The Evil Ex Game is a party game for 3-6 people in which players narrate their way through a deck of 78 storytelling prompts in a race to become the Evilist Ex.
There are 2 modes of play: The Pregame-Game and The Afterparty. The Pregame-Game is all about bluffing and flexing your storytelling muscles: grab your friends and spend your night one-upping each other in hilarious over-the-top storytelling battles. The Afterparty is designed with honest oversharers in mind and is meant to facilitate conversations and strengthen connections between players.
The Pregame-Game is the main game. Evil Ex was originally envisioned as a drinking game, so the main mechanic is super simple: Each player gets 6 tokens at the start of the game, and your goal is to be the first person the get rid of all of their tokens OR collect 3 Evil Ex Archetype cards.
How do you do this? By sharing the best story!!
The dealer picks a card, which is the topic for the round. Players opt in to share by putting forward their tokens. A personal story is worth 2 tokens, a second-hand story is worth 1 token. You can also fold and win by guessing other players' stories (this is called "gossip"). Players narrate for max 2 minues and at the end everyone votes for the best story by pointing. That player wins the round, gets the card, discards their token(s) and is the new dealer! And so we continue until one player wins.
And guess what, who says you've gotta stick to romantic relationships only?! You can talk about friends, colleagues, acquantances too! There are plenty of ways to win even if you don't have any exes!
IN SHORT:
Draw a card, place a bet with your tokens, share a story, vote, and WIN.
But don't be fooled--all is fair in love and war, and players can steal each other's cards, spread gossip, and challenge other people's stories...
The Evil Ex Game has modular rules, so sessions can be as friendly or as intense as you wish!
The Afterparty is more low-key. You make a spread of cards and match with other people at the table to exchange experiences based on a card of your choosing.
