This is hands-down the best party game I've ever played. For the price of You Don't Know Jack alone, you get multiple great games, including an amazing Pictionary-style game that manages to not only have its own identity, but exceeds Pictionary in some ways, mostly in terms of quality of the prompts. I can't say Pictionary has ever asked me to draw "words" or "#throwbackthurs."

Meanwhile, Fibbage manages to take the YDKJ-level of trivia questions and combines it with trying to fool your friends into choosing your convincing yet wrong answer. Would you guess that there's a group of people who celebrate by bashing each other with bags of fire ants? Neither would I, which is why I got 1000 points by tricking my friends into thinking it was feces.

YDKJ is, of course, the best at what it is, and 2015 keeps with the trend of "ARE YOU ♥♥♥♥ING SERIOUS" trivia, so while there's nothing really new about the gameplay, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Don't fix what isn't broken, after all.

Word Spud is the only game that really falls flat for me. The description really doesn't explain what it is, so I'll attempt to do so. Have you ever played the driving game where you say a word, and then your friend has to say a word to go after that one that still makes sense? It's that. That's the whole game. They made a video game out of that. There's scoring, but the points are based on your friends voting on whether or not they liked what you said. There's literally no incentive to say "yes" to anything, so the game falls apart. I see the potential for a Cards Against Humanity-style "everyone puts something in and then you pick the funniest answer" game, but they instead made... this. It's fun for one round, but I don't plan on coming back to it.

Lie Swatter is essentially something you can put on to fill time at an actual party. Since it's the only game that supports more than 8 players, it works well for larger groups who don't want to leave anyone out. Unfortunately, since it's been designed to accomodate such large groups, the gameplay suffers, and it's essentially a game of True or False. It's certainly more fun than Word Spud, but nothing to write home about. Definitely reserved for things like family get-togethers, weddings, and the like.

For those concerned about how multiplayer works, don't be. While a couple of reviews have groaned about the smart device requirement, it really shows how creative the people at Jackbox can be, given the right tools. A game like Drawful has always required you to either play a Flash game on your computer or use some kind of accessory on your console, but in this case, if your device can run a modern web browser, you can probably use it to play these games (while I haven't tried using the WiiU gamepad, I would not be surprised if it worked). Fibbage would be outright impossible with any other input method, simply by design. While I can understand the frustration with YDKJ not using controller input, and I don't know why they didn't increase the amount of players thanks to bypassing the controller limitation, it's a small price to pay, when smartphones and tablets are as ubiquitous as they are.

Oh, and if you're looking to play online, I've found a solution (requiring multiple monitors) that involves using Google Hangouts to broadcast your screen that's hosting the game and having all of your friends play by watching the Hangout. Skype, unfortunately, has such terrible video quality that it's unwatchable, but I'm sure many other video conferencing applications will do a similarly good job. The game runs in Windowed Borderless, so you don't have to worry about constantly alt-tabbing, or anything, and the latency from Hangouts is short enough that you can all laugh at the same things at the same time. If you really want to have fun, you can even broadcast the game on Hitbox.tv, because the latency is short enough to where your viewers can competently play, albeit with a 4-second delay. Twitch is functional for playing Drawful, since you have so much time, but Fibbage and YDKJ are far too time-focused. I'd personally recommend streaming on your preferred site and then advertising the Hangout somewhere in the chat or on the page, for anyone wanting to join.

While I'm concerned about the amount of content, considering multiple-hour play sessions are a regular thing, I've been playing a combination of only Fibbage and Drawful for nearly 8 hours with not a single repeated prompt, yet. I would definitely purchase add-on content, if any became available, as well.

This game is amazing. It's the easiest-to-setup multiplayer game I've played. Anyone can use a desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, or any other device that can pull up a website as their gamepad.

Furthermore, no body has to spend time tediously setting up accounts or any of that garbage. Everyone just goes to the website on screen and you're all playing in seconds. The multiplayer functionality is amazing.

Furthermore, since everyone has their own screen, that only they can see, games like fibbage are possible.

This is definitely the best family videogame package out there. I played with my family over thanksgiving. Setting up a 6 person game of fibbage was easy as pie. It was incredibly fun. I really hope this company releases more games like this.

I've been a "You Don't Know Jack" fan for many years, and I was excited when this came out.
I was not sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised.
Jackbox contains 5 separate games, each of which would be worth buying this pack for!
They're clever, funny, and you might learn something.
I spent a few hours playing Fibbage with my family, and everyone loved it! I haven't had that much fun in quite awhile. It was really nice! Lots of fun and I was laughing my butt off!

So, if you have some people to play with, definitely check this out! Even people who are not ususally game players, will love it!

Played a ton over Thanksgiving. Used my Surface (Pro 2) and Miracast to broadcast to the big TV. Had no issues with the game itself running on the HD4000 in the Surface. Miracast has a delay, but wasn't enough to be problematic in a game like this.

