How to play Ransom Notes: the full rules
Setup, the round, judging and both official variants. Everything you need before your first game, written by the people who printed the box.
The pinboard
Rules, pack advice and hosting notes, pinned where the table can find them.
Family, NSFW or Expansion Pack One: which pack to add
All three packs plug into the same base game. Which one your shelf needs depends on who sits down at your table, and this note sorts it out.
Running a Ransom Notes game night
How we host with our own game: taming the base deck for mixed company, seating odd numbers, pacing the rounds and the house rules our table swears by.
Playing Ransom Notes with seven or more people
The box says three to six, and then the whole party shows up. Here is how big tables actually play, and what the shelf offers when the room keeps growing.