You've just found out that you're married to a douchebag (and by that I mean, probably your friend is married to a douchebag, because if your actual first thought upon this discovery is to make a game about it, you should definitely be posting to more contests) and you need a clarifying mechanism to understand how to proceed. And why not a tile-laying game? Cheaper than counseling! So, For all the possibly soon to be single ladies in the room tonight is a game to discover what you want out of your 3-18 month future. Your husband's bruised visage on the late-night news as he robs liquor stores now that he is permanently unemployable and also one-legged? Productive introspection and commitment to communication as you rebuild your relationship on a stronger, more loving foundation? A new bank account, apartment and the freedom to do whatever you please as you no longer have to think about him or deal with his self-indulgent drama? Nobody knows.

So, the board is simple. You start from the realization of marital douchbaggery and assemble tiles to build your path out of confusion and sadness towards your desired outcome. There are cards that give you points towards each outcome (example - crying through the night gives you 3 revenge points and 1 high road point) and you have to choose which kind of point you are taking. You can lay tiles based on the points you have (Curtis has come up with a very nice multi-path tile structure that I haven't made into a pdf, but basically the tiles cost a point to lay and you can only lay them along the path of the point type you spent). Finally, there are spousal action cards that add and detract from your accrued points, making your path out more complicated (example - drunken late night grovelling phone call gives you 5 reconciliation points and revenge points, but detracts 5 high road points). The winner is the first person to reach resolution.

I'm posting a very rudimentary board and need card ideas and tile thoughts. Also, right now there's no defensive actions to keep the game competitive. Part of me likes that, since really who wants to stop their friends from resolving their relationship misery, but part of me thinks it's necessary to make this a playable game and not just a cookie-fueled gag. Ideas?