In today’s article I’m going to discuss some of my least favorite games I’ve ever purchased. Those games which I regret shelling out money for becuase they were so terrible. I can’t cover all the horrible games out there of course, but these are the ones in my stock you can avoid at least.

Before I knew what Board Game Geek was I just purchased games willy-nilly, and these are some of those games . . .

8*28

We’ll start with the least favorite game I’ve ever purchased. I don’t think it cost me a fortune, maybe 9.99, but still. I only played it once, and it was crap. This game is a variation of the card game Blackjack or 21. Instead of playing to to 21 however, you play to 8 and 28. It’s wildly simple and I could have just played this exact same game with a deck of cards not needing to spend the 9.99. However, Blackjack is more fun that 8* 28. Do yourself and favor and save the money you would have spent on this game and invest elsewhere. If you’d like play this game,play it with a deck of cards you already own. Just avoid this game at all costs. It is truly so bad.

#2 POOP

It’s easy to see why POOP made the #2 slot on my list. It is yet another dishonorable mention. Although the title is fairly funny and it is relatively cheap (which is why I purchased the game) this game has little fun inside its cards. In POOP, you’re trying to get rid of your cards while not clogging up the toilet. If you’re into Uno with a #2 component and toilets, sure this game is for you, otherwise, I’d say skip this game as it holds little entertainment. Not to mention it has a dismal score of 5.0 on BGG. Let’s move on and wipe POOP from our memory.

#3 Five Crowns

Yet another card game to make the list I would say Five Crowns definitely deserves to make the list. The rules themselves kind of break the game and I didn’t find it enjoyable at all. Everyone was begging for the game to be over sooner rather than later. Just skip Five Crowns and go with a slightly less dismal card game called Diamonds.

Again, not everybody loves Diamonds, but it’s better than Five Crowns.

#4 Cat Stax

Cat Stax

Okay, this isn’t so much a board game as it is a puzzle game. This game is like 17.99 when I purchased it and it’s just like tangrams with casts, but you can play tangrams on your phone with an app for free. I’d say just play the app and skip the cats. You’ll be happy you saved your money.

#5. Cat Tower

It may seem like i’m bagging on cats here, but truly I just don’t like this Cat Tower game. It has nothing to do with the cat theme and everything to do with it just being a bad game. You can take a deck of cards and fold them and make an at home version of this game very easily. The cats in the game are cute, but it’s totally not worth the money.

It turns out most of the games I regret purchasing are card games. There have got to be others out there though that our readers are shaking their heads for purchasing.

I’m sure there are a ton of other games out there that were not worth the money. Please comment below on a game you regret purchasing. I would love to hear about it so I don’t make the mistake of purchasing it either. As always thank you to whoever reads this article. I find this blog very cathartic and I appreciate my co-hosts giving me the opportunity to write these posts. See you next time.