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Re: rules for cheapass games (was: rules to uno dominos) Comcast Online
Tom Sloper (tomster@sloperama.com) 2003/08/31 11:03

>From: "socrat@attbi.com" <Socrat>

>>>Since you're the expert on finding rules online, maybe you can help.

>>>I'm trying to find the rules for some cheapass games...



>"Tom Sloper" <tomster@sloperama.com> wrote:

>>If they aren't at http://www.cheapass.com, then they don't exist

>>...The bigger more established companies put

>>rules online to reduce the phone traffic for Customer Support, and those

>>companies' games usually develop a following of fans, who put rules up on

>>fan sites.  Smaller companies who've just created a new game don't really

>>have much of an incentive to throw their rules online.

>>If they aren't on the Cheapass website, you'll have to contact Cheapass

>>directly and ask. Or you could go onto the Cheapass discussion group (see

>>their website).  I doubt Cheapass anticipated that many customers would

>>expect to find the complete rules online before they'd buy the game.



>From: "socrat@attbi.com" <Socrat>

>It seems to me that most companies don't want their rules to be freely

>distributed (I know there are some exceptions) but I don't understand

>that logic.

>there are a lot of cheapass games

>that sound good, but with my 0 for 2 record with them, I'm reluctant

>to take another blind (without seeing the rules first) guess.





Well, okay then. I'm so glad I was able to help.



Tom



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