[] How many times do you have to point out that Franklin never said the quotation contstantly mangled here (the one about security and liberty)? Ludwig Thoma. Ludwig Thoma. Ludwig Thoma. []
NUMBER: 3929
AUTHOR: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
QUOTATION: They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. 1
ATTRIBUTION: Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
BIOGRAPHY: Columbia Encyclopedia.
Note 1. This sentence was much used in the Revolutionary period. It occurs even so early as November, 1755, in an answer by the Assembly of Pennsylvania to the Governor, and forms the motto of Franklin's "Historical Review," 1759, appearing also in the body of the work.--Frothingham: Rise of the Republic of the United States, p. 413.
I haven't played Nomic, but there is a card game called Fluxx that also has changing rules.
The rules are pretty simple; the game is more easily played than explained. 4 kinds of cards: Keepers, Actions, Rules, and Goals. When the game begins, there is no goal. The Basic Rules are: Draw 1 card per turn, and Play 1 card per turn. From here on in, however, it starts to get sillier
The Keepers are cards played in front of you, depictions of various nouns: Chocolate, Time, Taxes, Love, Milk, Rocket, etc. Actions are cards such as: Draw 3, Draw 4, Play 2, Play 4, Play All, etc. These modify the basic rule of Draw 1, Play 1. Rules are cards that allow players with certain keepers to get bonuses, or otherwise globally affect the conditions of the game. Finally, Goals are cards that set the winning condition of the game (e.g., the goal of Death and Taxes means that the game is won when there is one player with the Keepers "Death" and "Taxes" in front of him/her.)
Since any player may play any type of card(s) during his/her turn, this leads to a lot of rule/ goal/ action turnover. You may have all the necessary cards to win the game, but by the time it comes to your turn, the goal has changed 3 times, and you're starting from scratch.
This game often goes over well with large groups of people, even those who are not particularly into gaming. It's easily learned, entertaining, not much skill or strategy involved, and not particularly competitive. Yes, someone does "win" at the end of each hand, but the win is as often due to luck as anything else.
Buy a deck. Play. (DISCLAIMER: I don't work for Looney Labs, I don't get monetary kickbacks, blah blah blah
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BadDoggie writes:
According to Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, that was indeed Franklin.
NUMBER: 3929AUTHOR: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
QUOTATION: They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. 1
ATTRIBUTION: Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
BIOGRAPHY: Columbia Encyclopedia.
Note 1.
This sentence was much used in the Revolutionary period. It occurs even so early as November, 1755, in an answer by the Assembly of Pennsylvania to the Governor, and forms the motto of Franklin's "Historical Review," 1759, appearing also in the body of the work.--Frothingham: Rise of the Republic of the United States, p. 413.
I haven't played Nomic, but there is a card game called Fluxx that also has changing rules.
The rules are pretty simple; the game is more easily played than explained. 4 kinds of cards: Keepers, Actions, Rules, and Goals. When the game begins, there is no goal. The Basic Rules are: Draw 1 card per turn, and Play 1 card per turn. From here on in, however, it starts to get sillier
The Keepers are cards played in front of you, depictions of various nouns: Chocolate, Time, Taxes, Love, Milk, Rocket, etc. Actions are cards such as: Draw 3, Draw 4, Play 2, Play 4, Play All, etc. These modify the basic rule of Draw 1, Play 1. Rules are cards that allow players with certain keepers to get bonuses, or otherwise globally affect the conditions of the game. Finally, Goals are cards that set the winning condition of the game (e.g., the goal of Death and Taxes means that the game is won when there is one player with the Keepers "Death" and "Taxes" in front of him/her.)
Since any player may play any type of card(s) during his/her turn, this leads to a lot of rule/ goal/ action turnover. You may have all the necessary cards to win the game, but by the time it comes to your turn, the goal has changed 3 times, and you're starting from scratch.
This game often goes over well with large groups of people, even those who are not particularly into gaming. It's easily learned, entertaining, not much skill or strategy involved, and not particularly competitive. Yes, someone does "win" at the end of each hand, but the win is as often due to luck as anything else.
Buy a deck. Play. (DISCLAIMER: I don't work for Looney Labs, I don't get monetary kickbacks, blah blah blah
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