Friday, January 28, 2011

RULENUM1 - In honor of board gaming night...

This might be a reference to the Golden Rule: "Treat others like they would like to be treated." Or perhaps in context of cars it's "Drive around others like you would like to have others drive around you?"

In board games, rule number one often has to do with who goes first. I've seen the following versions of this rule:
-by age (oldest first)
-by age (youngest first)
-by experience (Ticket to Ride - the player who has traveled the most goes first)
-by highest die roll
-by lowest die roll
-by how pointy your ears (Smallworld - pointiest goes first)
-by how long your hair is (Aquarius - longest hair goes first)
-by healthiness (Pandemic - most recently sick goes first)

What other ways have you figured out who goes first? Do you have house rules? Do you argue about it?

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