What is the worst board game you've ever played?

[luvflorida]

It's not technically a board game, but last year for Christmas my daughter, 14 at the time, wanted the game Truth or Dare Jenga. If you aren't familiar with Jenga, it's a game where you stack up little rectangular shapes of wood, then each player tries to take one out without the other pieces falling down. The twist to Truth or Dare Jenga is that each wooden piece has writing on it and the player that takes out that piece must either answer the question written on it or perform the dare.

In theory it sounds like a fun game, but we all thought it was the dumbest game we'd ever played. The questions and dares were so ridiculous, (meow like a cat, pretend you're directing traffic, "are you the first or last to leave a party?"), they were laughable.

Now you may be saying maybe the game was intended for younger children. Nope, the box states it is a game for "adults". It also says "edge of your seat fun...with a twist."

And the picture of the people, adults, on the box playing the game, well, you'd think they were having the time of their lives! I do have to say, though, that by the end of the evening we were almost wetting our pants, (can I say that on Disboards?), from laughing so hard at making fun of the game!

Do you have a horrible board game lurking in your house?

 

[aprilgail2]

Shark attack and mouse trap!

 

[MoniqueU]

Guesstetures. god I hate that game

 

[belle_of_the_ball]

mole in the hole...or i think its called that...it needs to be pushed off a cliff...for just being there...its good for anger management...that about it and if you get hit with that mallet..wow...it hurts!

 

[luvflorida]

mole in the hole...or i think its called that...it needs to be pushed off a cliff...for just being there...its good for anger management...that about it and if you get hit with that mallet..wow...it hurts!

I was hoping people would tell me WHY they hated a certain board game. I love your answer- it needs to be pushed off a cliff for just being there!!!

 

[Cindyluwho]

I hate, hate, hate Life. Yes, the game of life. My daughter rec'd the Simpsons Edition of Life last year for her birthday and I just cannot bring myself to play it with her. To my credit, I did play it with her once but OMG it's so pointless and boring! I will play any other board game, in fact I love board games - but not that one!

 

[castleview]

I can't think of any I hate right now. But when I got home the other day. DH told me he won the Angelina Ballerina game - oh if I could only have seen that one.

 

[vivilasvegas]

Head of the Class. I think that's the name.

Only because I would always get that stupid slide and end up behind my brother.

And he never let me forget it.

 

[DisMN]

Seeing as we could never make heads or tails out of the game instructions I'd have to sadly say that Magic Kingdom game is the worst game we have sitting in our house right now. Breaks my heart........

 

[JennaTX]

This was a long time ago, and it was more of a boardgame for adults called Scruples. It was based on asking questions about what you would do in situations, what you had done in your past, and you had to try and tell if the people were lying (at least I think that was how it worked)

Anyway, not a good game to play in your early 20's with a mixed group of men and women who are dating and do not really know each other that well. Quite a few arguments broke out that night.

 

[Sparx]

Its The Game Of Life! No. Its the game of death. It needs to die. It should be burned. Life isn't that boring! And boy children aren't blue and girls aren't pink and I don't have a car with little slots for my kids to fit into without fallign out. My bank isn't 3 spaces from my house. My house doesn't get better the better my job is. You don't become a lawyer right out of college. You don't start off making 100K a year. The game of 'life' is a game of wishful thinking.

 

[castleview]

Seeing as we could never make heads or tails out of the game instructions I'd have to sadly say that Magic Kingdom game is the worst game we have sitting in our house right now. Breaks my heart........

Someone told me that Disneyland Magic Kingdom. Is that right?

 

[klj27]

It was a Home Depot board game. What?! It was painfully long and pointless. We were with friends of ours and the husband is a plumber. I am glad this isn't a game that I own.

 

[klj27]

Oh... and the Monorail game seemed pretty pointless too.

 

[KarenAylwood]

Shark attack and mouse trap!

Not sure about shark attack... but mouse trap is the BEST GAME EVA! When I was little I used to just sit with it and make the thing go to catch the mouse. It was the most infatuating game ever to me.

Although in all the years I "played" it... I don't think we actually played it.

Maybe it does really suck if you actually play it.

So I guess I can't argue the point...

I haven't really played board games since I was little... and the only ones that stick out were the awesome ones. I'm sure I've got some pretty bad ones down in the cellar that my parents still haven't got rid of because they are crazy and keep everything I've ever touched. We tried to sell them in a recent garage sale but all we got was "what the heck is Arch Rival?"

 

[aprilgail2]

Seeing as we could never make heads or tails out of the game instructions I'd have to sadly say that Magic Kingdom game is the worst game we have sitting in our house right now. Breaks my heart........

Oh I forgot about that one...yes that game is one of the worst! It was pointless!!! The whole photographer thing in the game, we ended up just playing by our own rules....and even that wasn't so greatr LOL.

 

[Brianne]

I'm not big on board games in general, so I'd have to vote for Monopoly simply because the game lasts too dang long! Doesn't it seem like one session takes hours or is it just me?

 

[luvflorida]

I'm not big on board games in general, so I'd have to vote for Monopoly simply because the game lasts too dang long! Doesn't it seem like one session takes hours or is it just me?

I'm not fond of Monopoly either, and it's worse when you play with people who are ruthless and who take the game way too seriously. That's why I refuse to play Monopoly with my husband. You'd think he was REALLY buying up all that property and getting real money.

 

[AnaheimGirl]

Candyland. Even as a kid, I hated this game. It's so frustrating when you're 3 spaces away from the Candy Castle and you draw a card that sends you all the way back to Gumdrop Mountain. And it seems to happen over and over again, so the game takes hours to finish.

Same deal with Chutes and Ladders.

 

[Mandabella]

Adverteasing


We played it like once, and no one liked it.


My family is a pictionary family and DH's loves aggrivation. Personally, I'm a Clue or Trivial Pursuit girl.