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If more than one user is on a twist phase do they each draw their own phase?
In Phase 10 Twist there are only 10 twist phases. If everybody drew their own twist phase then we'd run out really quickly.
So, if more than one person is on a twist phase at a time, do they all ...
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In bridge, should a defender play differently with most, about half, or few of the partnership's points?
This example is from Victor Mollo's "Test Your Defense, Where the Points are Won."
You are East. The bidding has been 1NT pass 3NT pass. West leads what looks to be the fourth highest spade. You ...
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When the bio-terrorist is eliminated, do they discard their cards?
When the bio-terrorist is eliminated from play (via the purple disease being eradicated), should they discard their current hand of infection cards to the infection discard pile?
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Can all players change roles with “New Assigment”?
In Pandemic On The Brink, the wording for the "New Assignment" special event card says:
Any player (including the current player) may discard their current Role card and select a new one from the ...
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Can I sacrifice a creature that is only temporarily under my control?
A creature is placed "under my control until the end of turn" through a sorcery spell.
Do I have the option of sacrificing said creature if I cast a "sacrifice a creature" instant, or have a creature ...
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Curse die rolls by dead taoists
In Ghost Stories you can exorcise two ghosts at once if you are on a corner and there is a ghost on each space adjacent to you. I played a game where I successfully exorcised both of these ghosts but ...
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Looking for an Online Card Shuffler and Drawer
For some play-by-forum games I'm looking into creating specific card based games that allow people to moderate on their own.
Specifically I'm looking into 7 Wonders. The only thing a mod needs to do ...
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What to do when all 3 diplomacy tokens are in use and you need a 4th?
The Cities expansion comes with 3 diplomacy tokens.
In each game there could be 4 (5 with Manneken Pis) ways to get a token:
age I city Residence
age II city Consulate
age III city Embassy
wonder ...
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Does 'shuffle your library' mandate that the cards actually change order?
According to the comprehensive rules, the definition of shuffling is thus:
701.16a To shuffle a library or a face-down pile of cards, randomize the cards within it so that no player knows their ...
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Can I use Elbrus as my Commander?
Elbrus, the Binding Blade, is a Legendary Artifact - Equipment that transforms into Withengar Unbound, a Black Legendary Demon. Can I use Elbrus/Withengar as a Commander, and if I can, is my deck ...
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Can the Mask of Avacyn be targeted by spells after being equipped to a creature?
Can the Mask of Avacyn be targeted by spells after it's been equipped to a creature?
This is an odd question, because the mask gives the equipped creature a +1/+2 and has hexproof and says it "can't ...
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What does, “It can't be regenerated” mean?
I destroyed my opponent's permanent with Putrefy, an Instant that reads:
Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.
He returned it to the top of his library with Golgari ...
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If Realmwright is removed from the battlefield, do the changed lands remain dual colored?
I just came by Realmwright and it didn't give any discussion on whether the changed lands are permanently changed or not if the creature leaves the battlefield.
Does anyone have any info on this?
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How does Fist of Suns work with my Commander?
I am working on a deck that features Progenitus as my Commander and started looking at Fist of Suns. Besides just being good because of the large number of high cost spells in the deck, I was curious ...
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A board game called PALM BEACH or something to that effect
Does anyone remember a board game called PALM BEACH or something to that effect that was played similar to monopoly ? I am looking for a copy or more info.
From what I can remember, The characters ...
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Can I use Project Atlas just before the Runner accesses cards from HQ?
Project Atlas is a Corporation agenda that can be over-advanced to provide agenda counters for the following ability:
Hosted agenda counter: Search R&D for 1 card, reveal it, and add it to HQ. ...
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Why are Shocklands better than Guildgates?
I recently read a review about Return to Ravnica and the reviewer says that, for example, Temple Garden is way better than Selesnya Guildgate. Can someone point out the reasons behind that? ...
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In A&A-Europe - When does an economic attack makes sense?
I've been playing Axis & Allies Europe (first version) for a long time and have never found a real value in using my bombers to run Economic Attacks.
It seems that the strength of the bomber is ...
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Where can I get custom Magic: the Gathering cards printed?
I have made up some custom MtG cards, and I am trying to get physical copies made (to mess with my friends, and for casual use). Does anyone know where I can get them made?
Disclamer: These cards ...
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Does ZU.13 Key Master confuse the MU rule?
It is clearly stated in the rules that Memory Units (MU) only apply to 'installed' programs. By 'installed' I mean installed on the runner's rig.
Then I read the ZU.13 Key Master card:
[...]the ...
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How to use 'Nisei MK II' free 'End the run'?
From the 'Nisei MK II' card:
Place 1 agenda counter on Nisei MK II when you score it.
Hosted agenda counter: End the run.
Does this really means that you get a free 'End the run' that the ...
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What was the largest flop in board game history?
The history of videogames is full of games that failed to turn a profit. There are also a handful of games that are maligned by critics, and are regarded as flops. E.T. and Pacman are arguably some of ...
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4-4 pincer variant - not in joseki dictionary
I am 4K and played against 2K in handicap game (2-stones).
The point of B3 was to prevent a double-wing shape for white (along the right and bottom)
So W4 pincer leads us into this joseki variant. ...
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3-4 point joseki - wide double-pincer
After a low approach at W2, B3 is a wide pincer. I double-pincered at W4 and then diagonal B5.
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What should the Overlord change when adding a fifth hero in Descent: Journey Into the Dark, 2nd Ed.?
