On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Andy Looney <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> First off, Andy, please clarify what it means to discard a >> card. It seems like you mean for the whole table, starting >> with an initial six card spread, to be one big open discard >> pile. > > Yes, that's correct. Perhaps there's a better name for it, since it's not in > a pile at all. Slush pile could work... > Other games that use this concept (eg Glory to Rome, Chaos) use the term "pool". I put it to you that that is a term that would be understood. Eeyore even uses that term to describe the concept, so it seems natural to me: Eeyore wrote: > I do like the idea of a great big pool of unused cards, though. Timothy