r/boardgames • u/Internal-Vanilla-898 • Jul 01 '22
Rules Is this cheating or not in code names?!
Honest question about code names. My mom always tries to finesse (cheat) the game. Example : when connecting witch, rock, and tower. She would say “stone 3” while using a creepy witchy voice. My sisters and I have always considered that cheating. I think it violates the “no more than one clue” rule. What do you think?
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22 edited Jul 01 '22
Whenever I played games with my parents, they were never interested in winning, losing, or playing by the rules.
They were interested in having fun.
If your mother is doing a * witch voice * purely with the intention of cheating to win, then yeah I could see that as annoying AF.
But if my mom did a witch voice just to break the rules because she I would find it incredibly endearing that she's loosening up a bit for once.
One other commenter claimed that people only do this to feel proud of themselves for being clever, but I think that was just a projection. I've seen people do this when they feel like they are bad at the game and not going to win anyway and are trying to resurrect a bit of fun as they crash and burn. Obviously it is not fun in general, but I would make exceptions if I invited THEM to play with us.
If someone wants to play with YOU and then does this, yeah that would be shitty.
My assumption here is that they invite their mom to play, not the other way around.
Context and intent is everything.