Cards Against Humanity was fun the first time...but after you've heard all the cards it loses its luster. Looking forward to trying out some of these alternatives.
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When you mentioned Snake Oil’s publisher going out of business, I immediately paused the video and ordered a copy. Thanks so much for the review! Very creative as usual!
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Great video. I enjoy CAH, but I do find it repetitive after playing a few times. Therefore it rarely gets brought out anymore. I will have to look into these other games as well.
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Been looking for a board game/irl game channel for ages, so glad I found this. I often make my own versions of games like these bc my family includes a range of ages/maturities/sense of humour/religion etc so I often have to remove cards from games like funemployed so my grandma doesn't get offended or reword cards so children can understand. This has given me some new ideas as well as introducing me to Stinker and Stipulations which sound like they could be idea already! Would also love to win!:)
My board game group suffered the same problems you identified in Cards Against Humanity so we remixed it with Say Anything to create: Cards Against Say Anything. by using the CAH deck instead of the SA deck you get the best of both worlds, interesting funny set ups and open ended answers.
I can't believe I didn't see your videos before. So hilarious! Stinker and Stipulations sound great. I have BYOB already, and it's a great family game.
I'm not sure that any of these games elicit laughter the way a new Actualol video does, but I'd be willing to give them a try. Thanks for another hilarious video.
I honestly did not know about most of these games before I watched your video. Thank you for the explanations on how to play each one and I will definitely be looking to buy one in the near future!
Your videos give us a chance to hear about some games we otherwise might not have heard of in a very funny enjoyable way. I find I'm often checking to see if you've released a new video. Thank you for the laughs!
Great video! I've been looking to get my friends away from playing CAH lately. Stinker, say anything, or stipulations all look like they could work with my group. Another alternative that worked great with my friends is game of things but we've pretty much gone through all the best questions for it.
I run a board game club at my school and the students always ask 'Can we play Cards Against Humanity'. Because it's a school sanctioned event, the answer is obviously no, but I also tell them that CAH is quite restrictive; you have to play to the card makers sense of humor and the offensiveness and shock value can depreciate quickly. We've only ever played one CAH-esque game (Funemployed) and it was a massive hit, mostly due to them being able to make their own tone to the game and being able to be more creative. I must admit I hadn't heard of most of these but they all look absolutely terrific!
Another great video. I bought telestrations on your recommendation and the family loved it. BYOB and Stipulations seem like great games. Stinker looks hilarious too.
Haha. "Reminds him of growing up in the north. All that scenery and lack of electricity." Currently watching this on my phone as the electricity is out! 😂
Great video! I've been meaning to buy Funemployed to play when someone else suggests we play Cards Against Humanity. Now I have a larger list of games to buy to fulfill this goal. Thanks!
Best line ever in snake oil… the customer was a beggar and our friend made a point of choosing her cards randomly! Then she said, dryly, ‘beggars can’t be choosers!’ - instant win!!!
I probably missed the give but you sir you are a riot I laughed so hard milk shot out my nose and I am lactose intolerant and haven't had a glass in ten years. Haha
I absolutely love the humour that you add and the wonderful characters you create for your videos. So far I've enjoyed each one and am always excited to see a new one go up. Keep up the great work and looking forward to more
Nice list. I've been slowly moving CAH to harder and harder places to find on our shelf every time I reorganize. A few of these definitely look like something I could pull out to offer to play instead if someone does happen to pull out CAH on game night.
Thank you again for another great list of games! Your videos have for sure help out a few times when my husband and I go pick-up a new game to a growing collection. Hopefully soon we will have a great alternative to Cards Against Humanity in our collection! Totally agree that after a certain point, Cards Against Humanity does get very repetitive.
Bring your own book looks pretty fun! Great video, this is much more engaging than the hour long top tens (with thirty games) that the numbered polyherdon turret.
Congrats to another great video! I hope you'll have a ton of views and subscribers because this format is really original, funny and fresh. Looking forward to another topic :)
The only problem with Funemployed is it's name and box design. "The game of REAL jobs and UNREAL qualifications" If I try bring it out at a party/gathering people will usually judge it as something boring and nerdy. This basically means you need to set it up and do a rules explanation in 30 seconds before people have time to become disinterested. Saying that, I've never not had an amazing time playing it, and it's probably the funniest game I own. Out of the 30 people or so I've introduced it to, only 1 hasn't liked it. We're not friends anymore.
