Monogamy: A Hot Affair For Couples Adult Board Game Review

10 out of 10
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Monogamy: A Hot Affair For Couples Adult Board Game Review

Enjoy these two reviews of the Monogamy: A Hot Affair For Couples Adult Board Game, by members of the Cara Sutra reviewing community.

Edger’s Review

Thanks to Cara for sending the Monogamy: A Hot Affair For Couples Adult Board Game to us for review, we were really looking forward to getting started with this famous sexy game for adults.

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From a quick search online, I was quite excited by the prospect of giving it a go.  An opportunity to experience and discover new turn-ons being enough to draw my interest.

“Have a red-hot affair with your partner! Dim the lights, switch off the phone and get ready to play one of the hottest board games ever. Experience new, exciting and occasionally hilarious challenges with the throw of a dice.

As featured in The Sun’s Valentine’s Gift Guide: “Sexy board game with an emphasis on communication so you can find out what really turns your partner on.”

Perfect for a naughty night in or a boring Sunday afternoon, Monogamy is the game to spice things up between you and your partner, encouraging you to try new things together and reignite the passion you felt the first time you set eyes on each other.

With over 400 ideas at three levels of play, you can make this best-selling game as sweet or as sexy as you want.”

The Monogamy: A Hot Affair For Couples Adult Board Game arrived, and it was clear from unwrapping it, that the game had a feel of quality.  The box itself was roughly the size of a normal board game, think monopoly or something like that.  So, nothing that would take up too much space, and could be kept packed away somewhere convenient from prying eyes.

The details on the top and side of the box don’t really leave much mystery that this is not a board game to leave with the others in your household, imagine this one being picked out during a Christmas afternoon of boards games with the family… doesn’t even bear thinking about.

The bottom of the box had quite a few details about what lay in store, with it saying that the game itself would last for 90 minutes (very specific?) and that it would require two players both of whom would need to be adults (all good there!). The other end of the box contained details about the contents, and that they would lead to a combination of 400 novel ideas set at three levels of play.

So, with a quick unwrap of the cellophane and the lid lifted off, what did we find inside.  All in all, I was really impressed with the contents, everything felt of a good standard and not at all cheap or gimmicky, the board lifted out of the way and I found some playing counters and dice, 4 different categories (intimate, passionate, steamy, fantasy) of playing cards, and the all-important instructions. A quick read through of those and we were ready to go.

Essentially, the Monogamy: A Hot Affair Game is very easy to play and involves moving around the board and collecting the playing pieces (rings) as you move around the board.  Each time you pass the starting point, you collect an extra ring.  The first player who collects all of the rings, gets to choose which of their fantasy cards (which are also collected throughout) is played out at the end of the game.  Each of the Fantasy cards has both a male and female scenario to ensure that the winner can be either gender.  As you continue to move around the board, the tasks and interactions become raunchy and are set at three levels, firstly intimate, secondly passionate and third and finally, if you get that far, steamy.

As you move around the board, there are a range of different tasks that are required to be completed involving acts such as striptease, kissing, feeding each other, drinking, massaging and dancing for each other.  It is worth noting that with these tasks, it is worth preparing before hand with some props such as food, music etc… and that the tasks become ever sexier as you go through the levels, what could be a simple kiss on the cheek in round one (still can be made to be oh so sexy) can be a full on sensual French kiss in round 3.  What a simply fantastic way to build up the anticipation and intimacy before acting out the fantasy card of your choice at the end of the game.  Sometimes, the game can be difficult to follow, as you become desperate to move it on at a rate faster than the game is allowing you, however, it is so worth it in the end.

What we did find in playing the Monogamy: A Hot Affair For Couples Adult Board Game was that the game allowed us to pitch at many different levels in terms of building up the fun.  The way that the three levels build on top of each other, allows the game and the flow of playing it to real feel right.

The initial intimate cards involving tasks that are more discussion lead and can help to get couples talking about what it is that they like about each other and sharing ideas about what turns each of them on, something that can often be forgotten in the realms of a long-term relationship.

The second level, the passionate cards, we found took things up a notch slightly, with the start of getting things going in terms of talking about or acting out some sexual encounters, with full knowledge that this is still something of a teasing level.

Finally, reaching the steamy level takes everything to a more overtly sexual level, and this is where it becomes difficult to not just cave in and go for it there and then, however, as before, keeping to the game and seeing the whole build up through really is worth it in the end.  Especially with the thought of living out one of those fantasy cards at the end.

All in all, this Monogamy: A Hot Affair For Couples Adult Board Game is amazing.  A really effective way to put some of the spice back into the relationship, if a little bit of alcohol is needed to get things going initially.  Some fantastic ideas for role play, or for simple little elements of teasing and intimacy that can also help get things going in the bedroom.  It works so effectively, as it builds up the level of interaction and really acts as something of a foreplay ramping activity.

If time is an issue and you are struggling with the idea of sitting down and playing this as a couple, or if that seems somewhat too regimented, then it is also worth noting, that simply using the cards and the ideas contained on them as a way to spark up some intimate time, or to try new ideas and role plays, is also a fantastic use of what is inside the box.  All in all, I cannot recommend this Monogamy: A Hot Affair Game highly enough.

