JYHAD: When can you play reaction cards?

According to the rules and the FAQ: Reaction cards may only be used in response to another player's minion's actions. This makes sense for most of the reaction cards I've seen, but I wondered about things like Dread Gaze and Surprise Influence, which let you gain votes during a political action. Can you only use them in reaction to other player's minion's political actions, or can you use them to gain votes in a political action called by one of your own minions? A strict reading of the rules would suggest that you can't, but this seems eminently silly. What's the scoop, oh net reps? -------------------------------------------++------------------------------- Josh Smith, Certified Evil Genius || Pleasure: irilyth@hmc.edu Harvey Mudd College, Claremont CA USA |+------------------------------- http://www.hmc.edu/~irilyth/homepage.html || Business: josh@hmc.edu -------------------------------------------++-------------------------------

According to the rules and the FAQ: Reaction cards may only be used in response to another player's minion's actions. This makes sense for most of the reaction cards I've seen, but I wondered about things like Dread Gaze and Surprise Influence, which let you gain votes during a political action. Can you only use them in reaction to other player's minion's political actions, or can you use them to gain votes in a political action called by one of your own minions? A strict reading of the rules would suggest that you can't, but this seems eminently silly. What's the scoop, oh net reps? -------------------------------------------++------------------------------- Josh Smith, Certified Evil Genius || Pleasure: irilyth@hmc.edu Harvey Mudd College, Claremont CA USA |+------------------------------- http://www.hmc.edu/~irilyth/homepage.html || Business: josh@hmc.edu -------------------------------------------++-------------------------------

In article <IRILYTH.94Sep5085731@osiris.hmc.edu>, Josh Smith <irilyth@hmc.edu> wrote: >According to the rules and the FAQ: > > Reaction cards may only be used in response to another player's minion's > actions. > >This makes sense for most of the reaction cards I've seen, but I wondered >about things like Dread Gaze and Surprise Influence, which let you gain >votes during a political action. Can you only use them in reaction to other >player's minion's political actions, or can you use them to gain votes in a >political action called by one of your own minions? A strict reading of the >rules would suggest that you can't, but this seems eminently silly. What's >the scoop, oh net reps? My take on it is that those reaction cards can only be (or only make sense to be) played when another Methuselah's minion calls for a vote (by using a Political Action card). You can react to the vote being called by using one of those kinds of cards. IMHO, I don't think you can use them in response to other political cards being burned for extra votes, but that's really only my opinion... :) ...Paul -- + + + + + + + + + + + Paul, cleggp@rpi.edu. yIlImQo'qu' Don't Panic! alt.galactic-guide yIlaD "When doth life leave the weary? 'Tis not death I fear, but the end of living." -- Paul

In article <IRILYTH.94Sep5085731@osiris.hmc.edu>, Josh Smith <irilyth@hmc.edu> wrote: >According to the rules and the FAQ: > > Reaction cards may only be used in response to another player's minion's > actions. > >This makes sense for most of the reaction cards I've seen, but I wondered >about things like Dread Gaze and Surprise Influence, which let you gain >votes during a political action. Can you only use them in reaction to other >player's minion's political actions, or can you use them to gain votes in a >political action called by one of your own minions? A strict reading of the >rules would suggest that you can't, but this seems eminently silly. What's >the scoop, oh net reps? My take on it is that those reaction cards can only be (or only make sense to be) played when another Methuselah's minion calls for a vote (by using a Political Action card). You can react to the vote being called by using one of those kinds of cards. IMHO, I don't think you can use them in response to other political cards being burned for extra votes, but that's really only my opinion... :) ...Paul -- + + + + + + + + + + + Paul, cleggp@rpi.edu. yIlImQo'qu' Don't Panic! alt.galactic-guide yIlaD "When doth life leave the weary? 'Tis not death I fear, but the end of living." -- Paul

Josh Smith <irilyth@hmc.edu> wrote: >This makes sense for most of the reaction cards I've seen, but I wondered >about things like Dread Gaze and Surprise Influence, which let you gain >votes during a political action. Can you only use them in reaction to other >player's minion's political actions, or can you use them to gain votes in a >political action called by one of your own minions?... They're reaction cards, so can only be used when someone else's minion calls a vote. There are similar cards which can only be used when your minions call a vote. Which ones you put in your deck will primarily depend on whether you want your deck to be active or reactive, politcally. Tom Wylie rec.games.deckmaster Network Representative for aahz@hal.com Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

Josh Smith <irilyth@hmc.edu> wrote: >This makes sense for most of the reaction cards I've seen, but I wondered >about things like Dread Gaze and Surprise Influence, which let you gain >votes during a political action. Can you only use them in reaction to other >player's minion's political actions, or can you use them to gain votes in a >political action called by one of your own minions?... They're reaction cards, so can only be used when someone else's minion calls a vote. There are similar cards which can only be used when your minions call a vote. Which ones you put in your deck will primarily depend on whether you want your deck to be active or reactive, politcally. Tom Wylie rec.games.deckmaster Network Representative for aahz@hal.com Wizards of the Coast, Inc.