Game of the Future

This will be the hottest new party game. It will be what pictionary was to the late 80's. Or scategories to the early 90's. Or as apples to apples is lamely pretending to be right now. All I need now is somehow get a board or some cards involved so that people have a thing they actually need to buy. 'Cept eff that. Start playing right now! For free!

The game works on the same principles of your balderdash or your scategories or your a2a. This is a group vote for the funniest, most apt, silliest, &c. sort of thing. We'll start by inventing two versions, one for close friends and one for groups of more or less strangers.

In the first version the player whose turn it is simple sits and waits. All of the other players think real hard. What are they thinking about? The potential future of the person whose turn it is. Maybe it can be spot on taking from all of the aspects of their life. Maybe it can be utterly absurd and completely silly. Either way, you come up with their future like and get into some meticulous detail about the nature of their daily life, say, 15 years down the road. Obviously this can be offensive or overly sappy, but I have a hunch it will be somewhere in between and awesomely both. Then everyone goes around and says theirs and then you all vote and laugh and cry and giggle and then have a big group hug. Or something. Play then rotates in a counter clock wise manner until everyone has been thoroughly ridiculed. Please don't leave anyone out and don't let their turns be lame as that might hurt peoples' feelings. People should also be able to opt out if this isn't their thing. Don't force them to play.

Second version for groups of less well knowing is basically the same but the person whose turn it is should write down or come up with several things that they feel define them in their current state. Or people in the rest of the group who know this player better can suggest things that might be a basic jumping off point for imagining their future. So there you go.