Danger: The Game

 

Uh oh. You're tied to tracks made of dynamite with a train hurtling towards you. You're on a 12-hour flight full of crying babies. You're stuck in a programming loop after messing with the syntax of your life. Stuck in a programming loop after messing with the syntax of your life. Stuck in a p--

Worry not. Your rescue is imminent! Your peers have become world-famous jugglers, shadow-puppet magicians, charismatic psychologists, and fearless shapeshifters. They utilize a powerful arsenal, from pocket-sized matter transporters to a self-refilling sauce packet. They propose daring, creative, and sometimes outright ridiculous schemes. But in the end, it's up to you to decide who saves the day.

In Danger: The Game, each player finds themselves in a myriad of unfortunate situations. It's up to their tablemates to save them, crafting elaborate explanations based on one "SKILL" and one "TOOL" card. During the explanations, other players can thwart plans with "PLOT TWIST" cards:

"...but you have to test it on yourself first."

"...but you didn't see the bigger one behind it."

"...but you're a master of procrastination."

Ultimately, the victim decides which player most effectively deals with the situation and awards them the "DANGER" card. After the predicament has been addressed, play continues with the player to the left becoming the next victim.

This game is awesome at family game night. It's easy to learn and set up, fun for most ages (as long as they can read), and creates lots of opportunities for creative storytelling, exciting interactions, and friendly competition. Last night, my step brother tried to stop a train by switching his own gravity to float away whilst deploying a kickboxing kangaroo, and my sister proposed breaking the programming loop by hacking into the mainframe with her talented jazz-hand-feet.

Play "Danger: The Game" to find out who in your life would really come to your rescue, who would give a halfhearted effort, and who would just sit there and laugh.