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Game Design in Schools [closed]
If you could mod any board game and create a version which assesses scientific and mathematical concepts, which one would you change?
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please recommend some movies for contract bridge? [closed]
Just wonder, are there movies for contract bridge? there are "color of money" for billiard, "the major league" for baseball etc... I'd like to watch a couple of good movies for contract bridge.
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Can casinos protect themselves against card counters by limiting bet variations in blackjack?
For reason discussed below, "card counters" make their money by observing the flow of cards as they leave the deck. This is legal in most cases (although it's a felony to use a "device" such as a ...
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Can I target an indestructible creature with a 'destroy target creature' spell?
Of course the spell won't resolve, but is the indestructible creature a legal target for a spell with the effect "destroy target creature"?
For example, can I target Gideon, Champion of Justice, ...
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How do Rum and Lucky Duke/Horse Shoes interact?
With the introduction of the Gold Rush expansion, there is no FAQ on how to handle Lucky Duke/Horse Shoes with Rum.
Lucky Duke says each time he "draws!" flip the top two cards and chose one. Horse ...
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Can one player put more than one of his agents at Waterdeep Harbor?
In Lords of Waterdeep, can I place more than one of my agents at Waterdeep Harbor?
For example, at the end of the round, can two of my agents occupy two spaces at Waterdeep Harbor?
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Diana Stanley dreams of a sunken city
Does Diana Stanley gain sanity from doom tokens when the environment "Dream of a Sunken City" is in play?
Diana Stanley's unique ability:
Dark Insight - Any Phase: Gain 1 Sanity or 1 Stamina each ...
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In bridge, are “sequences” more valuable than non-sequences of similar point count?
In backgammon, for instance, sequences of "points" are more valuable than the same number of points out of sequence. That is the 6-5, or 6-5-4 points, are more valuable than the 6-4, or 6-4-2 points ...
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Rolling for Horror Between Rooms with No Door
The setup for Story 2 contains adjacent rooms with no wall or door. The rules say that you must roll for horror when entering a room with a monster or when a monster enters the room. My assumption ...
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Confused About Stunned Investigators
When an investigator is stunned I understand that it limits the moves from 2 to 1. Optionally, the investigator can spend their action to remove the stun. If I spend the action first, is the move ...
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Can an investigator carry more than one weapon?
The rule book doesn't say anything specifically about this (or I'm just missing it). Does anyone know if an investigator can carry more than one weapon and if so, do you choose which weapon you're ...
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Can I save my spark trooper with a delayed flicker?
What exactly defines the beginning and end of a specific step? Because I'm wondering if my logic seems solid enough.
I'm thinking of trying to avoid the sac requirement on my Spark Trooper by using ...
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Can the Balrog be used before going into decline?
My friends and I had an argument over this the other night. The rules say that the Balrog can be used at "any point during your turn." So I attempted to use him to ruin my friends day (taking out one ...
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What is the name of this game where you place colored cubes on a tiled grid?
I played a game about 5 years ago; pretty sure it would be classified as a Euro game. You have a player mat made by putting a few tiles together, I think a 2x2 square of square tiles. Each tile has a ...
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Playing Settlers of Catan with a D12 instead of 2D6
Has anyone tried this?
Does it break the game?
Does it make it easier/quicker?
Assuming a 1 gave no resources to anyone and a 7 still invoked the robber how different a game would this make Settlers?
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Do other players replenish their traded cards after a trading phase in Bohnanza?
In Bohnanza say I have 5 cards during a round.
Another player is in his trading phase and I trade a card with him, I put the traded card on my trading area and then plant it on my field.
I'm now down ...
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Can an indestructible creature die by a combination of damage and -X/-X effects?
Say I have a 5/5 indestructible creature. An opponent plays a 3 damage spell on this creature. After that spell resolves, the opponent then plays a spell which gives the creature -2/-2 until end of ...
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Can non basic lands be tapped for colorless mana?
For example, Evolving Wilds has a mana fixing ability, but it doesn't say you can tap it for mana. Other non-basic lands have a mana ability listed on the card. Should I assume that Evolving Winds ...
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In Smallworld, do Fortresses pay the +1 VC only on the turn they are placed, or do they each pay for every turn that the race is active?
The question is regarding the fortresses. If they each pay +1 VC for each turn that they are on the map and your race is active, then they become quite powerful because the VC will be building ...
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How can we make Don Bell more balanced?
With Don Bell having 4 bullets and the ability to get an extra turn after the first (on a draw of a heart or diamond), he can become an overpowered character very quickly. He is likely to get 1 more ...
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When would you “slot” points in backgammon?
In backgammon, substantial value is placed on making consecutive points in your home board. So much so, that some players would use say, an opening 6-2 to place a lone, exposed, man on the five point, ...
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Playing Arkham Horror in a counter-players role as the Herald of the Ancient one or something similar? [closed]
For those that have played games like Descent: Journeys in the Dark where an Overlord player is pitted against a heroic party, actively working against the players and laying down traps and other such ...
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Ensuring a game of Arkham Horror runs quickly even with new players [duplicate]
I am teaching the game to a ton of new people this week. I was going to be playing with only 3 others and planned to join in myself, but now that we're up to 8 players including me, I figured the game ...
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Teaching Arkham Horror to new players
I am teaching the game to a ton of new people this week. I was going to be playing with only 3 others and planned to join in myself, but now that we're up to 8 players including me, I figured the game ...
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Why did I win “Asia Passport” achievement early?
I'm playing iPad edition. Fifth Legendary Asia achievement says:
Asia Passport: Win all achievements for the Legendary Asia map.
I thought it means that I have to win first four achievements.
