The Jackbox Party Pack 8 Review & Individual Game Summary | Jackbox 8 Review

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Welcome to my The Jackbox Party Pack 8 Review! This is a little different for me. I usually keep these as compact as possible. This year I wanted to go DEEP on what each game is, exactly - and precisely what I like and dislike about each. I hope this paints a clearer picture for each game. I'm so curious to see what everyone's response will be?!
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"Plan your next game night! Jackbox Games is back with 5 hilarious new party games including Drawful Animate, Job Job, The Poll Mine, Weapons Drawn, and The Wheel of Enormous Proportions."
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The Jackbox Party Pack 8 includes:
Drawful Animate (3 -10 players)
The guessing game with terrible drawings and hilariously wrong answers makes a dynamic return.
The Wheel of Enormous Proportions (2-8 players)
Trivia has never been so large! A fantastic, mystical wheel challenges you with a variety of trivia prompts.
Job Job (3-10 players)
Use other people’s words to create unique and funny answers to classic job interview questions. Go head to head to see who scores the job!
The Poll Mine (2-10 players)
A survey game that’s all about YOU! Split into teams and see who can escape from the witch’s lair!
Weapons Drawn (4-8 players)
A social deduction game where everyone is both a murderer and a detective. It's efficient.
00:00 Party Pack Overview
05:08 Drawful: Animate
10:04 The Wheeel of Enormous Proportions
17:40 Job Job
24:45 The Poll Mine
32:54 Weapons Drawn
44:57 Summary
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[@2leftthumbs]

Obviously this is a little longer than my usual JackBox reviews... I went extra in-depth on the mechanics of each game, and tried to *really* pay close attention to everything I felt did and didn't work for each. Is this too long? Did I go too far? Or do you now wish that all my JackBox reviews were more in-depth? I genuinely would love to hear your thoughts on that!

[@theorigamingking7894]

I like the in depth reviews! It really helps with my purchase! Even though I already bought the game before watching it

[@obowsomebrawlstars9016]

Definitely make more reviews like this it’s really informative that normal reviews just can’t get

[@AlphaDevil2018]

I like the more in depth reviews, and I think seeing some of your older reviews more in depth would be very interesting

[@vigglewiggle5396]

I love your longer videos!

[@LemonyRanpo]

More depth for sure please!

[@polygonaltree1566]

I think I heard in a Jackbox stream that they used some of the fake prompts that players made in the previous Drawful games and put them in here to confuse people. Great decision on them.

[@eyitsaperson]

pfp source?

[@tisc7202]

Scarecrow being sad about getting a hand-me-down better have been an old fake prompt because drawing that one was a pain

[@internetidiot9877]

@@eyitsaperson oneshot

[@Onions-Fear-Me]

Weapons drawn is really complicated compared to other Jackbox games, but once you learn it, it becomes very entertaining. It is now one of my favorites.

[@greenbeangang8303]

I absolutely adore the music, the style and the gameplay of Weapons Drawn but its complexity makes it difficult to just pick up in a session. One issue my friends and I started to notice was determining who's drawing was who's based off their art style, instead of deducing the hidden letter. One of my favorites nonetheless.

[@dzarthedemon4855]

I do feel like Jackbox tried to do something wildly different this time around, do something extremely unique, and it shows

[@2leftthumbs]

Those moonshot type game ideas rarely pay off - but they put together a few gems this time around. Weapons Drawn won't appeal to many. But it's going to be worth the pricetag alone for a select number of people!

[@Chillwave6]

The friend group said "Job Job might work, we aren't that creative though" but it got us laughing mad 40 minutes in a row due to having two chaotic games. Weapons Drawn was similar but they said it'll be fun, it just left us confused but still had the "confused but it felt great" experience in the end.

[@wouldyourather6105]

@@2leftthumbs I feel like Weapons Drawn would really appeal to people who like Murder Mystery like games

[@yukonau1153]

I feel that in Job Job, if you fail to submit an answer, you should not have a chance to win points. Just take the person who submitted an answer and pair that person with someone else. If there is an odd amount of players, the game already has a system where it pits 3 players against each other

[@2leftthumbs]

Non-submissions *really* hurt the game. It either over-ly rewards the player who did submit, or potentially rewards a player for a non-answer. It's a rather broken aspect of the game for sure

[@Dr.Slaughter]

What made me love Job Job is how limiting the word bank can be and how creative you have to be. One prompt I remember was something like "The christmas tree in the office is still up in march. How do you take it down?" I was struggling to write a sentence with the words I had, and even used up half my time. Untill I found one word. Arson.

