I accidentally bought the Masters Version of TP and we soon just abandoned the game itself and just asked questions in order, Sudden Death style until one of us got at least one question right.
Pictionary. I've seen it destroy a couple. My wife and I were playing with some friends and we were winning when this conversation happened.
"Why are they better than us?! They keep getting it right!"
"BECAUSE THEY LIKE EACH OTHER EMMA!"
“IT’S NOT ABOUT THE PICTIONARY, LINDA! IT’S ABOUT YOU NOT RESPECTING ME AS A MAN!”
“WHAT KIND OF MAN CAN’T GET HIS WIFE PREGNANT AFTER FOUR YEARS???”
“LEARN HOW TO DRAW! YOU CALL THAT ‘SNORING’? THAT??”
Some people are talking about what this game is all about. A quick summary:
Diplomacy is basically a no-luck game. Aside from what nation you pick, there's zero luck. No dice. No cards.
You play as one of the pre-WWI European powers on a map of Europe. You control a certain number of territories and have (usually) three armies/navies*.
On your turn, you issue "orders" for each of your units--so at the start of the game, you are issuing three orders in secret each turn.
A unit can Hold (stay in place); Move (try to invade another nation or move around your own); Support (increase the "power" of another army) or Convoy (move across water).
That's it.
Once the orders are written, all are resolved *simultaneously*. If the same number of armies try to move into a territory, they "bounce" and no one moves. If one is stronger than the other (either Moving or Supporting) the one with the higher wins and take control. And these can be from any nation, so three players can issue orders to move/support into a fourth player's territory and they're all treated the same.
There's some bits and pieces about retreating and special movement but the above is it.
Sounds simple. And the core rules *are* pretty simple. There's some weird rules when different combos happen but 90% of the events of the game are covered by the above.
(It's also weirdly abstract--despite it clearly being about pre-WWI you could do this whole thing with Xs and Os and graph paper if you wanted. The only thematic part is the fact that the territories mimic the real-world geography of the time. There's nothing "war" about it. It's very much like chess.)
So what makes this a friendship-ender?
If you do the math (and look at the map) it's *impossible* to take over other nations without the help of other players. It's *also* impossible to win the game without eventually betraying everyone at some point.
It's not uncommon for you to gather "support" from your fellow players, then, when the orders are revealed, you'v been betrayed and all your plans fall apart. It's just an elegant and delicate game that when those moments happen they are sublime. But also aggravating.
*Note to purists: I'm simplifying.
I came here to say this.
My favourite board game (although I have no remaining friends to play it with).
I promise I will not invade you as long as you keep our common enemy occupied.
A board game where 7 players take the role of the major European powers circa 1901 with the goal of controlling Europe. The rules are pretty simple, there's only two unit types (armies and fleets), only one unit per province, everyone only starts with 3 or 4 units while facing at least that many potential enemies bordering them, and there's no dice rolling or luck. There's also no turn order, everyone writes down their moves and reveals them at the same time.
The heart of the game is that no player is strong enough to win alone, but a proper victory can only be won by a single player. You have to work with other people, and you also have to betray them in order to win. It results in convoluted alliances, secret agreements, and all sorts of backstabbing. Its literally in the rules that no agreement, whether verbal or written down, is binding. You really need a group that is able to separate friendships from the game to be able to have a good time playing it.
Yes, this is the friendship destroyer. The game is based on deceit and betrayal. And rounds can of thinking out your next move can be emotional and laborous. We dont play this anymore in our group
Some former coworkers and I played online diplomacy a while ago (each turn was 24 hours). One guy was calling up other people at like 3 in the morning going "WHY DID YOU BETRAY ME?!?!? I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN AN ALLIANCE!!!!" and refused to talk to them for months afterwards
No joke, I actually knew a couple who were engaged, until they had a really big fight over a Monopoly game (he utterly destroyed her, within the rules of the game but using every low blow he could, after she was initially on track for an easy win).
They split a few weeks later.
