Yes and yes. I followed the rules as a kid. I played the games with the full rules multiple times even, in defiance of everyone saying that everyone only does so once.

Looking at YouTube playthroughs for nostalgia, it looks like the game rules today have the trap set up to start? When I played, the rules were that you had to build it up slowly over the course of the game, one piece at a time, and only once it was built could it be activated. Yes, I played that way.

Question: is this community supposed to be for all things the US usually declares “left wing” such as LGBTQ+, trans rights, identity politics, and liberalism? Because while I’m all for those things, I feel like they aren’t really related to socialism. They’re just good things in general, not socialism good things in specific.