I have some house rules for Pinochle that I genuinely prefer over the usual ones (my friends and I count AKQ as points instead of A10K), but my family keeps saying I'm overruled because the "real" ones say otherwise.
If it's just a game, and for fun, why are house rules invalid?
Responses:
Coach
Games aren't about fun, they're about winning.
Coach
Any actual fun must derive from winning the game, not from simple participation.
Coach
The best way to win a game is to practice, practice, practice, until you are sore, then practice some more.
Coach
Now how would it work if every rinky-dink backwoods High School football team had their own "special rules" that they used at homegames?
Coach
You're creating a special situation that one team has practiced for while ruining any meaningful statistical comparisions between games.
Fry
Calm down Coach, it's just a card game.
Coach
Fry, that's exactly the kind of loser talk that would have kept you on the bench if you had somehow managed to pass try-outs.
Nuriko
Screw you, Coach! I always hated football anyway.
Fry
Just don't let him know you use the Free Parking Lottery rule in Monopoly, or don't go into auction mode if someone lands on a property and doesn't buy it right away.
