best 'beer&pretzels' game?

[Henry]

Feng Shui is an excellent "blow up" game for when the crew is feeling out of sorts from a tough week.

The best in my opinion, is a LONG out of print game called Tales from the floating vagabond. This game gives you skills like "Hurt People", Martial Arts Skills called "hurt people really badly" and has schticks like the Schwarzenegger Schtick (not feel pain until you're dead, you just look like crap), the rambo schtick (never get hit by a ranged weapon), or the "It'd take a miracle" shtick (which once per session let you come up with the most improbably Deus ex Machina you can say out loud). Great game, and was once of the funniest i've ever seen.

 

[Particle_Man]

Lunch Money

 

[GravyFingerz]

I can't believe no one mentioned Malls & Morons

No, wait, yes I can :\

 

[babomb]

What? No Ninja Burger yet? It's from the makers of Kobolds Ate My Baby, and you play a ninja trying to deliver fast food in under than thirty minutes (or you commit seppuku).

 

[Geoff Watson]

Battle Cattle! The game is like the old BattleTech. But, you know. With cows.

Nah, it's a rip-off of Car Wars.

Geoff.

 

[Lord_Anthrax]

Bah!

Ork! am only good game for stupid Sour Men to play! All others am weak and puny! You am play Ork! and kill Squishy Men right now or almighty Krom am drop Frigidaire on your stupid head and reincarnate you as Sand Dollar!

 

[Qlippoth]

Axis & Allies (and any of its spin-offs);
Illuminati: New World Order

 

[Surreptitious]

The Great Khan game is a classic. it's hillarious

 

[DrZombie]

For complete mindless violence, blowing people up, and just having a general good time, FRAG! is the way to go. And, as a bonus, it even has flamethrowers. (Steve Jackson Games), really worth your money.

 

[OurManMute]

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Junta yet. Great game for sunglasses and cheesy accents...