聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 I am a bit of a connoisseur of board games. When my sister and I were younger, we often were bought some type of game as a gift. When we were older, we started buying them ourselves, especially when we were out camping and needed something to entertain us. This has resulted in my sister having quite a big stack of board games on the top shelf of her closet. A few games we chipped in to buy also remain with a friend of ours, constantly in the trunk of her car just in case someone really has an unquenchable desire to play Apples to Apples.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Of course, since I usually have such a taste for games of all types, I鈥檝e played a few that I know are not for casual get-togethers between friends. When these games are pulled out, I know that I鈥檓 in for an hour of bloody fighting that, when the dust clears, will only leave broken player pieces and broken hearts.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Perhaps I鈥檓 小蓝视频 dramatic, but you鈥檒l see for yourself.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Monopoly. I have a question for anyone who actually regularly plays Monopoly: what do you have against happiness? My sister and I got Monopoly.com once and dragged it camping with us, hoping for some sort of entertainment other than the books we had already read five times. I would have read those books 50 more times if it meant we hadn鈥檛 played Monopoly.
听听听听听听听听听听听 The main problem with the game is that it鈥檚 simply way too long. After every turn, I was left thinking, 鈥淥kay, after this next turn, it has to be over.鈥� My sister, meanwhile, was horribly depressed because she just wanted to be the banker, but nobody would let her be the banker. She probably became a math teacher out of spite for that moment.
听听听听听听听听听听听 I don鈥檛 remember many fights occurring over the actual gameplay, but I still think this game could ruin friendships. If I found out I had a friend who enjoyed Monopoly, I don鈥檛 think I could stay in a relationship destined to be so boring.
听听听听听听听听听听听 The Resistance. If anyone doesn鈥檛 know the game The Resistance, it鈥檚 a game where you learn that no one in your closest circle of friends can ever be trusted.
听听听听听听听听听听听 To give a more explanatory (but no less accurate) answer, The Resistance is a game where you and your friends take on the role of knights with King Arthur鈥檚 court. A few of these so-called 鈥榝riends鈥� are actually agents for Morgana, and are plotting to overthrow the Knights of the Round Table. Fortunately, one friend is secretly Merlin, and will be able to see who are the traitors. The good guys must try to complete quests without them 小蓝视频 sabotaged by inviting only good people on the missions. The bad guys, on the other hand, must try to sabotage missions or guess who Merlin is, if the player 小蓝视频 him isn鈥檛 小蓝视频 subtle enough in revealing who the traitors are.
听听听听听听听听听听听 The friend we play this with often pronounces Merlin wrong, putting the stress on 鈥榣in鈥� instead of 鈥榤er.鈥� This means before we even start playing, we have arguments about proper pronunciation. Of course, once you start playing is when trust breaks down. My own sister has looked me in the eyes and asked me to trust her, only to laugh like a hyena when the mission is sabotaged and she turns out to be the villain. I remember knowing without a shadow of a doubt who the evil people were in one game, and was left helpless as my sister tried to decide to take one of them or me on her quest. I knew I was good. I knew it. But my sister didn鈥檛 believe me over her friend. I think at one point I might have actually cried out of frustration. If you want a reminder that trust is pointless and everyone will turn on you one day, play The Resistance.
听听听听听听听听听听听 The Game of Life. I don鈥檛 know what actually happened during the fatal Game of Life of 2015. My sister refuses to be interviewed, and my friend has severe post-traumatic stress disorder due to the tragic event. All I know is that if you鈥檙e playing Pictionary with my friends and you need them to guess The Game of Life, draw a square with a bunch of sad people around it and they鈥檒l know what you鈥檙e talking about (and yes, that actually happened in a game of Pictionary).
听听听听听听听听听听听 Mario Party. OK, fine, technically this is a video game, but it does have the same setup as a regular board game. You move characters around a board and get points for landing on certain spaces or winning mini-games. Honestly, I鈥檝e only played this game a few times. I played a short round with some friends when I was very young and found it enjoyable. I also had a version of it on a portable game system.
听听听听听听听听听听听 I鈥檝e seen others play it, however. Full games can last three hours, which is way too long to listen to Toad squeaking at you. Mini-games are also frustrating and can leave you helplessly slamming buttons and screaming for Mario to move his overall-covered butt. But the worst of all is when that peppy female voice announces that it鈥檚 鈥淐hance Time!鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 Chance Time involves three spinning blocks. Jumping up stops the blocks on a character鈥檚 face, and when all three blocks are stopped, it shows one character giving coins or, God forbid, stars (the prizes you need to beat the game) to another competitor. Seeing people stomp around the board, gaining stars through blood, sweat and tears, only for them all to be stolen away near the end of the game鈥� friendships would definitely be lost over something like that.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Yes, games are supposed to be fun, but some games mean having fun at the expense of everyone you鈥檝e ever loved.
