Prinny Party: Going Overboard! is out now, and your friendships are not safe

Nothing ends a friendship faster than a board game, except maybe a board game where you can pick up your friends and throw them. NIS America's Prinny Party: Going Overboard! has both, and it's available now on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and PC.

The pitch is simple. Up to four players move around the board, earn experience, grab more powerful equipment and turn in quests to stay ahead of the curve. When a boss spawns, everyone teams up to take him down. That's where the teamwork ends, because only the player who brings the boss back to spawn gets the credit.

The boss in question is the Supreme Overboard Laharl, backed by his Protago-Knights, which should tell longtime Nippon Ichi Software fans exactly how seriously to take any of this.

Prinny Party characters trading blows on a desert game board lined with cacti and colored event spaces — A scrap breaks out on the desert board.

Getting ahead takes some creative cruelty. You can pick up and throw friends, enemies and frenemies alike, though NIS America reminds everyone to be careful when handling Prinnies. Land on a build space and you can build or upgrade facilities like hospitals and armories, with the small catch that every other player can shop there too.

Then there's the Assembly, where passing bills can triple your damage, let you move again, or even build a cannon capable of wiping out the most powerful demons. Democracy has never been this petty.

The Prinny Party: Going Overboard! bill board menu listing bills like I Wanna Move Again and I Wanna Deal More Damage — Bills at the Assembly bend the rules your way, for a price.

One rule keeps the backstabbing in check: if everyone dies at once, it's game over for the whole table. You need each other right up until the moment you don't.

Prinny Party: Going Overboard! costs $29.99 and supports one to four players, with English and Japanese voices. It's rated E10+ by the ESRB. According to NIS America's site, it's a digital-only release on every platform, and friends can join in through GameShare on Nintendo Switch 2 or Remote Play Together on Steam.

The Clergy class choosing between Move, Attack, Skill, Item and Throw on her first turn in Prinny Party — Boards, facilities and some very large hands.

Towers of upgraded General Store facilities stacked high over a lava-filled Prinny Party board — Boards, facilities and some very large hands.

Prinny Party: Going Overboard! is out now on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and PC, and you can grab it on Steam here. Stay tuned to GamingTrend.com for our review, and for all your upcoming reviews, previews, and gaming news!