[@speedypatt]

clap clap clap clap

[@jbomb11]

Yeah no that’s is this what makes job job fun :)

[@horriblechronicdiseases]

Best response I made was for the prompt along the lines of "Your boss comes up to you saying he wants you to be the spokesperson for a new advertising campaign. What do you say?" And I responded with "I ain't a badass I go to the bar get drunk" Honorable mention to the "What will you donate to charity?" question. I responded with "fish"

[@Dr.Slaughter]

@@horriblechronicdiseases Lmao Fish would get my vote

[@parchmentengineer8169]

In reference to your comments about this pack's quality: I feel that this was the first pack that made me really wish they'd go back and update some of their previous packs to the same standard of quality as this one. Same gameplay, nothing touched there, but with all the new menus and ease of access features and those little preview icons. EDIT: I feel like Weapons Drawn works so much better with 4-5 players. When you can hear each other and aren't talking over each other, it becomes a lot more comprehensible.

[@Kizaco]

Agreed, played with my 3 brothers and it was fun

[@TranScripting]

I likewise keep wishing they'd "remaster" their older Packs to include all the modern accessibility options. The modern features make such a difference to ease-of-use, especially with Disabled players.

[@3P1C_G4M3R5]

I've only played one round of Weapons Drawn with my friends and we were confused af about how to play, but we still had a lot of fun trying to integrate letters into weapons and trying to guess which weapon matches up with the other. After watching this video and getting a better understanding on how to play, I think this one is gonna be our go to game for when we are all worn out with all of the jokes and want something more relaxed. Probably my second favorite game in this pack next to Job Job.

[@RariettyC]

I agree with your conclusion about this pack feeling like the games are echoing previous packs. My biggest worry for future Jackbox games would be the devs running out of ideas and just adding new gimmicks to old games to make them more complicated. Jackbox 7 was excellent because all of the non-sequel games felt fresh to me (or at least were superior alternatives to older games, i.e. Champ'd Up completely replaced Tee KO in my group's rotation of Jackbox games we regularly play, and we loved Tee KO), but I'm struggling to justify picking up 8 because all the games feel like games from older packs with some extra rules that don't necessarily make the games more fun to play. I will say the presentation is A+ though, love how they keep on amping up the visuals and music with each new pack

[@bunionj5912]

At first glance, all the games do look like one ones. But when you get to playing them, you have a lot more fun than the other ones. All of the games are amazing and feel fresh even though they seem the same on paper.

[@mistymysticsailboat]

I’m…not sure how you could say that this pack is really echo-y? There’s our token sequel, and a quiplash-like, but other than that all of the other games seem pretty fresh and new to me. It’s still a far cry from Party Pack 4, that’s for sure.

[@magiconic]

I played weapons drawn with a group of 4 friends (and me, so sadly only 5), but by the end, it was literally the most fun and interesting game I have EVER played in Jackbox. We were all huddled around the TV, trying to find the letters in the cold cases, and due to only having 5 people, we remembered each person's calling card. It was an absolute blast, but I have to wonder about its replayability. We played it twice, and even at the start of round 2 we had gotten the letters and the mechanics drilled down so well, it wasn't even a social deduction game; It was a game about finding the letter in the pictures (which was still fun, but kind of changed the point). Now that we've gotten the game down so hard, how fun will it be to replay it?

[@speedypatt]

I'd say try it

[@bunionj5912]

I love weapons Drawn. Let me tell you why. After you learn the rules, it is amazing. I only play in person and u do believe that it is best played in person because it is easier to explain to someone's face. Always using extended timers is best in person because you can tell at people for taking too long, and you get the extra time you want

[@bunionj5912]

I do believe that this is the best party pack ever

[@slim..reaper]

@@bunionj5912 not even close to the best. 3, 6, and 7 are all better

[@bunionj5912]

@@slim..reaper you could argue that 3 or 7 are better, but 6 was not that good

[@wouldyourather6105]

@@bunionj5912 I somewhat enjoyed 6 but I feel like that’s mainly because of Trivia Murder Party 2 I guess.

[@kekcrocgod6731]

@@slim..reaper 6 is one of the worst packs

[@Piximator]

Gotta say, I adore Pack 8. It’s just stupid amounts of fun! Here’s what I think about the games individually: Drawful Animate: Love it! It’s just Drawful, but with animations. Always a fun time. As an aspiring animator myself, it’s fun to see what weird things come up throughout the game. Not only that, the little changes they made to the game compared to previous entries make this the best version of the three out there! The Wheel: It’s just pure chaos. And I love it. I always love the Jackbox trivia games even though I know nothing about trivia, and this game really makes the experience a lot more enjoyable. And the end part where your longing question gets answered makes the whole experience worth it in the end. Job Job: EASILY my favorite. When I got to play this game early, it was so much fun to play. Probably the most I’ve laughed in a long time. But when you’ve got an unfunny person in your group, it kinda drags it down. But that’s nothing about the game itself, just my personal experience - it’s a great time all around! I’d even go out to say that I prefer it to Quiplash! Poll Mine: Honestly, this was fun! I will say, I’m still quite salty about how one of the members of my team chose an obviously wrong answer and screwed us all over. We ended up being so noisy that one person left from all the pressure and they remained AFK for the rest of the game. But that’s just my personal experience in my own situational setup - it has nothing to do with the actual game. My team was just bad. The critical thinking involved makes this one very engaging. Weapons Drawn: Not sure what you were getting at with saying that this is overly complex - if anything, Push The Button has to be the most complicated game yet. I found that they struck a great balance of being simple, yet throwing in some very interesting elements to make it feel fresh. Overall, great pack! Not the greatest, I’d say, but Job Job is a great standout to me. I’ll have to play this more to form a more comprehensive opinion of it, but it’s a welcome addition to the series!

