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My personal least favorite pack.
+Trivia Muder Party 2 (4) - Horror-themed trivia game. An improved and more balanced iteration of the first. Wish it had just replaced the original in Party Pack 3, as it's the only game I ever seem to play in this pack anymore.
+Push The Button (2) - Social deduction game where players use drawing and writing minigames to determine who is the impostor. Too slow paced for my taste and doesn't work well unless you have a large amount of players.
+Role Models (2) - Players vote on labels for each other using odd categories. Also has some light public speaking / improv bits. Doesn't work well for a group of total strangers. Works out better than expected, but still pretty weak.
+Joke Boat (2) - Writing and (optional) improv game where players create topics and write punchlines to 2-part jokes. Winds up being not nearly as funny as I'd hoped for.
+Dictionarium (2*) - Writing game where players create definitions for a randomly-generated word and vote for the best definitions and usage in sentences. This game seems like it'd make for a great Jackbox game on paper, but falls flat on its face for some reason.
+Trivia Muder Party 2 (4) - Horror-themed trivia game. An improved and more balanced iteration of the first. Wish it had just replaced the original in Party Pack 3, as it's the only game I ever seem to play in this pack anymore.
+Push The Button (2) - Social deduction game where players use drawing and writing minigames to determine who is the impostor. Too slow paced for my taste and doesn't work well unless you have a large amount of players.
+Role Models (2) - Players vote on labels for each other using odd categories. Also has some light public speaking / improv bits. Doesn't work well for a group of total strangers. Works out better than expected, but still pretty weak.
+Joke Boat (2) - Writing and (optional) improv game where players create topics and write punchlines to 2-part jokes. Winds up being not nearly as funny as I'd hoped for.
+Dictionarium (2*) - Writing game where players create definitions for a randomly-generated word and vote for the best definitions and usage in sentences. This game seems like it'd make for a great Jackbox game on paper, but falls flat on its face for some reason.
+Split the Room (4) - Writing game where you are trying to create the most divisive fill-in-the-blank responses to what-if scenarios in order to split the room's votes evenly.
+Mad Verse City (3) - Writing game where you are completing lines in a rap battle. Kind of slower-paced than I'd like and requires a heavy amount of writing for a Jackbox game.
+YDKJ 2018 (3*) - Trivia game with wacky presentation. Nothing particularly noteworthy.
+Patently Stupid (N/A) - Drawing & Live Improv game. Haven't found any willing participants to do any improv-related games, so I can't rate this one.
+Zeeple Dome (N/A) - Never played this one, as everyone I've tried to play it with immediately groans about how bad it is.
+Mad Verse City (3) - Writing game where you are completing lines in a rap battle. Kind of slower-paced than I'd like and requires a heavy amount of writing for a Jackbox game.
+YDKJ 2018 (3*) - Trivia game with wacky presentation. Nothing particularly noteworthy.
+Patently Stupid (N/A) - Drawing & Live Improv game. Haven't found any willing participants to do any improv-related games, so I can't rate this one.
+Zeeple Dome (N/A) - Never played this one, as everyone I've tried to play it with immediately groans about how bad it is.
+Fibbage 3 (4) - More Fibbage; Trivia game where players create fake answers, plus an extra mode where the players create their own personal questions and answers.
+Monster Seeking Monster (4) - Social Deduction-style game where players try to manipulate each other through limited text messages as their roles are slowly revealed throughout the game.
+Survive the Internet (3) - Writing game where players try to come up with the most absurd responses to headlines.
+Bracketeering (2) - Writing game where players vote on responses tournament style. The final round is fun, but sitting through the first 2 rounds is grueling.
+Civic Doodle (1*) - Collaborative and competitive drawing game. Winds up being way less fun than it ought to be.
+Monster Seeking Monster (4) - Social Deduction-style game where players try to manipulate each other through limited text messages as their roles are slowly revealed throughout the game.
+Survive the Internet (3) - Writing game where players try to come up with the most absurd responses to headlines.
+Bracketeering (2) - Writing game where players vote on responses tournament style. The final round is fun, but sitting through the first 2 rounds is grueling.
+Civic Doodle (1*) - Collaborative and competitive drawing game. Winds up being way less fun than it ought to be.
If you only want to get one Jackbox pack, 3 is probably your best bet.
