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From: "Tom Sloper" <tomster@sloperama.com>
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Subject: Re: rules for cheapass games (was: rules to uno dominos)
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>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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