Fibbage was definitely the biggest hit. Most people complained that Drawful was a little too slow (and nobody's drawings made any sense). Lie Swatter was mostly a filler while everyone was waiting for others to congregate for Fibbage. YDKJ was enjoyable for me, but most others weren't into it (and the 4 player limit hurt this one too). Didn't even bother with Word Spud, nobody thought the concept was worth the time.

Fibbage alone though is great (and I'd buy this even if it was just Fibbage and YDKJ).

There were a couple occasional issues with people's browsers getting disconnected from the game. Sometimes they would be able to put the same username and same room code in and immediately get reconnected, and sometimes they would try that and it would tell them to wait until the next game. And worse, when someone gets disconnected, that means you have to wait for the timer to run out completely before moving on to the next question. I think it should be a little more lenient in allowing a reconnect when it's the same username as someone who is already in the game.

Still, the game is highly recommended for large gatherings (and keep in mind that it's designed for local multiplayer only).

IT IS POSSIBLE TO PLAY OVER THE INTERNET WITH ONLY ONE COPY OF THE GAME:

1) Have the game owner load the game and stream it, PREFERABLY to a service with low delay like Steam or Hitbox
2) Give out the room code (players open up jackbox.tv in their browser or phone) and stream links
3) Enjoy either Fibbage or Drawful. The other three games are too fast paces.

From the few games I played over the internet, I had a lot of fun! I heard some complaints about questions repeating questions, but it's hard for me to say without playing many, many games.

This is fantastic. It's an excellent party game. It works with any smartphone or tablet! You know who has smartphones and tablets? ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. Lie Swatter and Fibbage XL are the best. Word Spud is fun but a little confusing or frustrating. Drawful was pretty funny, but overall the party members didn't enjoy it. YDKJ 2015 is great, but limited to 4 people at max.
We played A LOT of Fibbage and Lie Swatter at family Thanksgiving. And the family would like me to bring it to Christmas!

Drawful alone makes the price of this 5-game pack worth it.

Great games with a bunch of friends!

As a fan of the original games, I can say that this game helps restore my faith in the franchise. I was sorely disappointed with the previous offering as they had limited the PC version to just a couple of players... making it not really much of a party game anymore.

This newest offering has the classic You Don't Know Jack style game, plus a few others. All of the games can be played by multiple people using their own mobile devices (which I think is a great control mechanic), and the new games (as simple as they are) are actually pretty fun too.

Impressed

This is hands down the best party computer game available.

I had high hopes for other games like SportsFriends, but those controller are so darn expensive.

With this, every internet browser, from laptops to phones are the controllers.

Plus this is 5 games in 1! Hard to get better value than that.

My biggest complaint so far (for sure in Fibbage, not sure about the others) is that if someone leaves mid game they are stuck in the game, no way to leave. As well, once all players leave, there is no way for a game to reset the game without physical access to the host computer! It would be nice if the game reset after idling too long.

If you own cards agains humanity and love it. You NEED to get this game!!!

Not a fan of Word Spud, but the rest of the stuff in this pack is excellent!

This game is epic if you actually hang with friends and family in the same room (and they have a fully charged, Internet-accessing device) - only people who seem to dislike this pack of games are those who only have virtual friends? Coincidence?

Great for having fun with friends, even those who aren't tech savvy.

Hardest no I've ever written. I love the games in the party pack. They're a lot of fun. My family and I have managed to get a few hours of entertainment out of them and I have immensely enjoyed the content. You Don't Know Jack 2015 and Fibbage both feature Cookie Masterson, which is really the most important thing to know, with Drawful being the surprise hit of the pack.

You Don't Know Jack is a classic trivia game show environment where each question is posed, then each player is able to give their answers. Cookie is condescending and evil towards the folks who get it wrong, something that often provides a great spot of humor.

Fibbage XL is a fill-in-the-blank trivia game where each player gets to enter an answer, right or wrong, and then those answers are shuffled in with the real answer, at which point each player gets a chance to guess. Points are awarded to players who get the question right, and to the players who are able to "trick" the others into guessing. There are a few problems with Fibbage, mostly relating to the use of the language.

Fibbage's "true" answer can easily get lost in the mix. For example, say the answer to a question is "Grand Canyon" and you type in "the Grand Canyon" and your friend misses a letter and types in "Gran Canyon." You now have three VERY similar answers, with two of them being functionally correct, and the game won't detect it as being the same as the "correct" answer. This is both the source of fun in Fibbage, and a source of frustration.

Lie Swatter is a pseudo-trivia game where players must either answer True or False to the statements given. Some of the "lies" are remarkably difficult to spot, and players will enjoy trying to guess them.

Drawful requires players to attempt to draw things from the given category, and then other players will try to guess what has been... done. After guesses are made, players must determine the true name of the category. Like Fibbage, Drawful suffers from answer ambiguity in that adding articles or making typing errors can render the true answer indistinguishable from the fakes, but c'est la vie.

Word Spud, the low point of the pack, is a word association game played by taking random turns adding to the words given previously. So a 5 turn word order may look like this: Banana Split Decision Election Politics. Points are awarded by players voting on whether the given words were acceptable, so basically the points don't matter.

