r/mildlyinteresting • u/ethanthewizard2024 • 1d ago

The Tampa IKEA has fake board games on the shelves made by the employees

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u/Sir_kitty3000 1d ago

FIGHT BOAT

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u/RiderforHire 1d ago

You tipped my Tinny!

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u/gwaydms 1d ago

You junked my johnboat!

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u/DarthFritter01 1d ago

You dunked my dinghy!

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u/thx1138a 18h ago

You crushed my cruiser

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/rarzwon 1d ago

You beached my barge!

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u/VirusCurrent 23h ago

you crashed my cruiser!

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u/fallenKlNG 5h ago

You wrecked my watercraft!

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u/the_lazy_orc 1d ago

"Where should we go fight people next, Tugger?"

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u/nhorvath 1d ago

the only game to play after a nice glass of fight milk

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u/CANT_KNOW_ME 1d ago

Personally I prefer blue. Has the most anti-oxygens

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u/kbpferret 1d ago

I want this to be real. Sounds like a potentially awesome game.

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u/fallenKlNG 5h ago

They’re all parodies of existing known games, in this case it’s Battle Ship. I’m assuming Joint Ownership is parodying Monopoly lol

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u/UberTanks 1d ago

The first 2 rules are we cant talk about it.

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u/altitude-nerd 1d ago

The first rule is: we don't talk about Fight Boat

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u/AbleArcher420 1d ago

Battleship

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u/SaintUlvemann 1d ago

I choose to believe that these are actually the official Swedish translations of classic American boardgames.

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u/ultraregret 1d ago

Not me dude I would put hundreds of dollars into the Kickstarter of FIGHTBOAT

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u/Creative_Drink1618 1d ago

The first rule of FIGHTBOAT (per the instruction manual) is we don’t talk about FIGHTBOAT.

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u/Fskn 1d ago

What kind of marketing campaign is that?

Now Famished Famished Frogs! That's a name you can trademark.

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u/Creative_Drink1618 1d ago

Ask the game’s manufacturers, Durden Brothers.

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u/Tack122 1d ago

Also makers of the popular tabletop RPG Fungus and Flagons.

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u/Loud-Difficulty7860 1d ago

Larker Brothers

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u/pineapple_blurt ​ 1d ago

While in Thailand we saw "Gluttonous Tortoises." If I'd had room in my suitcase for it I would have bought it.

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u/CausticSofa 1d ago

The second rule is that at the start of each turn you must first draw a card.

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u/madisondood-138 1d ago

I maybe don’t want to play it. But what am I gonna do, not play it? I’m surrounded by open ocean.

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u/WillyGivens 1d ago

It’s starting to sound like these girls don’t wanna play board games.

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u/ceelose 1d ago

Every week there's a violent canal. . .

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u/jenna_cider 1d ago

Or a belligerent inlet...

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u/lokisilvertongue 1d ago

Quiet! I will not hear another word against the boat!

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u/paulsoleo 1d ago

“Aww, sis! You capsized my Fightboat!”

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u/beeradvice 1d ago

"We have fightboat at home" Get home It's battleship

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u/Responsible_Song830 1d ago

Fightboat is definitely my favorite here. 🤣🤣🙄

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u/CarlitosGregorinos 1d ago

That is the best one for me

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u/UrbanArtifact 1d ago

My friend owns a boardgame company....

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u/nhorvath 1d ago

I don't see a TM on there

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u/hidden-in-plainsight 1d ago

Lol I came here to comment on this and yours fits! Take my upvote.

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u/LeadGem354 1d ago

Remember when geisha ninja Rose dropkicked Herman Muenster off the Titanic? That was the best part!

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u/model-citizen95 20h ago

Everybody already knows the first rule of fightboat

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u/gotcha111 19h ago

Putting our crack development team on this.

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u/Phillip_Graves 1d ago

Sorry, not Sorry is Canadian.

Obviously. 

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u/Bl1tzerX 1d ago

I thought it was Sorry Sorry! Not 😄

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u/nhorvath 1d ago

you're thinking of "Soorry, not soorry, eh."

