No Offence is a card game created by four friends from Limerick City in the Republic of Ireland. The founders of this game are Eamon, Jordan, Jake, and Rico. We never intended to develop a game. However, once we realised our idea could help people get to know their friends better, we knew it was worth pursuing.
Two of the game creators, Eamon and Jordan, would walk their dogs at night and ask each other different scenarios about our friend group. Over time, we built up a bank of questions that we regularly asked our close friends. We soon realised that everyone had their own interpretations of these questions/scenarios, and often, when we shared in a group discussion, at least one person would be offended about being ranked highest or lowest for a given scenario. We also recognised that everyone had their own take on these scenarios; some sought the easiest route, some sought the most fun, some sought the most loyal, some sought the quirkiest answers, and some just chose to annoy others.
This is also how we came up with the game title. We realised that some of our friends were getting offended by the discrepancy between their expectations of where they believed they should be ranked and where they actually were ranked. This was the first rule we established for the game: you can’t be offended by someone’s rankings. We decided that a fitting title for the game should be the primary rule of gameplay – “No Offence”. After all, offending someone is rarely the intention when ranking your friends, although it is often the outcome.
We believe this project brings a novel, unique take on a card game. One that is less innocent but still playable with friends, family, or strangers. We hope that you get to know your friends/family/strangers more intimately based on your experience of playing the game. Despite how much pain and anguish that might bring.
