# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/101 "2008-03-05T16:24:04Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] Would the next contestant _cough_ **Antinor01** _cough_ like to play their card. [/QUOTE] Antinor01 plays the Jack 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:** [March 5, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/102 "2008-03-05T16:28:11Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Antinor01 plays the Jack of Hearts [/QUOTE] Oh dear. One penalty card to **ArizonaTeach** , for **not setting a new suit**. One to **Antinor01** , for **playing out of turn**. Another to \*\*Antinor01 \*\* for **playing a Heart on a Spade**. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/103 "2008-03-05T16:36:56Z")
Hmm. Seems you fell into my trap. I never technically played a card (look back and see! I never used the word “play”!) I win. **Revenant Threshold** takes a penalty card for ruling out of turn. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/104 "2008-03-05T16:49:01Z")
I left my hand of cards at home. Please be patient. I’ll post my turn this evening after I review the new penalties and figure out how they affect me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/105 "2008-03-05T16:52:44Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Oh dear. One penalty card to **ArizonaTeach** , for **not setting a new suit**. One to **Antinor01** , for **playing out of turn**. Another to \*\*Antinor01 \*\* for **playing a Heart on a Spade**. [/QUOTE] \*\*Point of Order: \*\* [QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] [QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] Let’s see what happens with a King of spades. [/QUOTE] What happens is that you are allowed to play it! [/QUOTE] If that is so, how can [QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] One penalty card to **ArizonaTeach** , for **not setting a new suit**. [/QUOTE] also be true, or weren’t you paying attention? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/106 "2008-03-05T22:41:47Z")
Remember when I asked you to post in blue when you were actually playing? Sorry, **AT**. 😉 **anyrose** , his playing of the particular card is certainly in and of itself fine. **AT** was perfectly within his rights to play exactly as he was allowed to; he just didn’t exerciser that opportunity. I have my list of rules with me just in case I do forget something, but this wasn’t a case of it. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/107 "2008-03-05T23:56:49Z")
okay - I don’t mean to question your arbitrary capriciousness - I’m just trying to understand the rules that have so far been revealed. I also ask, as a PoO, what the last valid play was. Was the K Spades a valid play? That’s (in retrospect) what I was questioning. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/108 "2008-03-06T00:41:24Z")
As in “what card is currently in play”? It is currently the King of Spades. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/109 "2008-03-06T00:46:18Z")
okay - see, now I’m afraid. if **ArizonaTeach** go a penalty card for not changing suits, then surely I will as well, because my only valid play is **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:** [March 6, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/110 "2008-03-06T00:51:42Z")
You do get a card, because **AT** still hasn’t chosen suits, so it’s still **not your turn**. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/111 "2008-03-06T00:59:30Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] You do get a card, because **AT** still hasn’t chosen suits, so it’s still **not your turn**. [/QUOTE] a HA! I now see the key word! ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/112 "2008-03-06T03:04:37Z")
Uh…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:** [March 6, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/113 "2008-03-06T17:00:05Z")
Ah, good. Carry on. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/114 "2008-03-06T17:06:56Z")
Not to repeat myself but… [QUOTE=Antinor01] Antinor01 plays the Jack of Hearts [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/115 "2008-03-06T17:31:14Z")
I will repeat myself: [QUOTE=anyrose] I left my hand of cards at home. Please be patient. I’ll post my turn this evening after I review the new penalties and figure out how they affect me. 😃 [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/116 "2008-03-07T03:30:30Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Antinor01 plays the Jack of Hearts [/QUOTE] anyrose plays the **7 of Hearts** ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/117 "2008-03-07T20:24:50Z")
bump?😃 ---
**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:** [March 7, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/118 "2008-03-07T20:51:30Z")
You’re fine. Sorry to be late! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/119 "2008-03-07T20:58:37Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] You’re fine. Sorry to be late! [/QUOTE] _whew_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-offer-you-a-bout-of-mao/438570/120 "2008-03-08T06:15:19Z")
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