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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7470364" data-attributes="member: 177">Not quite.&nbsp; All of the private poker games I have played in allow for the dealer to announce rules by hand. The dealer can name variation (5 card draw, seven card stud, Texas hold-em).&nbsp; But, the dealer can also name wild cards, or declare that your'e playing low-ball rather than high, and so on.&nbsp; Also, a given table can have betting rules - what's the ante?&nbsp; What's the minimum raise, or maximum bet?&nbsp; Sometimes this is defined for the night, sometimes this is dictated by the variant.The term &quot;table rules&quot; didn't start with Settlers of Catan, or Monopoly.&nbsp; It started with cards.And, when you are playing a betting game like poker, each hand is a game, but the entire evening at the table is a game, too.&nbsp; Your placement tint he game is determined by how much of your original stake you finish with.&nbsp; So, it isn't just hand-by-hand. A hand might be equivalent to one combat/challenge&nbsp; (different monsters, different rules for the hand).&nbsp; One evening of poker is a session, many challenges.&nbsp; And the campaign is the folks who get together one night a month to play for several years (there's a long rest between, so everyone starts the next session back at full).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7470364, member: 177"] Not quite. All of the private poker games I have played in allow for the dealer to announce rules by hand. The dealer can name variation (5 card draw, seven card stud, Texas hold-em). But, the dealer can also name wild cards, or declare that your'e playing low-ball rather than high, and so on. Also, a given table can have betting rules - what's the ante? What's the minimum raise, or maximum bet? Sometimes this is defined for the night, sometimes this is dictated by the variant. The term "table rules" didn't start with Settlers of Catan, or Monopoly. It started with cards. And, when you are playing a betting game like poker, each hand is a game, but the entire evening at the table is a game, too. Your placement tint he game is determined by how much of your original stake you finish with. So, it isn't just hand-by-hand. A hand might be equivalent to one combat/challenge (different monsters, different rules for the hand). One evening of poker is a session, many challenges. And the campaign is the folks who get together one night a month to play for several years (there's a long rest between, so everyone starts the next session back at full). [/QUOTE]

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