I am a big fan of Taskmaster, the TV show. I’ve actually seen every episode out and often rewatch them in the evenings when I want to watch something that’s always funny and surprising. Taskmaster: The Board Game tries to take the concept of Taskmaster and bring it to your home.
The board game has a lot of stuff going on, including a bunch of stuff that might not even be used, which makes things very interesting. Set up has each player choosing a different picture, representing their player token on a scoring board. This is a dry erase board, so you can tally up points from each task in the episode before going onto the next episode.
These episodes are each kicked off through opening up a task card. We were able to do one episode, which actually first started with us going through our bags and pockets to find the most impressive item, then presenting them to each other. This was the prizes for the first episode! I do feel being in my own home had some advantages, and having cool stuff was one of them.
Taskmaster: The Board Game then goes into actual tasks. The first one was a really simple task around being the most striped after four minutes, and, at the time, we only were using the items we were meant to have; a pen, a paper, a sock and your cell phone. Once we had passed the first task, which was judged by the first taskmaster, the task is passed to the next person who becomes the taskmaster. The taskmaster doesn’t need to participate, but I did each time it was my turn! Instead of mandatory participation, the Taskmaster instead gives out points.
The next task is where everyone started to warm up and we allowed the use of anything in the room, for more fun! We had the task of throwing something into something else and recording a video. Some people playing didn’t throw and instead made lots of noises. Other people did a good job of throwing something impressive, others just made something fun. Points were awarded, then we had a QR code that allowed us to watch a video from Alex Horne who gave us our next task.
If you don’t have the internet, there is a small envelope of cards that could be used instead. We did so we watched the video and got that task! Another task had us all on our phones, trying to get someone to send us a picture of them holding a dog or pretending to be a shark, or wearing a sports t-shirt. There was just a lot of stuff going on and a lot of quick chaos.
So many of the tasks felt like they had a good amount of time and felt quite chaotic in general to play. I do feel like Taskmaster: The Board Game would work well as a weekly game night, as at the bottom of the task it gives instructions for the prizes to bring for next week! It was a really fun time.
Taskmaster: The Board Game can be purchased on Amazon.
