I was wondering when you were going to get around to Mao. Thank you for not disappointing me.
The very first time I saw Mao, Dragon Poker was the first thing that came to mind, but I never said anything, because I didn't know if anyone would get the reference. That was one reason I never played. The other reason was that, at the Jawbone, I figured there should be somebody paying attention to the performers.
Always fun, though I recall a certain redhead having a complete meltdown because she wasn't catching on and thought the whole game was designed to fuck with her head.
...I introduced this game to friends at the Jawbone while Squid and Elwood played...
For which it took Squid and Elwood a long time to forgive you. Going from being the center of attention to being background entertainment was a tough transition!
You're talking about the Beehive at King's Court, right? That closed down many years ago, I think even while I was still an undergrad, since the last movie I remember seeing there was Chasing Amy, in 1997 or so. I used to love the pinball room upstairs.
There was another Beehive on Carson Street, but I don't remember it having a movie theater attached, so.
Though, the first time I played Mao, at Governor's School, you weren't allowed to say the name of the game OR any of the rules to it, and half of the fun was just making up new rules for each game. We actually had variants like Hitchhiker's Mao (where each numbered spade was called by "Probability N million to one against and falling") and Star Trek Mao ("N to beam up") and such.
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The very first time I saw Mao, Dragon Poker was the first thing that came to mind, but I never said anything, because I didn't know if anyone would get the reference. That was one reason I never played. The other reason was that, at the Jawbone, I figured there should be somebody paying attention to the performers.
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For which it took Squid and Elwood a long time to forgive you. Going from being the center of attention to being background entertainment was a tough transition!
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There was another Beehive on Carson Street, but I don't remember it having a movie theater attached, so.
Though, the first time I played Mao, at Governor's School, you weren't allowed to say the name of the game OR any of the rules to it, and half of the fun was just making up new rules for each game. We actually had variants like Hitchhiker's Mao (where each numbered spade was called by "Probability N million to one against and falling") and Star Trek Mao ("N to beam up") and such.
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