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Add in our brand new Expansion Pack for nearly 200 more prompts, 120+ wild word magnet additions, and 4 extra trays to expand the game to 10 players!
Why "Ransom Notes?"
We love the look and feel of classic ransom notes and how the word magnets in the game replicate it. Once you create a submission, you have something that looks and sounds like a ransom note.
- Individual rounds usually take about 1-2 minutes
- We suggest playing until someone wins five rounds.
- Ransom Notes is officially for 3-6 players, but you can have an excellent time playing with just two folks!
Ransom Notes - The Ridiculous Word Magnet Party Game!
For 3-6 players or group play!
The game of hilariously terrible sentences! Players use word magnets to respond to outlandish prompts like “Tell someone you’ve clogged their toilet at a party” with just their limited pool of words.
Make the best answer to an outrageous prompt... but you can only use your own pool of word magnets!
Each game includes:
- 840 high quality word magnets
- 6 metal submission cards
- 250 prompt cards
- Instructions
Easy to play!
Learn to play in under one minute, and even the shyest players will be creating laugh-out-loud word magnet responses right away. Just take a few handfuls of word magnets, flip over a prompt card, and start playing — no long instructions to explain!
Hours of fun!
While the game is made for 3-6 players, it’s equally hilarious when larger groups team up together. 30-90 min play time. With 250 absurd prompt cards and a new pool of words every time, this party game has infinite hilarious combinations and feels fresh every time you play
Infinite possibilities!
Hilariously unique every time.
With 250 absurd prompt cards and a different pool of word magnets every time, players end up creating an infinite variety of terribly awesome sentences.
Learn to play in one minute.
Just take a few handfuls of word magnets, flip over a prompt card, and start playing — no long instructions to explain.
A creative twist on party games.
Ransom notes isn’t just a play a card, judge picks the winner party game — players are constantly engaged in creative, out-of-the-box thinking that will have you crying from laughing.
Ransom Notes: Expansion Pack makes Ransom Notes bigger, better, wilder!
Ready to make Ransom Notes even better?
We've designed this Ransom Notes expansion to bring a whole new level of terrible sentence-making to your table.
Packed with nearly 200 brand new prompt cards, from "Explain a vasectomy" to "Write a cheer for your high school chess team," you'll also get 120 new handpicked words to make your sentences even weirder.
Plus, Ransom Notes with more friends is more fun — four additional magnet trays let you play with groups of up to 10 people!
Ted Walford
2025-08-20 15:32:55
The game is fun and often hilarious. Play is quick, and you can play as many rounds as you want. I especially liked the simplicity of the "rules." For example, no tedious counting out numbers of word pieces; directions say simply, "grab three pinches of word magnets, about 75." It really doesn't matter. The Judge gets to play each round too! - And the rules answer "Can I add my own word magnet tiles?" with, "Sure. We already have your money, do whatever you want." And truly, you can teach anyone the game in two minutes. We bought the game + expansion pack bundle, and then I went back and bought the "family expansion pack" just to have more of everything in case we want to play with a larger group. (A lot of those "family" cards are for children, so just use them or not depending on who's playing; they're labeled.)
Jewell Hamilton
2025-07-25 17:46:25
Cards against humanity meets mad libs. My 24 year old son and I adapted the game for 2 players and had a great holiday afternoon playing. There are several suggestions for game adaptations and it's very easy and hilarious to play.Our favorite responses came together like a short, two chapter tale following the single prompt: "describe the history of humanity":"UFO releases rogue beast. Darkness.""We grunt bro."The only negatives are that the word magnets are challenging for a person with joint pain or hand related mobility issues to take apart, and they are kinda low quality with just an unprotected paper front that wants to separate from the magnet backing as you separate them from each other, and that I predict will fade very quickly with use. The good news is that the words can easily be replaced with adhesive printer labels. But it would be nice (especially for the price of this game) if they were just made better and if you didn't have to spend a painful laborious hour to separate them in the first place.Now that the words are all apart, I think we will play this game quite often and I look forward to playing with a larger group as well.Edit to add that we have since played the game with a larger group, including my 13 year old nephew and would like to add that while the structure of the game play is similar to cards against humanity, my sister pointed out that this game is better because it is suitable for younger players as well. There are a few prompts that might be iffy, but you can always skip or exclude them easily and without reducing your game quality.
