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Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

"Character Creation" comes before "Starting and Finishing the Game" in the rules. The character creation step, where players can play their starting cards, is therefore before the game technically begins. Letter of the rules aside, I'm officially ruling (for a second time) that playing Curses on players who are still looking over their starting cards and deciding what to play is a Dick Move and not allowed.

Wow, played this one right for years. The creation phase was the "immune to curse and bad stuff" stage of the game. It allows the new folks to watch and learn the experienced players to show them what you can and cannot do. Thank you for making if official.

Pat