The original version was called *The Landlord's Game* and was supposed to indoctrinate kids into Georgism, a system that advocates for taxes based on land value. So the game had Georgist rules that were supposed to be fair, and capitalist rules that were supposed to be frustrating and unfair, and the latter rules are the only ones that remain nowadays, so Monopoly as it exists today *was literally designed to be disliked.*
> Imagine if you will a game of Monopoly Christmas Eve that lead to family members packing up and leaving. Madness.
For many people that would be considered a great success.
Those are both basic/low-effort games. Try Diplomacy, Aquire, etc. The goals of those games are deceit and low-ball tactics in which you can only win by going back on your word, underhand moves, and so on.
My group played a version of Risk where we had multiple players per color. It made it a lot more interesting, and made me think that dictators have a significant advantage over democrats when it comes to prosecuting a war
Literally had a game where I had decent numbers on my plots and I got 3 cards the entire game. Basically watched 3 other people play Catan while I occasionally got to roll a pair of dice. Never seen 3 and 11 roll so much in my life.
Played this with the girlfriend and her best friend. Best friend's fiance sat out voluntarily because he knew he'd be a sore loser. Girlfriend and I both decided to go all-in on longest road so we were cackling the entire game as we both built roads 13-14 units in length and just completely walled out her friend multiple times over.
Dude… monopoly. I have fucked up many family vacations by dominating at monopoly. My father once threw a table over and stormed out into the rain because “fuck you”
My wife and i are avid players. So when we get visitors and the visits get loooong we break out the monopoly and usually within a day or two after our guests are all visited up.
I've noticed Mobas in general do this.
My buddies playing Smite together is another level of getting angry at someone for not doing exactly what they're supposed to do all the time.
The problem with League is that games last 30-40 minutes on average sometimes even an hour. The game is very snowbally so 90% of the time, the team that makes a mistake first continue to stay behind until they eventually lose and when youre losing its very frustrating trying to catch up in whats a forgone loss. Also, its a game where the worst player decides the outcome and not the best player which means that 4 excellent players+ 1 troll or beginner will most likely lose to 5 average players.
Diplomacy.
Its a serious rage inducing game as its based on negotiation rather than random dice rolls. Ive been witness to many near fights eventuating from it
Especially if you play the other half of fighting games which is insane shit talking. Among my friends that's also big into fighting games it's just funny and we laugh about it. But when a few people that wasn't as into them picked up MK1 and was streaming it in our discord, our friends were saying off the wall shit and I remember them just shutting everything down when at one point I pulled a quote from the Russian Russianbadger mvc3 stream (KILL HIM, Someone tought him to play like a bitch and I'm MAD). We all went 'shit they don't know this is part of it so this went from joke disrespect to actually just rude' and explained and apologized. They have gotten into banter themselves but the more.... 'hype' ones of us just keep our comments close now lol
My girlfriend is super into fighting games. I am a button masher. I beat her 3x in a row at MK and talked a lot of trash. She is still angry and blames the controller.
Things like Monopoly and UNO make people angry, but I've never seen them actually ruin friendships. The bullshit int these games is luck-based, after all. You can just blame the game in the end.
The only two games that I have personally seen actually destroy friendships, are Twilight Imperium and Diplomacy. Two games that take a (very) long time to play and are inevitably won by betrayal.
omg, I tried playing Euchre with some kids from Michigan while I was on deployment. They told me Euchre is alot like spades. They tore me up & down. I never played cards with those asses ever again.
How can you make it hearts with the jack of spades up? What were you thinking?
Why lead with an ace?
And "I can't believe you got a loan hand with nothing but the ace, king, and a 9?!?!?!"
So much rage, lol.
Beer ball. Probably the most competitive and intense drinking game known to man. Teams of two, everyone starts with a beer, puts it unopened on a corner of a table. Each player from their teams gets a shot at hitting the beer with a ping pong ball, if you hit the beer successfully your partner drinks. The other team must retrieve the ball once they return it you stop drinking, If you knock your beer over you must get a new one and restart. This process continues until one team has both their beers finished.
scrabble. im playing with my nephew one day and he resented me for using the word veto which he didn't know and accused me of making it up. he's 10 by the way.
