Bloke Enjoying A Beer And Chinwag With Friends Left Crushed After Spotting A Board Game

A local bloke enjoying a perfectly good beer and chinwag with friends has been left emotionally deflated after noticing a board game being quietly removed from a cupboard and placed on the table.

Tom Reynolds (31) was reportedly mid sentence, telling a loose but promising story that involved a former housemate and a pub that no longer exists, when his train of thought was derailed by the unmistakable sound of a cardboard lid sliding off a box.

Witnesses say the mood shifted instantly.

“Everything was going great” said one friend. 

“Beers were cold, chat was flowing, no one was checking their phone too much. Then suddenly someone said, ‘Should we play something?’ and it was all over.”

The board game, described as easy to learn and “actually really fun once you get into it” was placed at the centre of the table like a warning flare. 

Tom allegedly attempted to stay positive, nodding politely while internally calculating how long a single round might take and whether it would be rude to leave halfway through.

Tom admits he briefly considered pretending to take a phone call before remembering he had put his phone on charge in the other room

“I just thought we were hanging out” Tom later told The Advocate

“Everything was going so well”