Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26130256-20150806184438/@comment-26130256-20150902165616

"If you're into strategy games, then sure," Azulius explained, wiping a tear from his eye. "The basic concept is pretty simple, and the strategies can go pretty deep, if everyone knows what they're doing.  But that's not why I'm laughing."

"You see, ever since I can remember, my family has celebrated all of the major holidays with a big round of R:tG.  However, there is always this big, unspoken agreement that any cheating you can get away with stands.  Over the years, I've seen so many crazy shenanigans that I probably knew more about cheating and deception before I ever started magic."

"First, there's always bribing the maids and butlers to spy or do other things, then bribing them again to make them double agents.  Tawny, basically my nanny for a few years, once told me that some of the staff made thousands helping in the game.  Grandpa Ochre always tries to sneak in some fake card decks to give himself the edge or disadvantage someone.  One year my Aunt Galatea had made a fake board with some different spaces than normal.  When I was older, my dad tried to get me to teach him some card cheating to get the upper hand.  My mom may have drugged someone's drink so they'd be too sleepy to play, but we never confirmed that one.  But the crowning jewel--"

Azzie burst out laughing again, and took half a minute to recover, "The crowning jewel was that year where Trigo hired some old friends to make it look like someone was robbing one of the family's businesses.  Everyone ran to go fix the problem, some maids rearranged the entire board, and no one suspected a thing!  That was the first time the family thought someone had gone too far."