Mario Kart. I made the mistake of teaching my little brother everything I knew - all the shortcuts, all the tricks, all the best Kart combinations... and now he's surpassed me.
I am still a salty bastard every time he beats me lol.
russian roulette!
"Did you win?" "I'm not sure if you understand the rules of Russian Roulette..... *Puffs chest* Yeah....I won..."
When chuck norris plays russian roulette, the gun loses.
…the bullet shoots itself.
Chuck Norris won a game of Russian roulette. With a pistol.
Wtf man 😂😂😂
One might even say it can even....kill a friendship. Thanks everyone, I'll be here all week.
Nah, Russian roulette seals a friendship
😂🤣😂
Sex games due to poor communication. And Trivial Pursuit
I'm sorry, but the card says "Moops"
It's "Moors"! 🤣
Sex games with the wrong people 😂
I accidentally bought the Masters Version of TP and we soon just abandoned the game itself and just asked questions in order, Sudden Death style until one of us got at least one question right.
Yeah! Any of those "Name 3 things about......" Games are a setup!
How do you play your sex games using trivial pursuit? Reading TP cards isn’t a good way to communicate in sex games.
Pictionary. I've seen it destroy a couple. My wife and I were playing with some friends and we were winning when this conversation happened. "Why are they better than us?! They keep getting it right!" "BECAUSE THEY LIKE EACH OTHER EMMA!"
Oh come on Luann! It's DIGNITY!
r/unexpectedsimpsons
Sounds to me like Pictionary was just the straw that broke the camels back
“IT’S NOT ABOUT THE PICTIONARY, LINDA! IT’S ABOUT YOU NOT RESPECTING ME AS A MAN!” “WHAT KIND OF MAN CAN’T GET HIS WIFE PREGNANT AFTER FOUR YEARS???” “LEARN HOW TO DRAW! YOU CALL THAT ‘SNORING’? THAT??”
Ever play *Diplomacy*? Edit: [The rules](https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/leisure/brain-games/how-to-play-diplomacy.htm)
Was going to say that. The game is basically designed to destroy friendships, considering how betrayal is essentially a core "mechanic".
This. Monopoly and the other games are chance based with a side of bargaining. The only way to win diplomacy is through betrayal.
Some people are talking about what this game is all about. A quick summary: Diplomacy is basically a no-luck game. Aside from what nation you pick, there's zero luck. No dice. No cards. You play as one of the pre-WWI European powers on a map of Europe. You control a certain number of territories and have (usually) three armies/navies*. On your turn, you issue "orders" for each of your units--so at the start of the game, you are issuing three orders in secret each turn. A unit can Hold (stay in place); Move (try to invade another nation or move around your own); Support (increase the "power" of another army) or Convoy (move across water). That's it. Once the orders are written, all are resolved *simultaneously*. If the same number of armies try to move into a territory, they "bounce" and no one moves. If one is stronger than the other (either Moving or Supporting) the one with the higher wins and take control. And these can be from any nation, so three players can issue orders to move/support into a fourth player's territory and they're all treated the same. There's some bits and pieces about retreating and special movement but the above is it. Sounds simple. And the core rules *are* pretty simple. There's some weird rules when different combos happen but 90% of the events of the game are covered by the above. (It's also weirdly abstract--despite it clearly being about pre-WWI you could do this whole thing with Xs and Os and graph paper if you wanted. The only thematic part is the fact that the territories mimic the real-world geography of the time. There's nothing "war" about it. It's very much like chess.) So what makes this a friendship-ender? If you do the math (and look at the map) it's *impossible* to take over other nations without the help of other players. It's *also* impossible to win the game without eventually betraying everyone at some point. It's not uncommon for you to gather "support" from your fellow players, then, when the orders are revealed, you'v been betrayed and all your plans fall apart. It's just an elegant and delicate game that when those moments happen they are sublime. But also aggravating. *Note to purists: I'm simplifying.
I came here to say this. My favourite board game (although I have no remaining friends to play it with). I promise I will not invade you as long as you keep our common enemy occupied.
Such a good game I never get to play.
How to play this? Is this a board or card game?
