Question: Promotional card "Cut in Line" ruling needed!

wahgarble · 01-21-2016, 05:41 AM

Scenario: Player A is in combat, Player B asks Player A if they want help (whether necessary for current perceived victory or not). Player A opts not to answer Player B. Player B has "Cut in Line" in hand (in this case, Player A was aware and is actively choosing not to respond to subvert the cards use/effects).

"Cut in Line" states: "[Please do not quote card text/]"

The question involves "[Please do not quote card text and please do not use red text.]" and becomes: In the game of Munchkin, are players required to respond when prompted by another player, or do they retain the free will to ignore questions (that have the potential to not make sense or are known to be traps)?

Later, another potential loophole was posed with Player A agreeing to Player B's help in combat with the stipulation that they receive no treasure (however, if that player has an Elf card in play, Player A is forced to give advantage to Player B in a "Catch 22" scenario, with the knowledge that "Cut in Line" is in the deck, all involved players can annoy or sow paranoia by asking anyone in every combat whether they want help). Theoretically, that can still be met with something like, "I will help for all the treasure," or any amount, still resulting in forcing Player A to affirm or deny aid. Player A could continue to ignore the question and re-pose their original counter proposal, but that still loops back into the initial question; are players, by terms of the game of Munchkin compelled to respond to questions posed in game?

01-21-2016, 05:41 AM	#1
wahgarble Join Date: Jan 2016	Question: Promotional card "Cut in Line" ruling needed! Scenario: Player A is in combat, Player B asks Player A if they want help (whether necessary for current perceived victory or not). Player A opts not to answer Player B. Player B has "Cut in Line" in hand (in this case, Player A was aware and is actively choosing not to respond to subvert the cards use/effects). "Cut in Line" states: "[Please do not quote card text/]" The question involves "[Please do not quote card text and please do not use red text.]" and becomes: In the game of Munchkin, are players required to respond when prompted by another player, or do they retain the free will to ignore questions (that have the potential to not make sense or are known to be traps)? Later, another potential loophole was posed with Player A agreeing to Player B's help in combat with the stipulation that they receive no treasure (however, if that player has an Elf card in play, Player A is forced to give advantage to Player B in a "Catch 22" scenario, with the knowledge that "Cut in Line" is in the deck, all involved players can annoy or sow paranoia by asking anyone in every combat whether they want help). Theoretically, that can still be met with something like, "I will help for all the treasure," or any amount, still resulting in forcing Player A to affirm or deny aid. Player A could continue to ignore the question and re-pose their original counter proposal, but that still loops back into the initial question; are players, by terms of the game of Munchkin compelled to respond to questions posed in game? Last edited by Andrew Hackard; 01-21-2016 at 06:22 AM.