# Games you should not play with children **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 17, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713 "2014-09-17T05:07:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/1 "2014-09-17T05:07:55Z")
Chasing - I once saw this movie where this little boy runs into the street and gets killed all the while his Dad is trying to stop him but the boy thinks its the usual game of “chase me”. So I have never chased my kids and when I tell them to “stop”, I mean it. Another is screaming. I think kids should learn to scream but only when in danger. Too often I hear kids screaming in play but it sounds like danger. Do you all have any others? ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/2 "2014-09-17T05:13:57Z")
_spins cylinder_ Maybe Russian roulette isn’t the best thing to play. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/3 "2014-09-17T06:45:28Z")
Calvinball. They just don’t get the subtleties of the rules and get angry when it doesn’t go their way. Oogy is greater than boogy. What’s not to get? Dumb kids. ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/4 "2014-09-17T08:21:01Z")
How can you get a bunch of kids not to scream when they are playing, excited and having a blast? Personally it would be creepy as fuck to me to have a group of kids running around being quiet. Maybe they have mind melded and are plotting my demise. Can you picture a group of silent kids running around, suddenly stop and look at you…and then they all break out in evil smiles? Fuck that. Me vs the kids in dodgeball. They haven’t mastered dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge. When I broke out a wrench their Mom broke out an axe…she won. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/5 "2014-09-17T09:55:23Z")
> [@Boogly](#): > > How can you get a bunch of kids not to scream when they are playing, excited and having a blast? Personally it would be creepy as fuck to me to have a group of kids running around being quiet. Maybe they have mind melded and are plotting my demise. Can you picture a group of silent kids running around, suddenly stop and look at you…and then they all break out in evil smiles? Fuck that. There’s a middle ground between screaming and being a silent film. I mean, yeah, they can yell things at each other and laugh, but some kids go all out on the AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH like they’re currently being fed through a goddamn woodchipper. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/6 "2014-09-17T10:04:00Z")
Jarts. 😃 I was pissed when they actually banned them. ☹ Was the movie you saw “Pet Semetary”? (sic) When Gage gets hit by the truck? ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/7 "2014-09-17T11:59:58Z")
Quarters. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/8 "2014-09-17T12:02:39Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Jarts. 😃 > > I was pissed when they actually banned them. ☹ > > Was the movie you saw “Pet Semetary”? (sic) When Gage gets hit by the truck? That was my thought, too. Except I don’t remember “chase me” being a regular game that they’d always done. I think he just assumed they were playing b/c he was a little kid and unaware of how dangerous the road was. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/9 "2014-09-17T12:50:05Z")
7 Minutes in Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/10 "2014-09-17T12:59:26Z")
Uno. the little bastards win every time. And they enjoy it waaaayyyyyy to much. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/11 "2014-09-17T13:22:50Z")
Cards Against Humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/12 "2014-09-17T13:30:04Z")
Strip poker ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/13 "2014-09-17T13:59:11Z")
Beat on the Brat. Oh, wait… you are looking for games you should _not_ play with children. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/14 "2014-09-17T14:17:23Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Cards Against Humanity. Snerk. My kid brought that over to play. Of course, he’s in his mid-thirites. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/15 "2014-09-17T14:37:05Z")
“Chaos in The Old World”. Look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/16 "2014-09-17T14:41:58Z")
Full contact kick boxing. ---
**Author:** ![AnthonyElite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/17 "2014-09-17T14:44:07Z")
I’ll second the chasing game, and screaming at the top of your lungs. I was at a playground as a kid and watched a guy playing tag with his son. The son ran under a pullup bar and the father smacked his head against it at a full clip. I’m not saying we shouldn’t allow the game, but it was one HELL of a THWACK! Kids shouldn’t play full contact football. They don’t know what they are doing and are liable to get a concussion. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/18 "2014-09-17T14:45:31Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Calvinball. They just don’t get the subtleties of the rules and get angry when it doesn’t go their way. Oogy is greater than boogy. What’s not to get? Dumb kids. I must be doing something wrong. I always lose to kids in a hilarious manner :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/19 "2014-09-17T14:51:26Z")
“Never Have I Ever.” ---
**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713/20 "2014-09-17T15:01:22Z")
My kids tried play “I’m drowning, Mommy, come save me!” I put an end to that pronto. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-should-not-play-with-children/698713.md?page=2)