# Which way do you go? **URL:** \ **Category:** Boardgames\ **Created:** [13 November 2021 20:33 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389 "2021-11-13T20:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bruitist](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bruitist/32/31788_2.png) [@bruitist](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/bruitist)\ **Post date:** [13 November 2021 20:33 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/1 "2021-11-13T20:33:02Z")
Tom Scott has put up a new video of him playing No Thanks with some other YouTube people and I’ve noticed that, like in his previous video where they played Skull, they’re passing everything anti-clockwise. [![](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/c/c/cc4d24565b94839ef62b6f07205ed0a56cc8fdeb.jpeg "I regret being the host of this | Tom Scott, Matt Parker, dodie, and Sophie Ward play No Thanks") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaFTKRjMY68) So, it made me wonder, is this the standard way for anyone else? Other than games where it changes/turn order is determined some other way, what direction do you go in? ---
**Author:** ![Assussanni](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/assussanni/32/11057_2.png) [@Assussanni](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Assussanni)\ **Post date:** [13 November 2021 20:47 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/2 "2021-11-13T20:47:06Z")
Usually I naturally go clockwise, unless I’ve recently played a lot of Mah-jongg and my brain has become configured to expect an anti-clockwise direction of play. ---
**Author:** ![VictorViper](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/victorviper/32/1293_2.png) [@VictorViper](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/VictorViper)\ **Post date:** [13 November 2021 20:49 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/3 "2021-11-13T20:49:59Z")
It’s just that Matt Parker is Australian. Tom wanted to be a good host. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [13 November 2021 21:02 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/4 "2021-11-13T21:02:47Z")
Yeah, canonical play direction for me (England) is clockwise viewed from above. ---
**Author:** ![GeeBizzle](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/geebizzle/32/20606_2.png) [@GeeBizzle](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/GeeBizzle)\ **Post date:** [13 November 2021 21:06 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/5 "2021-11-13T21:06:25Z")
Clockwise every time. I get easily confused in games that invert turn direction. ---
**Author:** ![pillbox](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/pillbox/32/1031_2.png) [@pillbox](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/pillbox)\ **Post date:** [13 November 2021 23:01 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/6 "2021-11-13T23:01:44Z")
Always clockwise, except after that one game that made us play anti-clockwise (important to mechanisms in the game where things got passed in specific directions)… We as a group struggled to switch back to clockwise for the next 3 gaming sessions. It is now an inside joke to claim to play clockwise while proceeding anti-clockwise. ---
**Author:** ![mistercrayon](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mistercrayon](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/mistercrayon)\ **Post date:** [13 November 2021 23:42 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/7 "2021-11-13T23:42:19Z")
we go either: vertically down (Boardgame arena) or Both ways simultaneously (2 player). I’m not sure what the correct way is really. So few games have fixed orders now I think - probably clockwise for our last game of anomia at the pub. ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [14 November 2021 01:30 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/8 "2021-11-14T01:30:04Z")
That video was good fun. Especially the first seven minutes, during which someone’s profession proves to be an appalling disadvantage : ) ---
**Author:** ![Chewy77](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/chewy77/32/1035_2.png) [@Chewy77](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Chewy77)\ **Post date:** [14 November 2021 23:57 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/9 "2021-11-14T23:57:48Z")
Clockwise, unless nobody noticed and we went the wrong way. And then you have games that mess your turn order up. Like Brass or 18XX games (City of Big Shoulders included). And there is always a bit of a surprise now and then: “Oh! Is it my turn??”. But it is easier than moving people from where they were seated initially, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\ **Post date:** [15 November 2021 01:22 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/10 "2021-11-15T01:22:32Z")
This is what makes 2 player games so appealing! We always go clockwise, barring games with rules where the turn order changes (Inis, TI4 (for the one-half time we played it), Imperial Assault, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [15 November 2021 08:08 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/11 "2021-11-15T08:08:48Z")
Clockwise–even though I am lefthanded and sometimes get mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/marx/32/28667_2.png) [@Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Marx)\ **Post date:** [15 November 2021 12:23 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/12 "2021-11-15T12:23:05Z")
I default to counterclockwise, but most of the Canadians I play with or talk about games with at the store all seem to go clockwise. ---
**Author:** ![Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/acacia/32/6915_2.png) [@Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Acacia)\ **Post date:** [15 November 2021 14:18 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/13 "2021-11-15T14:18:41Z")
I go clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern. ---
**Author:** ![Najim](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/65b543/32.png) [@Najim](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Najim)\ **Post date:** [15 November 2021 14:36 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/14 "2021-11-15T14:36:18Z")
In Switzerland you go usually counterclockwise, or as the saying goes “the way you slap someone” however, since our group are full of expats we go clockwise. Besides, I think many rulebooks say that the player on left is the next player. ---
**Author:** ![pillbox](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/pillbox/32/1031_2.png) [@pillbox](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/pillbox)\ **Post date:** [15 November 2021 15:17 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/15 "2021-11-15T15:17:09Z")
> [@Najim](#): > > “the way you slap someone” I have so many questions. ---
**Author:** ![Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/acacia/32/6915_2.png) [@Acacia](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Acacia)\ **Post date:** [15 November 2021 19:47 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/16 "2021-11-15T19:47:08Z")
I had to check my work, for some reason, and see that hurricanes actually go the opposite of what I said. This will set me up for better coriolis jokes in the future, though. ---
**Author:** ![Whistle\_Pig](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/whistle_pig/32/1052_2.png) [@Whistle\_Pig](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Whistle_Pig)\ **Post date:** [15 November 2021 20:16 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/17 "2021-11-15T20:16:07Z")
I’m sure you could wrap in something about high-pressure gaming if you want to maintain the meteorological correctness of your original joke 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [15 November 2021 22:45 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/which-way-do-you-go/3389/18 "2021-11-15T22:45:39Z")
Heh. VictorViper made the same joke and had caused me to do similar research : ) IIUC you would need a specially-prepared gaming group in order for the Coriolis effect to influence the direction of play.