Games are full of aids, references and prompts for how to play, but how can a game imply things without being in your face about it?

Forget the player aid, this week Steven, Robert & Evan talk about the implicit rules of the games we love!

(Thanks to Peter McPherson for the question!)

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Cites and Sources

504 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175878/504

Barrage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage

Bitoku - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/323612/bitoku

Concordia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124361/concordia

Ethnos - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206718/ethnos

For Northwood! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334590/northwood-solo-trick-taking-game

Kanban - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev

MLEM: Space Agency - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387378/mlem-space-agency

Money! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125/money

Pax Penning - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/381591/pax-pennin

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Rapido/Excape - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Serenissima - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232/serenissima

Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

Through the Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert

Turncoats - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352238/turncoats

Viking Seesaw - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351810/viking-see-saw

Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis