For it's time and before the sequels, this was an impressive collection of mini-games. It's introduction is revolutionary for the party game genre, especially as players use their personal devices and a browser, instead of owning the game or sharing controllers. As with all Jackbox Party Packs, these can be rated individually.
You Don't Know Jack is the trivia game, based on the one from the 90's - a multiple choice question with some odd (but fun) choices. The questions are often presented with some gimmick (ie. wrongfully pronounced words) or critical reading requirements, similarly to SATs. There's also a hidden game within the game, where a wrong answer that matches a clue at the beginning of the game will award additional points. Regardless of whether points matter or not, this is a fun game that is limited to four players.
Fibbage XL is a unique trivia game, where the fill-in-the-blank answers are provided by both the game and players. This continues to be an enjoyable game, if you do not get repeated prompts (I still don't think I have after years of playing), despite there being 4 Fibbage games by the 9th pack as well as a stand-alone version of it.
Drawful, similarly to Fibbage, has sequels and a stand-alone version that contribute to this pack aging poorly. On its own, Drawful is an incredible and unique game, where players draw a prompt, others make false answers to the prompt and guess the real one. It is very fun and well designed.
The last two, Word Spud and Lie Swatter were almost entirely ignored by my group of friends. Word Spud seemed to not have a point nor any reason to be fun. We tried it for a few minutes, laughed a bit, then closed it and never played it again. Lie Swatter could potentially be fun for a stream, but playing among 2-4 of us, it was a simple true or false game with an annoying user interface.
As with all Jackbox Party Packs, the fun depends on the group you're playing with. We got this one for free on Epic and played with our family, which has become a tradition ever since. After almost 10 years of these packs, however, this one could possibly be skipped, as the most remarkable of these games have received much superior sequels.
You Don't Know Jack is the trivia game, based on the one from the 90's - a multiple choice question with some odd (but fun) choices. The questions are often presented with some gimmick (ie. wrongfully pronounced words) or critical reading requirements, similarly to SATs. There's also a hidden game within the game, where a wrong answer that matches a clue at the beginning of the game will award additional points. Regardless of whether points matter or not, this is a fun game that is limited to four players.
Fibbage XL is a unique trivia game, where the fill-in-the-blank answers are provided by both the game and players. This continues to be an enjoyable game, if you do not get repeated prompts (I still don't think I have after years of playing), despite there being 4 Fibbage games by the 9th pack as well as a stand-alone version of it.
Drawful, similarly to Fibbage, has sequels and a stand-alone version that contribute to this pack aging poorly. On its own, Drawful is an incredible and unique game, where players draw a prompt, others make false answers to the prompt and guess the real one. It is very fun and well designed.
The last two, Word Spud and Lie Swatter were almost entirely ignored by my group of friends. Word Spud seemed to not have a point nor any reason to be fun. We tried it for a few minutes, laughed a bit, then closed it and never played it again. Lie Swatter could potentially be fun for a stream, but playing among 2-4 of us, it was a simple true or false game with an annoying user interface.
As with all Jackbox Party Packs, the fun depends on the group you're playing with. We got this one for free on Epic and played with our family, which has become a tradition ever since. After almost 10 years of these packs, however, this one could possibly be skipped, as the most remarkable of these games have received much superior sequels.