Bad Product Idea #32: Self Quarantine, the Board Game

John O'Brien
1 min readMar 19, 2020

Played on a old Clue board, each player takes a piece, and puts it in a room. That room is their starting room.

Each round, a player rolls the dice. If they are in their starting room, they must leave the room, and leave through one door of their room and move the number of spaces on their dice. If they are not in their starting room, they must move the number of spaces on their dice outside their room, or re-enter their room.

Typical play of the Self-Quarantine Board Game

Any player who moves within 3 spaces of another player on their turn loses (and forces the other player who they moved within 3 spaces of to lose).

Whoever lasts longest wins.

Typical play time: 2 weeks to 18+ months

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John O'Brien

John O’Brien is an experienced software product manager, tinkerer, and father of two. He lives in Lexington, MA.