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Ransom Notes: the base game box

The original box

Ransom Notes: the base game

★ 4.69,048 ratings
Standalone game3–6+ players17+

Grab your metal card and build the least terrible sentence possible out of the word magnets in front of you.

$39.99Noted at our retail partner in September 2026. The live listing has the final say.

We built this box around the gap between what you want to say and the words you actually hold. A prompt gets read, players scramble through their magnet piles on the clock, and the judge reads the results aloud. Most rounds end in loud groans and sudden table debates over which broken sentence won.

The full original kit

Inside you find a wall of word magnets, metal cards for building sentences, and a thick stack of prompt cards. You have the whole kit needed to run game night right out of the box.

Rules in a minute

You flip a prompt card and give players two minutes to snap words onto their metal cards. That is the entire lesson. Even quiet guests jump right into the scramble on the first turn.

Cut for grown tables

We wrote the base prompts with adult game nights in mind. If you want a milder round for mixed company, you can sort through the deck beforehand and pull out the spicier cards.

Room for big groups

A handful of people can play on individual metal boards, or larger crowds can split into small teams to argue over word choices together. The scramble gets louder when partners share one magnet pile.

In the box840 word magnets, 6 metal cards, 250 prompts
Players3–6+
Age mark17+
LineRansom Notes

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