The sequel to the party game The Jackbox Party Pack, featuring 5 new party games! Phones or tablets can be used as controllers. For up to 8 players plus an Audience of up to 10,000. Games included: Earwax Fibbage 2 Bidiots Quiplash XL Bomb Corp.
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While the Jackbox series is great, this is one of the weaker entries. I rarely see anyone boot it up, and haven't played half the games on it, and I feel like there are good reasons for that. You might as well just get the standalone Quiplash instead of this pack, as nothing else on it comes close.
Quiplash XL - S tier - Quiplash is awesome from the get-go. It's what fans of Cards Against Humanity think that game is like, except all submissions are a blank space to write in, so the jokes aren't already written for you, and don't always revolve around trying to be offensive. Quiplash stands out as highly repeatable in a sea of once-a-day novelties. One shortcoming of this sub-series is it feels like they never know what to do with round 3, and never give it enough time, even with extended timers.
Fibbage 2 - B tier - Trivia with social trickery via fake answers. It's Fibbage, but 2er. This sub-series doesn't get meaningfully iterated until Fibbage 3.
Bidiots - C tier - A drawing game themed around money and auctioning. As the follow-up to Drawful in the 1st pack, this feels like a straight downgrade. Bad name too.
Bomb Corp - ??? tier - Haven't played it, so it's hard for me to say how well it works.
Earwax - ??? tier - Haven't played it, though with the premise being "Quiplash but the jokes are written for you and they're all sound effects" I think I can make an educated guess that this is a D or F.
Quiplash XL - S tier - Quiplash is awesome from the get-go. It's what fans of Cards Against Humanity think that game is like, except all submissions are a blank space to write in, so the jokes aren't already written for you, and don't always revolve around trying to be offensive. Quiplash stands out as highly repeatable in a sea of once-a-day novelties. One shortcoming of this sub-series is it feels like they never know what to do with round 3, and never give it enough time, even with extended timers.
Fibbage 2 - B tier - Trivia with social trickery via fake answers. It's Fibbage, but 2er. This sub-series doesn't get meaningfully iterated until Fibbage 3.
Bidiots - C tier - A drawing game themed around money and auctioning. As the follow-up to Drawful in the 1st pack, this feels like a straight downgrade. Bad name too.
Bomb Corp - ??? tier - Haven't played it, so it's hard for me to say how well it works.
Earwax - ??? tier - Haven't played it, though with the premise being "Quiplash but the jokes are written for you and they're all sound effects" I think I can make an educated guess that this is a D or F.
A solid pack, but not much reason to come back to it. However, Earwax is fun if you're playing with kids, and I do enjoy Bidiots from time to time.
A more fun experience than Jackbox 1, but nothing here that isn't done better in later party packs
Quiplash and Fibbage 2 are great games but a bit standard for Jackbox if you're looking for something zanier. Bidiots, Bomb Corp, and Earwax are all pretty forgettable.
One of my most played party games for a good reason. Quiplash and Fibbage works almost anywhere and Bidiots has the legs to last whole nights of enjoyment one the party understands its mechanics.
As solid a Jackbox pack as there is