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?

I find the best way to "win" any game is to lose but make it clear you werent really trying.

Drives the competitive ones made because although they won, they cant be sure they didnt win just because you didnt try. And you have to 100% not give a toss that you lost "Ah well, its only a game, I know you hate to lose! do you want another drink?"

Drives them insane :o

Rummikub. We have yet to play one game that doesn’t end with DD9 storming off in a rage.

Settlers of Catan.

In theory, Treason In The Tower is a straightforward game that involves collecting bits then a race to the finish line; in practise there's several different ways to fuck with other players and it's maddening.

Settlers Of Catan is another that gives ample opportunity to frustrate other players

The Great Game of Britain.

Ooh, and while Quirkle isnt really a bosrd game (closer to dominoes or rummikub), it's gorgeous, has a similar "I was going to use that pieve!" frustrations as Scrabble and some people just absolutely Do Not have the knack for it.

Articulate. - Me and my Mum are so in sync we drive everyone else mad.

Also we've got some of the daft ones like pass the bomb and a Christmas version pass the pud that we've not played in years as my Nan has banned us due to too much shouting at Christmas.

Actually if you really want to annoy them, you should buy Frustration! It's the simplest of games, but, at times, it's made me want to weep when my playing piece gets sent back to the start when I was just a few spaces away from the end!

If you're wanting something a bit more grown up, try Articulate. You have to describe whatever is listed on the card to your playing partner within a certain time frame, very funny and harder than you think.

Taboo!! The last time I played it it ended with me flinging the cards away, declaring it stupid and pointless and storming off.....

Smash potatoes

Similar to frustration except you get to make their play doh person into chips

Really Nasty Horse Racing game. It's machiavellian.

Uatathewatcher explains hungry hippos perfectly.... it's savage

You could also do guess the drink. Blindfold someine and give them 5 shots to guess.... but if you want to be a real bastard.... make sure one if vinegar and milk......

Linkee. Play it yourselves first, if you play it enough you'll know lots of them.

I once threw the Trivial Pursuit board in the fire. I've calmed down a bit since those days.

Rumikub (sp?) when it starts getting hard and tiles are being moved this way and that, we always argue if its right or wrong or even allowed.

Definitely Settlers of Catan! You need to barter for building materials and if no one will give you certain items you can’t progress and it’s infuriating not being able to ‘build’ anything on your turn. I bloody love it!

Pandemic. My friend's very competitive husband hates it because you have to work together to win

Croquet

I'm an intelligent person but I had to give up trying to understand Scotland Yard. It's in a cupboard until DS works out how to play it.

This Christmas, Monopoly are bringing out a 'cheaters edition' which should suit the grasping, lying little weasel down to the ground.

Any of the flavours of Munchkin (they do different themed ones - sci-fi themed Star Munchkin, cowboy themed The Good The Bad and the Munchkin, Bond Themed Munchkin Impossible etc... there’s dozens to choose from).

One of the rules is literally you can cheat as long as you get caught.

Also, the winner is the first person to reach level ten, alliances are formed by other people to basically slap them down and stop them when they get close. It’s funny but also brutal!

Game of throne risk. It’s like normal risk on speed. A lot of swotting up will be required.

@Poppyinagreenfield if you want something a bit different, we really like playing 'Rainbow Rage', it's perfect for two player.
Also Scattergories.

Uno

Settlers of Catan

Exploding Kittens! It’s a card game rather than a board game but with a bit of practice you can get really devious with strategies.

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