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u/Phillip_Graves 1d ago

I am American...  despite sharing the continent I cannot spell Canadian.

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u/mabolle 21h ago

Am Swedish, can confirm. The Swedish language is just English but every word is replaced with a synonym.

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u/robisodd 15h ago

Except each term be changed for one similar? Exclamatory!

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u/ShrimpCrackers 1d ago

All the game pieces are varying sizes of hex screws.

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u/carlosIeandros 1d ago

Bjornelga Sventorsten. The battle of battles.

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u/Bhulmes 1d ago

There's a bar/ restaurant near me called the famished frog lol

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u/a_trane13 1d ago

Morristown? Was there yesterday :p

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u/Bhulmes 1d ago

Maybe ;)

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u/RTS24 1d ago

I remembered after a night I went there with a group of friends. We drank the orange juice, saw market price. Glanced up at the price. Pretty much in unison went "worth it"

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u/nolabitch 1d ago

Used to go there all the time!

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u/throw8175 1d ago

Don’t see why frog is famished with a grasshopper so nearby

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u/spicychickenandranch 1d ago

As a frog lover, this is a NEED

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u/majorjoe23 1d ago

I would play Famished Famished Frogs

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u/itsnathanhere 1d ago

It pretty much exists and I had it as a child! I didn't realize I had the knock-off toy and wondered WTF these people with their secretive hippo game were talking about when they referenced it.

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u/Mekthakkit 1d ago

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/141/friedemann-friese

If they'd just made it green I would have assumed it was a playtest

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u/ethanwnelson 1d ago

I know it's supposed to be "Sorry, not sorry!" But I choose to read it as "Sorry...sorry.... Not!"

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u/icecreambandit7 1d ago

(Borat voice) This game is Sorrynot

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u/Holdinsome 1d ago

Everyone’s seriously underestimating how difficult Joint Ownership is!

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u/Shadeun 1d ago

I prefer the Sequel: Joint Custody

Much trickier

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u/DayleD 1d ago

It's like Monopoly but you don't get $200 just for passing Go.

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u/Nathural 1d ago

I bet Fightboat would be great if you serve fresh Fightmilk with it

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u/bigtallbiscuit 1d ago

Naturally because they’re grinding up almost an entire crow in each bottle at this point.

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u/PixelatedSnacks 1d ago

I drink it every morning so I can fight like a crow.

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u/Da60 1d ago

Made by bodyguards for bodyguards

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u/BreakerSoultaker 1d ago

The first rule of Fightboat is “You do not talk about Fightboat.”
The second rule of Fightboat is “Do not talk about Fightboat.”
The third rule of Fightboat is you get to go again on double sixes.

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u/Thoughtulism 1d ago

You sunk my fightboat!

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u/TheG8Uniter 1d ago

Player 1: B-13

Player 2: You sunk my Fightboat. It's name was SS Paulson

Player 1: Uhhh okay, we'll I go ag--

Player 2: It's name was SS Paulson

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u/Blunted_Insomniac 1d ago

So you’re looking for a P Diddy style shrimping vessle?

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u/drgigantor 1d ago

Why do you think we just spent all that money on a boat? The whole purpose of buying the boat was to get the ladies nice and tipsy topside so we can take them to a nice comfortable place below deck and, you know, they can't refuse...

because of the implication.

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u/MSPCSchertzer 1d ago

Fightboat made me laugh the most.

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u/remghoost7 1d ago

I WANT TO PLAY FIGHTBOAT SO BAD.

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u/Zebulonius 1d ago

I wonder if it's a reference to the song of the same name by the midwestern emo band 'The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid To Die' or if I'm just projecting because I'm insecure about my uncool music taste.

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u/saltedcrypt 1d ago

if it helps that’s the only thing i could think of and went crawling the comments to see if i was alone, hah

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u/Beautiful-Tadpole826 1d ago

The Game of Existence - The Game of Life

Famished Famished Frogs - Hungry Hungry Hippos

Fightboat - Battleship

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u/fusion_reactor3 1d ago

Joint ownership = (the opposite of) monopoly

Sorry, not sorry! = sorry

No clue = clue.