Louise Boyer
2025-07-21 12:47:32
Oh my! This game is so much fun. We played it on family game night and literally laughed so hard we cried!! So glad we purchased this one. It’s easy to play, but takes a little thought. It’s timed so don’t think too long! It was a great time!
B Foreman
2025-07-09 15:03:04
The box says 15 and up, but this game can actually be played by as young as 10 year olds. It is super fun, where you get a random bunch of words, and have to read a prompt, and you are trying to build a sentence out of your random words. It gets really comical really quick. The 15 and up comes in in the prompt cards, as there are some wildly adult topic cards. To play in our family, the adults sifted through the cards, threw the bad cards away, and we had PLENTY of cards left over. You can play with younger ages, JUST LOOK THROUGH THE PROMPT CARDS!
Blue Monday
2025-06-08 16:51:42
Tired of party games where you’re limited to the responses printed on the cards in your hand? How about a game where you’re instead limited your own creativity paired with the word magnets in front of you?This game is fantastic! The only limitation is if you’re just not playing with fun/funny/witty people, then it will not reach its full potential of radness and hilarity.
Regina Fitzhugh
2025-05-24 14:51:58
This game is a hoot! It's easy to understand and brings a lot of laughter to your party table. It's a great group game that can last as long as you desire. Hope you enjoy it as much as my family has.
SuKi1616
2025-05-09 17:27:33
Very enjoyable! This game will appeal to fans of Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity, with a similar game mechanic but more creativity/flexibility needed to respond to the prompts. Very easy to learn and will appeal to a wide age range. Game says 15+ but I think creative tweens could play and enjoy. YMMV on whether a time limit on the rounds will work for your kid if they are on the younger side, but without one the game can be slow. If your kids/teens are neurospicy, this may be a good way to get a rigid thinker to stretch their thinking a little. If this becomes a long term favorite, expansion packs (which are available) will probably be needed to provide variety.
R H
2025-04-01 20:09:23
Bought this for my brother's birthday, it's a really fun game! Lot's of laughs all round the table.Unfortunately the magnet pieces are SO flimsy and breakable. I ended up gluing the paper back on to 5 different pieces before we'd even started playing, and the act of separating the word magnets is quite tedious and involved if you don't want to see any tear.Regardless of the difficulties with the magnets, I do consider this to be a worthwhile purchase. We've had a ton of fun with it and I look forward to putting it in our regular party game rotation! :) 8/10
Kindle Customer
2025-03-16 14:02:53
Awesome game. Great seller!
Alison Dodd
2025-02-12 17:25:22
Suitable for adults and teens rather than younger children imo, the results of the questions posed had us crying with laughter. Not difficult or complicated to set up and play, jump right in and make the most ridiculous sentence you can.
Heather
2025-02-06 09:20:19
Our family of five, ranging in age from 53-11 all love this game! You know you have a winner when your 18 year-old suggests game night to play this game. We took out a few cards that were just slightly inappropriate themes for our youngest, but the game is rated for 15+ so we knew that when purchasing it. Most of the time we are playing it with adults/older teens and we love it! It’s easy, and sooooo funny! We’ve been in tears with laughter. Definitely recommend - as a mom who only writes reviews if it’s too good not to.
Ghanem
2025-01-31 17:38:22
Fun
Nicole H.
2024-11-25 13:00:54
Great game and easy to learn! Don’t try so hard and just let the joker inside you fly! Keep it silly and everyone will have a great time! We laughed and laughed and took pics of the night’s best answers to remember - which are now memes in our family. Highly recommend!
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