Punderdome Game Review

                When I first read about this game I though it sound interesting and wanted to give a try. I’ve played a lot of games and I did expect this one to be different. Let first beginning by saying that this game is about puns and coming up with puns. If you are someone that doesn’t have a clue what a pun is then I would advise to skip this game, you won’t like it. That being said, I personally knew what a pun was, but more time than not think they are stupid. Most of the time I don’t even get them. So I’m probably not the best person to review this game, but I am anyway.

                So When I first got this the only thing I knew about was that it was about puns. I had to read the directions over a few times in order to really get how the game was played. Along with the directions in the box in comes with two sets of cards, two pads of paper, a card of examples (which was helpful), and two mystery envelopes along with the paper that goes with it. So let me go back to the example card. Without this card I don’t think I would know what to do, so I’m glad they included this.

                So you may be wondering how to actually play the game. Well I’m the wrong person to ask. I did somewhat get how to play, but it was still confusing at times. I found it incredibly difficult to come up with a pun that answered the questions. You have to be quick to answer and come up with cleaver puns. If you can’t do that than you will completely fail at this game. So the prize from actually winning this game is the mystery envelope, which if I’m being completely honest is stupid. The whole concept of these envelopes is at the beginning of the game you write of the slips provided what you want to the winner to have. But the only thing is one of them has to be a good prize and the other a bad prize. It may sound a little fun to some of you, but I wasn’t a fan. They do give you examples of what to write down of the slips. Some of these examples where a ‘temporary tattoo’ for the good one and ‘used napkin’ for the bad one.  The winner gets to choose which envelope they want without knowing what’s inside.  Although it could be comical, I just thought it was stupid.

                So my overall impression of this game is bad. I didn’t like it and will probably end up giving it to Goodwill. But if you like cheesy puns they you may like it, but as for me it’s a no.

I received this from Blogging For Books for my honest opinion.