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16. Joke Boat

I feel like this one SHOULD work better than it does, and I'm not sure why groups keep finding this one to be kind of a rough play. I think you guys just need to get better at writing jokes, tbh. Okay, I admit that this one is basically just a worse Quiplash with different packaging, but I do really like the packaging - the nautical theming and the catchphrases are both fantastic, and I think the way that prompts get determined is a lot of fun and sometimes even preferrable to Quiplash. I also really like the idea of the final round being taking someone else's joke and trying to do it better. For whatever reason though, much like Dictionarium the ratio of good to bad responses just doesn't work out, and it feels like people tend to struggle being funny in Joke Boat, which is kind of understandable because it forces the humor into a slightly more hackneyed format that almost feels it demands subversion and anti-humor at times. And although most Jackbox games are basically like Whose Line where the scores are practically made up anyway so the winner doesn't REALLY matter, Joke Boat does have an extra annoying problem here where people make more points based on whether or not people select their jokes to go up against in the final round. All that said I think it's a solid offering in Party Pack 6 but it's understandable to just want to go back to Quiplash instead, and I imagine with the release of Quiplash 3 we'll probably see less of Joke Boat.