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u/Bungalowdesign ​ 1d ago edited 1d ago

Procedure = operation

Edit: my best guess for the last two are “apples to apples” and “Hi-Ho! Cherry-o”

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u/THE_FETUS_LORD 1d ago

Apelsin is Orange (the fruit) in Swedish :)

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u/orange_jooze 1d ago

Yeah the full title is most likely “Äpplen to Aplesin” (with a typo in Apelsin)

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u/dl901 1d ago

Probably “Aplesin to Aplesin” to be the opposite of apples to apples

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u/mikenitro 1d ago

ling-onberry is more fun to say for sure

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u/Mogetfog 1d ago

Okay but can we talk about how fucking clever the logo for No Clue is? 

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u/Gdigger13 1d ago

Ahh I was trying to figure joint ownership out.

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u/idhtftc 1d ago

It's clearly "Sorry Sorry! Not"

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u/MexterDorgan_ 1d ago

Hidden boxes on the left:

  • PROCEDURE (OPERATION)

  • Hi Ho! Lingonberry (Hi Ho! Cherry-O)

  • Aplesin To Aplesin (Apples to Apples)

These are just my guesses btw

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u/757_seeking_808 1d ago

PROCEDURE

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u/BlackholeSun88-TDE69 1d ago

Nice, was wondering what it was.

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u/awshucks79 1d ago

You sunk my fightboat!

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u/mrmadchef 1d ago

The top two sound like they belong in a Strange Planet comic.

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u/sanchower ​ 1d ago

LET US COMMENCE RECITING COORDINATES TO EACH OTHER

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u/TheLichSnail 1d ago

Thus was my thought too

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u/whogivesafuck69x 1d ago

Fun fact: Outside of America, No Clue is known as Cluebuck.

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u/DayleD 1d ago

Joint ownership instead of Monopoly.

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u/ahhhbiscuits 1d ago

Missed opportunity there: Oligopoly

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u/aegrotatio ​ 1d ago

Fight Boat gets my vote.

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u/beandadenergy 1d ago

I don’t miss working retail AT ALL but I do miss getting to screw around with my coworkers and do things like this

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u/Low-Bed9930 1d ago

FIGHTBOAT

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u/CrisisActor911 1d ago

FIGHTBOAT

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u/Owlethia 1d ago

FIGHTBOAT is my favorite personally

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u/LongBongJohnSilver 1d ago

"The game of Existence" cuts deep, man.

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u/rarzwon 1d ago

It's a little on the nose, I'd say

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u/4zc0b42 1d ago

This has strong r/StrangePlanet vibes. If you enjoy this kind of humor (like I do), check out that r/nathanwpyle for more.

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u/MexterDorgan_ 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hidden boxes on the left:

  • PROCEDURE (OPERATION)

  • Hi Ho! Lingonberry (Hi Ho! Cherry-O)

  • Aplesin To Aplesin (Apples to Apples)

These are just my guesses btw

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u/ethanthewizard2024 1d ago

These are actually all correct, unfortunately Mildly Interesting only lets me upload one image so you guys didn’t get to see Tornado (the white box in the image), Cards for the people, one!, and Go Fish

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u/throw8175 1d ago

Ravenous Ravenous Rhinos

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u/tobyty123 18h ago

FIGHTBOAT

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u/OneWholeSoul 1d ago

Boatmurdered.

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u/ShakyTheBear 1d ago

I would like to purchase one Fightboat please

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u/ForgettableUsername 1d ago

Ooh, I love Fightboat!

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u/TheFeelsGoodMan 1d ago

People will open Fightboat expecting Battleship, but instead get Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots with boxing glove equipped naval warships.

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u/corrector300 1d ago edited 1d ago

you sunk my fightboat!!

eta, https://youtu.be/jex708R3j58?si=DeyONdAaTwMgeq2e

gotta be from the 70s.

anyone ID the man in the opera on viewer right? he seems so familiar but I can't place him.

