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* '''Reconstructed''': The game is made more fun because it is largely about the challenge of out-cheating your opponents without getting caught.

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* '''Reconstructed''': The game is made more fun because it is largely about the challenge of out-cheating your opponents without getting caught.caught, as well as having the best methods of detecting cheating.
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** RuleBreaking is acceptable only when [[RefugeInAudacity done openly and not called out]].

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** RuleBreaking Rule breaking is acceptable only when [[RefugeInAudacity done openly and not called out]].
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** Cheating is sanctioned by a single specific role within the game, TheMole. However if they are exposed they suffer very heavy sanctions that can possibly create an instant loss.


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** RuleBreaking is acceptable only when [[RefugeInAudacity done openly and not called out]].

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* '''Inverted''': Even with shaky evidence, any rules violation has strict penalties laid out in the rules.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Even with shaky evidence, any rules violation has strict penalties laid out in the rules.rules.
** Players only cheat when the referees and judges are watching.
** The referees and judges are corrupt and will accuse players of cheating even when they're not while helping their favorite players cheat.

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* '''Straight''': Troperia is a card game. If you can pull it off, it is generally considered acceptable to break the rules.
* '''Exaggerated''': It is in the rules that it works this way, and that you are innocent unless proven guilty, even if everyone knows.
* '''Downplayed''': People generally don't follow the rules strictly, and trying to enforce them will get you called a RulesLawyer.
* '''Justified''': It is really hard to prove that someone was cheating, and they don't want the game ruined by accusations of cheating several turns ago.

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* '''Straight''': Troperia is a In the card game. If you can pull it off, game ''Troperia'', it is generally considered acceptable to break the rules.
rules if no one catches you in the act.
* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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It is explicitly stated in the rules that it works this way, and way.
** The rules say
that you are any person accused of cheating is to be presumed innocent unless proven guilty, even ''even if everyone knows.
knows''.
* '''Downplayed''': People generally don't '''Downplayed''':
** Some players play this way, but most
follow the rules strictly, more closely.
** The rules are generally followed but not strictly enforced,
and trying to enforce them will likely get you called a RulesLawyer.
* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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It is really hard to prove that someone was cheating, and they don't want the game ruined by accusations of cheating several turns ago.ago.
** [[TruthInTelevision People don't always follow the rules of games.]]



* '''Subverted''': AliceAndBob are playing Troperia. Bob slips an extra card into the deck without Alice noticing. Two turns later, Alice says, "Something doesn't feel quite right..."

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* '''Subverted''': AliceAndBob are playing Troperia.''Troperia''. Bob slips an extra card into the deck without Alice noticing. Two turns later, Alice says, "Something doesn't feel quite right..."



* '''Parodied''': The rules limit each player to cheating five times per turn.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some players play this way, some follow the rules more closely.
* '''Averted''': Players generally follow the rules

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* '''Parodied''': The rules limit each player to cheating five times per turn.
turn, and only allow certain forms of cheating.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some players play this way, some follow Bob slips an extra card into the rules more closely.
deck without Alice noticing, but she later says that something's wrong: "My chair seems to be wobbling ... and you cheated! How did we end up with two ''Charlie Troper'' cards?"
* '''Averted''': Players generally follow the rulesrules, and cheating is not considered acceptable, except perhaps as a rare {{house rule|s}}.



* '''Invoked''': Players sometimes decide on this as a formal {{house rule|s}}.

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* '''Invoked''': Players sometimes A group of players decide on this as a formal {{house rule|s}}.rule|s}}, and it catches on.



* '''Defied''': A game has this as an official rule, and players make a house rule that cancels it.

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* '''Defied''': A game has this as an official rule, and but some players make a house rule that cancels it.it. Cheating falls out of favor.
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* '''Subverted''': AliceAndBob are playing Troperia. Bob slips an extra card into the deck without Alice noticing. Two turns later, Alice says, "Something's fishy here..."

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* '''Subverted''': AliceAndBob are playing Troperia. Bob slips an extra card into the deck without Alice noticing. Two turns later, Alice says, "Something's fishy here..."Something doesn't feel quite right..."



* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???The rules limit each player to cheating five times per turn.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
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* '''Subverted''': ???
AliceAndBob are playing Troperia. Bob slips an extra card into the deck without Alice noticing. Two turns later, Alice says, "Something's fishy here..."
* '''Double Subverted''': ???"...My chair's wobbling. I could swear it was just fine a minute ago."



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Yes, I know I cheated. People always seem to let me cheat."



* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???
"I should have cheated. I might have gotten away with it."
* '''Conversed''': ???"Why do fictional characters always get away with cheating? It doesn't work like that in RealLife, and it [[MoralGuardians sets a bad example]] for children."



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%%* '''Intended Audience Reaction''': '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Invoked''': Players sometimes decide on this as a formal [[HoueRules house rule]].

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* '''Invoked''': Players sometimes decide on this as a formal [[HoueRules house rule]].{{house rule|s}}.
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'''Basic Trope''': Rule breaking is considered acceptable if you don't get caught.
* '''Straight''': Troperia is a card game. If you can pull it off, it is generally considered acceptable to break the rules.
* '''Exaggerated''': It is in the rules that it works this way, and that you are innocent unless proven guilty, even if everyone knows.
* '''Downplayed''': People generally don't follow the rules strictly, and trying to enforce them will get you called a RulesLawyer.
* '''Justified''': It is really hard to prove that someone was cheating, and they don't want the game ruined by accusations of cheating several turns ago.
* '''Inverted''': Even with shaky evidence, any rules violation has strict penalties laid out in the rules.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some players play this way, some follow the rules more closely.
* '''Averted''': Players generally follow the rules
* '''Enforced''': The game is intended to be chaotic, and adding in the question of figuring out whether opponents are cheating genuinely makes the game more fun.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Players sometimes decide on this as a formal [[HoueRules house rule]].
* '''Exploited''': Players can build entire strategies based around making it hard to prove that they are cheating.
* '''Defied''': A game has this as an official rule, and players make a house rule that cancels it.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': The game is made less fun because people spend more time trying to prove each other to be cheating that actually playing.
* '''Reconstructed''': The game is made more fun because it is largely about the challenge of out-cheating your opponents without getting caught.
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