WE R GOING TO TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH HERE AT MIGHTY SPADES IN REGARDS TO OWNERS...MODS AND MEMBERS....WE FEEL THAT AS WE ALL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER THAT A MEMBERS INPUT INTO THE LEAGUE AS A WHOLE COUNTS AS MUCH AS THE OWNERS AND MODS...WITH THIS IN MIND WE WANT EVERY MEMBER IN THIS LEAGUE TO HAVE A PART IN THE GAME RULES AS WELL AS THE OVERALL PATH THAT THIS LEAGUE TAKES REGARDING ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR ETC..........WE R GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THIS LEAGUE VIA A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MAJORITY RULE.....BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL CONSIST OF OWNERS....MODS AND MEMBERS THAT HAVE REACHED WHAT WE WILL REFER TO AS A REGULAR STATUS WITH OUR LEAGUE....ANY OWNER OR MOD WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE OR BAN A MEMBER BASED ON UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR....BUT WHEN POSSIBLE THESE SHOULD BE HANDELED  AFTER CONFERING WITH FELLOW MODS AND OR OWNERS....GAME TIMES....BATTLES...PROMOS....GAME IDEAS....GAME NAMES ETC....ALL ARE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION...

GAME RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS........

FORFEIT TIMES FOR SPADES AND CANASTA ARE 10 MINS...ALL OTHER GAMES...IE. DOMINOS,POOL,GIN,HEARTS OR EUCHRE ARE 3 MINS....BUT WE ASK THAT YOU USE COMMON SENSE JUDGEMENT ON THESE..EXAMPLE THE PERSON YOUR PLAYING DOESNT SHOW FOR THE GAME..3 MIN THEN FF....PERSON SHOWS BUT FALLS OUT....TRY TO ALOT FOR THEM TIME TO RETURN...ALSO IF MOD IS PRESENT YOU MAY ASK THEM AS WELL.

IN POOL ....NO BALL IN HAND...JUST AS IN REGULAR POOL....IF YOUR OPPONENT SCRATCHES YOU MUST SHOOT FROM BEHIND THE LINE AND ONLY AT BALLS ACROSS THE LINE ...IF ANY OF YOUR BALLS ARE BEHIND THE LINE YOUR BALL MUST CROSS THE LINE FIRST AND STRIKE ATLEAST 1 RAIL BEFORE STIKING YOUR BALL.

ANY GAME RULES NOT PRESENTLY LISTED WILL FALL UNDER YAHOO GAME RULES...AND THIS RULES LIST IS OPEN FOR REVIEW BASED ON ANY UNFORSEEN COMPLICATIONS