Family Game Review: Keep Talking & Nobody Explodes

JD got me this game for the PC last year on my birthday and we've all really enjoyed it. It has an unusual format with the game played half on the computer and half with a printed out manual.

The object of the game is to defuse the bomb. You all work together to help solve each puzzle to stop the bomb from going off. Each bomb has 3-6 modules to defuse depending on how tricky you want the game to be. A timer counts down on the bomb too to add to the tension.

A bomb with 4 modules.

One person sits at the computer and they can see the bomb. Everyone else faces away from the screen but they have the manual which tells you how to solve each problem. The computer person then has to describe what they see so the people with the manual can find the answer to the problem.

It's such good fun. There are wires to cut, detonation buttons to press, mazes to navigate, symbols to identify, morse code to decipher and much more. The constant ticking really adds to a feeling of urgency making the game quite tense for the person at the computer.

The puzzles test your communication skills, descriptive ability and your memory plus certain problems are designed to cause confusion deliberately. It's quite clever. You only have three lives so if you make three mistakes and get three red lights the bomb goes off.

We've had a lot of laughs playing this game. It's a really good group game but can also just be played with two people too.

Ratings: Emma - 4, JD - 4, Leigh - 4 and Erin - 3

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