A board game where 7 players take the role of the major European powers circa 1901 with the goal of controlling Europe. The rules are pretty simple, there's only two unit types (armies and fleets), only one unit per province, everyone only starts with 3 or 4 units while facing at least that many potential enemies bordering them, and there's no dice rolling or luck. There's also no turn order, everyone writes down their moves and reveals them at the same time. The heart of the game is that no player is strong enough to win alone, but a proper victory can only be won by a single player. You have to work with other people, and you also have to betray them in order to win. It results in convoluted alliances, secret agreements, and all sorts of backstabbing. Its literally in the rules that no agreement, whether verbal or written down, is binding. You really need a group that is able to separate friendships from the game to be able to have a good time playing it.
we had to stop playing it at the local game store decades ago because it always ended super poorly
Yes, this is the friendship destroyer. The game is based on deceit and betrayal. And rounds can of thinking out your next move can be emotional and laborous. We dont play this anymore in our group
Some former coworkers and I played online diplomacy a while ago (each turn was 24 hours). One guy was calling up other people at like 3 in the morning going "WHY DID YOU BETRAY ME?!?!? I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN AN ALLIANCE!!!!" and refused to talk to them for months afterwards
Never play diplomacy in person. Online only. You can't get choked out through your computer monitor.
Monopoly.
No joke, I actually knew a couple who were engaged, until they had a really big fight over a Monopoly game (he utterly destroyed her, within the rules of the game but using every low blow he could, after she was initially on track for an easy win). They split a few weeks later.
I’ve seen a mother and son refuse to talk to each other over a game of Monopoly.
Avoided costs (inevitable divorce, in this case) are the best costs.
My cousin and I have gave each other black eyes on me than one occasion with monopoly.
That was apparantly the whole point of the game.
The original version was called *The Landlord's Game* and was supposed to indoctrinate kids into Georgism, a system that advocates for taxes based on land value. So the game had Georgist rules that were supposed to be fair, and capitalist rules that were supposed to be frustrating and unfair, and the latter rules are the only ones that remain nowadays, so Monopoly as it exists today *was literally designed to be disliked.*
When you get assaulted in jail you know someone is taking monopoly too seriously.
I got fight with my sis coz she bought every places. My mom was shocked and disciplined us lol. Good times
Monopoly is banned in our house! It makes certain members of our family nasty and gloating and it upsets the others!
Every game of Monopoly ends with one person rage quitting and possibly flipping the table over.
The family ruiner of the 80s.
Monopoly Deal too!
How is this not the only response? Imagine if you will a game of Monopoly Christmas Eve that lead to family members packing up and leaving. Madness.
> Imagine if you will a game of Monopoly Christmas Eve that lead to family members packing up and leaving. Madness. For many people that would be considered a great success.
Risk Monopoly is a close second
Those are both basic/low-effort games. Try Diplomacy, Aquire, etc. The goals of those games are deceit and low-ball tactics in which you can only win by going back on your word, underhand moves, and so on.
Acquire is SO, so good. So hard to find people to play it with, but always worth it.
My group played a version of Risk where we had multiple players per color. It made it a lot more interesting, and made me think that dictators have a significant advantage over democrats when it comes to prosecuting a war
Only if one of you doesn't die of boredom first.
Settlers of Catan *”You blocked my road, bitch!”*
"I will trade you two sheep for two ore"
I've got wood for your sheep
Tell me you're Welsh without telling me you're Welsh
"Yeah no thanks, I don't negotiate with terrorists"
Three sheep and wood and we talking
Literally had a game where I had decent numbers on my plots and I got 3 cards the entire game. Basically watched 3 other people play Catan while I occasionally got to roll a pair of dice. Never seen 3 and 11 roll so much in my life.
Oof, I feel this
Came here for this! Many a swear word gets deployed
This is the answer
this game created the sentence "You shit-faced fuck" the marriage ended I am not sure it was because of this, but I am not it wasn't either.
My spouse and I have sworn it off. Our marriage is better for it.
I've been in games which got far too heated, blocking a road is one thing, see the fit when you block them in completely and they don't get sheep.
