Girl Talk (board game)
Girl Talk is a board game first sold in 1988. The game was invented by Catherine Rondeau.[1] It was a popular/staple game for teenage girls throughout the 1990s. It was similar to the parlour game Truth or Dare. Girl Talk was one of a rash of "teenage girl-themed games" that appeared on the market in the 1980s and 1990s in which boys, talking on the phone, dancing, having parties and sleepovers, and other "girl-ish" concerns are central themes.
Gameplay
The game comes with an opaque spinner with a hole in it, and multiple exchangeable cardboard circles which can be placed into the spinner. The spinner would land on either a question or a "dare". Each action (or question) is worth a certain number of points. If a player does not perform the action or answer a question they must wear a "zit sticker" for the rest of the game. Players may use their points to buy one of four kinds of fortune cards; the first to collect one of all four types is the winner.
Variants
- Girl Talk: A Game of Truth or Dare (original)
- Girl Talk: Secret Diary
- Girl Talk: Date Line
- Girl Talk: The CD-ROM Game
- That's So Raven Girl Talk (2000s, not part of the original set)
- Hannah Montana Girl Talk (2000s, not part of the original set)
- Jenga Girl Talk (2000s, not part of the original set) (this had both a pink and an 'Ultimate' red edition)
- Girl Talk: "One Direction edition"
- Encore
- Dweebs, Geeks, and Weirdos
- Justin Bieber game
- Sex and the City game
- Are You Afraid of the Dark
- Backseat Drawing
- The Collage Game
- Tales of the Crystals
- Alex Mack game
- Read My Lips game
- Lovies infant plush
- Puddleduds children's wear
- Izone camera
- Hidden Talents game
- A&E Biography game
- Yearbook game
- Dream Builders construction toys
Note: This list is not complete.