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Does anyone feel this is kind of a reference to feudalism?<br />
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Might be related to the rise of legacy board games, in which outcomes of prior matches influence future games. Usually, those have a limited number of plays and they are designed such that prior winner's don't have too much of an advantage in future games. But one could imagine a game that, (if it has no limit to the number of plays), after being played for generations gives a significant advantage to whomever inherited a specific character/player role. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.234|162.158.94.234]] 14:21, 26 May 2021 (UTC) Tobl<br />
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Obligatory reminder to everybody that (1) life is not a competition and (2) money is not "victory points". There are ways to cynically portray these things as such, but fully buying into this paradigm inevitably results in profound unhappiness. mezimm [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.178|172.69.71.178]] 14:54, 26 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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This one was pretty early... maybe Randall’s getting back to schedule? --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.132.119|172.68.132.119]] 15:14, 26 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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anyone notice anything special about 4000000 and 10019, also what is arigola<br />
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:Agricola is a board game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricola_(board_game)] [[Special:Contributions/172.68.102.194|172.68.102.194]] 15:37, 26 May 2021 (UTC)</div>172.68.102.194https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2468:_Inheritance&diff=212534Talk:2468: Inheritance2021-05-26T15:37:37Z<p>172.68.102.194: </p>
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Does anyone feel this is kind of a reference to feudalism?<br />
<br />
Might be related to the rise of legacy board games, in which outcomes of prior matches influence future games. Usually, those have a limited number of plays and they are designed such that prior winner's don't have too much of an advantage in future games. But one could imagine a game that, (if it has no limit to the number of plays), after being played for generations gives a significant advantage to whomever inherited a specific character/player role. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.234|162.158.94.234]] 14:21, 26 May 2021 (UTC) Tobl<br />
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Obligatory reminder to everybody that (1) life is not a competition and (2) money is not "victory points". There are ways to cynically portray these things as such, but fully buying into this paradigm inevitably results in profound unhappiness. mezimm [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.178|172.69.71.178]] 14:54, 26 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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This one was pretty early... maybe Randall’s getting back to schedule? --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.132.119|172.68.132.119]] 15:14, 26 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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anyone notice anything special about 4000000 and 10019, also what is arigola<br />
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Agricola is a board game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricola_(board_game)] [[Special:Contributions/172.68.102.194|172.68.102.194]] 15:37, 26 May 2021 (UTC)</div>172.68.102.194https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2468:_Inheritance&diff=212533Talk:2468: Inheritance2021-05-26T15:37:08Z<p>172.68.102.194: </p>
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Does anyone feel this is kind of a reference to feudalism?<br />
<br />
Might be related to the rise of legacy board games, in which outcomes of prior matches influence future games. Usually, those have a limited number of plays and they are designed such that prior winner's don't have too much of an advantage in future games. But one could imagine a game that, (if it has no limit to the number of plays), after being played for generations gives a significant advantage to whomever inherited a specific character/player role. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.234|162.158.94.234]] 14:21, 26 May 2021 (UTC) Tobl<br />
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Obligatory reminder to everybody that (1) life is not a competition and (2) money is not "victory points". There are ways to cynically portray these things as such, but fully buying into this paradigm inevitably results in profound unhappiness. mezimm [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.178|172.69.71.178]] 14:54, 26 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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This one was pretty early... maybe Randall’s getting back to schedule? --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.132.119|172.68.132.119]] 15:14, 26 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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anyone notice anything special about 4000000 and 10019, also what is arigola<br />
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Agricola is a board game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricola_(board_game)] [[Special:Contributions/172.68.102.194|172.68.102.194]] 15:37, 26 May 2021 (UTC)</div>172.68.102.194https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2468:_Inheritance&diff=2125322468: Inheritance2021-05-26T15:34:41Z<p>172.68.102.194: Fixed formatting</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2468<br />
| date = May 26, 2021<br />
| title = Inheritance<br />
| image = inheritance.png<br />
| titletext = People ask me whether I feel any moral qualms about the source of the points, but if he hadn't introduced factory farming to Agricola, someone else would have.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an AGRICOLA FACTORY FARMER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic is in reference to strategy board games, which often have players collect some type of point system used as "currency". The joke in this comic is that cueball's grandfather (a tycoon in the board game Agricola according to the title text) handed down a massive sum of points. This is like in real life where people grow wealthy by inheriting vast sums of money from ancestors.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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[Ponytail, White Hat, Megan, and Cueball are playing a board game. There are drinks on the table. Ponytail is writing something]<br />
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Ponytail: Let's see...I got 31, you have 28, 35 for you, and-<br />
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Cueball: -I've got 10,019.<br />
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Ponytail: *Sigh*<br />
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Cueball: Hey, add another 20 to everyone, on me!<br />
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White Hat: I hate this. <br />
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[Caption beneath the panel:]<br />
No one wants to play board games with me ever since I inherited 4,000,000 victory points from my grandfather.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>172.68.102.194https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2468:_Inheritance&diff=2125312468: Inheritance2021-05-26T15:34:08Z<p>172.68.102.194: Fixed another "Cuball"</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2468<br />
| date = May 26, 2021<br />
| title = Inheritance<br />
| image = inheritance.png<br />
| titletext = People ask me whether I feel any moral qualms about the source of the points, but if he hadn't introduced factory farming to Agricola, someone else would have.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an AGRICOLA FACTORY FARMER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic is in reference to strategy board games, which often have players collect some type of point system used as "currency". The joke in this comic is that cueball's grandfather (a tycoon in the board game Agricola according to the title text) handed down a massive sum of points. This is like in real life where people grow wealthy by inheriting vast sums of money from ancestors.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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[Ponytail, White Hat, Megan, and Cueball are playing a board game. There are drinks on the table. Ponytail is writing something]<br />
<br />
Ponytail: Let's see...I got 31, you have 28, 35 for you, and-<br />
Cueball: -I've got 10,019.<br />
Ponytail: *Sigh*<br />
Cueball: Hey, add another 20 to everyone, on me!<br />
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White Hat: I hate this. <br />
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[Caption beneath the panel:]<br />
No one wants to play board games with me ever since I inherited 4,000,000 victory points from my grandfather.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>172.68.102.194https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2468:_Inheritance&diff=2125302468: Inheritance2021-05-26T15:33:28Z<p>172.68.102.194: Added description and fixed Cuball -> Cueball</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2468<br />
| date = May 26, 2021<br />
| title = Inheritance<br />
| image = inheritance.png<br />
| titletext = People ask me whether I feel any moral qualms about the source of the points, but if he hadn't introduced factory farming to Agricola, someone else would have.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an AGRICOLA FACTORY FARMER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic is in reference to strategy board games, which often have players collect some type of point system used as "currency". The joke in this comic is that cueball's grandfather (a tycoon in the board game Agricola according to the title text) handed down a massive sum of points. This is like in real life where people grow wealthy by inheriting vast sums of money from ancestors.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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[Ponytail, White Hat, Megan, and Cuball are playing a board game. There are drinks on the table. Ponytail is writing something]<br />
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Ponytail: Let's see...I got 31, you have 28, 35 for you, and-<br />
Cueball: -I've got 10,019.<br />
Ponytail: *Sigh*<br />
Cueball: Hey, add another 20 to everyone on me!<br />
<br />
White Hat: I hate this. <br />
<br />
[Caption beneath the panel:]<br />
No one wants to play board games with me ever since I inherited 4,000,000 victory points from my grandfather.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>172.68.102.194