Chronicle Books - Disappointing Affirmations The Game

FORGET GRATITUDE

This game turns pessimism into points, so it's a good use of your bad attitude! It will test the convictions of your most optimistic friends. So, let go of all that relentless toxic positivity you’ve been sold and get real.

BE DISAPPOINTING, BUT FUNNY

Twist positive prompts into Disappointing Affirmations. If yours is the most amusingly critical, anti-empathetic, or makes people laugh because otherwise they’d cry, then congrats, you win! As if it even matters.

What do you look for in a game? Teamwork? Motivation? Positivity? Well, this game has none of those things. But it is hilarious. =

From the wildly popular Instagram account, Disappointing Affirmations: The Disappointing Game will test the convictions of even your most optimistic friends. Forget gratitude, mindfulness, wellness, and all that other relentless toxic positivity you’ve been sold. This party game turns your disillusionment into dark humor, your feelings into fun, and your pessimism into points.

It’s very simple: In each round, one player reads out a positive prompt, and everyone else uses their realistic responses to twist it into a Disappointing Affirmation. If yours is judged to be the most amusingly critical, anti-empathetic, dismissive, or makes people laugh because the only other option is to cry, then congrats, you win! As if it even matters.

Made for friends who are actually willing to accept that “It’s okay to not be okay,” Disappointing Affirmations: The Disappointing Game is suitable for ages 18+, 3–6 players, and takes around 30 minutes to play—although that’s really up to you. With 80 Prompts, 160 Responses, and differing levels of darkness in everyone, the game is endlessly replayable. It may even change your outlook on life. Probably won’t, though.

At Ridley’s Games, we like to make Good Clean Fun that’s as kind to the planet as it can be, so this game is printed on FSC paper with soy inks, the box is made using 30% recycled materials, and the whole thing is recyclable. Not that you care.