I offer you a bout of Mao.

Hopefully, it’s my turn now.

Hockey Monkey plays 7 of Hearts

That’s fine.

I play 7 of Diamonds

You do indeed.

FOS storyteller#### teacher’s pet and snitch and POO’er.

Antinor01 plays the 8 of diamonds

Yep.

I play Jack of Diamonds, and await my penalty card…

for being too awesome!

Or perhaps for playing out of turn. :wink:

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.

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.

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

Why am I feeling that this is not going to go well?

<sinjin pulls up a lawn chair and pours a glass of mediocre zinfandel to wait and observe>

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.

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**

You do get a penalty card for playing a Spade on a Diamond.

But not for anything else.

Hockey Monkey plays 4 of Diamonds

Yep.

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.

not if the rest of us keep getting penalty cards