These all look great! Stipulations looks particularly great. Shame to hear that the company making Snake Oil has gone out of business though, I was trying to find that game for my board games club, but Funemployed could be a good shout. But anyway, yay competitions!
I really like Snake Oil, and it can definitely be family friendly or not depending on who you're playing with. Played at Christmas with my family and even my 7-year-old niece could join in. But when playing with friends, there were innuendos everywhere.
This is my favourite video from you yet! Along with the christmas games vid. And not just because you're giving away goodies ;) Stipulations looks great!
As somebody who dreads people asking 'can we play cards against humanity again' this video was exactly what I needed, Stipulations, Snake Oil and Bring your Own Book sound right up my street.
You have so many contests going on. I have hoped to find something people would play instead of Cards against Humanity hopefully one of these would work. Keep up the good content.
I watched this video earlier today - and immediately went and subscribed and watched more! Your reviews are great, and you have such a good format. Keep up the great work!
I love the game Story War as a CAH alternative. It's hard to get used to for non-creative players, but with the right group it's a lot of fun. I imagine kids would love this game.
I appreciate how you mapped your suggestions to the different aspects of CAH. Nicely done video with some good suggestions. Though I'm obviously partial to BYOBook, I've played Snake Oil with the extended family and it was a riot.
Thank you, I was looking for something to replace CAH. The only one I've recognized was 'Say Anything', so there are many new names for me in this list. I was laughing so hard on 'my diary from last year' part - you're hilarious.
Snake Oil is one of my favorites. I find you need a relatively creative group for it compared to other similar games, but it's amazing if you get the right people together. They went out of business!? Now I'm really glad I already own it and all the expansions.
Watched this ages ago and rewatched before sharing with a friend. :-) I do love the characters here (llol at some of the mum's lines) and your synposes do well to explain the games. One slight gripe - you make it sound as if for Say Anything you sometimes draw a card with a weak question. In actuality, each card has a range of questions from tame/boring to something potentially offensive. I think that this is a strength of the game - I regularly played it with complete strangers in an International cultural exchange group years ago and some folk would just pick "What's the best movie?" as a respite. Although I've not generally commented in the past (and some recent twitter comment encouraged me to do so more, which I'll try for a week to see how it goes), I do want to say again that you're making wonderful videos with the mix of comedy and cool games!
Thanks for another lovely comment Bez! That's a good point about Say Anything, and I think it's flexibility in those situations is admirable. I guess I was coming at it from a different mindset in this video, where if people kept picking the softer questions it led to a less entertaining game.
Great video, Jon. Informative and funny, as always. Nice that you point out what type of groups the games are best for. I like in BYOB how the books occasionally get passed around the group, so an "overpowered" book gets shared with everyone. One of the funniest books we had was HTML for Dummies - it was great seeing people struggle and succeed to find good lines :)
Cards Against Humanity was fun the first time...but after you've heard all the cards it loses its luster. Looking forward to trying out some of these alternatives.
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When you mentioned Snake Oil’s publisher going out of business, I immediately paused the video and ordered a copy. Thanks so much for the review! Very creative as usual!
"what book is that, 50 shades of Gray?"
"No, this is my diary from the past year"
hahaha, thanks for your funny videos!
+MONO LÚDICO Thanks for going back and watching old ones! :)
I just found your channel (actually what brought me here was your boardgame song, which I found at the boardgamegeek). Your videos are truly good stuff :D
Just watched this one for the first time, too! Freaking hilarious man!
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Greetings nice video I just bought bring your own book, looks fun.
Video definitlly gives something to think about
Three more games to get.
I really enjoy what you're making keep it up!
Great video. I enjoy CAH, but I do find it repetitive after playing a few times. Therefore it rarely gets brought out anymore. I will have to look into these other games as well.
My wife and I love your channel. We always add games to our wish list after one of these videos. Thank you very much.