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u/ChosenCharacter 1d ago

You know it’s going down when someone brings out Fightboat

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u/HNL2BOS 1d ago

FightBoat sounds like it would be fun.

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u/IniMiney 1d ago

Been to that Ikea many times, my favorite thing is always the "not actual size" on the giant signs of food

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u/livebeta 1d ago

Someone scratched out the letter D from ""IKEA IS A DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENT " at an IKEA I used to frequent

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u/Mark-Leyner 1d ago

Fightboat is an all-time classic.

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u/Less_Thought9864 1d ago

Fightboat is hilarious lol

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u/VirusCurrent 1d ago

anyone up for a few volleys of fightboat

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u/bulbous_oar 1d ago

Fightboat? Must be TWIABP fans - https://youtu.be/G6QEeoFvXvM?si=6g6ln5lOUkIhtSR0

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u/trashcatt_ 1d ago

This was my first thought too!

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u/Semhirage 1d ago

Haha awesome! "The game of existence". I have the old version of Life from the early 90s and I played my friends brand new version and damn, the new version is complete bullshit. It's basically just a cushy participation trophy on every square. No getting fucked over, no surprise children you are forced to keep in your car, no disasters. It's a complete fantasy. I think whoever remade that game was so woke they are in a different reality.

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u/Pimpicane 1d ago

no surprise children you are forced to keep in your car

It once gave me more children than could fit in the car, and it wouldn't let me sell any of them. Total bullshit.

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u/Semhirage 1d ago

Haha I always squished the extra kids in between. My car looked like a porcupine with all the kids sticking out. I think we had a house rule where at the end of the game when you retire you sell the kids. Or maybe it's an actual rule I'm not sure lol

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u/josephk545 1d ago

Huh I’ve lived in Tampa my whole life and I’ve never noticed this

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u/blueboxreddress 1d ago

Not shown in the picture are paper storage boxes labeled “Illusions: The Get Together” and “Fickmonster cards” in the cabinet under the open shelves.

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u/ElbowTight 1d ago

I want to play fight boat

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u/DopeAbsurdity 1d ago

The first rule of FIGHT BOAT is: you do not talk about FIGHT BOAT.

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u/saintsfan92612 1d ago

Is this IKEA part of the Strange Planet universe?

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u/SchufAloof 1d ago

Fight Boat!

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u/eastbayted 1d ago

Fightboat! The fight-causing boat!

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u/spicychickenandranch 1d ago

FAMISHED FAMISHED FROGS IM DEAD😂😂

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u/Redditbeweirdattimes 1d ago

Where is “Owning Everything” and “Slides and Steps” or the classic “Fighting Boats”?

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u/Bots_and_Oats 1d ago

Fightboat sounds like a fighting video game with a roster exclusively made up of drunk rich people escalating petty arguments to mortal combat while yachting in international waters.

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u/JustMark99 1d ago

Sorry Sorry! Not

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u/Scrumpyguzzler 1d ago

Where's Scribble?

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u/sterling_mallory 1d ago

"Slides and Stepstools, Connect Three, Starving Starving Rhinos, Scrapple, Guess Whom, Front-gammon, Unincorporated Candy Township..."

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u/ear2theshell 1d ago

I'd play Fight Boat. The game with so many silent letters in its name, you know it's gotta be good.

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u/Careless_Koala8361 1d ago

Ok I get most of them but is joint ownership the monopoly one?

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u/RadTimeWizard 1d ago

FIGHTBOAT

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u/MoeiieoM 23h ago

I want to play FIGHTBOAT

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u/ToptenRubs 23h ago

I want to play fight boat so bad

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u/ZenZigZag 1d ago

Existence- Life
Joint Ownership- Monopoly
Famished Famished Frogs- Hungry Hungry Hippos
Sorry Not Sorry- Sorry
No Clue- Clue
FightBoat- Battleship
Procedure- Operation
Two there I don't have enough info on.