+Tee K.O. (5) - Drawing, writing, and matching game where players are competing to make the best (funniest) t-shirt designs using a pool of everyone's drawing and writing submissions. Only downside is it takes much longer to play than other Jackbox games.
+Quiplash 2 (4) - Sequel to the writing prompt competition game.
+Fakin' It (4) - Great social deduction party game, but only playable if all players are physically present.
+Guesspionage (3) - Number-based trivia guessing game based on results of rather unscientific polls.
+Trivia Murder Party (2*) - Horror-themed trivia game. I know a lot of people like this one, but I felt it was really unbalanced and oddly paced. These issues seem to be rectified in its sequel.
+Tee K.O. (5) - Drawing, writing, and matching game where players are competing to make the best (funniest) t-shirt designs using a pool of everyone's drawing and writing submissions. Only downside is it takes much longer to play than other Jackbox games.
+Quiplash 2 (4) - Sequel to the writing prompt competition game.
+Fakin' It (4) - Great social deduction party game, but only playable if all players are physically present.
+Guesspionage (3) - Number-based trivia guessing game based on results of rather unscientific polls.
+Trivia Murder Party (2*) - Horror-themed trivia game. I know a lot of people like this one, but I felt it was really unbalanced and oddly paced. These issues seem to be rectified in its sequel.
+Fibbage 2 (4) - Sequel of the trivia/writing game where players create false answers to trivia questions.
+Bidiots (4) - More of a bidding-war game than a drawing game, players draw prompts they are given and try to earn the most profit from bidding on drawings, the value of which varies.
+Quiplash XL (4) - Writing game where players submit and vote on answers to writing prompts.
+Earwax (2) - Players choose from a set of sound effects to create audio-only responses to prompts. I love the concept of this one, but it doesn't quite work.
+Bomb Corp. (2*) - Co-operative bomb-defusing game. Kind of like a watered-down Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.
+Bidiots (4) - More of a bidding-war game than a drawing game, players draw prompts they are given and try to earn the most profit from bidding on drawings, the value of which varies.
+Quiplash XL (4) - Writing game where players submit and vote on answers to writing prompts.
+Earwax (2) - Players choose from a set of sound effects to create audio-only responses to prompts. I love the concept of this one, but it doesn't quite work.
+Bomb Corp. (2*) - Co-operative bomb-defusing game. Kind of like a watered-down Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.
Good when it came out, but is now the most irrelevant Jackbox Pack. The 3 best games (Drawful, Fibbage, YDKJ) all have better iterations in future packs.
- Drawful (5) - Drawing game where players have to create false answers and try to figure out the real prompt.
- You Don't Know Jack 2015 (3) - Trivia game with fast-paced presentation.
- Fibbage XL (3) - Trivia game where players create false answers and try to guess the real answer.
- Word Spud (1) - Experimental word-cloud making game. Doesn't usually end up being very good.
- Lie Swatter (1*) - Overly simplistic true/false trivia game.
- Drawful (5) - Drawing game where players have to create false answers and try to figure out the real prompt.
- You Don't Know Jack 2015 (3) - Trivia game with fast-paced presentation.
- Fibbage XL (3) - Trivia game where players create false answers and try to guess the real answer.
- Word Spud (1) - Experimental word-cloud making game. Doesn't usually end up being very good.
- Lie Swatter (1*) - Overly simplistic true/false trivia game.
1994
Yes, that's him. He's from Video Games, his name is Nikos.
2002
Odd rhythm game where you move your character around a circular arena to activate circles that appear around the board at the correct time, and overlap other circles to sync their timing. Each character has a unique ability and style of play.
The songlist consists of original music as well as remixes of classic Namco & Arika-developed game tracks, all produced by the Sampling Masters sound team.
Somewhat arrhythmic for a rhythm game, but very fun and unique nonetheless.
The songlist consists of original music as well as remixes of classic Namco & Arika-developed game tracks, all produced by the Sampling Masters sound team.
Somewhat arrhythmic for a rhythm game, but very fun and unique nonetheless.
1996
narcoleptic caveman game
Exactly the same as the original, but I think this one is supposed to allow you to button mash to do the combos. I didn't notice any difference, so it still manages to have all the same problems the original has.
2014
A tedious slog. Couldn't get the combo system to work correctly.
2004
my head a splode
2009
what if you could puke up boogers and then climb on the boogers and then eat the boogers
1983
if your bones are this fragile, you may want to consider a different line of work.
1992
OOH-LA-LA!