+Tyler Weeks Thank you! :)
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Been looking for a board game/irl game channel for ages, so glad I found this. I often make my own versions of games like these bc my family includes a range of ages/maturities/sense of humour/religion etc so I often have to remove cards from games like funemployed so my grandma doesn't get offended or reword cards so children can understand. This has given me some new ideas as well as introducing me to Stinker and Stipulations which sound like they could be idea already! Would also love to win!:)
Very humerous and great joke recommending variant games! Love your humor and wit and grasp of small box games 😀
I think each of these games will really open up in new ways depending on the people you play with. Another awesome video Jon, love it!
+Dougflip81 Thanks Doug! You're right, these games can be very different with different groups, another reason why I enjoy them.
I can't believe how simple but genius Bring Your Own Book is. Can't wait to give it a try!
I love your commentary. Really appreciate knowing not only what games are out there, but what they are best for.
My board game group suffered the same problems you identified in Cards Against Humanity so we remixed it with Say Anything to create: Cards Against Say Anything. by using the CAH deck instead of the SA deck you get the best of both worlds, interesting funny set ups and open ended answers.
Your videos are delightfully entertaining. They intrigue people to go out, buy, and play these games. Keep up the amazing humor.
I can't believe I didn't see your videos before. So hilarious! Stinker and Stipulations sound great. I have BYOB already, and it's a great family game.
Bring your own book looks like fun. We already love Snake Oil.
Just found this channel. It's hard to find good board game reviews with this high of quality. very good job.
I'm not sure that any of these games elicit laughter the way a new Actualol video does, but I'd be willing to give them a try. Thanks for another hilarious video.
I honestly did not know about most of these games before I watched your video. Thank you for the explanations on how to play each one and I will definitely be looking to buy one in the near future!
Your videos give us a chance to hear about some games we otherwise might not have heard of in a very funny enjoyable way. I find I'm often checking to see if you've released a new video. Thank you for the laughs!
I played Snake Oil a few weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised! Great review on all these, they look like a lot of fun.
Stipulations sounds perfect for my varied group of friends. Dark & light humor will fly all over the room.
Great find.
This looks like a great list of party games. I'm interested in trying all of them!
Great video! I've been looking to get my friends away from playing CAH lately. Stinker, say anything, or stipulations all look like they could work with my group. Another alternative that worked great with my friends is game of things but we've pretty much gone through all the best questions for it.
I run a board game club at my school and the students always ask 'Can we play Cards Against Humanity'. Because it's a school sanctioned event, the answer is obviously no, but I also tell them that CAH is quite restrictive; you have to play to the card makers sense of humor and the offensiveness and shock value can depreciate quickly. We've only ever played one CAH-esque game (Funemployed) and it was a massive hit, mostly due to them being able to make their own tone to the game and being able to be more creative. I must admit I hadn't heard of most of these but they all look absolutely terrific!
Another great video. I bought telestrations on your recommendation and the family loved it. BYOB and Stipulations seem like great games. Stinker looks hilarious too.
Haha. "Reminds him of growing up in the north. All that scenery and lack of electricity." Currently watching this on my phone as the electricity is out! 😂
Haha brilliant! 😂😂
@@actualol incidentally, the view out our window is stunning.
Bring your own book and stipulations both seem amazing! Thank you for this!
Great video! I've been meaning to buy Funemployed to play when someone else suggests we play Cards Against Humanity. Now I have a larger list of games to buy to fulfill this goal. Thanks!
Awesome channel. Content gets better and better. Great list and great humour!
I love the way you cover obscure games that dont really get talked about, I learn a lot of new games from watching you vids. Keep it up =)
Best line ever in snake oil… the customer was a beggar and our friend made a point of choosing her cards randomly!
Then she said, dryly, ‘beggars can’t be choosers!’ - instant win!!!
I probably missed the give but you sir you are a riot I laughed so hard milk shot out my nose and I am lactose intolerant and haven't had a glass in ten years. Haha
+Heather Coffman Haha! Love it!
I'll give your videos a shot. This one was quite entertaining. I like that you put the links in the description too. Nice touch.
I love your videos, especially when you perform the mother or the child roles. Hilarious! XD
I absolutely love the humour that you add and the wonderful characters you create for your videos. So far I've enjoyed each one and am always excited to see a new one go up. Keep up the great work and looking forward to more
Great video. Thanks for putting the time in effort in producing a humorous video informing us of these alternatives.
