There was just a slightly forced, smirky feel to it, and I wish they had just chosen more neutral words, and let the double entendres arise more naturally, because they’re funnier that way. The game is rated 17+ for mature content, but can easily be made family-friendly by removing some of the prompt cards.

Game review: Ransom Notes – SIMCHA FISHER Game review: Ransom Notes – SIMCHA FISHER

Some of the answers were downright brilliant, and it was so entertaining to see different players’ personalities expressed in their answers as they read out them out. If you want a little bit of fun this could be the game to include in your evening… though the pieces are small so you may still be finding them weeks later if not properly accounted for during each phase of gameplay.

You get to be creative but silly and it’s so much fun with a group of friends or people you just met. In theory, you could play with younger kids, but even though the play is simple, it can be surprisingly mentally taxing (unless some inspiration jumps out at you), and I don’t think younger kids would have understood the point, or had fun with it. So, we've upgraded our materials so the magnets come apart faster and easier when you first get the game. It’s easy enough to just toss any cards and magnets you don’t want in your game (the FAQs say about 15-30% of the cards are not PG), but it’s something to know about ahead of time, depending on who’s going to play. Players respond to outlandish situations like "Tell someone you've clogged their toilet at a party" with just their limited pool of word magnets, leaving even master wordsmiths no choice but to create awesomely horrendous phrases.

Has anyone else tried Ransom Notes? I’ve been loving it. Has anyone else tried Ransom Notes? I’ve been loving it.

By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. With 250 wacky prompt cards and a different set of word magnets each time, players end up creating an endless variety of terrifyingly impressive sentences. Ransom Notes is a party game for 3 to 6 players, aged 17+ that contains myriad magnetic words used to complete challenges such as writing a convincing argument claiming dinosaurs aren’t real or offering to apply suncream on a rapidly burning stranger on the beach or even answering questions such as what’s the biggest lie you’ve ever told. and works seamlessly as an add-on game to both the Original Ransom Notes game and the Ransom Notes Expansion Pack. Master wordsmiths and "shy" people alike have no choice but to create hilariously awful responses — an equal playing ground for all!If 7 days has passed we can then investigate with Royal Mail as to where your shipment may be, this may take up to 5 days to complete and is completely out of our control. Aside from a few choice cards the game can be as risqué or ‘clean’ as you make it with your phrase productions. I mean it just doesn’t have the same “gosh that’s rude” feeling you get when playing Cards Against Humanity. At one point I barely had any personal pronouns, conjunctions or connectives to use which made stringing sentences together really difficult.