My board game group and I started Descent: Journey Into the Dark, 2nd Ed. last night. This group usually fluctuates between 4 and 6 players and this session we had five, the upper limit for the game. ...
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How do I build a Pokémon TCG deck?
It's a bit hard to build a deck. There's so many cards I can barely think of an idea, or how I'm supposed to build one! Could anyone lend me a hand on this?
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Do card sleeves contain BPA?
Does anyone know if card sleeves commonly contain Bisphenol A (BPA)? And if so, which brands do, and which are BPA free? I would prefer to use BPA-free sleeves if possible. I have not had any luck ...
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What is the purpose of having randomizer cards for the non-kingdom cards?
I understand having randomizers for the kingdom cards because that's how you randomly choose them, but I find it odd that there is a randomizer for every card including the basic Curses, Coins and ...
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What are the different rarities of tokens in Magic: The Gathering?
Anyone who has opened a decent amount of MTG boosters will notice that they get much more of some tokens than of others. I understand that this comes from varying needs for them, because far fewer ...
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Can I give a creature First Strike in order to prevent it dealing any damage that combat?
This is getting into some nitpicky corners of the rulebook.
First Strike damage and normal combat damage are dealt at separate times, and I believe there is a chance between the two resolving to play ...
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Can ciphers be countered?
Can a cipher copy be countered by a counter spell? Or, since the card has been encoded to a creature, does it act more like an ability, and can only be countered by cards like Stifle and others like ...
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Does Fateful Hour apply in this combat?
My opponent is at 7 life and has a Grizzly Bears (2/2) and a Gavony Ironwright (Fateful hour — As long as you have 5 or less life, other creatures you control get +1/+4.).
I attack with 2 2/2s and my ...
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What may happen after a stack of spells resolves?
Within the same phase, once a stack of spells has resolved in its entirety, is priority once again given to a player so that more spells may be cast?
For example:
I attack with a creature. Opponent ...
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Can Wishing Ring be applied on side-effects?
Yesterday I was playing Munchkin (the fantasy version) with some friends, and I ended up having my sex changed (I could use some female-only stuff, thou, but that's another story).
Back in topic, ...
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life and death: 2 x 4 in the corner with defects
In a go game (with another 4K) I got a 2 x 4 region in the corner with lots of defects.
W1 almost surely will happen. Can White get life or ko?
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Is this corner dead?
Played a game on KGS. We are both 4K. He was good at life and death, and I am rusty.
Was B1 sente?
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Does the Favor of the Pope begin in play in Condottiere?
In Condottiere, does the Favor of the Pope (white token) begin in play or does it not come into play until the first Bishop card is played?
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How long does crew change last?
When I first read how the crew change works it appeared useless:
Player may swap their existing Specialist card with and Specialist
card not currently in play. The player's Firefighter has the ...
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What is the name of this Yahtzee variant?
I took a class once where we had to design a handheld game system for a variant of Yahtzee, which I seem to recall being called "Back Yahtzee," however I am unable to confirm this online. There were ...
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Can extort be triggered for countered spells?
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay b/w. If you do, each
opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Questions:
If my opponent has a creature with extort out, then casts a ...
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Is the 4-player variant unbalanced? Is there a fix?
In Game of Thrones (second edition):
I have marveled at the balancing put into this game, specifically for 3-player games, where the whole south of the map is blocked, forcing the game to stay in the ...
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At what point does a spell 'target' its target?
If I have a counterspell in my hand, and my opponent chooses to cast an instant or sorcery, can I wait to see what his spell 'targets' before I choose to counter it or not?
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If a land becomes a creature, has it entered the battlefield?
I was playing a game last night with a guy who was playing a new Simic Gatecrash deck, and he claimed that if he made a land into a creature, it counted as entering the battlefield, thus triggering ...
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In bridge, does it make sense to “tighten” or 'loosen" up on bidding depending on vulnerability?
For instance, the minimum standard seems to be about 12 points to open with a five card suit, or 13 points with a four card minor. That makes sense with equal vulnerability (both vulnerable or both ...
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Do you get 2 coins from Xenophon for yellow cards put into play by Halicarnassus/Solomon?
The rules for the leader Xenophon (Leaders expansion):
Xenophon grants 2 coins for each commercial structure (yellow card) that the player builds from this point forward. The coins are taken from ...
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Can the extra players extension work with Seafearers or Cities and Knights?
If I have the Settlers of Catan 5-6 player extension (for the base game), does that mean I can use the Seafarers or Cities and Knights expansions with 5-6 players?
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Current 'Axis & Allies: War at sea' Rulebook?
I recently a booster pack for this game, so I don't have the rulebook.
Reading in other sites and reading the website I found the one listed here but it appears that there is yet one more. I can't ...
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Cribbage pone strategy for hands involving a run and a pair
In two-player cribbage, when the pone is dealt a hand that includes a run and a 5+pair (e.g. 3,4,5,6,Q,Q) is it better to keep the run (3,4,5,6) or the 5+pair (_,5,Q,Q)?
It seems like there should be ...
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Has online play testing been an important part of any boardgame designs?
I am wondering if any game designers have used an online implementation of a game to balance and tweak it before commercial release.
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What happens when the {X} in Mind Grind *is* zero?
Normally, when you cast a spell without paying its mana cost, the {X} in its mana cost is 0.
Mind Grind, however, has an additional restriction:
X can't be 0.
Clearly you can't choose for {X} ...
