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Evan Prodromou

Is it OK to cheat at a board game?

These are interesting results.

I'm "Rarely".

I don't count as cheating any change of rules that all players agree on.

To me, cheating means intentionally acting against the rules without the consent of the other players.

So, cheating is about treating the people around you unfairly.

If it's a game for fun, that seems like a real contradiction of the intent of the practice. Winning is usually meaningless. What matters is connecting.

I would say "rarely" because there may be cases where there are real-world consequences of the game.

They seem to be mostly constructed thought experiments -- playing a game of Agricola to get life-saving medicine for a loved one -- but OK.

One's own integrity, and honest dealing with other players, is not an absolute good compared to all other goods.