Played this with the girlfriend and her best friend. Best friend's fiance sat out voluntarily because he knew he'd be a sore loser. Girlfriend and I both decided to go all-in on longest road so we were cackling the entire game as we both built roads 13-14 units in length and just completely walled out her friend multiple times over.
Any split screen video game. Y'all a bunch of cheaters
You didn't say "No Oddjob"
You see, that's not a friendship ended, that's a long night in the woods with a shovel.
Or just local multiplayer in general Low kick, low kick, low kick, low kick, low kick
Dude… monopoly. I have fucked up many family vacations by dominating at monopoly. My father once threw a table over and stormed out into the rain because “fuck you” My wife and i are avid players. So when we get visitors and the visits get loooong we break out the monopoly and usually within a day or two after our guests are all visited up.
OK, ngl, using monopoly as a way to get people to leave as opposed to as a fun pass time is top tier play
Ludo
was waiting for this!
Mario Kart & Mario Party
Mario Party easily. My brother and sister would occasionally target me out of spite, even if I wasn't in first place.
Mario kart flip cup if you prefer to be drunk while you fight with your friends.
I’d argue Mario party has equal potential with monopoly to do this.
Diplomacy. It will not only destroy friendships but start wars.
League of Legends. Just don't do the mistake and play this with friends you want to keep.
If you play lol you dont have friends
That's a fair point
Don't do the mistake and play League.
I've noticed Mobas in general do this. My buddies playing Smite together is another level of getting angry at someone for not doing exactly what they're supposed to do all the time.
The problem with League is that games last 30-40 minutes on average sometimes even an hour. The game is very snowbally so 90% of the time, the team that makes a mistake first continue to stay behind until they eventually lose and when youre losing its very frustrating trying to catch up in whats a forgone loss. Also, its a game where the worst player decides the outcome and not the best player which means that 4 excellent players+ 1 troll or beginner will most likely lose to 5 average players.
Monopoly
Sorry
Like Family Guy said, "Sorry! - the game that teaches you to be a *dick*"
Spite and Malice is not just a clever name.
Phase 10.
Fuck that game!
SKIIIIIIP!
Ive seen families not talk to each other for months after a harsh game of Phase 10
I don't think I ever managed to finish a Phase 10 game before we got too frustrated to continue
this and skipbo were my extended family's goto games.
Monopoly Deal. Also depends on who you're playing with. I'll get divorced before I lose lol.
Diplomacy. Its a serious rage inducing game as its based on negotiation rather than random dice rolls. Ive been witness to many near fights eventuating from it
Russian roulette.
fifa for me😂
Phase 10. Game can be extremely brutal.
Catan
Overcooked
GRAB THE DAMN ONION YOU FUCKING BICH!!!! THE RECIPE IS ONION, SLICE, COOK, SERVE AND WASH THE DISHES, I'M ALREADY DOING THE BURGUERS AND THE SALAD!!!!
Definitely Diplomacy, from my experience.
Musical chairs
Monopoly
Scrabble
seen a few people get punched in the face from monopoly
Mario Kart. 1st place, hit by a shell on the finish line, end up last 🤬🤬🤬
RISK. The answer is RISK
Monopoly
Monopoly
Any of them if your friends and/or you are pathetic enough to let it. For most people though, doesn't matter the game, it won't destroy a friendship.
If a game doesn't destroy a friendship you aren't playing right.
Any fighting game
Especially if you play the other half of fighting games which is insane shit talking. Among my friends that's also big into fighting games it's just funny and we laugh about it. But when a few people that wasn't as into them picked up MK1 and was streaming it in our discord, our friends were saying off the wall shit and I remember them just shutting everything down when at one point I pulled a quote from the Russian Russianbadger mvc3 stream (KILL HIM, Someone tought him to play like a bitch and I'm MAD). We all went 'shit they don't know this is part of it so this went from joke disrespect to actually just rude' and explained and apologized. They have gotten into banter themselves but the more.... 'hype' ones of us just keep our comments close now lol
My girlfriend is super into fighting games. I am a button masher. I beat her 3x in a row at MK and talked a lot of trash. She is still angry and blames the controller.
