Susan and Polly were two good friends home from college for winter break. It was after the holidays, and Susan had taken Polly to her family’s cottage in the woods for a change of pace from the big city. Both of them rather enjoyed this isolated little house. However, a blizzard blew in late one night, effectively trapping them until the storm clears. It is on that night that Susan found the game.

“Hey Polly!” Susan called from the kitchen. “Yeah?” she said, digging around in her bag. “Did you find any candles?” she called back to Susan. Susan was silent for a moment. “No, I just found an old board game.” Susan called back. “Oh?” Polly replied. “What is it? Candyland?” she asked. “No…” Susan trailed off. “Hard to tell in the dark.” she said. “Well, bring it in here by the fire!” Polly called, withdrawing a flashlight from her bag. Susan returned to the den, where Polly waved her flashlight about with a wide grin on her face. “Well, no power, no Internet, middle of nowhere in a blizzard.” Susan said. “What are we to do?” Polly said sarcastically, checking her cell phone. “I’ve still got, like, no reception out here.” Polly sighed.

“Well, we’ve got this mysterious board game.” Susan said, holding up the box. “The Mommy Game” Polly read off. “What even is this?” Susan asked rhetorically. “Well, it was in your parents house.” Polly said with a shrug. “Well, they just bought this place a couple years back. I don’t think this is theirs.” Susan replied, turning it around so she could read the cover herself. “A board game through the pleasures of Motherhood.” Susan read off. “Sounds weird.” Polly said with a grin. “Wanna play it?” Susan asked with a smile. “This could be the worst board game of all time…” Susan said with a chuckle. “Worst ever? Judging by the box art, that’s possible. Okay Susan, let’s play!” Polly replied, and Susan set the box down on the large coffee table and took off the lid.

Inside the box, lit by the light of the fireplace, was a collection of old pieces, cards, and a folded cardboard playing board. Susan folded it open, and at first glance it did bear a striking resemblance to Candyland. It was a path, dotted with blue, pink, yellow, and green squares- where some had little stars on them for the player to draw “Mommy Cards”. Around the board there seemed to be all sorts of unusual “stops” that the game wound through. Susan read them aloud. “First love, pregnant…” she traced her finger down the board. “Big chunk of space in that area.” Susan mused. “Probably for how long somebody’s pregnant.” Polly said, who was now studying the yellowed instructions by the light of her cell phone. “Birth.” Susan continued, passing her finger around a horseshoe part of the game board. “Don’t want to hit any of these spaces…” Susan chuckled, moving her finger past “Birth”, down 5 spaces that all read “Pregnant again! Go back to Pregnant!” She pushed forward down the board, and was surprised there wasn’t too much more left- “Feeding” she read. “Nurturing” she read again. “Then a spot that says ‘You Winner!’” she read off in a sarcastically excited tone of voice. Polly chuckled. “You ain’t ‘winner’ yet.” Polly said with a smirk.

“Well, as best as I can make out…” Polly said. “We need one die…” she began, withdrawing a multicolored die from the game box. “We select a game piece, set them on start, and roll to determine how many spaces forward you move. If you stop on a star, you draw a “Mommy Card” and if you land on a word space, you do what it says.” Polly read. “First one to the end is ‘winner’” she said with a laugh. “Sounds easy enough.” Susan stated, reaching into the box and withdrawing a game piece. “Huh, the pieces are little plastic figures of naked ladies.” Susan said. “Yeah, these are kinda weird.” Polly said, holding hers into the light. “They’re like, walking, but just gt it all out there.” Polly said with a giggle. She took a picture of hers with her phone. “Maybe they’re just in really tight clothes.” Polly mused. “Here, feel this one.” Susan said, handing her game piece to Polly. “Oh, yours has, like, nipples sticking out on it. Mine doesn’t. Weird…” Polly said, setting the piece next to hers, before snapping another photo with her phone. “These would so be up on Instagram if we had any data out here.” she sighed. “Well, let’s play the game- I have a feeling these “Mommy Cards” will make pretty good pictures too.

