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* In some board games, it is possible for a player to be in a situation where there are no legal moves to be made, such as stalemate in [[
** The 50-move rule (the game is a draw if no pawns have been moved and no captures have been made after each player has taken 50 consecutive moves at any stage of the game) was added because it was thought that the game was Unwinnable when it had devolved into such a state. Then someone found a way to mate a player this way...
* ''Dragon Realms'' has the potential to create this for one or more players and make things very annoying for the others. If a player is very low on cash, a natural disaster like a flood can destroy enough of their railroad that they can't afford to repair it and are cutoff from any city where they could make more money. As a last resort they discard their contract cards and draw a new set of contract cards hoping to get one that will get them the money to proceed. However, this increases the chance that another disaster card will be drawn which only makes things worse. They have legal actions in the game but those actions get them nowhere. The other players now have to deal with the possibility of a natural disaster card every other round instead of every five to six rounds. Also having one player sit around for another hour or two locked in an unwinnable situation is not a pleasant experience for everyone. Since lending other players money is not allowed, the others players will find a way to pay the stuck player rent money for using their railroad just to get them back into the game.
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** An [[Obvious Rule Patch]] changed it so that if you "Pass Through Rock" and end your turn in one of the empty rooms or hallways, you are considered to have ended your turn inside solid rock, and [[Tele Frag|died messily.]]
** In some ''[[Hero Quest]]'' games, the rules state that the players can only search once in a given room. This can lead to some of the quests becoming unwinnable.
* ''[[Betrayal
** It says something this game ended up getting a ''20-page'' errata book to correct all the errors, and some are still there.
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