Board game mechanics and rule systems establish parameters for play that all players must follow. Monopoly includes 'Go' as a mandatory checkpoint space that all players must pass with established rules for collection and progression. However, when a player's understanding of mandatory movement and rule enforcement is fundamentally different from the game designer's intended interpretation, the rules themselves become negotiable and what was formerly mandatory becomes optional or eliminated based on the dominant player's preference.

A 1979 game night host named Samuel Pierce played Monopoly with an unusual guest and made notes about gameplay that became increasingly fragmented: 'Go was treated as optional. He didn't stop there. Rules changed. Nobody argued. Game continued under his parameters.' He never played traditional board games again.

This fact surfaces in board game and gaming culture discussions, always with the understanding that sometimes game rules represent guidelines that stronger personalities can simply override—and that certain people create their own rule systems by force of personality.