Find out just how moral your friends are! (Scruples)

Member Name: jesperado

Product:	Scruples
Date:	07/01/09 (47 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great fun

Disadvantages: A bit out of date

Scruples is a game in which each player picks up 5 red cards, each of which has a different moral dilemma on it. The first play then picks up one of the blue cards which will either say 'Yes', 'No' or 'Depends' on it. The player then has to match this answer to one of their moral dilemmas and pick another player who will give that answer to the dilemma you ask them. Ok, that's probably just confused you more, I'll give an example. Say I've picked up a red card which reads 'Your young child has scribbled on the walls of your friend's newly decorated house. They also have young children. Do you tell your friend that your child was the culprit?' and a blue card saying 'No'. Now I have to work out which of the people I am playing with is likely to say no to this dilemma i.e. they wouldn't own up that their child scribbled on the walls. Most of the dilemmas are fairly mundane like this one but it is interesting to find out just how honest your friends really are! If they give an answer that you really don't think they would back up in real life you and other players can argue their answer and reach a consensus on the answer they would actually give. Also, the version of the game I have is fairly out of date so there are some comically politically incorrect and or out of date dilemmas. My favourite one is something along the lines of 'Your brother is selling secrets to the Russians, do you shop him to the authorities?', to which the answer is, of course, yes.

Summary: A really fun party game