Top 10 Jackbox Games

I look at 10 of my favorite party games from the Jackbox Series.

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Introduction

A couple of times a year we put out a list that isn’t about board games. Today is one of those days. Even saying that, Jackbox is one of those computer/console games that borders this topic. It feels like so many fun party games that I think it works for a lot of people.

I’ve been a huge fan of this publisher since their You don’t Know Jack days and I’m kind of surprised there haven’t been more of those. I know they released one in 2018, but still there used to be so many of these.

But we’re not here to talk about those. If you’re looking for a good Jackbox Party Pack, I don’t have one I would straight recommend to anyone. I usually like to find out what sort of other party games you like. Because of that, I’m picking my 10 favorite games and posting them by how much I like them. I don’t think there is a bad pack, but if you see a game on here you think sounds fun then that might be a good place to start.

10: Bracketeering

Found in Party Pack: 4

Bracketeering is the largest player count game from Jackbox handling up to 16 players. Played out over a series of tournaments, you’ll be answering a prompt and having your answers face off against other peoples answers with everyone voting through quick tapping their device. Sometimes you know the category and sometimes not. In one tournament it changes every round. Done in a March Madness style setup with over the top announcers and graphics. The game works well with more players and is why I have it here at 10. It’s fun at lower player counts but really shines the more people you have playing. It’s also the one that benefits the most from everyone getting into the theme of it and trash talking and cheering.

9: Quixort

Found in Party Pack: 9

In Quixort you’ll be divided into teams trying to sort lists of things as they fall Tetris-like into the field. Each person will work in turn to move the item back and forth trying to get it into the right position. Once you finish sorting everything, the game marks the ones you got right and removes them from contention and has you resort the missed options. The game’s fun comes from a combination of the categories that can include steps of apologizing to your cat and largest hole. In later rounds it adds in fake answers that you have to discard and does a great job of making them sound real.

8: Quiplash

Found in Party Packs: 2, 3, and 7

Quiplash is a game of quick answers to bizarre questions. Every round you’ll get two prompts and have to answer them however you want. These are typically hypothetical questions that offer the player room to be creative. Things like, “Worst thing to hear your gym teacher say” to “a new law requires you to do what before driving a car.” Every prompt will be given to two players and then shown to the group as one. Players vote on their favorite answer. Part of what I love about this game is that after you play a couple of games in a row you’ll start to see fun callbacks to previous answers. You also don’t have long to answer so you have to be fast. This game tends to bring up a lot of humor.

7: Push the Button

Found in Parry Pack: 6

Push the button is a hidden role game where you are the crew of a spaceship and a number of you have been replaced by aliens, depending on player count. Every round one player will pick a mini game and a couple of other players to participate. As you are successful you’ll get more information but the games are difficult and require cooperation. Fail at the games and you’ll lose time. Periodically, you need to vote people into the airlock and spaced. If you can successfully find and vent the aliens you’ll win. I love hidden role games and this one is tons of fun. The challenges require a different set of skills. You can find a way to lie as the alien while not looking suspicious because it’s easy to fail at a task as a human player. There’s a good tension here especially if you fail a couple of tasks and the game shortens your time as a penalty.

6: Tee K.O.

Found in Party Packs: 3 and 10

Tee K.O. is a drawing based game of Tee-shirt combat. Each round you’ll draw a couple of images and write a few short sayings. These will then be offered to players in groups pulled at random from all the ones other players created. you’ll take the ones you were offered and choose one image and one saying. These will become a tee-shirt. The game will then put shirts against one another in a tournament bracket. Everyone votes on their favorite shirts. One of the other features I like about this one is you can order the shirts from the gallery when you’re done and get a physical shirt. This one is fun because the winning shirt gets points as does the person who wrote the saying and drew the image. You don’t have to be a good artist to do well at this game.

5: Role Models

Found in Party Pack: 6

Role Models is a game of sorting your friends for science. Each round you’ll be offered several category types to choose from, everyone votes on their favorite, and then you’ll be dropped into a sorting game. The categories you’ll choose from range from Muppets to desperate housewives to soda brands. for each round you’ll be given a list of characters equal to the number of players and have to put each item with the person most like that item or more likely to use it. With Muppets you might get Kermit, Fozzy, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and Janice. After everyone has voted it gives each player the character they were paired with the most often. Occasionally smaller games or choices might pop up to sort players further. You gain points for how often you choose the most popular answer. At the end the player with the most points wins. I have tons of fun with this game partially because of the ways you’re sorted but also because of the times when nothing fits and you have to pick. Then at the end of the game it gives each player a title based on the picks used for them like Caring Daredevil with trust issues.

4: Trivia Murder Party

Found in Party Pack: 3 and 6

Trivia Murser Party is like Saw the Game Show. The premise is you are the guests at a hotel that is being run by a serial killer who challenges you all to play a game. Every round you are asked a multi choice question and everyone who answers incorrectly are placed in a mini game. The person who does the worst at the minigame is typically killed; getting killed doesn;t cost you the game. Once everyone but a single person is killed the end game begins. Here you go through a quick fire round of questions. I love how funny this one is. The host is great fun, the mini games are wild and varied, and the questions are tough without being impossible. The second one is my favorite of the two. It added a mini game where the guests get presents, some of which were owned by the host’s family and he starts referring to the person wearing the item as them. It is so much fun to have him calling one of the players mother.

3: The Wheel of Enormous Proportions

Found in Party Pack: 8

Wheel is a trivia game where you are trying to get your one big question answered. You start the game by asking a question. The game plays out over rounds and you’ll answer the different questions through a series of minigames. You’ll sometimes be matching things, picking the best in a group, or trying to figure out what is the most popular in a group. Right answers win you a wheel slice. After a few questions you get to approach the wheel and it places everyone slices and spins to see who gets a chance to answer their question. The first time you spin for the answer there is a small chance to win with it becoming more likely the longer the game goes on. I have a ton of fun with this one. The Wheel does a great game show host vibe and the questions are close enough to common knowledge you feel like you should have known them.

2: Time Jinx

Found in Party Pack: 10

Timejinx is a trivia game based around when things happened. Every question has a year as an answer. However you choose the answer from a range of dates such as between 1963 and 1987. You pick the year you think is the correct answer and get points based on how close you are to being correct. This is my favorite kind of trivia game. You always score points, never feel like you’re out of the game, and have a decent chance of doing well. I like this one for how inclusive it is. Tons of fun to play.

1: Fibbage

Found in Party Pack: 1, 2, 4, and 9

Fibbage is a game about lying. Each round you’ll be given a prompt and have to come up with a lie about it. Then all of the answers the players wrote along with the truth are displayed and you try and pick which one is the actual answer. You get points for everyone who picked your answer and points if you pick the truth. This game is so much fun as you try and come up with believable answers to the questions; many of which have ridiculous answers to begin with, and try to sort through the weird answers the game has. I love playing this and watching how often folks fall for things that could have been true but end up being more reasonable than the wild true answer.

Outro

There you go. Those are the 10 games I like most from all of the Jackbox games. This was a hard list to make. I thought it was going to be far easier than it was but as I started making my list of games I liked it grew to 17. Trimming it down and figuring out what order they went in was tough. I have two questions for you folks, what are your favorite games? Leave them in the comments, I’d love to hear. Second, We’re getting ready to restart our YouTube channel. Would you like to see us play a couple of Jackbox games over there?Let us know.

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