- Guesspionage is decent fun. It's just about guessing percentages but some of the results are pretty surprising. Honestly I think the population of people that Jackbox surveyed wasn't a good sample size, though. Some of the results are downright unbelievable.
- Tee K.O. is hit or miss. It can be very fun if you are playing with people who can think quickly and draw somewhat creatively on the spot. That's the problem with it - for drawing the pictures and thinking of captions, you are given absolutely no guidance. The game literally just tells you to draw fun pictures and think of random slogans. But the real magic happens when you get to pair a slogan with a picture. It can result in some pretty hilarious moments.
- Trivia Murder Party is fantastic. A relatively straightforward trivia game with a twist that's not as confusing as You Don't Know Jack (for noobs and the elderly - this is from my experience anyway).
- Faking It is very good. As long as your players understand how the game works and you all agree to not say anything out loud until the secret prompt is revealed on the TV screen. It's especially fun if you're a good liar.
- Quiplash 2 is my personal favorite game and is really what sells this pack for me. It provides so much room for creativity and humor with just the right amount of guidance with regards to the prompts it gives you. Not to mention the alternate mode where players can submit their own prompts!
Overall, I would say this is my favorite Jackbox Party Pack. 3 of the games are downright great (Faking It, Trivia Murder Party, and Quiplash 2). The other 2 are pretty good and definitely far from bad (Guesspionage and Tee K.O.).
- Tee K.O. is hit or miss. It can be very fun if you are playing with people who can think quickly and draw somewhat creatively on the spot. That's the problem with it - for drawing the pictures and thinking of captions, you are given absolutely no guidance. The game literally just tells you to draw fun pictures and think of random slogans. But the real magic happens when you get to pair a slogan with a picture. It can result in some pretty hilarious moments.
- Trivia Murder Party is fantastic. A relatively straightforward trivia game with a twist that's not as confusing as You Don't Know Jack (for noobs and the elderly - this is from my experience anyway).
- Faking It is very good. As long as your players understand how the game works and you all agree to not say anything out loud until the secret prompt is revealed on the TV screen. It's especially fun if you're a good liar.
- Quiplash 2 is my personal favorite game and is really what sells this pack for me. It provides so much room for creativity and humor with just the right amount of guidance with regards to the prompts it gives you. Not to mention the alternate mode where players can submit their own prompts!
Overall, I would say this is my favorite Jackbox Party Pack. 3 of the games are downright great (Faking It, Trivia Murder Party, and Quiplash 2). The other 2 are pretty good and definitely far from bad (Guesspionage and Tee K.O.).
Guesspionage: Trivia game where you have to guess the % of the population (more accurately the % of people who answered the jackbox poll) that falls into the prompt.
Tee K.O.: Make custom T shirts by drawing pictures and writing slogan, and then combining them together to maximize comedy.
Trivia Murder Party: Trivia game (shocker) that has a really fun identity trying to escape a haunted hotel. Missing a question makes you play a minigame for a chance of survival, and those alive at the end have a slight advantage in a frenzy of questions to be the first to escape.
Quiplash 2: Quiplash 2. Justifies its existence with a new section at the end where you finish a comic strip instead of just a text prompt.
Fakin It: I'm gonna be real I never played this one.
Tee K.O.: Make custom T shirts by drawing pictures and writing slogan, and then combining them together to maximize comedy.
Trivia Murder Party: Trivia game (shocker) that has a really fun identity trying to escape a haunted hotel. Missing a question makes you play a minigame for a chance of survival, and those alive at the end have a slight advantage in a frenzy of questions to be the first to escape.
Quiplash 2: Quiplash 2. Justifies its existence with a new section at the end where you finish a comic strip instead of just a text prompt.
Fakin It: I'm gonna be real I never played this one.
Genuinely one of the most fun games I have ever played and is as hilarious and absurd as you and your friends can make it. Quiplash alone makes this game worth it, and the other games just supplement it with even more dumb game modes to mess around with. Each game relies heavily on player input and comedy, so the games pretty much automatically mold into the sense of humor that your group has, which is something a lot of party games don't do. Definitely try this out with some friends.
I don't usually review multiplayer games because of how the experience can vary depending on the people you play with, but The Jackbox Party Pack 3 is something special. Hundreds of hours have been spent playing this game with friends and whether it be making fun of each other or inside jokes, this game could always manage to make us all laugh and have a good time. This game has shaped my humour probably for the worse, but I wouldn't replace my experience with this game with anything else. If you have a group of close friends, do yourselves a favour and play this game together.
The Jackbox are amusing party games where they answer prompts/questions (or sometimes draw) on their phones in conjunction with what the screen tells them too (it’s aimed at playing locally, but you can stream and have others join in remotely. Three great game are in this pack:
Trivia Murder Party is basic trivia questions, but set in a hotel owned by a serial killer. The questions themselves aren’t “spooky”, but after each question, the people who got it wrong take part in deadly mini games. Die and you become a ghost, but you can still answer questions and potentially win if you do well in the final round.
Quiplash is just a really simple game of making your friends laugh. People are given prompts (each prompt is given to two people) and people have to come up with a funny answer. These are then compared and everyone picks their favourite. In jokes between friends are great for this.
Fakin It is my personal favorite. Each round there are three prompts that requires people to put up their hand (to say yes), hold up a number of fingers or point at another player in response to a prompt (such as “Have you ever had a speeding ticket?”, “Who most looks like Tom Cruise?”). One player doesn’t get this prompt and has to fake their answer and possibly justify it. People then vote on who the spy is – if they can’t figure it out after three questions, the spy wins.
Trivia Murder Party is basic trivia questions, but set in a hotel owned by a serial killer. The questions themselves aren’t “spooky”, but after each question, the people who got it wrong take part in deadly mini games. Die and you become a ghost, but you can still answer questions and potentially win if you do well in the final round.
Quiplash is just a really simple game of making your friends laugh. People are given prompts (each prompt is given to two people) and people have to come up with a funny answer. These are then compared and everyone picks their favourite. In jokes between friends are great for this.
Fakin It is my personal favorite. Each round there are three prompts that requires people to put up their hand (to say yes), hold up a number of fingers or point at another player in response to a prompt (such as “Have you ever had a speeding ticket?”, “Who most looks like Tom Cruise?”). One player doesn’t get this prompt and has to fake their answer and possibly justify it. People then vote on who the spy is – if they can’t figure it out after three questions, the spy wins.
The games included in this Jackbox Party Pack are some of my personal favorites and are an absolute blast with the right group of friends or even family. My favorites from this pack are Tee K.O. and Murder Trivia Party. They are the games in my personal opinion to have the most chaos in the best possible ways. I look forward to playing them with friends and family again.
this one only has one stinker and is the one i have the most hours in and is therefore probably the best pack. nobody ever buys the shirts though even though they swear they will (i did though because i'm different and better. it had a crude drawing of someone spanking themselves with a caption mentioning how my ex-wife loves me)