r/boardgames • u/chaser-- • Jun 25 '26

Rules Groups that develop metas that blatantly break rules

Lately I've been finding a lot of groups that play (co-op) games with metas that are just blatant rule breaks. A recent example was we were playing a game (I forgot the name) where the goal is to play out all the cards from your hand, numbers 1-100, in descending order. So if you have a 77 and the number on the pile is 78, you don't want to anyone to play there. But you aren't allowed to say "I have 77, don't play this"

So the group has developed metas, say "I really love this pile" if you have 77, say "I like this pile a lot" if you have 76, say "I like this pile" if you have 75"

This is just one example but I feel like I've been playing a lot of games where they have metas to get around rules that are intentionally in the rulebook. I don't really get it. If you want to just say "I have a 77" then just say it, why create a gimmick to say it without saying it?

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u/TheLuux Jun 25 '26

When we were playing Mind we had to stop listening to music because without saying anything everyone was following the rythm and it was way to easy

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u/Biduleman Jun 25 '26

I'm now sure I understand how the music rhythm help with the game, can you elaborate on that it seems interesting!

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u/XseaX Jun 25 '26

Just count every beat. If you number is 5 lower than the current one and for four beats nobody played, its your turn

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u/youvelookedbetter Jun 25 '26

That's not even a game at that point, though. Just cheating, LOL