#120162: "Abolish Friendly Robber "
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• Please copy/paste the error message you see on your screen, if applicable.
Friendly robber is not an official rule, yet player are being forced to play this way or face retribution from the other players. I recently played a game where is was never specified or asked that friendly robber be used. I used the robber and was solely targeted for the entire game by every other player, who also brought up in chat that I was not following the "friendly robber rule".
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• Please explain what you wanted to do, what you did and what happened
yes, follow chat and watch robber action by other players.
• Which browser are you using?
Safari v17.3
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use a picture hosting service of your choice (snipboard.io for example) to upload it and copy/paste the link here. Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
Friendly robber is not an official rule, yet player are being forced to play this way or face retribution from the other players. I recently played a game where is was never specified or asked that friendly robber be used. I used the robber and was solely targeted for the entire game by every other player, who also brought up in chat that I was not following the "friendly robber rule".
• Which browser are you using?
Safari v17.3
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
Friendly robber is not an official rule, yet player are being forced to play this way or face retribution from the other players. I recently played a game where is was never specified or asked that friendly robber be used. I used the robber and was solely targeted for the entire game by every other player, who also brought up in chat that I was not following the "friendly robber rule".
• Which browser are you using?
Safari v17.3
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• What was displayed on the screen when you were blocked (Blank screen? Part of the game interface? Error message?)
Friendly robber is not an official rule, yet player are being forced to play this way or face retribution from the other players. I recently played a game where is was never specified or asked that friendly robber be used. I used the robber and was solely targeted for the entire game by every other player, who also brought up in chat that I was not following the "friendly robber rule".
• Which browser are you using?
Safari v17.3
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• Which part of the rules was not followed by the BGA adaptation?
Friendly robber is not an official rule, yet player are being forced to play this way or face retribution from the other players. I recently played a game where is was never specified or asked that friendly robber be used. I used the robber and was solely targeted for the entire game by every other player, who also brought up in chat that I was not following the "friendly robber rule".
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• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
yes, follow chat and watch robber action by other players.
• Which browser are you using?
Safari v17.3
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• What was the game action you wanted to do?
Friendly robber is not an official rule, yet player are being forced to play this way or face retribution from the other players. I recently played a game where is was never specified or asked that friendly robber be used. I used the robber and was solely targeted for the entire game by every other player, who also brought up in chat that I was not following the "friendly robber rule".
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• What did you try to do to trigger this game action?
yes, follow chat and watch robber action by other players.
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• What happened when you tried to do this (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Safari v17.3
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• At which step of the game did the problem occur? What was the current game instruction?
Friendly robber is not an official rule, yet player are being forced to play this way or face retribution from the other players. I recently played a game where is was never specified or asked that friendly robber be used. I used the robber and was solely targeted for the entire game by every other player, who also brought up in chat that I was not following the "friendly robber rule".
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• What happened when you tried to do this game action (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
yes, follow chat and watch robber action by other players.
• Which browser are you using?
Safari v17.3
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• Please describe the display issue. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use a picture hosting service of your choice (snipboard.io for example) to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
Friendly robber is not an official rule, yet player are being forced to play this way or face retribution from the other players. I recently played a game where is was never specified or asked that friendly robber be used. I used the robber and was solely targeted for the entire game by every other player, who also brought up in chat that I was not following the "friendly robber rule".
• Which browser are you using?
Safari v17.3
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use a picture hosting service of your choice (snipboard.io for example) to upload it and copy/paste the link here. Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
Friendly robber is not an official rule, yet player are being forced to play this way or face retribution from the other players. I recently played a game where is was never specified or asked that friendly robber be used. I used the robber and was solely targeted for the entire game by every other player, who also brought up in chat that I was not following the "friendly robber rule".
• Which browser are you using?
Safari v17.3
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
Friendly robber is not an official rule, yet player are being forced to play this way or face retribution from the other players. I recently played a game where is was never specified or asked that friendly robber be used. I used the robber and was solely targeted for the entire game by every other player, who also brought up in chat that I was not following the "friendly robber rule".
• Which browser are you using?
Safari v17.3
Report history
I feel like for what it's worth, it should be noted that Friendly Robber IS an official variant added to the rulebook in an extension game(Traders & Barbarians) that "may be combined in any Catan scenario" according to their website. I copied and pasted it below directly from the rulebook.
Also, from their website:
"The Friendly Robber - Are victory points on face-down cards also taken into account when determining next to which player I may place the friendly robber? No. Only visible victory points are considered."
"The RULE CHANGE:
When a *7* is rolled or a knight card is played, the robber
may not be moved to a terrain hex that is adjacent to a
settlement of a player who only has 2 victory points. If, because of this rule, the robber has no valid terrain hex to
move to, the robber moves to (or remains on) the desert hex
In this case, a resource card may not be taken from any player who only has 2 victory points.
When using this rule, you still lose half of your resource cards
when a "7" is rolled and you have more than 7 resource cards.
WHAT IT IS ABOUT
Who hasn't experienced the frustration of having the robber
moved next to one of your settlements early in the game? Not
only may you lose a resource- the robber blocks crucial
resource production until a *7* is rolled or a knight card is
played. The "Friendly Robber" variant protects you from the
robber until you have more than 2 victory points
Tips for Playing this Variant;
This variant should always be used when playing with family
members, particularly when children are participating in
the game"
I do wish it was possible to have the variant option available to set as a game option so those who want to play with it can, and those who don't want don't have to without the fear of getting targeted.
My take on it currently is that whoever is the "owner" of the table for the online game, should get to set the rule, the same way as I would expect of the owner of a physical game. I set the "house/variant" rules for my games, and I let the owners of the games set them for their games. If we don't agree in person, we pick a different game.
by abusing the rules of the game, he does not get three points so as not to be punished with robber and this is not youthful.
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