[@slim..reaper]

These games are very very underwhelming

[@Piximator]

@@slim..reaper Not to me, I had a great time with all five. :D

[@moshimeshowu747]

(If you have someone who doesn't pick up on rules easily in your group, the entire experience of playing Weapons Drawn is completely ruined for them because it is such a long game. I agree that it definitely could be a standalone title separate from the party pack because it has such an emense depth to it. It's a phenomenal game, my favorite out of all of them in the pack as I am a social deduction addict, but that's why other people have not much fun with the game. Its the same way with push the button except that push the button uses a much more familiar social deduction format, while Weapons Drawn completely reshapes the formula).

[@Piximator]

@@moshimeshowu747 I’d have to agree, honestly. Fun game, but if one or more people don’t quite get it, it’s hard for it to be enjoyable. Weapons Drawn gets a lot of things right, though, so as long as everyone knows what’s up, it can be very fun.

[@thenoseguy]

I was playing Weapons Drawn, and someone voted for me in my group when my drawing for the murder weapon was already on the board. I told them that it was LITERALLY impossible for me to be the murderer, but they were just like, "Haha, it was all a joke." I still like that person, but I was mad lol

[@Ukysseus]

I didn’t even know it was out! I can’t wait to play it!

[@buttsagington6992]

They are annual and come out every Ocotober

[@Ukysseus]

@@buttsagington6992 Yeah I know but I guess I just forgot

[@LinkyLove123]

I believe in the settings of poll mine you can turn off player prompts. They also added so when you draw weapons drawn, theres a pop-up explaining the rules

[@kfogo7459]

thank you for those in depth jackbox reviews! i am going to host a halloween party and want to play some jackbox games with my friends, but since there are a lot jackbox titles now it is a bit overwhelming to get an overview. after watching your videos i now bought the party pack 7 and fibbage xl standalone and i am sure we will have a great time with those :D!

[@florpfacejinglefribbins1984]

Great review, just wanted to add that the room code reading feature was added in pack 7

[@2leftthumbs]

Whoops! My mistake. Still a useful feature :)

[@m2pt5]

Every Jackbox game needs an option to omit all player-name questions/prompts. (I always hated when they came up in Quiplash and Split the Room too.)

[@DuskoftheTwilight]

Definitely appreciate the in depth review. My family is going to try to check this out as a game night sometime soon so having the debrief on Weapons Drawn is very helpful.

[@2leftthumbs]

I hope it helps guide you through a more manageable first attempt at that one!!

[@MrjHimself]

I would like to say thank you so much for this deep dive into Jackbox 8. This video was worth every minute of the 40+ mins. I just Subscribed out of respect. Looking forward to checking out your other videos.

[@ThatRandoGuy2]

I wonder if anyone would try to recreate the cakes in this pack into real life.

[@cheezbunni3530]

Hey what’s up guys welcome back to binging with babish…

[@SailorDrew]

I love that they're becoming more aware of some user friendly things, like you said, with the at-a-glance information about the games. I definitely think they should add an option to kick people, just in case someone does have to leave. Thankfully, I only had 1 person have to leave suddenly during Job Job and the extended timers weren't so bad. I also think that they have yet to really improve on the game tutorials-- they're still a bit convoluted or too vague, where playing through some games is still confusing, haha. It's hard to pay attention sometimes when you're palling around, though. Part of why Job Job didn't go well in the stream, probably, was that we didn't know that we needed to use ALL of the character limits. Yeah, she says to be descriptive which would indicate pull out the fancy adjectives, rather than use as many words as you can cram into it. Weapons Drawn would have benefited from a much better explanation, but also having some sort of "detective pad" they give you to take notes in the screen, even if it's just checkboxes. They just need to get more direct w/their instructions, probably. They have great writers for content, but lack in the technical portions. I loved this review! You were extremely fair and broke down a lot of the nuance I think a lot of people would miss otherwise. Good job... job! ;P

[@audiodile]

I just found your reviews today and quite love the depth you went into. I already own all editions but the newest but I really enjoy hearing other takes on games that I personally love or hate.

