The-Archivist

Scribed houserules

• Show the character nobody drew

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• The short game: seven districts, not eight

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• Two players, two draws

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• The McGuire barons

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• The leader always rides

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• Put a clock on each proposal

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• Keep your alien secret until you use it

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• One encounter per turn

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• The four-planet game

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• Open ticket market

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• The river opens the map

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• Unfinished cities still count

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• Draft to the wall

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• Military victories score double

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• Two rows to end a two-player game

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• A wider opening hand

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• One birdfeeder reroll a round

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• A shorter Root: play to 25

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• No dominance in a first game

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• Five stars for a shorter game

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• Draft the player mats

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• Beavers: redouble at once and keep the cube

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• Automatic doubles on a tied opening roll, once per game

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• The Jacoby rule: no gammons until someone doubles

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• A draw has to name who shares it

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• Public press only: every word at the table

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• Gunboat: play the whole game without talking

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• Sevens swap hands

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• Jump-in on an identical card

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• Stacking Draw Twos

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• Corn starts a doubloon down

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• Swap the Factory and University prices

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• Discovering a room does not end your turn

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• The house can kill you before the haunt

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• Three food each, and a first round that snakes back

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• Draft the occupations and minor improvements

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• Attackers roll one die fewer across a sea lane, for five rounds

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• No more than twelve armies in one territory

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• Hearts heal in Tokyo, one a turn

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• Everyone starts with ten energy

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• Manipulating the table waits a turn

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• A joker in a group of three names its tile

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• No joker on your initial meld

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• Double skunks count triple

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• Muggins: your opponent may claim what you missed

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• A failed challenge costs five points, not your turn

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• One mulligan a game

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• Free choice on a Joker Yahtzee

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• Challenge for free

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• The spymaster is on the clock every turn

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• Any compound word counts as one word

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• The black ace and king score too

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• Omnibus: the jack of diamonds is worth minus ten

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• All Fives: turn the muggins call on

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• Draw dominoes: round the winner's score to the nearest five

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• Crowning does not end the turn

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• You must take the capture that takes the most

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• Time odds instead of a handicap piece

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• One takeback each, before the reply

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• Build on the first turn

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• The robber keeps moving

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• Friendly robber

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• No auctions

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• Double salary on an exact GO

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• Free Parking jackpot

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• One free redraw at the start

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• Mercy on unfinished tickets

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• Farmers are optional

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• One free walk each turn

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• Open hands

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• No epidemic on the first turn

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• Wonder draft

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• Open drafting for new players

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• No first-player penalty on the opening round

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• Open kingdom selection

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• Shuffle-safe endings

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• Banned opening piles

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• Bonus card mulligan

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• Dominance requires a warning

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• Free first research

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• Generation limit

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• Draft the opening corporations

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• Open objective cards

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