Couples Reviews

Okay, so this is sort of a toy review– a board game instead of a sex toy. Close enough.

I’m a huge fan of board games, so I was stoked when my best friend gave me 7 Deadly Sins for my birthday.

This is basically a spin on Trivial Pursuit, but of course with an erotic bent. The game is played almost the same as TP, with each player choosing a peg and working their way around the game board. Most of the playing squares are for trivia questions. But every so often, you’ll land on a token square. Each of the token squares are associated with a different one of the 7 deadly sins (vanity, envy, anger, sloth, greed, guttony, and of course lust).

When you land on a token square, you choose a sin card (as opposed to a trivia question card). You have to act out the sin to win the token (although you can decline to perform the sin). The first person to win all 7 tokens/sins is the winner.

The sins range from kind of lame, to a little sexy, to pretty damned funny. Some examples:

• Impersonate George W. Bush speaking out about how we should go after Iraq (love the left-leaning humor)
• Wear your underwear on the outside of your pants for the rest of the game (skid marks are funny, damn it)
• Allow the player on your right to give your shoulder an ink pen tattoo (lame)
• Allow other players to lick you wherever they want (now we’re talking)

What was most surprising to us was that there were some pretty interesting trivia questions. I’ve always been an avid reader of sexuality topics, so I was kind of surprised that some of the questions were harder than I would have expected. This is a great way to expand your sexual knowledge.

7 Deadly Sins is for anywhere from 2 - 21 players, so it’s got potential to get seriously wild. I’m also thinking that if you’re looking to hook up with someone, this is a fun and easy way to get the, um, juices flowing in a ’safe’ group setting. And if you’re already hooked up, it’s a natural bit of foreplay for the both of you. Fun!

I must say one thing– the fact that you start the game in “hell” (the center of the board) and work your way up to the Earth’s surface is kind of stupid. But that’s really a minor, inconsequential part of the whole thing that shouldn’t throw you off.

The game is, of course, way more fun if you’re drunk, and it’s pretty easy to turn it into a drinking game. You can drink whenever someone lands on a sin token spot, or gets a trivia question wrong, etc.

Most surprising was that Alain actually really dug this game, and he mostly hates board games. I think he liked it better than Trivial Pursuit (my favorite board game), probably because we screwed afterwards. Whatever.

Overall, we were both pleasantly surprised with 7 Deadly Sins. I’m usually picky about my games, but I definitely recommend this one. Makes a fun gift, too. The price is about in line with most board games– just under $30, USD.

7 Deadly Sins board game at Fairvilla Megastore

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