# Shell Game

**URL:** <https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/shell-game/415>\
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**Created:** [January 22, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/shell-game/415 "2022-01-22T19:17:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/shell-game/415/1 "2022-01-22T19:17:54Z")

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Originally published at: [https://eldraeverse.com/2022/01/22/shell-game/](https://eldraeverse.com/2022/01/22/shell-game/)

> 90. Don’t play the shell game on Paltraeth. They use a different kind of shells.
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> 145 Things Not To Be Done In The Associated Worlds

The Paltraeth variant of the game is played using three obsolete artillery shells and a sledgehammer. In theory, one of the shells has been defused, and the challenge is to find the dud. In practice, this is a con trick with extra concussion.

It is inadvisable to play this variant without quality armor and a current mind-state backup.

– _A Star Traveler’s Dictionary_

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**Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 6:43am UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/shell-game/415/2 "2022-01-25T06:43:57Z")

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I would think if you have the mind-state backup, you’d want NO armor, to spare yourself the pain.