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1e483100 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b65192d2 Ever played it as solitaire with the only goal to make it tidy? Maybe you’ll end up enjoying that?

People are playing video games that’s pretty similar in spirit after all:)
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Dominic Armato | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @784e76eb Ha! Make up an alternate rule set that penalizes you for unfinished roads and castles? I love it :-)
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1e483100 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b65192d2 Love how your brain went 180 on that one:)

Crazy idea. Come up with completely new rules for board games. Then hold a big tournament for each, but hand out the rules just before the first round starts.

(Would require a judge per game, as it do take time to learn after all.)
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Dominic Armato | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @784e76eb Instead of a test of mastery of a game, it's a test of how quickly you can absorb and parse rules, tease out winning strategies, and execute them.
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1e483100 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b65192d2 And how much you rebel from dealing with a whole new rule set.

Feels like something someone could write a paper on. Like that prison experiment, but not as insane.
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Dominic Armato | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @784e76eb You mean somebody hasn’t made a tabletop version of the Stanford prison experiment yet? :-)