Question about the turn players speak when someone is about to win the game

[jonhy1996]

Actually, I am really confused about how the game is supposed to be played... Whenever a game ends like this i feel something is missing from the rules.
To make my question clearer:

All 3 players are lvl 9 and 1st player is battling a monster for the win.

Let's say both 2nd and 3rd player have 1 card that can stop someone from winning and a monster in hand, and everyone knows that because they drew them face up recently.

If 2nd player stops 1st player, then 3rd player will be able to stop him and win. There are extremely few cards that 2nd player can have, that can defend against 3rd player, so in 90% of cases he will not win the next round, and 3rd player will win. So if he uses his card he loses almost certainly.

If 3rd player stops 1st player, then 2nd player will win, because 3rd player won't have any cards to stop him.

So no one has incentive to play his card to stop player 1 because the other player will win in the next turn. Shouldn't there be a rule that forces someone to use his card in this case, or at least have a priority on who should act first??

[Mr_Draco]

Originally Posted by jonhy1996

Shouldn't there be a rule that forces someone to use his card in this case, or at least have a priority on who should act first??

Nope and having such a rule would totally not be fun to play with. Forcing players to play cards they don't want to play or wish to hold on to is a easy way to lose players and make sure the game stops being played. What do you want everyone to do? Play with their hands visible and only play the cards you want them to in the order you want them to be played? Sorry but you're too busy trying to micro-manage the game and control how everyone else plays and the decisions they make. If I sat down and you said these are the house rules, I would be standing back up and walking away because that is not fun at all.

[jonhy1996]

Originally Posted by Mr_Draco

Nope and having such a rule would totally not be fun to play with. Forcing players to play cards they don't want to play or wish to hold on to is a easy way to lose players and make sure the game stops being played. What do you want everyone to do? Play with their hands visible and only play the cards you want them to in the order you want them to be played? Sorry but you're too busy trying to micro-manage the game and control how everyone else plays and the decisions they make. If I sat down and you said these are the house rules, I would be standing back up and walking away because that is not fun at all.

Then how should 2nd player respond? The way we play the game we ask each other if we have something to stop the winning player. Do you guys ask each other as well??

If 2nd player keeps quiet he wins, if he says he has something, he has to play it and most likely loses. Also it's not about other's always, many times it's me on this spot, I am the 2nd player, and i feel kinda guilty if i keep quiet about my cards and win, but this is the best strategy....

[Mr_Draco]

Originally Posted by jonhy1996

Then how should 2nd player respond? The way we play the game we ask each other if we have something to stop the winning player. Do you guys ask each other as well??

We go around and ask if they have anything they want to play. Whether they have anything to stop the player from winning is irrelevant. What is, is if they want to play the card or not. This way players can say "No I don't have anything I want to play." and not feel guilty about lying or feel like they are being forced to play a card.

Either way it's all a gamble. What if the 3rd player doesn't have anything to play and you pass? Then 1st player wins. What if the 3rd player wants the game to hurry and end so he says he doesn't have anything he wants to play. What if he doesn't want you specifically to win and doesn't care if anyone else wins.