Jackbox Party Starter is a Great Entry Point for Newcomers

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For a while now, the Jackbox Party Packs have dominated the party game conversation with a mixture of fun interactive experiences geared around creativity and trivia. But as the Party Packs have continued to roll out on an annual basis, an agreed-upon entry point for the series becomes less and less clear.

To help with that specific issue, Jackbox Games is introducing the Jackbox Party Starter, a collection of three party games from its extensive library. But this is not just a mishmash of games hand-picked from different Party Packs; each game in the Party Starter has been updated with new prompts and some important accessibility features as well.

The Jackbox Party Starter includes three completely different party games: Quiplash 3, Tee K.O., and Trivia Murder Party 2. Each of the games leverages the mobile interactivity of the Jackbox party games in a clever way and can appeal to a wide variety of people (not just gamers).

Quiplash is a personal favorite, and its third entry is arguably its best. The basic gist of Quiplash is that each player is given two prompts on their mobile device/computer that they must respond to in either a funny or clever way. Once all of the responses have been submitted, the two that were for the same prompt will go head-to-head and the remaining group members and the audience (usually a livestreamer’s chat) will vote on their favorite.

Tee K.O. asks players to show their artistic side by drawing a picture that will then be matched with another player’s random tagline and put on a shirt. The mishmash of a funny picture and a seemingly unrelated tagline allows for some funny shirt options, which the group then votes on as the best. What’s cool about Tee K.O. is that players can actually make