We have all been there: someone pulls out Cards Against Humanity for the hundredth time, and the jokes feel completely worn out. Luckily, you do not have to settle for the same old filler to get a room laughing. Our game crew recently traded family-friendly favorites like Anomia, Codenames, and Exploding Kittens for their mature, uncensored upgrades, and it totally revived our game nights. If you want to refresh your next party, here are 10 hilarious adult board games to try instead.
1. What?
Players write anonymous, provocative answers to wild questions, and one judge tries to guess who wrote what. Having played the family-friendly original, we found that removing the filters lets you unleash inside jokes and highly personalized, mature humor.
2. What Do You Meme?
This game challenges players to match hilarious caption cards with famous internet memes. The rotating judge picks the funniest combination each round, making it a perfect match for internet culture lovers.
3. Exploding Kittens: NSFW Edition
A strategic, adult-themed game of Russian roulette powered by kittens. Players draw cards until someone hits an exploding kitten, using sabotage cards to stay alive. The mechanics match the original version we loved, but the explicit artwork adds a completely new level of absurdity.
4. New Phone, Who Dis?
Players compete to create the funniest text message threads. You must pair a dramatic prompt card with your funniest reply card to impress the judge, perfectly mimicking those viral, chaotic text exchanges.
5. Red Flags
In this matchmaking game, you try to convince your single friend to go out with a specific person. The catch? Your opponents will saddle your perfect suitor with horrible, deal-breaking "red flag" traits.
6. Telestrations After Dark
This game mixes the classic playground game of "Telephone" with drawing and adult humor. If you think the standard version gets chaotic, wait until you watch an innocent sketch morph into a completely inappropriate, misidentified adult nightmare.
7. Ransom Notes
Players use a limited pool of word magnets to create sentences in response to outlandish prompts. It gives you total creative control to craft bizarre, desperate, and side-splitting phrases without relying on pre-made cards.
8. Codenames: Deep Undercover
Two spymasters give one-word clues to help their teammates identify secret agents on a grid. Swapping out the standard word cards for adult themes leads to constant, hilarious double entendres and accidental traps.
9. Joking Hazard
Created by the minds behind the webcomic Cyanide & Happiness, players use comic strip panels to finish a three-panel storyline. The results are always dark, twisted, and incredibly funny.
10. Anomia X
Players race to match symbols on their cards and quickly yell out an item in their opponent’s category. Your brain completely short-circuits under the pressure, and the adult categories guarantee you will be blurting out highly inappropriate words.
Honorable Mention: For the Girls
The ultimate party game designed for a girl's night out or bachelorette party. It features a fast-paced mix of "Truth or Dare," "Never Have I Ever," and rapid-fire challenges.
