Should we add a where they find out the neighbors are actually in a secret alliance , or focus on the fallout at the next HOA meeting?

By 10:30 PM, the game board was upside down. The Millers were citing zoning laws, the Newtons were accusing everyone of "negative energy," and Mark was frantically trying to find a "second phone" he didn't actually own while Sarah admitted she’d just said it because she was bored.

Suddenly, the Millers weren't interested in the cheese plate anymore. "The property line you're disputing is the one our shed is on, Gary?"

By 9:00 PM, the "get-to-know-you" cocktails had done their job—perhaps too well.

The evening started with the kind of suburban optimism only a "Couples Game Night" can provide. Mark and Sarah had invited the Newtons from across the street and the Millers from two doors down, desperate to prove their social life hadn't died when they moved to the cul-de-sac.

"We never keep secrets," Gary Newton bragged, patting his wife’s hand. "That’s why I told her about the property line dispute I’m starting with the Millers."

"Actually," Mark checked his real phone. "The Newtons just removed us from the neighborhood WhatsApp group. So... mission accomplished?"