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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ScyldSceafing" data-source="post: 1831815" data-attributes="member: 5928">Games within gamesA month or so before our last AU game, our DM handed me a card game called Mu and told me to get familiar with it, as it was a popular game among giants, and my PC is a giant.Two sessions later, while aboard a ship full of odd happenings, the PCs joined with a few NPCs to discuss what was happening - but we didn't just sit down an talk. We sat down to talk and play a few hands of Mu.AMAZING! First of all, this is a great, great card game. At some level it's a simple trick-taking game, but there's also a bidding mechanic which results in shifting alliances. Within two hands we were literally howling at the denouement as the last trick played out.And here's the cool thing: The whole time we were having a discussion in-character about the goings-on in the ship. The result was a tremendously memorable and satisfying session.So, to review: Game-within-game - good, if the 'within-game' is good in and of itself. I'd imagine that playing a boring, crappy game within a roleplaying session would be just as boring and crappy as usual, except with funny voices.</blockquote>