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Unleash Your Full Creativity With 100% Customizable Responses
Laugh Until You Cry Over New, Absurd Phrases
Never Run Out Of New Material With Endless Word Combos
Your New Ultimate Party Game For Up To 6 Players
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How to Maximize Laughs With Ransom Notes
Craft your own answers to creative & complex prompts… with a pool of completely random words! Each round, a prompt is drawn and everyone has to respond by piecing together an answer on their magnetic tray.
The catch? You can only use a handful of randomly drawn word magnets. Let the weirdness begin.
Perfect for ages 15+
30-60 minute game play
3-6 players
Quick-paced 90-second rounds
Most hilarious response wins
See The Ridiculous Results
How would you answer the question “how are babies made?” if you only had a handful of random words to do it? Let your wit shine with outlandish metaphors and creative word association.
In Ransom Notes, the more absurd the better.
The Party Game So Addictively Funny That Phones Go Unchecked for Hours
Get hilariously creative (without getting stuck)
In Ransom Notes, there’s no getting put on-the-spot. You don’t even need to be naturally funny! All you have to do is answer the prompt with whatever words you have available… and let laughs ensue.
Your #1 source for new inside jokes
Will people stare when your friends refer to alcohol as “commotion juice?” Yes. Will it be worth it? Absolutely.
Fresh material every single round.
With other party games, you can only play so many times before you learn all the response cards. With Ransom Notes, there are no repeats. Ever.
Start playing right away
No complicated directions, no long explanations. In fact, if you made it this far, you probably already know the rules!
4 Simple Ingredients For Endlessly Repeatable Fun
What’s inside your Ransom Notes box:
850 Word Magnets
250 Prompt Cards
6 Metal Player Trays
Instructions
“Instant inside joke generator”
“We all find this game absolutely hysterical and love how low-pressure it is. Family members drop in and out throughout the game and keeping score is completely out of mind. It takes less than 1 minute to teach someone how to play.”
Vee S.
“Had us all literally crying laughing”
‘It sounds cliche at this point, but it was true: this game had us all laughing so hard we cried. I was skeptical that the game would be this funny, but almost every round was hilarious. Four adults and four teens, and we all had a fantastic time.”
Sharon G.
Want More Players & Even MORE Variety?
The truth? Everyone tells us Ransom Notes is even more fun with more people. The good news is that our Expansion Pack comes with:
4 additional player trays (for a total of 10!)
198 NEW prompt cards
180 NEW wild word magnets
So you can get everyone – from grandpa to your coworkers – to unleash their most unexpected, hysterical takes on each prompt.
Made to Last: For a Lifetime of Laughter
We know that when the goal is to make memories with friends and family, quality matters. If you’re not playing this with your grandkids 40 years in the future with tears streaming down your face, then we’re not doing our jobs.
That’s why we make sure all our game components – from cards to magnets to trays – are obsessively designed to last. Because you deserve years and years of laughing until you cry.
Other Games Limit Your Humor & Get Repetitive Fast
With Ransom Notes, every round is a new surprise
Any Questions?
Why is the game rated 15+?
Some of the prompt cards mention themes that are a bit adult, i.e. "Where do babies come from?" or "Write a commercial for cocaine." BUT, if you do want to make it entirely family friendly, pulling about 20% of the Prompt Cards should make the game totally PG and playable for all!
How long is each round?
Individual rounds usually take about 1-2 minutes to make a response (feel free to set a 90 second timer if you like). The whole game takes anywhere from 30-90 minutes, or until you run out of beer.
How do the magnets work?
The word magnets in Ransom Notes work just like refrigerator magnets. They’ll stick right to the metal cards included in the game, but are easy to wipe off at the end of each round.
Does Ransom Notes: House Party Edition at Target stores have separate content?
Yes! The Ransom Notes: House Party Edition found at Target Stores has completely fresh prompt cards. and works seamlessly as an add-on game to both the Original Ransom Notes game and the Ransom Notes Expansion Pack. Enjoy!
Overall rating: 4.7 / 5 from 5091 reviews.
Ransom notes is a ton of fun with silly scenarios that got super different responses from everyone in the group. Customer service was incredibly helpful and shipping was extremely fast! I'd recommend both the game and company to anyone looking for a fun party game that can be as PG, raunchy, or out of control as the group playing is.
Played this with my kids (teens/adults) and we absolutely love it! No 2 games are the same. Possibilities and combinations are endless. It's definitely our new family favorite, so much that I already have the Not Suitable for Work and Couples expansions on order!!! Highly recommend this one! You won't be disappointed!!
My boyfriend and I just bought this and play with just the two of us. We have played it three nights in a row and laughed so hard we cry. Laughing is basically the point of the game so there is no need to keep score or follow any timing rules unless you want to. Can’t wait to bring this to our friends party next week!
Fun for our game night. It will get even better with the NSFW add on!
An excellent game to play with friends.
Very similar to the job job game on jackbox. We cried laughing. Takes some time to get all your words sorted but well worth it.
I got this game for my friend group and introduced it to them at Friendsmasgiving! We absolutely loved it and they said they had a great time. It’s something we can definitely play over and over and we’re so excited that there’s expansion packs for us to explore!
I love the possibilities for sauciness…good que cards and words….words are a bit frustrating small to handle..