They set their game pieces on the board at the start, and Susan opted to roll first. “4.” she said, moving her little woman forward 4 pastel spaces. Polly took the die, and gave it a shake for good measure, before letting it go on the table. “6” Susan said, craning to see the number on it by the light of the fire. Polly moved her little woman up six spaces, tapping it on each space as she went so as not to skip any spots. She landed on a star space. “First ‘Mommy Card’ of the night.” Susan chuckled, handing her one out o the box. She smirked, holding up her phone’s screen to it so she could read it. “Heartbreak! Lover is leave you. Go back 2 spaces.” she read off with a laugh. They both laughed for a spell at the terrible grammar. “Did your ‘lover is leave you’ because you grammar is no good?” Susan giggled. Polly snickered at that. “Don’t worry Polly, when ‘You Winner!’ he’ll come crawling back to you!” Susan said with a laugh. “Oh yeah!” Polly said, reaching over to grab the die off the table, before handing it back to Susan.

Susan rolled again, and got a three. After that, Polly rolled a 5, and then Susan rolled another three. With a bit of a lead, Polly was nearly out of the “First Love” section of the game. Polly rolled another 6, and she bounded into the Pregnancy part of the game. “Wow, you’re doing good.” Susan chuckled. “See?” Polly giggled. “I’ll be winner in no time.” she said. They played on for a spell, with Polly maintaining her lead by a wide margin. The “Pregnant” section took up most of the board though, so there was considerable room to catch up. Polly moved forward another 4 spaces, and leaned back on the sofa with a cross face. “You okay?” Susan asked. “Just feeling kinda sick all of a sudden…” Polly replied. “You wanna keep playing?” Susan asked. “Oh, yeah, I’ll be fine.” Polly said, taking the die from Susan as the game proceeded.

A short while later, and Polly was feeling better again, and the pair were having a great time. Then, Susan landed on a star space. “Mommy Card.” Susan said, withdrawing one from the box. Polly extended her phone, the screen on a blank “Facebook” page to give the most light, over to Susan. Susan read her card. “Hormone fluctuation in your favor. Go up one bra cup size. Move ahead 2 spaces.” Susan read off, giving an approving nod. “As if the “D” cup lady needs even bigger breasts.” Polly said, rolling her eyes. “I’d pass the card onto you, little “C” cup, but with your vast lead, I don’t think you need any more spaces forward either.” Susan said with a smirk. She handed the die to Polly, who rolled again, moving right along through the pregnant section of the board. “I wonder why it’s called “Pregnant” if we don’t have to do anything else.” Polly said, grabbing the instructions again. “Are we missing something, because this is boring. I’m almost to the first trimester, and there’s like 60 more squares or something to go.” Polly protested, scanning the instructions again. “I don’t… OH!” Susan squeaked. “What!” Polly said, startled by the sound.

“My chest.” Susan said,putting her hands to her breasts. “Oh man this is tight…” she said. Polly looked her over in the firelight, fearfully. “Are YOU okay?” she asked. “Yeah, I just…” Susan said standing. She took off her sweater gingerly, revealing her breasts underneath- squeezed and overflowing out of her bra. “No. Way.” Susan said, her mouth hanging open. Polly looked her over in amazement. “So… did the game…” she said incredulously. Susan just laughed, turning away, and undoing her bra. She took it off, and let out a coo of relief. “Wow.” she said, cradling her somewhat larger breasts in her hands. “Yeah, I’m a cup size bigger. Easily a cup size bigger.” Susan said. “Are you sure!?” Polly said, a slight pallor to her face now. “Come take a look if you like!” Susan said with a chuckle. Polly began to stand, wavering as she did, causing her to grab the couch for support. Her center of gravity had shifted unexpectedly. “Oh… no…” Polly said, a dry horror to her voice.

Susan turned around at this, displaying her massive new mammaries in all their glory by the firelight. Polly was deathly white, and had both hands on her belly. “What is it?” Susan asked, concerned. Polly lifted up her sweater, and underneath, her flat belly now bulged out in an unmistakably pregnant way. They both looked at each other, their mouths hanging open in disbelief. “Polly, I…” Susan began, before running her hands over her own belly. Her heart sank when she felt that she too had a bulge. Less defined, but she was indeed pregnant- the same as Polly, just not as far along. Susan walked in closer, and they looked at the game board again, and how they were about a third of the way through. “It’s just a game…” Polly trailed off. “Look at our pieces!” Susan said, reaching down, before Polly lurched awkwardly over to grab her. “Don’t touch them. This is some Jumanji crap we have going on here.” Polly said, breathing hard as her mind raced.