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Oct
29
comment Can Expansion Combining “Break” the Game?
The catapult brings physical skill into a game focused on strategy and negotiation. It changes the game significantly, and I'm not convinced that it complements the other expansions (or even the base set). Opinions vary on this though - have a scan through the reviews here for more: boardgamegeek.com/forum/4738/carcassonne-catapult/reviews
Oct
24
comment Clarifying house rules for Monopoly
The Wikibooks link is fascinating! Excellent answer - thank you.
Oct
24
comment What are the chances of going out on the first hand in Rummy?
Also the Wikipedia page (currently!) suggests that Basic Rummy is played with straights of three cards and without jokers. It does also say that rummy can be played with a different composition of deck though. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rummy
Oct
24
comment What are the chances of going out on the first hand in Rummy?
When I search for rummy rules on Google I get the following page: pagat.com/rummy/rummy.html
Oct
23
comment Clarifying house rules for Monopoly
Ok - good suggestion. I have edited the question above.
Oct
23
comment Clarifying house rules for Monopoly
Appologies for the original question. I have now edited it as per the suggestions in the comments.
Oct
21
comment Seating orders effect on Puerto Rico
+1 I was going to ask the same question (but I didn't have the interesting background to add). Thanks.
Oct
21
comment Game end in Shark
The way we play it (and I don't have the rules to check if this is right or not) is that isolated buildings don't add to the total share price, unless they are the only building of that colour. So in our version when the isolated building gets a neighbour then the share price jumps up 2,000.
Oct
20
comment Game piece storage
For some games (in particular Agricola) the small plastic bag approach takes up too much space as they tend to stay inflated when you close them. I have found that small-parts boxes work much better in this case.