Post by tastypastry on Nov 29, 2016 13:12:59 GMT -5
Good afternoon,
In the last game we played, we came upon a new situation (as often happens). My friend had a "Share the Wealth" card coming up and knew it. However, they had $2 dolla and knew that Share the Wealth only works when you have 0 dolla. Given that they couldn't get rid of 2 dolla at the market (since nothing cost that), they suggested that they were simply going to discard their 2 dolla before they played their card. A discussion ensued. Here were the two viewpoints:
1) My friend argued that there is no inherent rule that you must keep your money. Especially given that since money is supposed to "help you", rather than "hinder you", there was no justification for forcing you to retain the currency.
2) My other friend countered with the idea that you should be forced to keep your money simply because you're forced to keep most of your other things. For example, they argued that you can not simply discard your carrots or zodiac cards. When pressed as to why, the best argument that could be made was that it may undermine certain cards. For example, "Mad Bunny Disease", which forces you to lose a carrot at the start of each turn, is partially valuable because it's a "time waster". If you were allowed to simply discard all your carrots right away when you received the card, part of the inherent value of the card would be lost. Similarly, if you were allowed to simply discard a Mysterious Place Card, you may discard one that has control of the ball. Where does the ball go then? To the previous card that was drawn? If so, that's another thing to keep track of and seems like a silly process.
So my question is: who is (more) right? And do you think that dolla vs say zodiac cards should be treated differently? Is each capable of being dispensed of (during your turn)? And if you don't like the justifications they offered, what one do you have?
I flipped through the companion guide and did some Googling, but didn't find anything that satisfied my question. If there's a thread that helps, please point me to it!
Thanks for all your help!
-Steve
In the last game we played, we came upon a new situation (as often happens). My friend had a "Share the Wealth" card coming up and knew it. However, they had $2 dolla and knew that Share the Wealth only works when you have 0 dolla. Given that they couldn't get rid of 2 dolla at the market (since nothing cost that), they suggested that they were simply going to discard their 2 dolla before they played their card. A discussion ensued. Here were the two viewpoints:
1) My friend argued that there is no inherent rule that you must keep your money. Especially given that since money is supposed to "help you", rather than "hinder you", there was no justification for forcing you to retain the currency.
2) My other friend countered with the idea that you should be forced to keep your money simply because you're forced to keep most of your other things. For example, they argued that you can not simply discard your carrots or zodiac cards. When pressed as to why, the best argument that could be made was that it may undermine certain cards. For example, "Mad Bunny Disease", which forces you to lose a carrot at the start of each turn, is partially valuable because it's a "time waster". If you were allowed to simply discard all your carrots right away when you received the card, part of the inherent value of the card would be lost. Similarly, if you were allowed to simply discard a Mysterious Place Card, you may discard one that has control of the ball. Where does the ball go then? To the previous card that was drawn? If so, that's another thing to keep track of and seems like a silly process.
So my question is: who is (more) right? And do you think that dolla vs say zodiac cards should be treated differently? Is each capable of being dispensed of (during your turn)? And if you don't like the justifications they offered, what one do you have?
I flipped through the companion guide and did some Googling, but didn't find anything that satisfied my question. If there's a thread that helps, please point me to it!
Thanks for all your help!
-Steve