Re: [spoon-discuss] Mao

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 2, 2004, at 12.22 AM, Zarpint wrote:

> That's essentially the game I played, but players could add more than 
> one
> rule when they won, and also change other things, e.g., adding another
> pile with a different rule for play, so that cards had to be played 
> into
> the right pile to be played.

We'd call an extra pile just another rule: the rules that could be 
added could do whatever the player wanted them to. I've played games 
with seven different play piles at once (though they kept disappearing 
and reappearing); also games with rummy-like card removal, matrix 
algebra, and one game where half the deck was lying on the floor and 
only one player knew which cards were in whose hands...

> > I'm not sure I'd really call Mao a variant on Eleusis, though...
> > Eleusis has but one secret rule, and a lot of complicated yet known
> > rules used to deduce the secret rule.
>
> As far as I know, Eleusis is almost the same as what you called the
> first round of mini-Mao, with minor differences in penalties.

As far as I know, Mao doesn't have the complicated starting rules of 
Eleusis: it's never played cross-table the way Eleusis is, nor is it 
customary to be able to play sequences or become a Prophet; there's no 
predefined scoring, no way to be thrown out of the game, and no 'no 
play' rule; and if you play a second round, the previous round's rule 
doesn't carry over.

--
Wonko

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