[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 27 2003, 01:47 AM\'] [quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Oct 26 2003, 04:56 PM\'] It was also just as likely that you'd simply keep the money bag you'd uncovered. Either way you passed your turn, but memorization wasn't always required in order to "Break the Bank". [/quote]
Wow. I'll defer, because I'm sure you've seen more episodes of it more recently than I have, but I could have sworn there was some mechanism in place such that it was in the players interest NOT to claim a bag, because they wouldn't lose their turn. I'll freely admit I'm wrong, tho, if that's the case. [/quote]
OK, we're talking around each other 'cause your last statement is correct but I've led you to believe somehow that it's different from mine. Let's recap.
You always lose your turn when you accept a Money Bag. That's regardless of whether you found one blindly on your turn OR whether you turned one over that you knew about because the other player declined it on an earlier turn. Yes, losing your turn was the strategic disadvantage to accepting a Money Bag. You're gambling that you're going to get your turn back a couple more times to pick up two more bags.
In an earlier message, Chris, you said that "they could pluck them all off in a row", which implied that a player could call for three Money Bags all in the same turn. I was just trying to set the record straight that even if you knew where three were hidden, it still took three turns to get them all and it was still a gamble to accept them since you lost your turn each time.