# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/61 "2008-02-25T09:38:02Z")
sinjin plays the other seven 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, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/62 "2008-02-25T13:58:20Z")
[QUOTE=sinjin] sinjin plays the other seven of diamonds [/QUOTE] OK. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/63 "2008-02-25T14:14:49Z")
\*\*CIAS \*\* plays the seven of clubs I wonder if it will work 🙂 ---
**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, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/64 "2008-02-25T14:16:48Z")
It will. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/65 "2008-02-25T14:17:59Z")
Sweet !! 😃 ---
**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, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/66 "2008-02-25T14:32:52Z")
…there’s two seven of diamonds? Huh. I wondered why I had a joker… ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/67 "2008-02-25T15:09:44Z")
**storyteller0910** plays the nine of clubs ---
**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, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/68 "2008-02-25T17:10:05Z")
[QUOTE=storyteller0910] **storyteller0910** plays the nine of clubs [/QUOTE] You may indeed. **ArizonaTeach** , however, gets a penalty card, as **the previous player played a nine**. ---
**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, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/69 "2008-02-25T17:25:40Z")
What nobody here seems to realize, is that the person with the most cards wins. I play ten of clubs. ---
**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, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/70 "2008-02-25T17:46:34Z")
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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/71 "2008-02-25T20:32:13Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Yep. [/QUOTE] Wait, to what…my most cards theory? 😃 ---
**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, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/72 "2008-02-25T21:52:21Z")
To your playing of the card. I assumed you were joking… but you can always actually ask if you want. 😉 Where’s that penalty card pile… ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/73 "2008-02-26T07:48:56Z")
Just a note, I will be gone from Friday to Sunday, so don’t expect any card playing from me on those days. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/74 "2008-02-26T13:38:18Z")
Just leave your cards face down on the table and we’ll pick one for you when it’s your turn to play CIAS. It will work out fine…really…you’ll see. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/75 "2008-02-26T16:57:33Z")
[QUOTE=sinjin] Just leave your cards face down on the table and we’ll pick one for you when it’s your turn to play CIAS. It will work out fine…really…you’ll see. 😉 [/QUOTE] No Probs… Lays out a T Rex Top Trump, a Lunch Money Humiliation and the Great Dalmuti. Take your pick 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/76 "2008-02-27T02:41:25Z")
Did I win yet? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/77 "2008-02-27T03:45:39Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] No Probs… Lays out a T Rex Top Trump, a Lunch Money Humiliation and the Great Dalmuti. Take your pick 😛 [/QUOTE] I’ll take the Great Dalmuti 😃 eta - whose turn it is? **storyteller0910** ’s? ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/78 "2008-02-27T08:54:58Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] I’ll take the Great Dalmuti 😃 eta - whose turn it is? **storyteller0910** ’s? [/QUOTE] I think it is **Antinor01** ’s turn. Unless, we have hit another rule we don’t know about :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/79 "2008-02-27T09:07:08Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] I think it is **Antinor01** ’s turn. Unless, we have hit another rule we don’t know about :dubious: [/QUOTE] you may be right, since no one since **Antinor01** has played an 8. P o O: I have been keeping track of the valid plays and the rules _as we know them_ so far. May I post them, oh arbitrary and capricious leader? ---
**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 27, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/80 "2008-02-27T14:08:20Z")
Alas, no. While I admire your willingness to pool your knowledge, I am an arbitrary and capricious bastard. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570.md?page=5)