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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 9431607" data-attributes="member: 7026617">You seem to be insisting that my stating most rules light games have a lot of house rules with my insisting that the core rules be less light.&nbsp; That's not my statement; I just claim that the attempt to claim what is going on there is not house ruling is a counterfactual.&nbsp; House rules don't have to be written down (I think its usually virtuous when they are, but its not a necessity).&nbsp;&nbsp; Most of them probably never are.Actually, I'd claim it very much is.&nbsp; Its just that in those cases consistency isn't viewed as the primary virtue.&nbsp; Sometimes people don't care that much, or care very much more for the thematic significance you reference.&nbsp; Even in those cases however, that thematic significance can be a question that is not universally agreed on by all concerned, and making it up as you go is not always helpful in that regard.&nbsp; It still fails the &quot;are we putting everyone on the same page&quot; test.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thomas Shey, post: 9431607, member: 7026617"] You seem to be insisting that my stating most rules light games have a lot of house rules with my insisting that the core rules be less light. That's not my statement; I just claim that the attempt to claim what is going on there is not house ruling is a counterfactual. House rules don't have to be written down (I think its usually virtuous when they are, but its not a necessity). Most of them probably never are. Actually, I'd claim it very much is. Its just that in those cases consistency isn't viewed as the primary virtue. Sometimes people don't care that much, or care very much more for the thematic significance you reference. Even in those cases however, that thematic significance can be a question that is not universally agreed on by all concerned, and making it up as you go is not always helpful in that regard. It still fails the "are we putting everyone on the same page" test. [/QUOTE]

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