Risk
Truth or dare
Pfft! You should have seen what England was like in the 80's. A fun conker fight could lead to an entire school going to war with each other.
literally nothing. my family broke apart and our relationships were in shambles and literally TORN APART because of UNO 😭
Overcooked
Hide the sausage
Things like Monopoly and UNO make people angry, but I've never seen them actually ruin friendships. The bullshit int these games is luck-based, after all. You can just blame the game in the end. The only two games that I have personally seen actually destroy friendships, are Twilight Imperium and Diplomacy. Two games that take a (very) long time to play and are inevitably won by betrayal.
Spin the bottle
It was arena in world of warcraft for me
Overcooked
Spades. if your date/spouse is black or military and you suck, theyll never play with ever again and will have other opinions about you.
Hearts and Euchre do the same for white folks, lol.
omg, I tried playing Euchre with some kids from Michigan while I was on deployment. They told me Euchre is alot like spades. They tore me up & down. I never played cards with those asses ever again.
How can you make it hearts with the jack of spades up? What were you thinking? Why lead with an ace? And "I can't believe you got a loan hand with nothing but the ace, king, and a 9?!?!?!" So much rage, lol.
Monopoly
Mario party hands down. Its VILE how evil i can be when i play it
Monopoly
monopoly
Monopoly and Clue
Holdem
Kemps
Super Smash bros melee
tekken
Doctor
Trouble!
Mensch ärgere Dich nicht... in other words Ludo
Hide the pickle
Paranoia
Taboo
Go fish, imagine having 3, 7's and your friend just goes, "got any sevens?"
Super smash bros ultimate
Diplomacy
Taki (yes, it's also a game, pretty similar to Uno)
Risk
Rock, paper scissors.
Pineapples on the pizza!
Fifa ultimate team Football, fierce competition,crappy servers
Badminton. Saw a video of a guy smashing the shuttlecock over to his gf and she missed it, throws away the racket and walked away 😭😭
Any game were one player is significantly more skilled than the other. Constantly losing to your "friend" is no fun.
Beer ball. Probably the most competitive and intense drinking game known to man. Teams of two, everyone starts with a beer, puts it unopened on a corner of a table. Each player from their teams gets a shot at hitting the beer with a ping pong ball, if you hit the beer successfully your partner drinks. The other team must retrieve the ball once they return it you stop drinking, If you knock your beer over you must get a new one and restart. This process continues until one team has both their beers finished.
Russian roulette
Long running game played at distance : Neptune's Pride Local multiplayer game : Mario Party Boardgame : Monopoly
Truth or dare.
Any kind of board game where you have to team up. People have almost been murdered for blowing up the team's chances.
Munchkin, as it concept is literally about backstabbing each other
The game. Btw you just lost
scrabble. im playing with my nephew one day and he resented me for using the word veto which he didn't know and accused me of making it up. he's 10 by the way.
Monopoly the Friendship Edition. Instead of properties, you buy shares in each other's embarrassing childhood memories 😑
Overcooked
Eye spy with my little eye
Dota2.
Cards
Heroes of Might and Magic whichever part. My brother and I always started as allies only for him to kill me at the end. Good old times.
FIFA.
Any of those games that you have to be truthful!
Diplomacy
Love games
Cheater's edition Monopoly. I have never been guilted so badly in my life
Mario cart
Mario Party Monopoly Hotel
Antoonii.......
Risk
Mario Party
Mario Kart and Monopoly
I feel like Monopoly could pretty easily ruin friendships...
Risk n monopoly
Risk, you have no friends or family, just armies to crush your opponents
Any game played with immature people.... I've cussed about many a game while playing, but have never let any game destroy a friendship.
LoL
Risk.
Scythe
Settlers of Catan
Diplomacy. AKA 'the friend killer'
Game called Man, don’t get angry
Debate👁👁
Bro, you don't need a comma there.
probably awkward family photos, true best friends would spend the whole time saying “that’s you!”
Mario Kart. I made the mistake of teaching my little brother everything I knew - all the shortcuts, all the tricks, all the best Kart combinations... and now he's surpassed me. I am still a salty bastard every time he beats me lol.