Do we have to be mean?

Xander9009 · 02-28-2016, 06:24 PM

I played my first game today, specifically Munchkin Pathfinder.

I have two questions, but I'm putting them together because they've very closely related (I think).

1: When Player B asked me (both being the only new players of the 6 involved) more than twice if I'd help in combat they couldn't win on their own, the other players got very upset about us not playing mean enough, claiming that unless we were intentionally actively hurting as many other players as possible, then we weren't playing the game right. Not just that we were not playing the way we were expected to, but that it should actually be disallowed and considered cheating. Do we HAVE to play in a mean way, even when it is actually detrimental to us, or can we be more passive and helpful (especially when it benefits ourselves)?

2: Sort of related to that (I'll put it in its own thread if necessary) is this one. It's a bit complicated.

Player A is a Pathfinder and it's the start of her turn. She looks at the top two cards.
While she's looking at them, Player B decides to curse her with a card that makes her give a card to the weakest player and a card to the strongest players (Player A is the ONLY player who is neither the weakest nor the strongest, the others are all tied at the top and bottom, so it would be 4 cards that she has to give away).
Seeing this, and the fact that one of the options (she'd asked for clarification and revealed the cards, we were new, remember), I offered to cancel the curse if she would fight the bigger one and give me 3 of its 4 treasure.

Would this be considered cheating? If so, would it still be considered cheating if the large creature she was going to fight was one that was already out rather than only being known about because she'd asked for help?

02-28-2016, 06:24 PM	#1
Xander9009 Join Date: Feb 2016	Do we have to be mean? I played my first game today, specifically Munchkin Pathfinder. I have two questions, but I'm putting them together because they've very closely related (I think). 1: When Player B asked me (both being the only new players of the 6 involved) more than twice if I'd help in combat they couldn't win on their own, the other players got very upset about us not playing mean enough, claiming that unless we were intentionally actively hurting as many other players as possible, then we weren't playing the game right. Not just that we were not playing the way we were expected to, but that it should actually be disallowed and considered cheating. Do we HAVE to play in a mean way, even when it is actually detrimental to us, or can we be more passive and helpful (especially when it benefits ourselves)? 2: Sort of related to that (I'll put it in its own thread if necessary) is this one. It's a bit complicated. Player A is a Pathfinder and it's the start of her turn. She looks at the top two cards. While she's looking at them, Player B decides to curse her with a card that makes her give a card to the weakest player and a card to the strongest players (Player A is the ONLY player who is neither the weakest nor the strongest, the others are all tied at the top and bottom, so it would be 4 cards that she has to give away). Seeing this, and the fact that one of the options (she'd asked for clarification and revealed the cards, we were new, remember), I offered to cancel the curse if she would fight the bigger one and give me 3 of its 4 treasure. Would this be considered cheating? If so, would it still be considered cheating if the large creature she was going to fight was one that was already out rather than only being known about because she'd asked for help?