Being a fan of "The Oatmeal" and "Exploding Kittens," I admit to some bias in favor of oddly drawn caricatures of hippo-humans à la "The Far Side."
You're reading this review because you either enjoy reading reviews or you're on the fence about a game you could easily recreate with $2 worth of supplies and a couple of hours of your time.
But let’s pretend your time is valuable—like that movie starring Justin Timberlake that nobody watched because they valued their time too much to watch a film about time being used as currency to keep the big thumb of capitalism firmly pressed on the proletariat, all while the economic machine grinds on.
Thinking about it that way, the sale price of under $20 is a pretty good deal to plunge your family and friends into a scientific assessment of how well you all know stuff, words, and communicating with people you thought you knew and understood.
If you want children to participate without getting frustrated, it might be best to arm them with the NO stick. They will happily and swiftly descend upon anyone who dares to use polysyllabic words like some kind of word-nerd. Maybe a little too willingly. Be prepared to use the included patch kit and possibly have the police on speed dial.
All in all, it's a pretty good game. You might want to check it out. And for everyone else, just grab a returned item from one of those scavenger places that buy up pallets of opened returns from people with no impulse control who one-click buy things while inebriated.