Communal House: The Game

[sabotabby]

It was culpster's birthday (happy birthday, culpster!) and a bunch of us came up with a concept for a card or board game based on communal living.

Some of the cards/plays:

Hippie Couchsurfer Card
Food Not Bombs Sets Up In Your Kitchen
Vegan Potluck
House Meeting: Miss a turn
Sex in Public Places
Stoner Roommates
Random Bunny
Roommate's Cat Eats Other Roommate's Beta Fish
Borrowing Clothes
Clean the Bathroom Card
House Drama: Move back five spaces
Who's Underwear Is In My Bathrobe Pocket?
No More Ramen!
Consensus Decision-Making: Nobody moves until everyone rolls the same number

Feel free to contribute your own or suggest a structure.

Comments

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

This is Chez Geek for anarchists?

[sabotabby]

Pretty much. I mean, the two are not mutually exclusive.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

I was about to mention Chez Geek. They have blank cards for such customization purposes.

[zingerella.livejournal.com]

Ex boyfriend sleeping with current roommate. There is angst. Miss a turn.

[sabotabby]

I can't believe I forgot that one.

[zingerella.livejournal.com]

Passive aggressive notes!

[sabotabby]

THAT'S THE THING I FORGOT TO DO TONIGHT THAT I HAD TO DO!

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

I put a note on the fridge saying "It's not as though I care whether or not you get the passive-aggressive notes done" and everything.

[zingerella.livejournal.com]

Ummm ... why is there a canoe in the living room?

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Sounds like my life, condensed.

[metalana.livejournal.com]

I think I've had a lot of sex at that house. Then I have run away, allergic.

[secretsoflife.livejournal.com]

Consensus Decision-Making: Nobody moves until everyone rolls the same number

this is so perfect.

this video should be a card somehow. or maybe a prize?

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

lentils

There is actually a pet bunny roaming the co-op house beside mine.

[dustyasymptotes.livejournal.com]

"found art" - stolen street sign/public monument
round of public shaming for unwashed dishes
ditto for hoarding cutlery

[ironed_orchid]

I know that house too well.

There's also:

Passive agressive cleaning around other people's mess.

You accidentlally eat the hash brownies, miss a turn.

Drunken sex with roomate.

Wet laundry left in machine for a week.

[metawidget]

Massive bottle return time
Five bottles of ketchup
I thought we were all boycotting that!
Neighbours lock down their wifi
Unilateral cleaning frenzy

[zingerella.livejournal.com]

Oh also ketchup in the living room.

[deanarae.livejournal.com]

Roommate offers you a psychic foot massage. Miss a turn.

[culpster.livejournal.com]

How long can my roommate go without taking a bath? An 'experiment'.
Roommate replaces toothbrush with 'tongue scraper'.
Roommate fancies himself an electrician.
Roommate wants a hug.
Where'd this Swiss Chalet rug come from?
Listen to landlord's child banging on closet door through wall.
"Oh NOW I get it - they're JUNKIES"

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

Months after you move in, you meet the hermit roommate for the first time.

Significant others of several housemates move in.

Unpopular housemate leaves and cleansing ritual is performed involving all members of the household and his abandoned box of breakfast cereal.

[northbard.livejournal.com]

Roommate turns out to be dealing
Dealer roommate turns out to be giving everyone in house bad rate
Vegan roomie freaks out over bacon in fridge
Drama-queen roommate turns out to ACTUALLY have allergy (start looking for new roommate)
Cops called by neighbor
Cops called by roommate
Roommate responsible for rent/utilities has been pocketing the money
Midnight move!
Musician roomie insists on practicing in living room
Stoner roomie sets couch on fire

[anarqueso.livejournal.com]

Scabies! Lose one turn while everyone washes everything. Lose another turn because one person didn't wash everything.

Collecting money for shared bills!

Did anyone actually know that person who came to the party and stayed for three days?

Formal group photo at Macy's! How shall we dress?

Roommates' families visit at the same time. Hippie mom and square mom face off over breakfast.

Roommate moves out and anything that goes wrong may be blamed on them for up to three months. Skip one step forward.

Dirty dish amnesty day.

Group house cleaning with the music blasting.

The housemate who eats all the good stuff in the pantry before anyone else has a chance to even taste it.

Hand-painted political banner hanging from the front window.

[ltmurnau.livejournal.com]

This would work in a Dvorak-style game:

http://www.dvorakgame.co.uk/index.php/Main_Page

[sadie-sabot.livejournal.com]

OH.

MY.

GOD.

***LOVE*****

ok how about this one:

cloth pads soaking in bloody water in the only bathroom sink
(true story!)

bonus points for getting to sleep with the hot punk rock couch surfer; lose a turn for crabs.

[sadie-sabot.livejournal.com]

jesus. please make this game come true.

[anarqueso.livejournal.com]

Know where I got Formaldehyde? He was with the punk rock circus that blew through town and was sleeping with my (psycho)roommate for a few days (half so he didn't have to share the van with the stinky clowns anymore.) When they were sick of each other, he and I fell in love, all cross-country dramatic B-movie style.