Questions before you build a pack?

Six proper party games, the kind with real bluffing, betting and secret missions, not trivia or a template. You share a few details about the guest of honour, and we build the games around them and the group actually playing.

Only if you want them to. Most games are short sit-down activities you can bring out between food, drinks or whatever else you've planned. One game can run quietly in the background while the party carries on. You choose when to start, stop or switch games, so BanterBox can be the main activity or just one part of the event.

BanterBox works for hens and bachelorette nights, bucks and bachelor nights, birthdays, farewells, wedding weekends, work events, family gatherings and other celebrations.

Secret Missions, Majority Rules and Bet Your Mate take up to 20 players. Sketchy Business and The Pitch take up to 12. The Outsider takes 4 to 8. Bet Your Mate and The Pitch start at 3 players. The other four start at 4. No single game supports more than 20 players.

No. Each game has a short rules page and uses familiar actions such as drawing, guessing, bluffing or matching the group. You do not need board-game experience, and nobody has to memorise a long rulebook.

No. BanterBox is not a drinking game and none of the six games requires alcohol. They work at dinners, family gatherings, work events and parties where nobody is drinking.

No. The six games use different mechanics including secret missions, drawing, bluffing, betting and matching the room. Personal details shape what happens in each game, but there is no general-knowledge quiz to study for.

Names, interests, hobbies, favourite things, habits, inside jokes, stories, places, catchphrases and anything the group would recognise. One good detail helps, and more detail makes the pack feel more personal.

Contributor answers are used to build the games. The organiser can see who contributed, but individual answers stay private and are not shown to the guest of honour as raw submissions.

No. The guest of honour does not see contributor answers or the finished games until the organiser chooses to share or play the pack.

We use AI to help put the games together quickly. The details you give us shape the personalised parts of the games, mixed with strong general game material where the mechanic needs it. It isn't a canned trivia deck with a name swapped in.

We use what you and your group share to create and deliver the games, keep purchased packs accessible and run BanterBox. We do not sell personal information or use private pack content for advertising. Some information is processed by specialist service providers that help us operate BanterBox. See the Privacy Notice for the full details.

Your pack is usually ready to download within a few minutes of paying.

Yes. See inside a sample pack (PDF) for selected examples from all 6 games, including the card designs, print layouts and how each game works. It is an example, not a full playable pack.

Yes. BanterBox is a one-time purchase for the pack you choose. There is no subscription.

Get all 6 games in one BanterBox set. Only want 3? There's a smaller option too, and you can swap any of your three before you pay. Both are one time, with no subscription.

Prices are set in Australian dollars. Where it's available, checkout shows the amount in your own currency before you pay.

Yes. If you choose 3 games, you can add the other 3 from your pack page for A$5. They're made from the same details.

Of course. Sign in with the same email, choose Create another pack, and start fresh for the next celebration.

Yes. Payment runs through Stripe. We never see or store your card details.

We email a magic link tied to your pack, no password needed. Click it any time to check progress or download again.

No. Contributors get a private link that only lets them add stories. It doesn't open your pack, or checkout.

Yes. You can print extra copies, replay games and keep the pack for future rounds with the same group.

Email us at support@banterboxparty.com and tell us what feels off. We'll sort it out.

A normal home or office printer. Use A4 or US Letter as shown in your PDF, print single-sided at 100% / Actual size, and use colour or black and white. See the print guide.

Normal paper works. For sturdier cards, use heavier matte paper your printer supports or take the PDF to a print shop. Compare printing options.

Scissors work. A guillotine or a craft knife against a steel ruler is faster and gives straighter edges if you're cutting all six games. Budget about ten minutes per game. Cut guidance is printed on the page around the cards and never on the cards themselves, so nothing you cut out has an instruction on it.

Pens or pencils for everyone, and that's mostly it. Chips, answer slips, drawing canvases and score sheets are all printed for you.

• The Outsider: Your printed Word Grids and card sets Scissors Two dice, or one phone One pen for the score sheet

Every game's printed pack opens with a 'Before you play' page listing exactly what to grab.

Not yet, and we'd rather say so than pretend. Everything is print and play today. We're building digital rooms so a group can play from their phones with nothing to print or cut, and we're working on personalisation aimed at couples and at larger groups than the current games handle well. Print packs are not going anywhere when that lands, and anything you've already bought keeps working.