Oh what ASA has wrought

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Originally posted by Dakota
I lay the blame for this misunderstanding (and this example is far from isolated this season) on the teaching that has arisen from this one sentence in this one POE.

Which is exactly why reading parts of a rule book is a waste of time. You must take the rules, 1 through 12, as a whole.

Yes, there are orphaned remnants out there which Mr. Ryan has vowed to clean up and I have every confidence this will occur.

Meanwhile, take the information you learn from the rules, clinics and casebooks, use a little common sense and apply them to the game you are working.

No use fretting over what cannot be changed immediately in a printed document.

I would love a clear, authoritative, well-understood rule book from which to work ... one that everyone could read and understand. For one, I don't think that's an impossible quest

Be careful for what you ask. Some people want the same thing by having every individual scenario addressed in the rules even though any sense, common or otherwise, would allow hundreds of plays be covered by two sentences.

If one is not careful, the book will end up being marketed by Encyclopedia Brittanica.