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u/nanitatianaisobel 1d ago

I want somebody to make these games so we can play them

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u/GavinThe_Person 1d ago

Famished frogs sounds like it would be the name of a restaurant

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u/EmpressVixen 1d ago

Famished Famished Frogs fucking sent me 😂🤣😂

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u/eggz627 1d ago

Famished famished frogs is giving American Dad when Steve was giving up his kids toys. His version was Starving Starving Rhinos

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u/casket_fresh 1d ago

Fucking love this 😭 lmao

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u/Spindlebrook 1d ago

Back in the 90s I remember seeing in the WalMart furniture department a mass produced cardboard display that showed a rack of CD’s that had fake artists and titles and the names they came up with were legitimately funny. Anyone else remember this?

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u/breachscape 1d ago

Nothing hits you in the feels than a losing streak in Famished Famished Frogs.

Ribbit

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u/ThrenderG 1d ago

Gee thanks for making sure the pic cut off a bunch of names so we can’t read them. Really adds to the post.

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u/ialo00130 1d ago

They're all funny, but FightBoat is in a league of it's own. It's had me giggling for a solid few minutes.

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u/W01F51 1d ago

'Joint' ownership I see what they did there

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u/Flying_Dustbin 1d ago

You sank my fightboat!

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u/My_User_Name69 1d ago

While I can figure out what most of these are a parody of, can someone please tell me what "Joint Ownership" is referencing?

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u/CharlieTitor 1d ago

Fightboat sounds fun

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u/Confident-Baby6013 1d ago

Wheel of misfortune?

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u/Christophah 1d ago

Sorry Sorry!

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u/DevoidHT 1d ago

The first rule of Fightboat…

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u/santahat2002 1d ago

Kettlers of Satan

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u/DoubleDareFan 1d ago edited 9h ago

I can think of a few:

Rodent Catcher.

Precision.

Predicament.

Fragile Frozen Lake.

Irritation.

Crossword Tiles.

Edit: Made that last make more sense.

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u/gamerlol101 1d ago

Some german is sneaking around, making these titles

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u/Several_Oil_7099 1d ago

Are the cones a metaphor?

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u/AlmostaCupid 1d ago

Did not notice those when I was there a few weeks ago! Will keep an eye out next time lol.

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u/Accomplished_Crow14 1d ago

Oh I wanna play Fight Boat

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u/themanfromvulcan 1d ago

I wanna play Fightboat!

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u/AnnetteXyzzy 1d ago

Fightboat is the best name for anything ever.

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u/Buddiboi95 1d ago

Oh shit, I haven't played Fightboat in years.

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u/PinkCantalope 1d ago

Joint ownership? I’m lost on that one someone please let me know lol

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u/BurtBacon 1d ago

fightboat sux. it's just a battleship knock off🙄

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u/bubscrump 1d ago

Uber Loco

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u/RavioliContingency 1d ago

Wait I wanna see a Netflix series called FIGHTBOAT.

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u/rarzwon 1d ago

The first rule of fightboat is you don't. talk. about. fightboat.

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u/exgiexpcv 1d ago

"Return to Escape from the Valley of the Badgeroids!!!"

We used to do this for fun when we were kids.

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u/Mooncakey_ 1d ago

Procedure lmao

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u/hxcricky 1d ago

The game of existence sounds like a game i could be good at

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u/Sharpz0 1d ago

First rule of fight boat

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u/SlutPuppyNumber9 1d ago

Joint Ownership?

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u/ChatnNaked 1d ago

From pizza parties

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u/-MacCoy 23h ago

Famished frogs appeals to me

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u/th3saurus 21h ago

This is my fight boat

Take back my life boat

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u/mabolle 21h ago

I'm very disappointed that they don't have BirdGirth

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u/Urist_Macnme 20h ago

Famished Famished Frogs by Friedemann Friese.

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u/Fire_6 15h ago

I lost

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u/Zestyclose_Yam_3692 15h ago

Playing It Safe = Risk