Card Games
Is Joking Hazard Really That Dirty? – Card Game Review
Oct
You know that a card game’s gonna be good when it includes these kinds of illustrations in the cards. Joking Hazard is a party card game for adults, which is all about creating hilarious card combinations, the so-called comics. If you’re curious about the huge deck of cards, the content you’ll find in the box, and the NSFW level, all you gotta do is keep reading!
How Does The Box & Cards Look?
Cyanide & Happiness (the creators), put a lot of effort into the design of both the cards and the box, a detail to be appreciated.
The two main characters of Joking Hazard are featured on the front of the box, along with the game name in huge letters, and a short explanation of what the game is: an offensive card game.
If you’re looking for more information, just turn the box over. There are a few card previews, a good description, and of course, the main pieces of information: number of players, age range, and the game time. And of course, the warning tells you about the content.
Joking Hazard contains a total of 360 cards, and each is extraordinary.
There ain’t different categories of cards, so, each one is used for the same purpose. Expect the card border that could either be black or red, but that will be explained right below. If you want to read some of the cards, before getting the game, just keep scrolling down!
Imagine someone actually saying this to you after you tell them you have cancer. Ouch…
What a way to start a new relationship! Getting ideas, huh?
Anyway, don’t be surprised when you find a few blank cards in the deck. It’s not an error. They usually include 10 blank cards, for you to add your crazy ideas! Just like Cards Against Humanity blank cards.
Gameplay Instructions
Mates, this ain’t a family card game, so don’t make this mistake. Joking Hazard is made for Joking Hazards who are 18 or older. 3 to 10 people can play at once, and a game can last from 30 to 90 minutes.
To play, one of you becomes the game judge and turns the top card of the pile over. If it’s a black-corner card, the judge first adds one more card from their hand, and then, all other players submit 1 card from their hand. If it’s a red-corner card, the Judge doesn’t submit any cards from their hand, but, all other players submit 2 of their favorite cards as the first 2 panels. Finally, the game judge picks their favorite responses, and that gets 1 point. When someone gets 3 points, they win.
Here are the official rules, followed with illustrations, in case you need them: Joking Hazard rules.
Honest Thoughts On Joking Hazard
Joking Hazard is the perfect choice for adults who enjoy NSFW humor and know what type of content they’re getting into. The simplicity of the game, counting here the setup and rules, is one thing to be admired. Also, with the wide variations of card combinations, because of the large deck of cards, you will create hysterical dark-humor comics, which contributes to the game rarely getting repetitive.
Bear in mind that there’s sexual humor included, jokes about drugs or alcohol, or more inappropriate topics, and if that’s your type of humor, Joking Hazard will be the life of the party. People even consider it ‘the funnier version of Cards Against Humanity’. There are especially 50-60 cards that contain really adult-friendly humor, so you could remove them and make the game cleaner. And one more thing: it’s adaptable even with fewer players. You just add the Rando Cardrissian rule, and you’ll be fine.
There are a few cons we’d like to mention too. There could be some minor print errors in a small number of cards, but we’re hoping they would fix that on updated versions. Also, we’ve noticed that sometimes, cards fail to create a dialogue, and instead, we just have to analyze the pictures, which could be a little distracting. But that happens rarely and depends on how you combine the cards.
We’ve heard people complain that there’s not enough warning about the NSFW content in the deck, but of course, this is not a kid/teen-friendly game, and you only get it if you feel like you’d be comfortable playing it.
Extra Packs Of Joking Hazard
Even though we’ve mentioned the game is very replayable, expansion packs are always welcomed.
- 3 deck enhancements, each with 100 cards;
- 3 themed expansions, with 50 cards each;
- 2 big ass boxes, that contain all cards from all packs.
All extra packs and the main game are available on Amazon. However, the latter is available for free on our website, in digital version.
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The main rule for playing Joking Hazard is to have a group of people who enjoy dark & dirty humor and don’t get offended easily. Then, the game will absolutely fill your gatherings with laughter, and help you create lifetime memories. Read our explanations carefully, especially the sincere thoughts, since we’ve put everything you should know in there.
