakespeare. You be the judge of which answers are best. Answers come from 24 of Shakespeare's 38 plays, and each answer card cites the play, act, and scene (in case your dad doubts that Shakespeare really has Hamlet allude to "the incestuous pleasure of his bed").

Unobtrustive glosses on about 10% of the cards define archaic words with non-intuitive meanings. Works best with 4 or more players. Not for kids.



  • Bards Dispense Profanity is 100 mock-serious questions for our time and 375 answers copied word-for-word from the works of William Shakespeare. You be the judge of which answers are best.
  • “The smutty Shakespeare game you need for your next smarty-pants party.” —Washington Post
  • Answer cards come from all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays.
  • Each answer card cites the play, act, and scene (in case your dad doubts that Shakespeare really has Hamlet allude to “the incestuous pleasure of his bed”).
  • Just a touch of help with early modern English: unobtrustive glosses on about 10% of the cards define archaic words with non-intuitive meanings.
  • For 4 or more players. Not for kids.

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