The Pitfalls of Rapidough

Chris gave me my Easter present early on Saturday as he thought I could use it for game night. So, along with Mark and Greg, the four of us played Rapidough. Sadly, it wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be.

Depending on the rules you agree to play by at the start of the game, you can either allow the modeled clay to be put into motion to get your team to identify the word, or you can make it static. We opted for the first. So, for example, you can model a plane and then fly it around. No sounds. Just movement. But the problem with this allowance is the fact that sometimes, little modeling is required. For microphone, the first word we played, both Mark and Greg grabbed the ball of clay, squashed it into the their hands, and placed it in front of their mouth. We quickly identified both as a microphone, but not before guessing penis.

Because you see, almost every modeled piece of clay looked like a penis. It wasn't intentional. And just because we're gay doesn't mean all we think about is the penis. It just turns out when you try to shape dry clay, it looks like a penis.

I'm thinking next time we play Rapidough, we'll adjust the rules a bit so the modeling of clay on a more detailed level is required. That, or alcohol needs to be involved to make it more interesting. Either way, we're not done with Rapidough - yet.