Officially sanctioned optional rules only. This is not for house rules, see below!
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What are some alternatives to using dice in Settlers of Catan?
In Settlers of Catan, there's a variant where instead of rolling the dice, you use a stack of 36 cards with each combination. This reduces the luck component, but has as disadvantage that you can ...
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Promised future trades as part of legal trades? (Solution described, alternatives/comments requested)
When making a trade in Settlers of Catan, there is no official rule encouraging or prohibiting making a promise (to make a certain type of trade or perform some kind of action in the future) during a ...
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Why Does Magic Use The “Paris Mulligan” Rule?
In the early days, Magic had crazy, subpar mulligan rules: you could shuffle up and draw a new 7 if your hand had no lands or all lands, otherwise you were out of luck. A long time ago the Paris ...
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Axis & Allies Chess
My curiosity in this variant was piqued by this comment in my 'Games that have no element of luck' thread.
I'd love to read an expanded explanation of the rule changes and peoples experience ...
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What are the differences between the various versions of Axis & Allies?
I used to play Axis & Allies all the time when I was younger. I recently purchased the Axis & Allies Revised Edition, and was floored by all the added complexity/new units/new rules/map ...