[@jackbergman4724]

Me first hearing about weapons drawn: 😄 Me learning about the complicated rules: 🤨🤔😐

[@micahvisser3772]

Weapons drawn works well if you have all the players use and shorten their actual names to 4 characters, because we found that longer names have an advantage. Also, once you start recognizing the fonts, it becomes way too easy to find the calling cards, especially as the person who always hosts.

[@ThatRandoGuy2]

Great Review as always that goes way more in-depth into each game, something that I really like! Surprisingly kinda sums up my personal review of the pack overall. Weapons Drawn is a complicated game that people may either really love or not depending if they can understand the game enough. But there are some other tiny things in the game that lower it for me. But despite that, I still really like this game, but not as much as some other games in this pack. The Poll Mine is a cool game that is personally better then Guesspionage. But there definitely should be an option to toggle off Played-Based Polls. Job Job is a great game that's basically Quiplash but with an extra step to it, and I have nothing else to say. Great Game! BIG Wheel is personally a good game that reminds me of my good skill and horrendous luck. But that Power Slice is far to OP. You could literally gain 10,000 points in Round 3 if you manage to get Pick a Winner or Hide and Seek, or y'know make someone hate u with Swap Points. I like this game, but the Power Slice kinda lowers it a bit. Drawful Animate is my favorite gams in this pack due to how much customization there is to it. You could play normally, try out some Featured Content and try their prompts, maybe make your own prompts, or try Friend Mode where all the prompts are about the players. Truly is a great sequel game in my opinion. Once again Great Review of this pack that kinda matches mine in a way! Also thanks for letting the viewers play the game early, I definitely had fun!

[@MiklPickle]

Great review as always!

[@ItsCerealWarrior]

This is my favorite party pack in a long time.

[@2leftthumbs]

Which was your favourite game within?

[@SinistarsHunger]

We love it so far. Weapons Drawn may take some getting used to.

[@demo3702]

I have to say job job is my favourite and my best moment with it was one of my friends playing it didn’t know one of our groups inside jokes and asked about what it was while mispronouncing it so for the rest of the game the inside joke was replaced with the mispronunciation of the word it was really great

[@yousaysilver]

weapons drawn is hard to figure out at first but i think it's worth learning it, my friends and i do weekly game nights and it's become our favorite game already

[@EverTheFractal]

I really liked seeing your opinions on these. I mostly agree on everything you said on every game and their mechanics, I'm bias for job job because I saw drawfee play it and absolutely lost it cause it was hilarious.

[@owenchartrand8577]

I know im late writing this, but thank you for this review! It was great to hear your opinions on these games. My favourite one in this pack is easily the wheel of enormous proportions. I know a lot of people dont like the wheel, but to me, its amazing. I love the different trivia questions, and to me, its not too chaotic. Players swapping points is only one feature of the power slice, which has multiple features, and even if you do swap points, you can still easily come back, with the pot increasing every spin. Not to mention the theme for this game is outstanding. To me, this game gets slept on a lot, and for me, its a 9/10. Least favourite one is weapons drawn. Im not much of a drawing guy, and on top of that, me and my friends had no idea what we were doing. Job job is my second favourite game in the pack.

[@Twentydragon]

15:00 - From the footage I saw of _Wheel_ , I figured the Winner Wheel was weighted toward landing on skulls for a while, on top of the regular chance. In the plays I've had with my friends, I can confirm this is _not_ the case. The game can and likely will end after the second round of trivia.

[@aaronsugar7228]

I played through a few times with some friends - and agree with a lot of this. Job Job got the most laughs while playing - especially with a more "mature" game setting. The one drawback is that the people that didn't write as much don't get punished for it. Most of us tried to write as much as possible in the ice breakers, but one or two people writing very little hurt the game. I like the Wheel of EP, but I'm a big trivia buff. I felt some the questions were rather tricky - or at least very niche. I think it's a good one for audiences because there is a lot of onscreen gameplay rather than just "brainstorm" time. Once you get enough people to figure out Weapons Drawn I think it can be a good game. I started to get it on my second playthrough but there were still a lot of people guessing on things it couldn't be.

[@Kizaco]

Me and my family played weapons drawn (me and my 3 brothers) and this was the best game we played because we all understood it very well. It is the best drawing game. My only complaint was that my brother won off of the first game because of their accomplices. But after a round it was really fun. 10/10 to me.