I wish you brought out more videos. You're one of the few UA-camrs who can hold my attention for over 15 minutes. Also, ftw!
+Ronnie Lunn Me too! Sadly they take a long time to make. Glad you enjoy them though :)
Nice list. I've been slowly moving CAH to harder and harder places to find on our shelf every time I reorganize. A few of these definitely look like something I could pull out to offer to play instead if someone does happen to pull out CAH on game night.
I bought Stinker for my best friend for Christmas last year, and we absolutely love playing it! Can't recommend it enough.
Great list, I had heard of all these games in passing but I think I'll be picking up a few now.
My favorite game videos. Love learning about new games from you!
I like the direction you are going with on your videos. It helps you become different from many others.
+Robyn Zwicker Thanks Robyn, glad you're enjoying the new stuff. More alternatives videos in the future, I hope!
Great video, I appreciate running through the ups and downs of each of them!
Thank you again for another great list of games! Your videos have for sure help out a few times when my husband and I go pick-up a new game to a growing collection.
Hopefully soon we will have a great alternative to Cards Against Humanity in our collection! Totally agree that after a certain point, Cards Against Humanity does get very repetitive.
+Allison Hetter You're welcome Allison!
Thanks for the great review! Informational, funny, and insightful game mechanic analysis.
Very nice video. I like the humor in all your clips. Keep up the good job!
Bring your own book looks pretty fun!
Great video, this is much more engaging than the hour long top tens (with thirty games) that the numbered polyherdon turret.
Congrats to another great video! I hope you'll have a ton of views and subscribers because this format is really original, funny and fresh. Looking forward to another topic :)
+17shade17 Thank you! I'm glad you like the format, I have more planned for the future.
Your videos are genuinely funny, making your channel's name especially appropriate.
Stipulations sounds like a great game!
I've been binge watching board game reviews and yours are definitely the best!
Thanks Malcolm! That's really cool. I do a lot of binge watching of board game reviews too :)
Another great rundown. Entertaining and informative. I love what you're doing here. Thank you for the effort!
"Oliver Twist is over-powered" CLASSIC! Really funny video I have games to add to my wishlist now :D
That "Bring Your own Book" looks like a great way to break the ice for a book club.
'Aaaahhh!!!' moment when mum says 'No, that was my diary from last year.' Brilliant!
Thanks for another great video, Jon. looks of great ideas for playing with my family here
The only problem with Funemployed is it's name and box design.
"The game of REAL jobs and UNREAL qualifications"
If I try bring it out at a party/gathering people will usually judge it as something boring and nerdy.
This basically means you need to set it up and do a rules explanation in 30 seconds before people have time to become disinterested. Saying that, I've never not had an amazing time playing it, and it's probably the funniest game I own. Out of the 30 people or so I've introduced it to, only 1 hasn't liked it. We're not friends anymore.
Yes, good decision. There's no bad game only bad people you played the game with. :)
Thanks for these alternatives! My group of friends had that punchline-problem with CAH that you mentioned, so I'll show this video to them!
Love seeing fun summaries of games I don't own! Always something I look for. This is very well done!
Love watching your videos, thanks for helping guide me to so many new and wonderful games!🎉
These all look great! Stipulations looks particularly great. Shame to hear that the company making Snake Oil has gone out of business though, I was trying to find that game for my board games club, but Funemployed could be a good shout. But anyway, yay competitions!
Another great video. I'd love to add some more great party games to my collection for when family and non games come round.
I really like Snake Oil, and it can definitely be family friendly or not depending on who you're playing with. Played at Christmas with my family and even my 7-year-old niece could join in. But when playing with friends, there were innuendos everywhere.
This is my favourite video from you yet! Along with the christmas games vid. And not just because you're giving away goodies ;) Stipulations looks great!
Thanks! :)
As somebody who dreads people asking 'can we play cards against humanity again' this video was exactly what I needed, Stipulations, Snake Oil and Bring your Own Book sound right up my street.
You have so many contests going on. I have hoped to find something people would play instead of Cards against Humanity hopefully one of these would work. Keep up the good content.
If you uploaded more consistently you'd easily be one of the most subscribed board game channels! I'd love to see more vlogs!
I watched this video earlier today - and immediately went and subscribed and watched more! Your reviews are great, and you have such a good format. Keep up the great work!
