To ask you to tell me how to tear a family apart?

[SerenDippyEggs]

By telling me what board game is the most irritating, rage inducing one you can think of?

My SIL and her boyfriend are the most competitive people I know, and we always play game night with them and it ends in rage (this is LIGHT HEARTED, yes this is all there is to it, no massive back story or counselling needed )

For a gift we want to get them a really bloody frustrating game because we're going to swot up on it first to kick their arses. Yes it's petty and no we don't care

So pleeeeaaaase tell me.. what games make your family go crazy?

If you want to really enrage people whilst playing monopoly start enforcing the 'bidding' rules - I mean is that even a thing? I had never ever played with 'bidding' included all my life until we played with my brother in law.
Also when people don't let you get all the money in the middle when you land on free parking because they don't believe that's a thing. Who are these people?!

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Pandemic

You have to work together, so it's all of you against the virus. Great for frustrating competitive people.

For anyone still allowed to play Monopoly, I highly recommend this book: www.amazon.co.uk/Do-Not-Pass-Go-Mayfair/dp/0099433869/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=do+not+pass+go+tim+moore&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1538482024&sr=8-1

It will revolutionise your strategic planning (and be painfully accurate in how MonopRAGE is not just confined to your family).

Sober that's very cute.

@venusandmars Not even Pandemic works with the truly competitive.

My brothers plot the moves about 8 in advance and stride round the board telling everyone else what to do "If you go and set up a research institute in Bolivia next turn, I'll turn into a paramedic and go to Cambodia and that will stop the virus mutating."

Its either very very boring (if you do what you're told) or quite fun but following by massive sulking fits (if you don't).

@sadeyedladyofthelowlandsea - thank you for that book recommendation - dh was banned from playing Monopoly with his family, because he cheated - he used to offer his younger brother loans at huge interest rates, and bankrupt him - so this is a perfect funny book for his stocking this year!

The QI board game is over complicated, has badly written instructions and turns people into insufferable twats. Guaranteed to end in a fight.

Ticket to Ride would fit the bill.
It's not too hard to learn but if you play it beforehand you'll pick up some strategies. It's possible to play fairly politely (as we do) or ruthlessly. DS got it out when a GF was visiting and she immediately went for the jugular. We were all

Really Nasty Horse Racing Game - it's an old one but you can be brutal and knock people out of the game with some moved!

Dominion every time for strategy and logic enjoyment (and you get to be mean too if you want to play like that) but the expansions and things aren’t cheap

Cranium.

DH and I first became aware of the hostility in our friends' marriage when they lost at cranium.

I have soooo much to think about.. so many lives to ruin. Thanks everyone!

Labyrinth- my friends son (the calmest kid in the world) had a massive screaming fit while playing it!

Can't believe no one has mentioned stramash! It's based on ludo/frustration but has the added complexity of playing cards to determine moves and the option to play in teams. It is VICIOUS and has led to the threat of divorce between my parents/sisters and husbands/me and DH every time it comes out.

Highly recommended if you're looking to cause war

The Great Dalmuti

Very simple card game, but at the end of each round everyone shuffles round depending on how quickly they got rid of their cards into the order of their new status; Great / lesser Dalmuti, greater/lesser merchant, greater/lesser peon. You can make your own rules up at this point - higher statuses get best chairs, can boss around lower ones. Lower sit on floor, have to fetch drinks etc. Receive punishments for getting lippy with the Great Dalmuti. It can get as evil as you want.

7 Wonders. It's a fantastic game but totally and utterly incomprehensible the first time you play it. Familiarise yourselves with it first then watch them squirm as they try to get their heads round what the fuck is going on.

Either that or play Colditz and just bore them to death instead.

We are playing monopoly at work as part of an initiative thing. This isn't going to end well is it?

I’ve seen the card games DONKEY and shithead cause tables to be upended!!

Ollivander no it really isn't. Whose brilliant idea was that?

Risk , if not Flux.

Philomena - a manager....

He/she's a tit.

Risk by far if you play missions

Monopoly also good!

Infact I think i'll add those both under the unreasonable behaviour section of my impending divorce