[@kurtgardner7152]

Personally my order of games would go: 1. Poll Mine - It's super fun to play with a group of friends, the discussion aspect and trying to deduce stuff is fun, and the competitive aspect added in makes it even more enjoyable 2. Job Job - Another great game, my friends and I are big fans of Quiplash and Survive the internet so it always goes down well, my only issue is sometimes you get super bad luck with words (due to people writing bad sentences or barely writing at all) and can make it less enjoyable, which keeps it from top spot 3. Drawful: Animate - It's Drawful, but now twice! a fun game but because of the basic premise and most of us not being artists it just stays in the middle, although like you mentioned the new way of writing really does help 4. Weapons Drawn - The premise is cool but I share the same stance as you, the game starts off incredibly slow with a lot of down time, but then when it gets going you don't have enough time to meaningfully work anything out which really doesn't bode well with how complex the game is compared to others. 5. The Wheel of Enormous Proportions (TWoEP) - This comes bottom of the barrel as we're not all massive fans of the trivia games, the only exceptions being Fibbage (which my friends tolerate, but I love) and Trivia Murder Party (which we all love) The problem with TWoEP is that the questions are fun to answer, as unlike the previously mentioned games, there doesn't seem to be any whacky questions which are fun to answer, and the lack of interaction, be it a mini-game to take people out the game or the suspense of seeing the false answers, other than spinning the wheel (which felt more annoying than fun, especially paired with the down time during it, we played with 7 people I believe so I don't even want to imagine 10) just left us wanting to avoid the pack. Overall a solid pack with, IN MY OPINION, only one poor game, 2 great ones, an above average one and an average one. I'll definitely be visiting this one regularly, unlike pack 7, which I felt was a major let down.

[@TheActualAnthonino]

I can't blame you for being salty at your points being swaped. One time while playing with a streamer, we were playing Press the Button with 3 aliens, and it was the end of the game with uncertainity about who was an alien and who wasnt. It was my press, and I placed all 3 aliens in the airlock, one of which was the streamer. They were not ejected. Next player player pressed, put ME and 2 others in the airlock, vote went through. When it revealed that the players I had put in the airlock were all aliens (again, including the streamer [who did a phat dab on us by the way]) and we could've won, needless to say, I was upset. Moral: play amungus not pes da buton.

[@LemonyRanpo]

Is there a place we can watch you and the wholesome crew play the entire pack and whatnot?

[@justinmanduca1047]

Fantastic video. Thank you!

[@Melphisto_]

PLEASE go back and review the old Jackbox games if you have the interest to do so, these deep dives are really informative and helped me a lot decide on which packs are for my group of friends.

[@tremsmom8274]

Thanks for your detailed review. I am looking for team building games/activities for my now remote only team. I’ve never played Jackbox but about to buy a set. I am on two teams, with one having more than 10 people. Is Jackbox 8 the right version to buy and is there any other game you would recommend for teams with more than 10 players? I am also looking for games that can be played online since I do not own any video gaming device such as Xbox, Playstation etc. Thanks

[@quack0i991]

i just played jackbox with my friends yesterday and none of us noticed it was out 😂

[@worthplayingfor2197]

i tried all 5 games earlier today and found them all to be really good

[@Delective]

I absolutely loved playing Job Job

[@katrinaoconnor3479]

We'll at least I am now famous on this channel because I know it will have footage from the stream is here, 👏🏻 And even my Question is still there but since now when I played it and when I finally have the first win in the game my Question was answered the answer by the wheel is "Yes and they will discuss it ferociously on (The View)" to my Question "Will I ever be a wolfwalker one Quiplash day?" And the drawful bird still doesn't have her famous bra since the past 2 game's 5:08

[@Alpha-oo8]

This may end up being my favourite pack. I haven’t played it yet, but each pack usually has a game or two that we simply never touch. I can see us playing all the games in this one

[@slim..reaper]

I see no one playing the Wheel, Poll Mine, and Weapons drawn……

[@Alpha-oo8]

@@slim..reaper you obviously see different people

[@thenoseguy]

@@slim..reaper Weapons Drawn is fun once you get the hang of it.

[@juliestephens963]

@@slim..reaper weapons drawn and poll mine seem really fun to me, i have issues with the wheel being mostly luck though

[@paneonsweirdtomfoolery4056]

Watching your videos on JackBox for whatever reason, gives me an idea for a JackBox game: ~Divine Matters~ It’s a card game about traitors and traders where in þe players are gods trying to get to a goal þat þe oþer don’t know. (If þey do know, þey can accuse you. If þe accuser was right, þey can take any þe accused party’s cards, but if þey are wrong þe accused can take any of þe accuser’s cards) Þe gods can send public or private messages to þe oþer gods but any card trades are public. Þe winner/winners are decided by people who gotten þeir goals and anyone þey have as a friend

[@paneonsweirdtomfoolery4056]

