Quiplash
COMEDY PARTY GAME by JACKBOX GAMES (2015+) — DIGITAL party game where players use PHONES (as controllers) to enter FUNNY ANSWERS to prompts on shared screen. Signature: 2 PLAYERS receive SAME PROMPT ('Something you'd never say at a funeral', 'The dumbest name for a superhero'); write typed responses; ALL OTHER PLAYERS VOTE for their favorite. Best answer wins points. Fully DIGITAL (Jackbox streaming from PC/console/Twitch); AUDIENCE INTERACTION possible (viewers vote alongside players). Explosion of popularity 2015+ + PANDEMIC BOOM 2020.
Quick facts
Category
Party Games
Type
Team sport
Players
3–8
Duration
~20 min
Where played
both
Country of origin
🇺🇸 United States
Estimated origin
2015 Quiplash 1 by Jackbox Games; part of Jackbox Party Pack 2+; Quiplash 2 2016; Quiplash 3 (in TJPP7) 2020
Olympic
No
Popularity
regional
How it works
Objective
Score MOST POINTS by writing FUNNIEST answers to prompts.
Rules
Basic rules
PLAYERS join game via phone browser at jackbox.tv with room code
Signature phone-controller connection.
ROUND 1-2: pair of players receives SAME prompt; each types funny answer; other players vote
Signature 2-player prompt duel.
PROMPTS example: 'A great job for someone who never sleeps', 'What Homer Simpson mumbled in his sleep'
Signature humorous prompts.
VOTING: non-answering players tap their preferred answer on phone; winning answer gets 1000+ points
Signature voting scoring.
ROUND 3 (QUIPLASH FINALE): ALL players answer same prompt; audience votes
Signature Round 3 finale.
AUDIENCE MODE: streaming viewers can join as audience + vote alongside players
Signature audience mode.
'SAFETY QUIP' option: pre-written joke if you can't think of one
Signature Safety Quip.
Scoring
Points awarded based on votes; ~1000 per vote in R1-2; R3 doubled.
Win condition · Highest total points after 3 rounds.
Equipment
Streaming device (PC, PS4/5, Xbox, Switch, Fire TV, iPad) running Jackbox Party Pack
Signature streaming device
Individual smartphones/laptops for each player (browser-based controller at jackbox.tv)
Signature phone controllers
Shared display (TV/monitor) showing prompts + answers
Signature shared display
Terminology
- Quip
- Your typed funny answer.
- Safety Quip
- Pre-written backup joke if you can't think of one.
- jackbox.tv
- Browser-based controller URL players enter on phones.
- Audience
- Twitch/streaming viewers who can vote alongside players.
- TJPP
- 'The Jackbox Party Pack' — bundle containing Quiplash.
Where it is played
Sources & provenance
- Wikipedia — Quiplash— Wikipedia
- Jackbox Games— Jackbox