Jyhad: Voting question

The rules say that political actions may be blocked, but before the terms are set. This is how we have been playing it : Acting Player : I want to call a vote, does anyone want to block it? Other players : no. Acting Player : (shows card, explains terms) So the other players don't know what vote they may be blocking/allowing until it is too late... Is this correct, or is the card show immediately (and if so, what does the rule book mean by before the terms of the vote are set? -- | Robert Story | Playboy Enterprises, Inc. FAQ maintainer | | | Check out <http://www.playboy.com> | |rstory@revelstone.com| and <http://www.lovesexy.com/pei/> |

Robert Story (rstory@revelstone.com) wrote: : The rules say that political actions may be blocked, but before the terms : are set. This is how we have been playing it : : Acting Player : I want to call a vote, does anyone want to block it? : Other players : no. : Acting Player : (shows card, explains terms) : So the other players don't know what vote they may be blocking/allowing : until it is too late... Is this correct, or is the card show immediately : (and if so, what does the rule book mean by before the terms of the vote : are set? : -- : | Robert Story | Playboy Enterprises, Inc. FAQ maintainer | : | | Check out <http://www.playboy.com> | : |rstory@revelstone.com| and <http://www.lovesexy.com/pei/> | Robert, we play it like you do. You don't know which vote is being set up until it's blocked or not blocked. mikec

In article <3epe4d$k9l@boris.eden.com>, mikec@eden.com (Mike Childress) wrote: > Robert Story (rstory@revelstone.com) wrote: > : The rules say that political actions may be blocked, but before the terms > : are set. This is how we have been playing it : > > : Acting Player : I want to call a vote, does anyone want to block it? > : Other players : no. > : Acting Player : (shows card, explains terms) > > : So the other players don't know what vote they may be blocking/allowing > : until it is too late... Is this correct, or is the card show immediately > : (and if so, what does the rule book mean by before the terms of the vote > : are set? > > : -- > : | Robert Story | Playboy Enterprises, Inc. FAQ maintainer | > : | | Check out <http://www.playboy.com> | > : |rstory@revelstone.com| and <http://www.lovesexy.com/pei/> | > > > Robert, we play it like you do. You don't know which vote is > being set up until it's blocked or not blocked. We play the other way. The vote isn't played unti it's on the table with the terms set. Then, blocks are called for. If there are no blocks, then the vote begins. Do you announce that you're equipping, and ask for a block before showing what piece of equipment you're putting down? Seems like no. At the very least, the card should be shown before a block is asked for. I still think the terms should be announced, but there's no way I can see requiring people to block an action they haven't seen. DG -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | David Golden = dagolden@princeton.edu | "The avalanche has already | | http://www.princeton.edu/~dagolden/ | started. It is too late for | | PGP public key available on request | the pebbles to vote." -B5 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------

When you play a political action card, everyone will know which card is being played, as normal. You just wouldn't make any decisions involved unless the vote actually started. So if you're playing Disputed Territory, everyone will know it's a DT when deciding whether to block, but wouldn't know who would be getting what location should the vote pass. (You can tell them your intentions while they're deciding whether to block, but you aren't bound to that...) Tom Wylie rec.games.trading-cards.* Network Representative for aahz@cats.ucsc.edu Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

In rec.games.deckmaster you write: >Robert Story (rstory@revelstone.com) wrote: >: The rules say that political actions may be blocked, but before the terms >: are set. This is how we have been playing it : >: Acting Player : I want to call a vote, does anyone want to block it? >: Other players : no. >: Acting Player : (shows card, explains terms) >: So the other players don't know what vote they may be blocking/allowing >: until it is too late... Is this correct, or is the card show immediately >: (and if so, what does the rule book mean by before the terms of the vote >: are set? > Robert, we play it like you do. You don't know which vote is >being set up until it's blocked or not blocked. >mikec This is the correct way to vote: (playing the card) Acting player: I want to call a vote for Conservative agitation Prey: I don't block Predator: Me either (Setting the terms of the vote) Acting player: I want to remove 3 blood from my prey, and 1 from my predator (Everybody vote) Therefore, you don't know the terms of the vote before blocking but you know what vote has been called.