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Weirdly good games for your favorite people.

Party games that turn quiet friends into comedians, strategy games with a silly twist, and family games the kids actually ask for. Learn in minutes. Play for years.

4.7 stars from 5,098 Ransom Notes reviews
Family playing Ransom Notes around the holiday table
Moving a duck into formation in Abducktion
Laughing over a game of Out of Orbit
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Ransom Notes: Base Game

Party game · Teens & adults

Make anyone funny.

Draw a prompt, grab a handful of word magnets, and build the funniest answer you can. The words do half the work, so even your "I'm not funny" friend ends up winning.

Learn in 1 minute840 word magnetsAs clean or wild as your group
$39.99$44.99BLACK FRIDAY · 11% OFF
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Abducktion: A Weirdly Strategic Game of Duck Kidnapping

Light strategy · About 15 minutes

Get your ducks in a row.

Match duck formations, outthink your friends, and keep one eye on the UFO. It's Tetris-style logic with a premise so silly you'll forget how strategic it is.

15-minute gamesSpatial puzzle strategyMade for adults
$34.99$39.99BLACK FRIDAY · 13% OFF
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Real tables. Real laughs.

Less scrolling. More snort-laughing.

Our games get everyone into it fast. No hour-long rulebook, no one stuck on the sidelines, just your people being their very best weird selves.

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Dodging lasers in Tiny Laser Heist
Abducktion ducks mid-game
Puns of Anarchy cards
Landfall volcano island game

Fresh off the press

New to the lineup.

Ice cream stacking for the kids, sneaky escaped cats, a dry-erase banana and magnetic planets you flick across the table.

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Out of Orbit
BLACK FRIDAY17% OFF
4.8(28)

Out of Orbit

INTERGALACTIC TABLETOP DEXTERITY BATTLE – Flick magnetic planet discs across the galaxy,...

$24.99$29.99 Save $5.00

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Pair a favorite with its expansion or grab a few games at once. Bundles are the best price per game in the shop.

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4.7★average from 5,098 Ransom Notes reviews on our site
1 minto learn Ransom Notes
"My family and I were laughing so hard we cried!"
Ariel Z. · Ransom Notes
"It's an easy game but not too easy!"
Christina M. · Abducktion

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A few very fair questions.

Which game should I start with?

If your group loves to laugh, start with Ransom Notes. It takes a minute to learn and works for teens and adults. If you'd rather outsmart each other, Abducktion plays in about 15 minutes. Shopping for kids? Drizzle is our newest family game.

Do I need to be good at board games?

Not even a little. Our games are built to be learned in minutes, and our how-to-play videos mean nobody has to read the rulebook out loud.

Do you have expansions and bundles?

Yes. Expansions add more cards, more players and more chaos to games you already own, and bundles pair games and expansions at our best per-game price. Browse them all.

How does shipping work?

Shipping is fast and free on every order. Orders of $60 or more get 10% off automatically at checkout, and every order comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and easy returns. Our shipping policy and refund policy have the details.