From: bicker@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (The Resource, Poet-Magician of Quality)
Subject: Re: Some power questions.
Reply-To: Brian.C.Kohn@att.com (The Resource, Poet-Magician of Quality)
Organization: The Internet
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 12:41:33 GMT
Followup-To: rec.games.board.ce

In article <1992Oct11.035442.17094@Princeton.EDU> woodhams@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Michael Woodhams) writes:
>
>JUDGE: is the judgement "loser gains a base where the winner has a
>foreign base" legal? Even if the judge has no foreign base, so the
>other player cannot gain from the judgement? Or "Winner gets two of
>the loser's cards, of the loser's choice" when Judge has 7 cards and
>after combat the other player will have two? (Currently we play "yes"
>to both questions.)

My read of the rules lead me to believe that the Judge cannot designate
which base(s) the gain-er may establish a base on.  The rules state,
with regard to gaining a base, that the base may be established
"on any planet where [the give-er] already [has] a base"

Certainly the second judgement is permissible.

>FILTH: Currently we play that if filth makes a deal to give someone a base,
>they must abandon the base to let that person on. Is this
>correct/legal?

RTFM.  This is covered on the power card.

>JUDGE/FILTH: If somebody gets a base from Filth due to a judgement,
>does filth have to abandon it, or does the other player just have to
>leave immediately? (Currently we play the latter, but in the past I
>have played the former.)

I'd say that the Filth would have to abandon it, as he would above.  A
judgement is a valid deal, although imposed, and therefore is subject
to all the rules of a deal.  (I'd say that a judgement can be
Breached...what do people think about that?)

>INSECT/CHANGELING: Insect attacks changeling. What happens?
>1) Insect can do nothing. Changeling acts.
>2) Attacker insects changeling, and can take one of the defender's
>powers, giving the defender insect.

I won't touch the multi-power issue, since by defintion (read the rule
book--it's in there) all multi-power issues are house rules.

Otherwise, note that there is no "can" involved.  The Changeling is a
mandatory power.  If the Changeling is the attacker, then the powers
get swapped one way and then back the other way.  If the Insect is the
attacker, the powers get swapped  one way only.

>GAMBLER: Says something like "instead of revealing your card, you may
>bluff about what it is..." Does this mean Gambler gets to see their
>opponent's card first? Or they see it first only if they are defender?

Is that way that power card says?  I think there's a difference between
versions because I'm pretty sure that the Mayfair (?) version requires
the Gambler to use his power.

Gambler always gets to see his opponent's card before bluffing,
regardless of whether he's attacking or defending.

>I have a book in which I try to keep all rulings on such matters.

We've been trying to integrate this stuff in the my Monthly Posting,
but the problem is it would just be a list of Frequently Asked
QUESTIONS, without any consensus answers since most of the time we
cannot agreee to any great extent.  I tried running votes at one point
to settle things, but no one bought into that idea.   Anybody have
ideas about how to do this?



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