![]() ![]() ![]() But they surely won't read the rules to change it, because even if the rules said differently, their was "was always so fun, I won't change it" Maybe it is a psychological barrier against finding out you were wrong about something, I don't know. I think that non-modern-gamers stick to those rules more heavily is because they don't want to relearn something they have learned a long time ago. ![]() They got taught at early childhood that money goes on free parking. "That is the way we have always played and it worked out fine". And no one really is that concerned with rules accuracy, it will still work out. Games are by their nature only there to pass the time. And for most people this is not a problem. People misremember some rules, or add their own. Sometimes though there are errors in this generational game of telephone. I wouldn't know chess if my mom didn't tell me that the little horsie does not need to be ridden by a pawn. ![]() And there is nothing bad in this inherently. This trend has survived into our time of course. For centuries, people have taught each other games by just playing with them and telling them how stuff is played. Well, people like to play games, but people sure do not like to read rules. These rules were because so many guests play by weird household rules. You may however negotiate with other players any other transaction which you deem fit so long as that transaction does not decrease your book value net worth.Įdit: These rules weren't because of people in the household. In my mind, these should be in the rule book, so these are the only house rules that we use.ġ.) Agreements to alter rent agreements beyond the current turn are not allowed.Ģ.) You may not develop properties in the time between when a person rolls the dice and moves their piece to the appropriate space.ģ.) You must wait at least three seconds after someone else has landed on a space before you roll the dice to give the other players an opportunity to assess whether that person has landed on their property.Ĥ.) If you owe an entity money (either the bank or other player) you cannot enter into a transaction with anyone that decreases your book value net worth prior to paying the entity whom you owe money. That said, there are four scenarios that aren't forbidden by the rules that hurt or break the game if exploited.Ī family member wrote four house rules to address those. Monopoly is actually pretty well designed and plays fairly fast when played by the rules. I don’t have time for people that insist they’re right in the face of overwhelming contrary evidence. We never went back over to play games with them again or any other thing for that matter. At some point, she said something to the effect of “well they must have changed the rules from the version I played cause this looks different” and I conceded that to let her save face but I’m positive that none of the rules she challenged were ever changed at any point. I continued to just smile and say “We can look it up, I promise it’s in the rule book.” I didn’t get mad or flustered I just sat there confident that I knew the rules and she didn’t. She looked it up and got flustered then preceded to challenge me on several other things through out the game. At some point, she started insisting that something I was doing wasn’t a rule, and I just said “I’ll wait while you look it up, cause it’s definitely legal”. Supposedly the wife of the other couples was really good at Catan and knew all the rules as well. I didn’t have to read the rules, I’ve been playing it for years and even competed in a couple of tournaments in college (low key ones). The first time my wife and I went to play games with a couple we played Catan.
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