Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Review (daddy2cool4u)
So the game vid looks and sounds really cringe but the game is a great party game.
It's correct that you only need one copy of the game because only one person has the computer at a time - because only one person is the bomb defuser at any one time. I mean, you could have two people defusing the bomb together, but they'd have to sit at the same computer to do that (perhaps one to control the bomb, and one to additionally advise or talk to the others). So once you've purchased the game on one steam account you can run the game on that computer and pass the computer to someone else when it's their turn to defuse.
Everyone else needs to be able to see the bomb defuser manual. It's free online. You can view it in a web page, or download as a PDF. There are other community resources too but don't be distracted when you first start. I printed off three copies of the manual with thermal binding and plastic covers at Officeworks. That makes it great. Everyone will fight to explain what to do next so to avoid physical alteractions, everyone needs their own copy of the manual ;-)
So yes, it's a great game, and currently massive value at 9 bucks or whatever it is. If you're looking at the game just buy it.
But yes, you do need friends, or family, or colleagues, or acquaintances. Take your laptop to the pub. Whatever.
I played it this christmas and people who were there have already bought their own copy they liked it so much.
So this is the kind of game where it will bring out and expose things about people who are playing it. For instance the noisy ones will be shouting no no you've got to do this, but meanwhile a quiet person who doesn't normally push themselves forward will eventually tell everyone else to be quiet and say, no, you've got to decide this first, like what is the serial number? Etc. And it's a good exercise in communication. The bombs get harder and harder so it starts to get pretty much impossible unless you agree on methods and language. Then you can start accessing community resources to help ramp up your response capability. There's a leader board so you can compare your performance.
It's a great feeling the first time you hear the noise for bomb defused. It's pretty funny every time someone gets blown up. People who always get blown up really want to be able to defuse the bomb at least once. It's not impossibly hard on the early bombs so everyone gets to defuse eventually. People can blow themselves up by accident so that's pretty funny when you get boom! woops! You can keep choosing easy bombs if you have younger participants, but to be honest, I don't see an age thing, it's more about flexibility, so maybe some **** **** adults may need to stick with the easy bombs. I don't know how young you'd go, but I'd say 8 y.o. can do it. We had a quiet 10 y.o. who ended up showing over controlling adults how it's done.