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- BGG #25,279
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Shit Happens: Full of Shit
- 2–8 players
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Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit
2018
Rules assistance for Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit
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- 2–99 players
- 15–60 min
- 18+
- Complexity 1.0/5
For 2 players
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Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit is a board game released in 2018 for 2–99 players, 15–60 minutes per game, and ages 18 and up. It was designed by Andy Breckman.
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About the game
Shit happens to everyone, and it can really happen in the bedroom! In Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit, there’s some seriously dirty stuff waiting for you on these cards. You’ll read through them and rank the cards according to their shittiness. Is wearing too-tight underwear BETTER or WORSE than watching a 4-hour sexual harassment training session? Is it WORSE than getting a giant hickey on the neck? Rank the card, and if our Misery Index agrees with you, you get to keep it. Correctly rank 10 cards and you win! For 2 or more players. These super sexy cards can be played on their own, but if you’re feeling frisky, they’ll make beautiful babies with all of the Shit Happens versions. The game includes: 200 unique cards not included in the original Shit Happens game. Can be played as a stand-alone game or as an expansion deck. Highlights: Misery Index ranges from 1-100, from bad, to awful, to WTF! Each situation has been evaluated and ranked by our psychiatric team of experts. Easy to learn, hilarious to play! We Know Our Shit! We’ve asked a panel of highly qualified professionals to carefully evaluate each situation card, and rank them on our Misery Index, which runs from 1 to 100. The panel included marriage counselors, therapists, career counselors and social workers; collectively representing over 150 years of clinical psychiatric experience. How To Play: First, shuffle the deck, deal three cards, and place them in numerical order of their Misery Indexes. The remaining cards will be used as your draw pile (aka, your big pile of shit). Pluck a card from the top of the pile, and try to guess where it fits within the index. You don’t have to guess the exact index number (which would be, like, impossible). Instead, all you have to do is guess its proper place within the index. If you guess correctly, you win the card. If not, it passes to the next player to guess. The first person to accumulate 10 cards wins!
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Questions and answers
Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit supports 2–99 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit is 15–60 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit for ages 18 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit has a complexity rating of 1.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit belongs to these categories: Card Game and Party Game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit are: Andy Breckman. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Shit Happens: 50 Shades of Shit as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.