I also þink it’d be cool for each of þe 9 deities to have different miracles, plagues, and benefits. Miracles and Plagues are cards which can be used during normal gameplay to affect your fellow gods, or you could trade þem to do þe same þing, or trade þem inactivated to give oþer players power. Benefits I feel are self explanatory, but if you need some examples: A)Love God-more worshipers made B)War God-More kills during a conflict C)Hunting God-þe ability for worshippers to get Meat from worshippers D)Moon God-needs less energy to make structures E)Nature God-more bread from farms F)Deaþ God-keeping temporary ghosts after deaþ

[@these2sticks]

The video length was helpful because I was genuinely curious and looking at purchasing. As a casual viewer this video would've felt rather long

[@vedicgoyal1860]

30:21 thank you for choosing me as the best dancer I loved playing with u 😍

[@thaiisfood]

Was gonna say I was thinking “hmmm maybe he just knows someone else as vedic?” But then I saw this lmao

[@vedicgoyal1860]

@@thaiisfood lmao lol🤣 I played with them on stream Btw hey thai

[@2leftthumbs]

Congrats on your dancing prowess!

[@vedicgoyal1860]

@@2leftthumbs hahaa thanks🤣🤣

[@Temmie_on_smash]

I can't believe I got a Jackbox 8 ad while watching this

[@theinsaneone_]

Now I've played some of this pack and I love weapons drawn. It's such a fun game. However, my group has noticed some bugs with these games. I know that this is a brand new pack, some bugs should be expected. Like sometimes we have players unable to submit drawings in not only weapons drawn, but with drawful animated. We had the game completely crash on us when playing the wheel of enormous portions when playing the tutorial. Job Job seems to be the most stable of the bunch, while Poll Mines we had slight issues were fixed by refreshing the page. I hope these small errors are fixed, but its worrying to me when everything works just fine only to find out from another player that their submit button doesn't work. But besides that, it's a really fun pack from what I've played Edit: so I played every game in this pack again and I have a few gripes. First off, I really dislike the wheel. I still have no idea how the rules work since I haven't seen the tutorial, but it seems like one of those games where you have to be really good with trivia or very lucky. I was doing my best with this game and barely have 9,000 points when everyone else had double digits, 3 had enough to win the game. Unlike other trivia games where I still feel like I have a fighting chance to turn it around for the win, here even though the wheel called me out saying that he thinks I will win I just wanted to give up. Games like Trivia Murder Party, money only helps the final escape, and even then it's to decide where all the ghosts land. Heck in the rare case of all the players dead in 1 round, money decides who gets brought back. Maybe it's just me, but the wheel is that one game that I don't think I'll play again, even after the tutorial.

[@mud1nabowl]

a strategy for Weapons Drawn is using letters like an L or I cuz they’re easy to hide cuz they’re just straight lines but keep away from letters like O cuz if the game has them drawn like a perfect circle i think it’ll be more obvious that it’s the letter unless you’re playing with artistsand easy to hid or you can hide a letter from someone else’s name in your drawing

[@SomeTomfoolery]

You don't pick the letter, the game picks for you. However, the game does give you hand drawn looking letters, so for example, if you get an O it is not a perfect circle. We've had players drawn their own letters they looked convincingly like the letters the game provides.

[@jemtjinaton8042]

They got most of the prompts for drawful by playing it themselves, if they saw a funny guess for what the animation could be they would use that as a prompt. they said that in a stream

[@2leftthumbs]

That's super funny, and makes a lot of sense!

[@rblx0879]

not as good as the last pack, but still pretty good.

[@2leftthumbs]

They've been on a hot streak, that's for sure!

[@shanzemerchant]

didn't know you reviewd jackbox!!

[@2leftthumbs]

I've got a review for every pack! Although my older reviews are notably shorter...

[@bunionj5912]

@@2leftthumbs you should remake them to be longer and as in depth as these new ones

[@adamdufty2536]

To better deal with players that DC, if a player is unresponsive in a round, they should be flagged by the game as DC'd and then have to press a button to acknowledge they are back. While they are flagged as Dc'd, the game should ignore them as a player and proceed when all other players are ready even if there is time left on the clock. This would make any long extended timers less of a concern too.

[@JonahWho]

this is somehow my favorite pack yet

[@msp720]

I play Jackbox with two groups, and they mostly felt the same about each game: *Drawful Animate:* It's fun, and it's different enough from Drawful, but Gartic Phone does it better. If you just want a quick fun drawing game with the old gameplay style though, it's one of the better ones in the pack. *Wheel:* Some liked it OK, a few absolutely hated it, nobody really loved it. Too random, too long, and too much going on between seemingly unrelated segments. Most didn't understand why they were doing everything. *Job Job:* Big hit with everyone. An all-timer. We're a silly bunch, so the interview answers are goofy and insane. *Poll Mine:* It's fun and sparks interesting debates, though it's not especially funny. Some more humor would go a long way, though nobody disliked it. The only issue is when there are uneven teams. *Weapons Drawn:* Most agreed that it was a great concept, but was too convoluted and had way too much surrounding it. Explaining the rules per each phase (or simplifying it) would do a lot for it. Nobody really "got" it until at least 2nd playthrough.

