Childhood games are a fantastic way to spend time with friends, but some of them were seemingly designed to ruin friendships. As much as you might love to play them, as soon as you slip out of the leading position, you’re ready to fight the remaining players and toss the game away. Here is a very short but powerful list of games you shouldn’t play if you want to keep your friends around.
Monopoly
The winners of this game are some of the most cold-blooded people around. The only sure way to win is to crush everybody else on the board, so it’s no surprise that this game is certain to lead to a few fights. With Monopoly, there are only two kinds of players: the chaotic kind and the evil kind. The chaotic kind are the ones who will buy Boardwalk and nothing else, just to screw with whoever’s in the lead. And the evil kind...they’re the ones who cause you to declare bankruptcy for landing on a hotel-ridden monopoly space. Do not suggest this game if you want to remain blissfully ignorant of which kind of player your best friends are.
Sorry!
The name alone should be enough to convince you not to play with the friends you hold most dear. Only the heartless and the heathens win this game. The more you make progress, the more you have to ruin other players'. And saying ‘Sorry!’ with that totally-not-sorry-at-all look on your face is sure to ruffle some feathers. Warning: someone might actually draw blood after you send them for yet another loop back to start.
B.S.
They should really call this game ‘how to destroy your friends’ trust and also learn how to lie.' But maybe that isn't as catchy. B.S. is a card game where you call out the liars in your group, in an attempt to make them hold the entire deck of cards (and lose by doing so). If you’re playing with actors, lawyers-to-be, or known liars, good luck. Their tells will be impossible to see, and you’ll end up being caught the one time you try to sneak by their watch.
Parcheesi
Like Monopoly, you can only win Parcheesi if you never want to be friends with the other players again. It seems like a cute and fun idea at first, but really, whoever suggested this game has a special seat in friendship hell. At some point, you’ll develop a strange but nevertheless genuine vendetta against the innocent animal figurines, as you remain trapped behind a buffalo blockade for a solid three turns.
Mario Kart
It doesn’t matter how good you get at this game if another player has a shell up their sleeve. Remember, nobody is your ally in Mario Kart. Every friend is playing for themselves. Everything and anything they can use against you, they will. This game is the quickest way to find out how truly evil your friends are. The worst, most devious move is when you're in first place, and second place launches a blue shell just before you cross the finish line, so they can steal the win for themselves. It’s not an easily forgivable movie, and before you know it, you'll have a grudge against every other player.