We had so much fun playing this game. It sent us into proper hysterics for a good chunk of the evening and we’ll definitely be playing it again. Great game for people to let their silliness out! The initial separating of the individual words when first unpackaged took longer than anticipated, but once that was done, it was all easy & very user friendly. And the delivery was speedy & follow up email friendly and humorous! Thanks a lot!
Great game! Lots of fun and easy to play with any group. The NSFW extension adds some spiciness which is great. The “spin to figure out the judge” rules are kind of weird, same with the lack of anonymity so we play more similar to the traditional Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity play style, with a rotating judge who doesn’t play with answers submitted anonymously with trays upside down then shuffled. I like this better and it allows for up to 7 to play. Really wish there was an option to buy more trays! (why doesn’t this come with the expansion packs?!)
Great game, it's interesting to see how different people's brains work :D
I found out about this game through the YouTube Shorts algorithm and sent a couple videos to my friend. We're currently living in different countries but we both bought the game and now play long distance. It's a really fun way to stay connected and stay silly.
This game was a hit with my family as soon as I brought it home! It brings out everyone's creativity and sense of humor, and all ages can play - and win! We're still laughing about some of the memorable ransom notes from previous game nights. Ransom Notes is going to be my go-to gift for friends now! Thank you!
Bought this for my best friend and his wife as a Christmas gift. After our exchange ritual, we got to work popping the words apart. Everyone had tears of laughter and I haven't seen my friend laugh that hard since we were kids (we're 40 now). The provided pic is of his response that had us in stitches. We didnt even break into the NSFW expansion this sesh, all of the laughs off of the core game. Excellent.
Hilarious. Can be funny, rude, weird or even philosophical (shout out to the "righteous judge" my son managed to include in every challenge!)
We are a family of game lovers with a couple skeptics that tend to watch but not join. This game had everyone dying laughing and insisting on “just one more” round for over an hour. Highly recommend. Two people at the table loved the game so much they ordered their own Ransom Notes game while playing.
My family of 6 played over breakfast- we spent at least an hour giggling together and I think we only drew three prompt cards. There are some silly games out there that feel like you can only play a few times before it isn't very funny but anymore but this game has endless possibilities especially with the expansion packs. Expect to bring this to every gathering you attend.
I like this game a lot, I can even play it by myself and enjoy it 😆
So funny! Very easy to learn. Took a little time to flip all words over and get started. The way people read the broken sentence adds how funny it is.
Bought this game for my family since it seemed up our alley, and I was absolutely right. Even our small group "test run" went really well and I know that it'll be even better with more people. There are a few words and prompts that might tip the age rating, but it's an easy fix of combing through to remove the more raunchy stuff. My only concern is the quality of the magnets, some of them did seem like they might come apart when I was breaking them off of their sheets. Overall worth buying.
Very fun game for a wide range of ages. Can play for 15 minutes or two hours!
Great game! Quick delivery
This game is AMAZING!!! So easy to learn and makes for the best evening with family or friends, would definitely be an incredible ice breaker game as well - we’ve already bought another one to give to a friend as a gift!
Bought this to entertain over Christmas. I've travelled to several places and played this with several groups of all ages and sensibilities from teens to grandparents and everyone has been able to get into this in their own way even those who apparently aren't funny or creative enough to play . Have learnt some things I didn't actually want to know about my dad... We had good fun and managed to avoid the classic Christmas game arguments/complaining about long rules. Would thoroughly recommend :)
Excellent game- hilarious and thought -provoking. We loved the lack of complicated instructions needed- which is always a turn- off.
Great game, unfortunately the box arrived in really rough shape.
This particular round had us laughing so hard we couldn't decide on a winner, so we awarded it to nobody! Hilarious game!
My family has played this game so many times, we had to expand! Perfect for parties and groups with different ages - probably my favorite game purchase of the last few years.
Played with grand daughter and her boyfriend. I am 76, they are late twenties. We LOVED it!!!
Got this as a Christmas present and myself and the sisters spent a couple of hours after Xmas dinner howling with laughter at the random things we came up with (I mean the drinks definitely helped, but STILL).
Game took longer than expected…….because we couldn’t breathe from laughing after each round.
Really good fun. We didn’t really read all the instructions so if there are rules we don’t know what they are. Everyone was just laughing at the ridiculousness of our answers. Good enough and no fall out on Christmas Day for once!
Came just as expected! So excited to play with friends and family!
We love Ransom Notes so much, we brought to Mexico for our vacation!
So much fun playing Ransom Notes! Haven’t laughed this hard in a long time. Brilliant game!
The his game is HILARIOUS! I first got it to play with some of my child/teen clients (I’m a therapist) but had to get another one for home. It’s a hoot!
My siblings and I were raised by a lawyer who loves Monty Python. Needless to say, we all have something of an absurdist intellectual sense of humor, which could double as a byline for Ransom Notes. I have never experienced such a high ratio of cry-laughing in another game we have played together. 1000% recommend.
So much fun! We loved the game!
After trying some other new games which were fun but frankly frustrating this was a breath of fresh air! Few rules, very flexible, and a lot of fun and laughter! Ideal for all ages - in fact I can't wait to play it with the grandchildren. All the very best to you & here's to many more games from you too. Happy New Year!
So many laughs were had!
