So we generally rarely play deduction games, neither my wife nor I like them. But I think you can broaden that and not just apply it to deduction games. One example is those trading games, as I'll call them. "I'll trade this for yours." "Nah, you need to throw in something extra."
One example is waterfall Park. Everyone approaches it with different levels of ambition and that can sometimes escalate into discussions like "why are you trading with them now, then they'll win."
I think either you rise above it and are good friends again after the game, or you shouldn't play those kinds of games.
With us it fortunately hasn't escalated to a problematic level, but it has definitely gotten heated before. 🫣
P.S.: We don't really like playing waterfall Park either 😅
That's true, it doesn't always have to be just "Social Deduction" — games with free action were super popular for a brief era at one point, before there was less of that recently.
Oh man, that reminds me of a round with several couples. That was about 20 years ago and the game was "Therapie," if I remember correctly. There was a question that went something like: Who in the group would most likely cheat on their partner?
I can't quite piece it together anymore after all these years. Anyway, it ended up with one couple nearly breaking up that evening because of that one question, and two buddies almost getting into a fight. Since then we've been giving games like that a wide berth.
oha, that's pretty wild. Thankfully I haven't experienced that yet.
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🇩🇪 Original in German
Who knows this from their own experience? Who else has had problems like these? Or are your rounds always totally peaceful?
🇩🇪 Original in German
So we generally rarely play deduction games, neither my wife nor I like them. But I think you can broaden that and not just apply it to deduction games. One example is those trading games, as I'll call them. "I'll trade this for yours." "Nah, you need to throw in something extra." One example is waterfall Park. Everyone approaches it with different levels of ambition and that can sometimes escalate into discussions like "why are you trading with them now, then they'll win." I think either you rise above it and are good friends again after the game, or you shouldn't play those kinds of games. With us it fortunately hasn't escalated to a problematic level, but it has definitely gotten heated before. 🫣 P.S.: We don't really like playing waterfall Park either 😅
🇩🇪 Original in German
That's true, it doesn't always have to be just "Social Deduction" — games with free action were super popular for a brief era at one point, before there was less of that recently.
🇩🇪 Original in German
Oh man, that reminds me of a round with several couples. That was about 20 years ago and the game was "Therapie," if I remember correctly. There was a question that went something like: Who in the group would most likely cheat on their partner? I can't quite piece it together anymore after all these years. Anyway, it ended up with one couple nearly breaking up that evening because of that one question, and two buddies almost getting into a fight. Since then we've been giving games like that a wide berth.
🇩🇪 Original in German
oha, that's pretty wild. Thankfully I haven't experienced that yet.