IF YOU’VE ever played a board game with your family you’ll know that it can be a heated affair.
With the world on lockdown and board games usage set to increase, a new report by Onlinecasinos has identified the top ten board games most likely to cause a family fallout.
The research used social media to track mentions of popular board games, revealing how many posts are about fallouts rather than wins. The data was analysed from March 29, 2019 to March 27, 2020.
Monopoly takes the number one spot for causing the most household arguments, with 28,167 social posts about monopoly disputes.
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Jenga takes the second spot, with 6,290 posts showing it’s not just the bricks on edge during a Jenga game.
Despite the name, Frustration comes up 10th in the rankings with only 42 posts about household arguments.
The top ten board games set to cause a bust up can be seen below:
- Monopoly: 28,167
- Jenga: 6,290
- Scrabble: 2,379
- Cluedo: 708
- Battleships: 480
- Pictionary: 428
- Trivial Pursuit: 375
- Mouse Trap: 273
- Kerplunk: 77
- Frustration: 42
This research was conducted by Online Casinos. For more information on the data, visit: https://www.onlinecasinos.co.uk/blog/board-game-bust-ups.htm.
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