The games scored as individual games:
YDKJ - 9/10
Lie Swatter - 9/10
Drawful - 10/10
Fibbage - 9/10
Word Spud - 6/10

So why No?

Pseudo-technical issues. This game doesn't have actual local multiplayer support. Internet connection is a MUST, so no taking this game to a party center unless they've got wi-fi. The game requires that you sign each player into Jackbox.TV - admittedly not that difficult since you can do it from desktops, laptops, cell phones, tablets, toasters, etc. and use your "room code" to start the game. However! This connection to the online service does not give you actual online multiplayer, either. Players have to be able to see the host's screen in order to see the questions, the answers, and hear the awesome Mr. Masterson and streaming services have a significant enough delay to where YDKJ players would have a significant host advantage... sometimes by more than 10 seconds.

It gets hairy in practice, though - the people playing the game have to be comfortable with their individual devices, or one of you has to be technically inclined enough to be able to make sure everyone's devices are operating as expected for the entirety of the game. So if you've got a friend or relative or partygoer who doesn't have a cell, they're not playing, making this the least casual-friendly party game to date.

This leads me to my next problem - while I understand the need for the screen for Drawful, Fibbage, and Word Spud, I can't figure out why YDKJ and Lie Swatter aren't controller compatible. I should be able to hand each player an Xbox 360 controller (or use my Big Button controllers) which require LITERALLY no technical experience to use and put each player on an even playing field. Xbox 360 controller support is only for playing You Don't Know Jack in single-player mode.

That's ultimately my biggest problem with the system as it stands at release - in practice, the game is literally unfair. My parents are in their fifties and my mother's an amputee. We can't really play on an even playing field because my ability with the phone doesn't match theirs.

So, if you're going to get a group of friends together and they're all on equal footing in the smartphone world, then fine - this is a great game. If you're going to include anyone else... nope. Nope nope nope.

So I loaded this up and began screensharing on skype with about 6 people in the call. so we didn't all have to be in the same room together but were all playing due to the controllers being your mobiles. 3 hours later we were all in so much pain from laughing too much.

Drawful is a brilliant way to combine the trickery of fibbage and ultimate rediculousness of peoples interpretation of an image. It's easily one of the funnest party games I've played in a long time. Fibbage and Drawful obviously being the two gems in this pack, but the You Don't Know Jack additions to this easily make it worth the money.

I guess the only issue is you kind of need friends to play most of these games with, or a family that doesn't hate you and your gaming habbit. The game definitely works / is funnier with more people.

Either way, I'd definitely reccommend it. Asuming you have a sense of humor and some people to play this with, you'll be fine.

Friends (& mobile devices) sold separately

The Jackbox Party Pack is a great collection of games you can play with your friends & family without having to fight over the keyboard & mouse. Just fire it up on your computer & have everybody join the game room from their tablet, phone or computer (by visiting the Jackbox.tv website). You Don't Know Jack 2015 for the hardcore trivia players & Lie Swatter for more causal play, but you have Wordspud, Drawful & Fibbage for more fun!

As the Game's trailer video notes, you could pay ~$20 - $30 on You Don't Know Jack ALONE (& people, like myself, have done so)! This is a great deal for anybody who loves to play with friends instead of themselves (although a few games do permit it... not that we're judging). Spice things up at your next get-together with the Jackbox Party Pack today!

NOTE: While this game pack is optimally designed for Local (LAN) play, it does work online as well... HOWEVER, your milage will vary (due to video transmission lag) with those NOT nearby. Some games (like YDKJ 2015) are not recommended for online play due to quick timing requirements as a result.

The Jack games are back and better than ever.
Don't you just hate it when you bought the new Smash Bros or Mario Party but only have 2 controllers? Or when the game only supports up to 4 players but you got 6 friends over?
Then worry no more! You can turn your smartphone into a controller by just typing in the room code in jackbox.tv. No login required, quick and simple. Be warned though, only one game "Fly Swatter" supports up to 100 players. All other games are from 4-8 players.
The game itself is filled with the old Jack games humor and styalized a bit to make it more visually entertaining.
If you only own a PC and have people over frequently then this is a MUST HAVE game on your libary.
Even better if your setup connects to a TV with Big Picture, it still works great even if you have a normal computer screen thanks to the smart phone controller system.

In closing, a must have game for party game lovers, and probably the best and only PC party game.

Worth it for just fibbage, but make sure you have friends to play it with you.

This game is absolutely amazing. 5 great titles in one. Be warned though, you must use your cell phone or tablet as controllers for all modes except for single player YDKJ. You have to go to Jackbox.tv from your cell phone, punch in the Room Code for your particular session, create your name, and you are off!

The Jackbox.tv remote playing works great. I experience absolutely NO lag while playing on wifi or 4G.

Overall this is the best value for your dollar on Steam right now! Buy it!

Single-handedly saved Thanksgiving, even when grandpa had to draw "nude descending staircase"

Great package for anyone that likes jackbox games. All games use a browser for input which works well but it does require you and your friends to have smartphones or tablets.