20. Intrige

I love to point out that this was the first game of the first session of my gaming group, The Tidewater Strategy Group. Intrige may be the most brutal, cut-throat game ever devised and we were a bunch of fellows who, by and large, didn't really know each other that well. I like to joke that it could have been our first and last meetings.

Suffice to say, the game went over very well. Everyone got into the spirit of the game and we're all still friends today. Having said that, this is not a game for everyone. You will stab and be stabbed in this game. You will lie and be lied to. There's just no getting around it. I like to think of it as Diplomacy in 60-90 minutes.

The faint of heart need not apply.