+Andrew Doucet Thanks Andrew!
I love the game Story War as a CAH alternative. It's hard to get used to for non-creative players, but with the right group it's a lot of fun. I imagine kids would love this game.
I love games, and the first three especially sound right up my alley! Thanks for this video.
Finally a new video, you're one of my favorite youtubers!! Thanks for uploading Actualol :) :)
I hope I WIN!!
Snake Oil is my go to party game. Always have a blast!
love your videos cap'n.
I appreciate how you mapped your suggestions to the different aspects of CAH. Nicely done video with some good suggestions. Though I'm obviously partial to BYOBook, I've played Snake Oil with the extended family and it was a riot.
Also, anyone who wants to try out BYOBook, we have a free print-and-play demo on our website: www.bringyourownbook.com
Great video as usual. I love it when you do these lists. A lot of them look great to get next!
I've never heard of any of these alternatives. Bring Your Own Book sounds awesome! Also, the mom reading from her diary...hilarious!
Fantastic. A very entertaining review that brings out the essence of the games. Thanks again.
Thank you, I was looking for something to replace CAH. The only one I've recognized was 'Say Anything', so there are many new names for me in this list. I was laughing so hard on 'my diary from last year' part - you're hilarious.
Definitely interested in Stipulations! My go-to party games are Time's Up - Title Recall and Telestrations.
+Aggrocragg Great choices!
Stipulations looks awesome never heard of it before. Thanks for the suggestion!
John, you're the only board game UA-camr that my wife gets excited to watch! Keep it up!
Snake Oil is one of my favorites. I find you need a relatively creative group for it compared to other similar games, but it's amazing if you get the right people together. They went out of business!? Now I'm really glad I already own it and all the expansions.
A friend recommended Stinker, and told me to watch this video to learn more. Definitely going to watch the rest of your videos!
+mainlinewasp They sound like a great friend!
+mainlinewasp They sound like a great friend!
I always appreciate suggestions of "if you like [blank] you should try [blank]." I'm definitely going to look into getting some of these!
Great content, I remember stumbling across your christmas video and picking up a few of those games. Wouldn't mind a shot at some of these!
Wow! Thanks for the contest - really enjoying the channel!
between this and the dexterity videos, I'm a new fan. subscribed!
I never heard of some of these but you make them all sound pretty great.
Informative, hilarious and brilliant as always. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the next video.
Love your videos. The goofy characters keep me coming back. :-)
Great suggestions, thank you! This is the first one of your videos I've seen. Good work.
Your videos are the best board game videos on youtube. Keep up the great work!
Thanks Jason, that's very kind of you to say!
Great game suggestions! I love the channel. I'm excited to try any of these.
Watched this ages ago and rewatched before sharing with a friend. :-)
I do love the characters here (llol at some of the mum's lines) and your synposes do well to explain the games.
One slight gripe - you make it sound as if for Say Anything you sometimes draw a card with a weak question. In actuality, each card has a range of questions from tame/boring to something potentially offensive.
I think that this is a strength of the game - I regularly played it with complete strangers in an International cultural exchange group years ago and some folk would just pick "What's the best movie?" as a respite.
Although I've not generally commented in the past (and some recent twitter comment encouraged me to do so more, which I'll try for a week to see how it goes), I do want to say again that you're making wonderful videos with the mix of comedy and cool games!
Thanks for another lovely comment Bez! That's a good point about Say Anything, and I think it's flexibility in those situations is admirable. I guess I was coming at it from a different mindset in this video, where if people kept picking the softer questions it led to a less entertaining game.
Good suggestions and summaries; I hope to pick up one or two of them.
Watching your videos is at least as much fun as playing games with friends.
Stipulations looks SO FUN!
Great vid as always, the characters are hilarious! :)
Great video, Jon. Informative and funny, as always. Nice that you point out what type of groups the games are best for. I like in BYOB how the books occasionally get passed around the group, so an "overpowered" book gets shared with everyone. One of the funniest books we had was HTML for Dummies - it was great seeing people struggle and succeed to find good lines :)
+Jarrod Farquhar-Nicol That sounds fun, I can't wait to play again with some weirder books!
"This is my diary from last year." 😂 Actually LOL'd.
Thanks for the exposure to these sweet games!