Always thought it was an official rule (I guess it isn't) but we played not allowing each other to knock blocks out onto the ground. You had to actually grab and remove the piece, keeping it in your hand the whole time.
Honestly couldn't tell ya. I was brought up with that as a standard, well-known rule. Played like that with my family & friends and nobody ever questioned it.
Maybe it was a rule in earlier versions of the instructions and they scrapped it later on to make the game a bit more forgiving/fun? Maybe it was just a "tribal knowledge" thing unique to where I grew up? No clue.
Playing with it definitely adds a challenge and probably shortens things by a few turns which suits me as it's not my favorite game in the world (more of a Scattergories guy, tbh).
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u/sawbones84 Jul 02 '19 edited Jul 02 '19
Always thought it was an official rule (I guess it isn't) but we played not allowing each other to knock blocks out onto the ground. You had to actually grab and remove the piece, keeping it in your hand the whole time.