Shakespeare Meets Cards Against Humanity in This Delightfully Profane Party Game

If you’re a recovering English major with a debauched mind, then bawdy, literary-inspired word prompt games are likely more your speed than Apples to Apples. That’s why there's Bards Dispense Profanity, a Shakespeare-themed take on Cards Against Humanity.

The game contains 100 "mock-serious" prompts and 375 answers copied word-for-word from Shakespeare’s works. Each player receives seven quote cards, which they use to anonymously finish an open-ended prompt. A “Profanity Judge” chooses the best (read: the dirtiest and/or most hilarious) one. Then the next player serves as arbitrator and the process begins anew.

Bards Dispense Profanity is the successor to Dick ($20), another literary card game, inspired by Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Both are the creations of a team headed by Tim Cassedy, an assistant literature professor at Southern Methodist University. Cassedy’s new creation will contain 20 of players’ favorite prompt cards from Dick—and likely all of its ribald humor.

Bards Dispense Profanity works best with four or more players, and you can purchase it on Amazon for $25. Check out some sample cards below.