Turns out, my aunt is a secret board game champion

We had a family reunion and dug out an old Monopoly set. She wiped the floor with all of us, and now we're planning a rematch next month. It's hilarious how competitive she got.

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the_robert6mo ago

Hold up, I don't think every board game turns people into sharks. Sure, Monopoly and Scrabble like jennyk62 mentioned will do it, those games are built for it. But you bring out a cooperative game or something simple like Catan, and that cutthroat side just doesn't come out the same way. It really depends on the game itself.

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jennyk626mo ago

My grandma used to destroy everyone at Scrabble. I mean, she'd pull out words like 'qi' and 'za' and none of us even knew they were real. We found out she played in a weekly club at her library for like twenty years. It was wild to see her calm, quiet self turn into this word game shark.

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jennifern656mo ago

My aunt Margaret has this dog-eared list of every valid two-letter Scrabble word. She keeps it in her recipe box like it's a state secret. Watching her drop 'xi' on a triple word score with a straight face is a thing of beauty. We don't even challenge her anymore, we just accept the loss. It's humbling how a sweet lady in knitting sweaters can end your game in three turns.

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