We had a few rounds and increased the number of cards we used each time to add to the difficulty and as long as your gang is up for it, there are some hilarious responses that can be had. Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you.

Bucket of Doom is quick to learn and easy to play but like any good game it’s a challenge to master. Admire the stunning view from the Empire State Building, the world’s tallest skyscraper, or take a walk through the magnificent Central Park. Before this game, ‘bucket of doom’ might have meant the month-old, unrefrigerated take-out chicken under your sofa. From human centipedes to evil dictators, irate lobsters to runaway sperm – this adult game is like Pandora’s box (except it comes in a Bucket).Each answer card has two sides - one black, one white - and you pick which colour you wish to play with (there are a few rules variations involving flipping cards if your mind goes blank, but they’re unnecessary). The scenarios and solutions presented on the cards are usually entertaining, and a lot of fun particularly for pop culture nerds – there are set ups based on Star Wars, Nightmare on Elm Street, Alien, The Martian… and I even noticed some of the cards referencing more obscure works like The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy and, possibly, Black Dynamite.

Bucket of Doom is never going to be my favourite example of this genre - it’s a little too demanding for that, never quite as easily amusing as the party games I really love. To win, they must keep every member of the team alive - if any player is killed the game ends immediately and all players lose. The player with the most votes wins the round and takes the Doom Card, and the first to three Doom Cards wins!

useless object cards are included within the Bucket of Doom as well as 70 strange and slightly terrifying situations. Armed with your arsenal of impractical objects, you must devise a cunning plan to escape the scenario at hand. Play continues until the agreed number of Doom cards have been collected by one player (three, five or seven). This, in effect, doubles the amount of cards in the deck, as each side’s items are completely different – well, almost. Once all have shared their escape plans, players vote on the best and that player gets to keep the doom card.