> If your friends can't accept that you will ruthlessly lie, betray, abandon and/or backstab them in a game that is designed for just such actions, are they rea

> If your friends can't accept that you will ruthlessly lie, betray, abandon and/or backstab them in a game that is designed for just such actions, are they really good friends? Ehhh I think what OP means is that this game can surface known or unknown tensions between friends and colleagues. No friendship is bulletproof, odds are even your best friends annoy you sometimes. I saw two 'best' friends basically scuttle their friendship during a game of Diplomacy about 20 years ago, so I've seen this first hand. It turns out these lifelong friends had all manner of unresolved issues, that perhaps they could have worked through with intention, but a particularly ruthless game of Diplomacy brought it all out in an uncontrolled manner, and that was that. So yeah, people are complicated and messy, and I don't think the issue at hand is "being lied to and betrayed in a game".