They're fed. They're alive. Lower the bar and deal the cards

Players 3–10 moms (or emotionally damaged honorary moms, aunties or gal pals that get it)

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Objective

The first player to 12 “Survival Points” by creating the funniest response combinations.

How a Round Works

1. One player becomes The Overstimulated Mom (judge). She will draw a random card from the Crisis Pile.

2. All other players draw 6 Insanity (or response cards) and 2 Meltdown Cards

3. The Overstimulated Mom reads  her Crisis card aloud.

4. Everyone secretly submits an Insanity Card downward facing

5. The Overstimulated Mom will then read the answers dramatically.

6. The OM chooses her favorite answer and winner wins 1 Survival Point.

7. Game play can be interrupted  at any time with one of three Meltdown Cards

8. Once a round is complete, players pickup another Meltdown Card so they always have six Meltdown cards in their hand.

9. Each player is also allowed one Mom truth at any point in the game. During Mom Truth a player may tell a REAL motherhood story instead of playing a card.
   If anyone laughs audibly at the truth, she gets 2 points because reality is worse than fiction.

10. First to 12 survival points wins and is declared:

     “Least Likely to Snap in a Target”

 

Deck Types

1. Crisis Cards (Prompt Cards)

These describe horrifyingly relatable situations that children have created.

Examples:

• “Your toddler strips completely naked at the park because their sock felt weird.You…”

• “Your child licked the floor of the grocery store and made direct eye contact with you while doing it. You...."

• “Your tennager made a chore chart for you and left it on the fridge with feedback notes. You…”

• “Your husband says he’s ‘babysitting’ his own children tonight.” You…”

 

2. Insanity Cards (Response Cards)

Players use these to answer prompts.

Examples:

• “Drink a warm White Claw and harbor unresolved resentment”

• “Threaten to ship the offending party off to boarding school”

• “start crying in the Costco parking lot”

• “weaponize your silence”

• “take a suspiciously long ‘grocery run’”

• “attempt to gentle parent until 8:14 AM”

 

3. Meltdown Cards (Special Chaos Cards)

Interrupt gameplay or sabotage other moms by playing your Meltdown card at any point in a round.  Only two meltdown cards are allowed per round.

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Examples:

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Tiny Dictator

Swap hands with the player who currently looks the most emotionally stable.

Wine O’Clock

Everyone discards their worst two INSANITY cards and draws two new ones.

Mother-in-Law Visit

The round judge automatically rejects the first selected answer and must onto the 2nd best choice.

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Game is over when everyone passes out from drinking or someone reaches 12 Insanity points