Hello again, gamers. And welcome to another episode of A\nPlace at the Table. For today\u2019s topic, let\u2019s branch out beyond the norm and ask\na hypothetical question. Are you ready? Okay, here we go: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
If you could change (or add) a rule to a board game, what\nwould it be? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think you will find that this question will strike a chord\nwith all of us who play board games on the regular. How many times have you\nbeen playing a game and really wanted to do something in particular only to\nfind out that the rules wouldn\u2019t allow it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I asked Number One what rule he would change or add to a\ngame. After an entire day of thinking, he came up with adding a rule to\nTerraforming Mars. Traditionally, once you can no longer perform at least one\naction on your turn, you do a hard pass, and you are out of the game until the\nnext generation starts. Number One has proposed this new rule: as long as there\nis still one active player in the generation, you can take a turn even after\nyou have passed. I can see the appeal of this rule. There are times when you\u2019ve\nrun out of actions because the temperature isn\u2019t where you need it to be or the\noxygen level isn\u2019t at the right percentage or you just need two more dollars in\norder to play a card. So, you hard pass on your turn. But then a few turns\nlater, someone raises the temperature and now you can play that card! But since\nyou\u2019ve hard passed for the generation, you have to wait until the new\ngeneration has started. This rule could\nreally mess with some people though if you\u2019ve made some tentative plans for\nyour next couple of moves based on someone else being out for the rest of the\ngeneration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for me, I\u2019d add a card to the game of Catan that would\nallow you to destroy two roads anywhere on the board. I can\u2019t tell you how many\ntimes I\u2019ve been locked out of a port of lost the longest road because someone\nelse decided that they needed to build their road right in my path. Yes, I do\nunderstand that this is part of the game. But at the same time, it would be\nreally nice to be able to just get rid of two roads that were in my way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, what rule would you change or create for a board game? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"