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Looking again at My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels, a
question and an issue occurred to me:
1) When it says "Choose 2 players", can the
one who played the card choose him/herself?
This occurred to me when I thought about this card
in a 2-player game.
2) This card can raise some interesting
player interactions and social dynamics. Far from being random, the
players can deliberately try for a specific result. Looking over the list,
there is no obvious pattern that would make me want to pick low/middle/high
numbers, depending on what result I wanted for the recipient. But there's
nothing prohibiting discussion and collusion, so the players can agree to what
they'll say, and force the desired action all the time; for example #4 if
there's a rule they hate. I tend to think this is a feature rather than a
bug, but I'm certain that in some groups #6 would be the only answer ever
chosen, making this card futile for them.
Bryan
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