For ...
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Playing the Role of an Arkham Master in Arkham Horror? [closed]
I am teaching the game to a ton of new people Thursday. I was going to be playing with only 3 others and planned to join in myself, but now that we're up to 8 players including me, I figured the game ...
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Does gaining +x/+x trigger “when counters are added” abilities?
If I had a Fathom Mage and played Giant Growth onto it would the "gain +3/+3" activate the ability to draw a card when a counter is added, or are stat improvements and counters completely separate?
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Looking for the “magic'al” formula
Im a big fan of the Magic the Gathering trading card game.
And with all these new cards coming in, I was wondering how the cards were balanced, and manacost calculated.
Im thinking there must be a ...
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what is a storage counter on a land card and how do you use it?
I have a card called Calciform Pools. It uses something called a storage counter. What is it and how do you use it?
Card Text:
Tap: Add {1} to your mana pool.
{1}, Tap: Put a storage counter ...
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What are the chances of shooting the moon in Hearts?
In Hearts, we just want to avoid getting any heart card or the Queen of Spades. But if we can get all 14 cards, we shoot the moon and everybody else gets 26 points.
So, given a fair shuffle, what's ...
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Do cards that say “Each player…” target me?
I have a True Believer out which gives me shroud. My opponent has an enchantment that says that each player must sacrifice whenever he sacrifices a card. Does the enchantment target me, thus allowing ...
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What is the appropriate way to snipe a king that castles through check?
In lightning chess matches (matches with time controls of 3 minutes or less on each side), some players play with the rule of "king sniping" - that is, to save time, if the opponent played a move that ...
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Was the blind chess match between Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty in the movie Game of Shadows real/plausible?
I saw the movie and was wowed by two things: the blind chess match in which Holmes wins with the move Bishop-Bishop 8, discovered check; and the mental fist fight they have in their minds. It's such a ...
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I Don't Understand Scab-Clan Charger's Ability
I have this card and I don't understand the following:
Discard Scab-Clan Charger: Target attacking creature gets +2/+4 until
end of turn
Alright, so the discard makes sense. What is "Target ...
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Am I at legal risk if I use a mechanism from another game in my own design?
I'm juggling with a card game idea based on a popular fantasy universe. The game still has a long way to go yet.
But before I really invest in developing the card game I want to make sure I'm not ...
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What's the best strategy for winning while using all 3 stations in Ticket to Ride Europe?
Ticket to Ride Europe pocket edition has an achievement that I just can't get! It's winning using all 3 stations during the game. Can anyone suggest any strategies on any of the following:
Should I ...
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Where can I find price-lists for Star Trek CCG cards?
I have some Star Trek CCG cards from the Decipher game in the 1990s. I'm looking to discover if any of these cards have economic value.
I've tried looking at starcitygames.com and tcgplayer.com, but ...
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If a +1/+1 counter is removed after a creature takes damage, does it die?
I have two creatures out. Creature One gives Creature Two +1/+1. Creature One is a 2/2 and Creature Two is a 4/4 after adding the +1/+1 from Creature Two.
My opponent casts a spell doing 3 damage ...
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How can I speed up the setup of Eclipse?
I think I got everything separated and packed pretty well (including the upgrade tiles), but what's really taking a long time during setup is the cubes.
Is there a way to set it up faster for ...
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If I am going to start playing Magic The Gathering, what set should I start with?
I know how this site works so I'm going to try my hardest to ask questions that have answers and aren't too open to interpretation.
I'm considering getting (back) into Magic. My son is 12 now and he ...
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Do I still get to draw cards if I can't sacrifice Soul Ransom when its ability resolves?
Soul Ransom has an interesting ability:
Discard two cards: Soul Ransom's controller sacrifices it, then draws two cards. Only any opponent may activate this ability.
I'm aware that the normal ...
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Where can I get my Magic the Gathering play critiqued?
I started playing Magic again last year right after the release of Dark Ascension after a long hiatus. I decided to get more serious in trying to win, but I've hit a roadblock in my play. I go x-1 in ...
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If a blank POI marker is set on fire, does it still count as a victim?
We've tried to understand the manual, but maybe the fact that it is written in English, which is not our mother language, could be making it hard for us to understand.
When an explosion occurs, and ...
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Can a POI be placed on top of smoke?
We played for the first time last night, and we tried the family version to start to understand the game. The situation arose where a smoke marker came up on top of a POI marker.
The POI marker was ...
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What distribution of ICE should I have in my deck?
When building Corporation decks for Android: Netrunner, I've been finding it difficult to get the balance of ICE in my deck right. For instance, in my most recent deck, I've found that I've put a ...
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Does the investigator have to evade after combat?
I've been through the rule book several times and we've only played the game twice so it could be I'm missing something. The scenario is this:
The keeper moves a monster into an investigator's space. ...
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Miniature painting - what does it mean to seal the model?
I was watching a couple of miniature painting tutorials and both times the narrator referred to "sealing" the model. I'm not quite sure what he meant by this. What does sealing a model refer to?
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What happens when the Runner stack is empty?
When the corporation R&D is empty the corporation loses. What happens when the Runner's stack is empty?
I think that: He must finish the game with only the cards on the table.
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I doubt ...
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Can we fake-advance any card?
Some Assets can be advanced (e.g. Project Junebug) and some can't (e.g. Snare!). Is it OK to advance any asset cards to make them look like Agenda?
For example, with the ambush assets the Runner ...
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Adding additional weapons to rock-paper-scissors
Many of us are probably aware of the classic 'Rock-paper-scissors' game. I'm looking for an expansion with as many weapons as possible.
One popular alternative is 'Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock'. ...
