Pun Intended

Remarkably quick play, causing even experienced punsters to wince, groan and cringe while answering this painfully good game. As an admitted user of puns and homophones (“I didn’t initially want to buy the leather shoes, but was eventually suede!” Group response: ARRRGH!), this was a delightful present. Even better was watching my family truly relish putting the other team in a pickle by shouting out these awful puns with great enthusiasm: Because teams have only a minute to get six puns per card, the recovery time (normally allowing you to at least mildly recuperate from a BAD or a DAD pun) isn’t there. Instead, you get pummeled with rapid-fire puns, feeling aural hit after hit to your poor ears while the other team cackles with fiendish glee at your dismay. After that, of course, it’s your turn, and the gleam in your eye at the prospect of returning the favor via a verbal Louisville Slugger pushes each team to downright insidious oh-pun warfare. You’ll love this game (when it’s your turn), you’ll loathe this game (when it’s not), and players quickly reveal undiscovered depths to their collective souls as they grasp the agonizing fun of watching opponents curl up into little balls of quivering jelly, yelling out, “AUGH! Do beautiful plumbers have plunging necklines? Stop! You’re KILLING me!” Wonderful game. My 10 and 12-year-olds took particularly noticeable glee in getting some of these, especially “I got you BEFORE Dad did! Ahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!” The maniacal laughter was a bonus. Everyone should buy this game. We’d have a better world if more time was spent on this game than on political debate, sports or plastic body-and-brained celeb-brats. Buy two copies: One for you, and one for someone else in the joy of knowing they’ll soon be suffering as much as you do...yet be unable to stop playing!

First, I went with economy shipping and got it the next day, so that was a pleasant surprise. I'd heard of Pun Intended through a friend so decided to give it a try with the family. It was quick and easy to get setup and playing and easy for everyone to understand. I've got a 14 year old nephew that plays games with us and was worried it'd be over his head but he was keeping up with all of us and even doing better with some of the more modern puns. Overall, great game, fun to play, seems like it'll last a good length of time (which I always worry about the quality of games with printed cards), and I plan on ordering some around Christmas for a few friends/family members.

I wish I was punny enough for this review. It's fun (for me, anyway), but we discovered that some people really aren't very punny and have a hard time guessing answers. (We relegated them to reading the clues. lol) Some of them really don't make sense, though, and others are so "specialized" (for lack of a better word), that if you don't know/work in that particular field, you're unlikely to get it.

This game was very very punny. It got a lot of laughs. But the puns can be a bit hard. So if you like a bit of a challenge, then this game is for you.

We played this game with a group of adults on New Year's Eve and had a blast. The puns are fun and sometimes challenging. It is so fun to see how individuals in the group think and everyone contributed regularly. We laughed a lot and had great competition. The game is not inappropriate for any age. It is easy to learn. I would not play with young children just because puns are generally something mastered with time. I think the game suggested ages are correct. I highly recommend this game for play in groups for a lot of fun.

Myself, my brothers, my boyfriend, and my parents all played this game together. We range in age from 30-60 and we all had a blast! It was easy to learn, simple to score, and my 5 year old son actually got a couple of the answers correct as he was half listening while playing with toys in the next room. There was only one clue between both complete games we played that we all agreed had an answer that did not make sense. My only concern, it took about 15 card a game or so to complete each game which means we’ve already used like 1/7 of the cards available. We will have to look for expansion packs in the future. This was a gift to my boyfriend who LOVES puns and he was very happy with it.

I'm a teacher (junior high and high school) and my students LOVE playing this game! I say a pun from one of the cards and tell them the level of difficulty (students LOVE the 1-6 levels of difficulty!) and give them the first letter of the answer.....and the first student or "team" of students (I mix it up based on the class) that gets the answer wins! I always have great prizes for the winners, because let's face it........we all love playing games MORE when PRIZES are involved! As an English teacher, I can say the "puns" in the game are FIRST RATE. Puns are VERY TRENDY now, they are everywhere.....and this game makes learning language skills SO FUN!!!!!! It's also TERRIFIC for critical thinking skills. I give it my HIGHEST recommendation! I also played it with my family over the holidays......and everyone LOVED IT!!!!!

The first card I pulled, I read the sentences aloud, so the girl I was spending time with could fill in the blanks (the final word that makes the sentence a pun). Those ones were pretty clear puns, and make me a little too gleeful, as puns typically do. The following cards were mixed. Some of them were clearcut puns, while others were a real stretch, and kind of left us and her mother feeling flat. I think the game is appropriate enough. That said, only half the box is cards, and the content is mixed in how good it is. Some of them are great, and it's fun to play around with. I'm not sure how much replay value there will be, honestly, as once you've done all the puns, you know them. If you love puns, and have a bit of extra splurging money, it's fun to play with for a bit, but it's not quite as amazing as I hoped.