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Joking Hazard

2016 | Adult | Card Game | Comic Book / Strip | Humor | Party Game

From the creators of Cyanide & Happiness comes a card game where players compete to finish an awful comic strip.

The creators said:

"Someone on the Internet once told us that making stick figure comics is easy as hell, and that we were ugly and stupid.

They were right on all counts. So, after crying for a few hours, we created the Random Comic Generator which since its inception in 2014 has entertained millions with its computer-generated comedy.

After a few weeks of playing with the Random Comic Generator, we started to wonder if its hundreds of random panels might lend themselves to a card game, where you compete against your friends to finish a comic with a funny punchline. So we printed out all of the RCG panels and started playing with them."

Draw 7 cards. The deck plays the first card, select a Judge to play the second, then everyone selects a third card to create a three panel comic strip. The Judge picks a winner.

The game includes a deck of 250 unique panel cards - that’s 15.4 million combinations of comics!



No. of Players 3-10
Playing Time 30-90 min
Age 18+
Mechanics Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection
Designer (Uncredited)
Publisher Breaking Games

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Added this item on Mar 6, 2018

Joking Hazard Reviews & Ratings (22)
9-10
27.3% (6)
7-8
45.5% (10)
5-6
18.2% (4)
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Lumos (380 KP) rated

Apr 24, 2018  
Joking Hazard
Joking Hazard
2016 | Adult, Card Game, Comic Book / Strip, Humor, Party Game
I have never laughed so hard at a simple card game. It is very similar to Cards Against Humanity, however in this game, you are playing to make the perfect punchline to a 3-frame comic strip. We played with four people and in about 2 hours, we played through all the cards available. I can see how playing with more people would make the game faster and also a bit repetitive. I'm sure with expansions, there will be more cards to play, however at this time, I'm not sure there is a lot of "re-playableness". Once you see the cards and how they interact, they lose their humor.
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RPGMP3 (211 KP) rated

Apr 20, 2018  
Joking Hazard
Joking Hazard
2016 | Adult, Card Game, Comic Book / Strip, Humor, Party Game
Cyanide and Happiness (1 more)
Can Be Really Funny
Can Be Really Boring (0 more)
Some Good Games, Some Dull Games
I love Cyanide and Happiness. It is awesome. So I Kickstarted this game when it came out without any hesitation. The idea is pretty simple and similar to Cards Against Humanity with pictures. Everyone has seven cards. You draw one from the pile and play as the first card, the Judge plays another card either in front or behind the first card and then everyone else plays a card to complete the comic strip. Then the Judge decides who wins.

It can be totally hilarious and I have played games where my sides have hurt from laughing. I've even cried. Sadly, I have also had games where the images just don't work and nothing is funny and it is just a bit awkward as players try to play something and fail.

That being said, it is an easy beer and pretzels game that does what it sets out to do reasonably well. If you love Cyanide and Happiness and are willing to take the risk of some dull rounds (or even whole games) then it is definitely worth adding to your collection for those games where everything just drops into place.
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Paul Kellett (118 KP) rated

May 8, 2019  
Joking Hazard
Joking Hazard
2016 | Adult, Card Game, Comic Book / Strip, Humor, Party Game
Amusing, possibly offensive adult party game (1 more)
Fun to play when drinking
Jokes wear thin quickly (1 more)
Some cards are likely to offend
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DreadpirateSmoo (95 KP) rated

Oct 27, 2021 (Updated Oct 27, 2021)  
Joking Hazard
Joking Hazard
2016 | Adult, Card Game, Comic Book / Strip, Humor, Party Game
Easy to play, can be quick or long. (0 more)
It just isn't as funny as it could be. (0 more)
I found myself finding this game super easy to play and have played it a fair bit.
I don't ever pick to play this game myself and I think that is because I just don't find it funny.
Where games like what do you meme and cards against humanity are laugh out loud silly or blurt out a laugh offensively funny I just found this one lacking, and for me that really puts me off playing a game like this.