[@emeraldking1701]

41:40 LOOK MOM I’M ON TV

[@WhydoIcrysomuch]

I'd say Weapons Drawn is the in person game in the pack (like Fakin it) maybe that's why it can do so good in other ways.

[@SpareFork]

I Think There Was 2 Drawing Games In This Pack, Because The Lack Of A Drawing Game In Party Pack 6

[@holyghost_963]

This is honestly my favourite pack. Weapons Drawn is too complicated for its own good but other than that the game has a bit of everything, and everything is done well. I personally enjoy trivia games and Wheel does a good job at recreating a trivia game show. Job Job is the make people laugh game, Poll Mine is great for team work (although when the prompts are bad the game kinda falls apart) and Drawful is a good social deduction game with fun drawing elements

[@mykaruest3620]

Weapons Drawn, Drawful Animate, and Job Job makes this my favorite pack!

[@randomguyontheinternet1901]

I just realised that Dead Estate comes out on my birthday, October 19th! I don't think I can get it, cause I don't have a pc. But if it comes to switch, I may pick it up!

[@y4rn_dud3]

17:55 20:51 I wrote that response on the left lmaooo

[@thenoseguy]

I like Job Job, Weapons Drawn, and Drawful Animate the most out of this pack. Weapons Drawn doesn't feel too complicated to me.

[@shybandit521]

One thing I hate about some audience based games is if you play them on stream and each audience member is given an entire vote it doesn't even matter what the people playing the game vote on anymore. The percentage system is so much better.

[@savagetomato464]

While I do agree that there is a major barrier of entry to Weapons Drawn, I do think you are over explaining it and being slightly unfair. The game’s base rules are “draw 2 pictures incorporating a letter from your name, name a guest that can’t be traced back to you, try to match the guests with the players, and find the letters from player’s names in the drawings from said murders”. Almost everything you explained in your summary, while true, are generally advanced mechanics, which is likely a reason why your party was confused when you tried to explain it to them. Me and my friends did have trouble understanding the first round we did, but so long as we just stuck to these basic mechanics, we started understanding in the second round and only started using advanced mechanics in the next game. In short, I think you could avoid a lot of confusion if you just make sure everyone knows the basic premise and don’t explain unnecessary stuff until later. But anyways, I thought some of the other stuff you said was fair, and other than that I really like your review, keep up the good work :)

[@vroom544-gd]

I'm ok with your job job opinion since it is number 1 on me list

[@vedicgoyal1860]

Hahah 4:38 I was there when that happened

[@Skiddlewinkers]

I know I’m late but I got 7 after 8 came out and I don’t regret it I feel like 8 might be good but for a first party pack I think 3 or 7 will be the best cuz they are the best two and I think if you are getting Jackbox for a first time it needs quiplash because yes people liked other games but everyone’s favourite was quiplash.

[@jacksongreen4107]

Job job is quiplash with word salad, and I am here for it.

[@SpareChaos]

I don’t know about everyone else, but weapons drawn was really simple to learn for me and my family

[@mykaruest3620]

It's not that much harder than monster seeking monster.

[@willgoodman7603]

Personally, I think me and my family would rank this pack highest. With Drawful being an old classic, The Wheel helping people who are horrible at trivia, Job Job helping people be funny who are flat out unfunny, Poll Mine being our favorite (even though we don’t use streamer mode), and Weapons Drawn filling a niece where everyone is getting the full experience (as I personally have played over 30 rounds of Push the Button and not ONCE being the alien). That is just our opinion though, and I can fully understand yours.

[@DJDonnelly]

My favorite is the wheel

[@Tippex_Official]

I’m now wondering: how many jackbox games do people think should be released as their own games?

[@ddonato3975]

Which party pack should I get? I dont have any and I want to get one

[@ImpossibleCakePro]

6:56 "Onion-skins" I see what you did there

[@bakabridget9248]

My favorite was job job and honestly, i think drawful animate was probably a contender for my least favorite. fooling people didnt feel satisfying because the prompts themselves are so random and nonsensical that it really just turns the entire game into random luck. for the wheel, even though i ended up winning, i feel the trivia is really difficult if youre not a big celebrity person. a lot of the questions were celebrity related and i failed so hard at those, one question was match the celebrity with their offspring. one person in my group got `1 of them and nobody else got any. the questions are so brutal. i much prefer trivia murder party where i actually had a chance at getting trivia questions correct. i enjoyed weapons drawn, it was a bit hard to understand but since we were all playing for the first time, we were all on an even playing field, i think the cursive needs to go though. Job job > weapons drawn > poll mine > wheel = drawful animate..

