Take a penny, leave a penny

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patzer
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I steal half the letters of the things.

The pile now contains a thot, a min, a cog, a po, Chive, 2 fus, a hanky from Chat, and two bus.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I trade the hanky for some different letters to add back.

The pile now contains a throttle, a mine, a cog, a point, some chives, two fuses, and two buses.
unemlightened. they/them.
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I replace the letter “f” with “b”.

The pile now contains a throttle, a mine, a cog, a point, some chives, and 4 buses.
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I use the throttle.

The pile now contains a mine, a cog, a point, some chives, three buses, and one idling bus.
unemlightened. they/them.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I give away the mine.

The pile now contains a yours, a cog, a point, some chives, three buses, and one idling bus.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I remove the point in this.

The pile now contains a yours, a cog, no point, some chives, three buses, and one idling bus.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I sell a bus.

The pile now contains a yours, a cog, no point, some chives, two buses, one idling bus, and $200,000.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I pay the taxes owed on our profits.

The pile now contains a yours, a cog, no point, some chives, two buses, one idling bus, and $148,300.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I buy a bitcoin.

The pile now contains a yours, a cog, no point, some chives, two buses, one idling bus, $100,320, and a bitcoin.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I add a crane.

The pile now contains a yours, a cog, no point, some chives, two buses, one idling bus, $148,300, and a crane.
unemlightened. they/them.
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I discover the yours consists of the whole pile.

The pile now contains a cog, no point, some chives, two buses, one idling bus, $148,300, and a crane. It is yours.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I sharpen a pencil and add it to the pile.

The pile now contains a cog, a point, the rest of a pencil, some chives, two buses, one idling bus, $148,300, and a crane. It is yours.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I drive the bus to church and forget to return it.

The pile now contains a cog, a point, the rest of a pencil, some chives, two buses, $148,300, and a crane. It is yours.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I spend the money irresponsibly and accrue some debt.

The pile now contains a cog, a point, the rest of a pencil, some chives, two buses, $148,300 debt, a house, and a crane. It is yours.
unemlightened. they/them.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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patzer wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 2:35 pm I leave a penny.

The pile now contains a penny.
Patzer, please explain the rules in the first post.
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The Snide Sniper wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:57 pm Patzer, please explain the rules in the first post.
Well, there aren't really any firm rules, but I've added a link to the thread on the old fora for comparison.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I add some rules that roughly explain gameplay.

The pile now contains a cog, a point, the rest of a pencil, some chives, two buses, $148,300 debt, a house, a crane, and some rules. It is yours, if you follow the rules.
unemlightened. they/them.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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*looks at the old thread* Ooh, we can have negatives!

I take a penny.

The pile now contains a cog, a point, the rest of a pencil, some chives, two buses, $148,300.01 debt, a house, a crane, and some rules. It is yours, if you follow the rules.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I take the bus to London.

The pile now contains a cog, a point, the rest of a pencil, some chives, two buses (one of which is in London), $148,300.01 debt, a house, a crane, and some rules. It is yours, if you follow the rules.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I sell another bus to pay off the debt.

The pile now contains a cog, a point, the rest of a pencil, some chives, a bus in London, $51,699.99, a house, a crane, and some rules. It is yours, if you follow the rules.
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patzer
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I eat all but one of the chives and the rest of the pencil.

The pile now contains a cog, a point, a chive, a bus in London, $51,699.99, a house, a crane, and some rules. It is yours, if you follow the rules.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I use the crane on the pile!

The pile is being lifted by a crane, and now contains a cog, a point, a chive, a bus in London, $51,699.99, a house, and some rules. It is yours, if you follow the rules.
unemlightened. they/them.
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patzer
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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The crane breaks.

The pile contains some scrap metal, rubble, a cog, a point, a chive, $51,699.99, and some rules. It is yours, if you follow the rules.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I melt down the pennies in the pile and sell the metal.

The pile contains some scrap metal, rubble, a cog, a point, a chive, $51,700.03, and some rules. It is yours, if you follow the rules.
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Re: Take a penny, leave a penny

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I add a spool of rope.

The pile contains some scrap metal, rubble, a cog, a point, a chive, $51,700.03, a spool of rope, and some rules. It is yours, if you follow the rules.
unemlightened. they/them.
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