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Are card recommendation questions on-topic?
I think they should be (& remain) on topic.
These questions are generally well-scoped and are about achieving a specific functional purpose within a game. For card games like Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, ...
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Is it acceptable to ask for the rules or instructions to an obscure board game?
This is perfectly acceptable as finding the rules for a board game is on topic even if it is an obscure one. The fact that you have done some searching on your own is also good as it shows you are not ...
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Are chess questions on-topic here?
It has always been the philosophy of the StackExchange network that determining whether a topic is on topic should be done on a purely per-site basis, without considering whether the topic is on topic ...
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Are well-defined theoretical or custom Magic questions on-topic?
I am generally in favor of questions about custom Magic cards. They're interesting ways of exploring nuances in the rules, and that's valuable especially with rules as complex as Magic's.
I think ...
murgatroid99Mod
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Are legal questions on topic?
I'd strongly prefer that legal questions (of either category) be off-topic.
I get that people are interested in such questions, and it'd be cool to get actual answers. But although legal questions ...
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Are legal questions on topic?
It is hard enough to avoid questions which ask for specific legal advice on Law Stack Exchange itself, when we have moderators and experienced users that have fine-tuned the skill to tell apart the ...
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Are questions regarding similar game suggestion on-topic?
We do not allow game recommendation questions. Please see the What topics can I ask about here? and the What types of questions should I avoid asking? pages in the help center for more information ...
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Are 'what cards can I get that do X' questions allowed?
Yes, those questions are allowed. This kind of question is different from "list questions" because the possible answers are drawn from a specific known list, so it is possible to verify that ...
murgatroid99Mod
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Are game copyright issues on topic here?
I would say they are not on topic here as the legal issues can be very tricky and users on this site are not expected to have the required legal knowledge to properly answer those questions. I can ...
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Card Game Legal Questions are off topic (apparently) can this be added to the of topic FAQ?
I wholeheartedly disagree with Pat's answer, and think that we should be explicit that legal questions are off topic if that is the stance that we are going to take.
We do accept questions that are ...
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Are pricing and value questions on topic?
Pricing questions should be on topic regardless, and the community should use their votes to push low quality answers to the bottom.
I am not a fan of making rules where crowd moderation can work ...
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Are questions asking whether a category of games exists on-topic?
These questions must be taken on a case-by-case basis. Generally they'll be off-topic, but some may be on-topic.
First and foremost, we do not want to allow people to skirt the rules on ...
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Asked a Yes/No question on mechanics, but Closed for Opinion Based?
I disagree that this is a simple yes/no question as it seem pretty clear that it does have a big impact on the balance of the game with the question being what kind of impact it would have (positive/...
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Canonical question request: "Is it legal to play a third party's online implementation of a board game?"
We should not make a canonical answer for the simple reason is that the answer to the question of a third party online implementation being legal depends on the game and third party in question.
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Asked a Yes/No question on mechanics, but Closed for Opinion Based?
It wasn't a yes/no question at the time it was closed.
Being yes/no doesn't make a question immune to being closed as primarily opinion-based anyway. “Are these mechanics cool?” is a yes/no question. ...
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Are questions about software simulating card games still on-topic?
For questions 1 and 2 they are both shopping questions, therefore they are off-topic. "Is there X?" questions may not look like a shopping question, but as your answer shows it really is. The problem ...
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Are questions asking whether a category of games exists on-topic?
"Are there any X" is an example of a question where there is no actual problem to be solved. The proper response is, "Why do you want to know?"
You should only ask practical, answerable questions ...
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Asked a Yes/No question on mechanics, but Closed for Opinion Based?
I suspect that the original "too opinion based" was related to the wording of the question as asking for advice. With the edits, the focus on mechanical conflicts makes it looks a lot more objective ...
murgatroid99Mod
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What does the help center mean by "the preparation of miniatures/terrain/etc."?
If the game is on topic for B&CG.SE (ex. Warhammer), then questions about building and painting miniatures and terrain for those games are also on topic. While most of the questions we get are ...
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Are questions regarding historical tournament results of MTG decks on-topic?
Yes, regardless of the deck
As murgatroid says:
A rule about whether questions are on topic needs to depend on the topic itself, not on external information about the specific subject.
Let the votes ...
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Are game development resource recommendations on-topic?
I would argue that the answer should be a "No".
Game recommendations are IMO borderline relevant, but game design and questions related to game design is a completely different topic. Even the ...
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Are game development resource recommendations on-topic?
I think this is a duplicate of Why are game recommendation questions off-topic?, because I don't see why any of that reasoning wouldn't apply here. Card recommendations are the exception to the rule ...
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Are pricing and value questions on topic?
General pricing questions should be on topic
One question we have is How do I find out a fair price for my Magic the Gathering cards?. This question is a general strategy of how to determine the ...
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