[@Falcon-nz2ug]

jackbox is one of the funniest and best games ive played

[@simongough802]

I picked up weapons drawn in one round and a little. But I played with 7 other people one of which was just voting me blindly and another was just saying when it was him mostly cause most people didn’t understand it. I think it’s really interesting and if you get the right group probably could or even is the best game. But otherwise it’s kinda bad… (I personally love it)

[@balrogdahomie]

4 minutes into the Weapons Drawn explanation and I still can’t wrap my head around the game. Like, I understand generally what the players have to do: make a drawing with a random letter from your name, make up a name for an accomplice, select accomplices and drawings… but I don’t understand how all those intersect, or how you actually win the game? Like, when you explained that, by revealing you had Foul Magic’s, that absolved you of using that as a murder weapon, I would have assumed it worked the opposite way (although in retrospect, two different illustrations would obviously have to come from two different people). And I don’t understand the point of the accomplice naming if there’s no inherent traceability to it? Maybe I’ll be able to from it better after seeing the full segment, but it seems so needlessly complicated and hard to follow…

[@balrogdahomie]

Lol, you mentioned this problem literally seconds after I unpaused

[@MrGarbage52]

As a huge jackbox fan I wanted to mention this because it could make or break some games. If you and your friends decide to completely ignore the questions asked to you in the Job Job warm up rounds and put whatever batshit insane words you can think of. It comes out as legit the funniest jackbox game I think I’ve ever played and that’s not an understatement. I’ve played them all many times over and this game provided the most laughs our group has ever had playing these games. If your group likes edgy jokes and vastly inappropriate humor job job is PERFECT.

[@prestonthemetapod1484]

Poll mine is my favorite for me

[@amiano59e4]

Fun fact: this jackbox party game came out on my brothers birthday

[@kurtgardner7152]

Just want to point out in your time stamps you made a typo and put 3 "e"s in wheel

[@carsonchamness2555]

weapons drawn I'm still super confused about lol. TBH it seems very fun but only once you learn the game.

[@andytekampe8748]

Does anyone out there know if the 10% off thing on Switch works if you only own 8 and want to get party pack 5 for example? It says if you own packs 1-7, but does 8 also count as something you can own to get 10% off?

[@quietlike]

jacbox needs to make DLCs and add ons for more prompts

[@moboden9764]

Can someone please help me? I played YDKJ on Facebook several years ago (2014 or 15) and I loved it. When it was taken off, I looked for another way to play but only found a few games that were nothing like the one on FB. Now, does anyone know if the YDKJ Classic Party Bundle is similar to the one on FB? I really loved this game and I'd like to find a similar one. Does anyone know? Thank you for any help with this.

[@dino9813]

We played this today and gave our ratings 5th weapons drawn this was just boring and confusing it felt like a bad attempt at a social deduction game 4th Animate this one was pretty fun, however since my family isn't great drawers it just felt kinda mid, also most of the time you can tell the difference between the prompt and the answer we give 3rd polls this one had a lot of hype but it kinda failed as it was very one sided, also it felt like an advantage for whoever went first 2nd wheel this was our first experience and it was kinda confusing at first, the thing I like the most about this one is it felt like Mario party, one turn you could be in 1st and have a 500 point lead, next turn your in last and 1000 points away from 1st 1st job job this one made us laugh so hard it was really funny what happened with most of the answer it also had a lot of big comebacks as well For our first experience it went pretty well and would probably buy another pack merry Christmas

[@grantlauzon5237]

Job Job is a card based, YTP, Quiplash clone, in the best possible way.

[@via3600]

I’m confused wouldn’t your drawing style give away who drew it in the last one Idk why I bother trying to understand- I’ll never play it bUt StIlL-

[@kittenburger_prime]

Nowadays it's really so hard NOT to have 8 people together /s I really wish they'd spring for the tech to have true online multiplayer. It's not a 3D FPS, just some packets swooshing around in a timely fashion.

[@sushimooshy5224]

sad emote on that last game

[@wazz35]

I stan Job Job water jug girl

[@tylertruthseeker4034]

Is the game online multiplayer?

[@runiqe]

Uhhhh.... Why does weapons drawn need acomplices? Why can't you just have a score for killing and score for finding. When it was revealed, I thought it would be something along the lines of finding a motive among the pictures, and trying to connect it to a person, or, for some dumb reason, the victim having to draw a weapon, which hints at a person.

[@2leftthumbs]

The victim drawing would be funny. But it'd be too easy to make something super obvious. The accomplice system is a little weird though, that's for sure. I haven't fully pinned down how I feel about that. I wish it was more transparent how the scoring worked. I have to imagine it's your position in each category that matters, not points within a category?

[@kafanah14]

True, guesspionage is a good game 👍

[@Droub_]

the verbal room code was in 7?