10/10

Just Starting Out’s Review

This particular product was received as a gift for our wedding anniversary. We were celebrating 14 years but, like many couples who have spent that much time together we had (and were having) our ups and downs.

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Monogamy Adult Board Game Review

A well wishing friend gave us the Monogamy: A Hot Affair For Couples Adult Board Game in a bid to help us rekindle what we had before.

First Impressions:

We were not sure how to take a adult board game initially and, In all honesty we were probably a little dismissive of the game at first, simply because over the years we have amassed quite a collection of sex toys and other bedroom apparatus, probably not as much as some of you out there but more than many of our closer friends and families (we would think anyway!) and, therefore expected it to be aimed at younger couples – in terms of relationship age, over those who have been together for the thick end of 20 years. We figured some of the cards in the Monogamy Adult Board Game may also be irrelevant in that it would have been something that we had done, had bought, tried, tried again and dismissed or was simply an absolute no no.

Monogamy Adult Board Game Review

I’m pleased to say that, for the most part, we were wrong.

In Use:

It is suggested that you allow around 2 hours to play the Monogamy: A Hot Affair For Couples Adult Board Game, we find however that it makes a very good “Date Night” if you will activity, allowing you to plan your night around the game before… Well, that comes a little later!

Setting the game up is a doddle, everything in the box is clearly marked and takes less than five minutes to prepare. 4 sets of cards (pink, purple, red and black) two counters (pink and blue) 12 coloured discs (4 pink, 4 purple and 4 red) a die and a board. The only thing missing is a space on the board for the black cards! However, we find that once the pink cards are out of play the blacks can be placed here for the games duration.

Playing the game is very easy however, you may want to ensure you have a few props to hand, the rules explain what happens when you land on specific squares so, it is worth being ready to save for too much stop starting which could make the game less fun in the long run. In short certain squares when landed on require:

Food to be eaten (in various ways as the game progresses)

Drink to be taken (a word of warning, go easy on the alcohol if you wish to enjoy the finale)

Clothes to be removed – maybe wear the killer lingerie under something otherwise you’ll be naked in side 15 minutes or so (maybe that’s a good thing though?)

Dancing/Massages and the like

Or, a free square. Do what you fancy, nothing? Put some music on? Change the music? It’s up to you.

Monogamy Adult Board Game Review

The aim of the Monogamy: A Hot Affair For Couples Adult Board Game is to be the first to complete 6 laps of the board, every time you complete a lap you place a coloured disc over your playing piece, 2 x pink, 2 x purple and 2 x red, the top colour on your piece depicts which deck of cards you draw from when you land on certain squares. Pink cards are fairly tame and are more about finding out why you love the one you are with and  what your earliest relationship memories are and suchlike (one swallow DID make a Summer! Who knew!). Purple cards crank the heat up a little while the red cards have you trading sexual favours against the clock and, in some case on video!

However, it’s not all smart-phone BJs and reminiscing about the times you met though, no it is a good way to reconnect with the one you love, as long as you both have a good sense of humour, open minds and willingness to push a few boundaries I don’t see why most couples couldn’t benefit from playing the game at least once.

Monogamy Adult Board Game Review

Now, we mentioned earlier the black cards, these are collected after each completed lap of the board and, are the fantasy cards. You may only hold 2 in your hand at once and, once the victor has passed go for the 6th time he or she gets to pick one of the two fantasies collected during the game to play out. Without giving too much away there is quite a variation from the fairly standard or obvious “porn audition screen test” or “rescue by burly fireman” to the more advanced water the garden and roll around in the mud scenarios, obviously you know what you will and won’t do and that is one of the great things about this game. While we’ve played it several times we are still yet to see or play every card (some cards even involve doing stuff at a later date) but there are enough there so that if something completely irrelevant or that you simply don’t or won’t do comes up. Just take another card.

In Conclusion:

We love the Monogamy: A Hot Affair For Couples Adult Board Game, we play it probably around once every month to 6 weeks to give ourselves a bit of a break, laugh and to see what or where we may end up doing in a few hours time. As mentioned earlier, we feel pretty much all couples could benefit from playing this game at least once, it’s fun, you get naked and, you get to act out a fantasy at the end. Yes some cards are a little dated now, yes it can take a while to get going and, yes it can be a bit stop / starty with the eat/drink/do-as-you-will/dance/massage squares but, you can chose to ignore them if you choose. You could also choose to ignore the pink cards altogether and play 3 laps of purple and 3 laps of red cards should you decide, the game is pretty adaptable once you are familiar with the initial mechanics.

Overall we would rate the Monogamy Adult Board Game 8/10, mainly because, played properly it stops and starts a little too much and, secondly, in our opinion some of the cards need a bit of a rethink to bring them into the 21st century. Fortunately there are enough to redraw should you require but, be honest; do you want to be redrawing for suitable cards if you have paid out for an adult couple’s board game?

– Just Starting Out


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