# I offer you a bout of Mao. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 21, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570 "2008-02-21T15:39:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/41 "2008-02-24T02:27:09Z")
Hopefully, it’s my turn now. Hockey Monkey plays 7 of Hearts ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/42 "2008-02-24T02:36:45Z")
That’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/43 "2008-02-24T02:43:55Z")
I play **7 of Diamonds** ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/44 "2008-02-24T02:51:29Z")
You do indeed. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/45 "2008-02-24T03:12:20Z")
FOS storyteller#### teacher’s pet and snitch and POO’er. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/46 "2008-02-24T06:07:51Z")
Antinor01 plays the 8 of diamonds ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/47 "2008-02-24T14:28:30Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/48 "2008-02-24T18:14:48Z")
I play Jack of Diamonds, and await my penalty card… for being too awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/49 "2008-02-24T18:20:30Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] I play Jack of Diamonds, and await my penalty card… for being too awesome! [/QUOTE] Or perhaps for **playing out of turn**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/50 "2008-02-24T18:23:25Z")
Ok, if that’s the case, then I need you to amend the post where you list the players… ETA: I understand that the player rotation might change, and that’s fine, but I’d like to know for sure who’s playing and what position they’re “sitting” in. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/51 "2008-02-24T18:29:05Z")
The list of players is accurate, for the beginning of the game. You’re right, i’ll have to add the other two. This order is accurate from the point of the last player joining; **ArizonaTeach storyteller0910 CatInASuit sinjin Hockey Monkey anyrose Antinor01** So it _might_ have been your turn now. But alas, it no longer is. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/52 "2008-02-24T21:38:44Z")
PoO: You said nothing in the OP about the order of play changing, only that the rules concerning the play of cards would be revealed on a need to know basis. According to posts 16, 19, 20. and 24, unless you arbitrarily and capriciously shuffled us up, the order of play is **ArizonaTeach storyteller0910 CatInASuit sinjin Hockey Monkey anyrose Antinor01** which means **ArizonaTeach** did _not_ go out of turn on preview - no, it is **ArizonaTeach** since I played the 7 of diamonds and **Antinor01** played the 8 of Diamonds eta: **ArizonaTeach** played in post # 21 **storyteller0910** played in post # 26 **CatInASuit** played in post # 30 **sinjin** played in post # 32 **Hockey Monkey** played in post #41 **anyrose** played in post # 43 **Antinor01** played in post # 46 ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/53 "2008-02-24T23:27:29Z")
Why am I feeling that this is not going to go well? \ ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/54 "2008-02-24T23:35:32Z")
I said nothing about many things in the OP. The rules exist, they are set and certain, and they will be enforced when the circumstances that meet them are met. It’s up to you to figure out what those rules are; my job is only to point out when they’re broken. So you should be asking yourselves; what action must have caused it to not be **ArizonaTeach’s** turn? If you can tell, you’ll know when it may also happen in the future. And what is the result? Sometimes you just have to test your theory and hope you don’t get a penalty. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/55 "2008-02-25T01:18:32Z")
egad! I just had an epiphany! only I’m pretty sure I’ll get a penalty card for this play since I have neither diamonds or eights in my handThe turns are going back the other way?!?!???!? I play\*\* 6 of Spades\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/56 "2008-02-25T01:45:28Z")
You do get a penalty card for **playing a Spade on a Diamond**. But not for anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/57 "2008-02-25T01:47:55Z")
Hockey Monkey plays 4 of Diamonds ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/58 "2008-02-25T01:51:55Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/59 "2008-02-25T04:08:08Z")
Yeah, I figured there were rules about order; I just wanted it set in stone what the “sitting” order was. And if it’s like I think it is, then **Antinor01** and I might be royally screwed… I still think my penalty was being too damn awesome for this game. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/60 "2008-02-25T04:54:23Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] And if it’s like I think it is, then **Antinor01** and I might be royally screwed… [/QUOTE] not if the rest of us keep getting penalty cards [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570.md?page=4)