TOM: Equipping, Recruting, etc Face Down!

Question for ya'. A guy running a local tournament allowed players to equip and recruit allies or retainers face down. Obviously we couldn't find anything specifically saying they had to be shown in the rules so we had to play that way. Can you spew forth some official verbage to clear this up? Robert ...................................................................... :The opinions expressed here are strictly my own delusional ramblings: :and do not reflect the opinions of The Walt Disney Company. : : : :Robert Goudie robert...@studio.disney.com: :....................................................................: :cigars * v:tes * car rallies * scotch * sega rally champion * spoon : :....................................................................:

Robert Goudie <Robert...@studio.disney.com> writes: >Question for ya'. A guy running a local tournament allowed players to >equip and recruit allies or retainers face down. Obviously we couldn't >find anything specifically saying they had to be shown in the rules so we >had to play that way. Can you spew forth some official verbage to clear >this up? From: aa...@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad Subject: Re: 4 Card Limit Thoughts Date: 7 Nov 1995 22:53:23 GMT Message-ID: <47oo13$7...@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Steven Bauer <sba...@cso.geg.mot.com> wrote: >> That's an interesting idea and a wonderful game change >> for house play but Official rulings show that you must attempt to equip with >> an "ITEM". >> That action is either blocked or allowed based on the item. >> it is at stealth, but the item need to be announced. That is how the rules work, actually; playing equipment as hidden would be the house rule. -- L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | 'I know' is just 'I believe' http://www.math.sc.edu/~sjohnson | with delusions of grandeur. Graphics Specialist and V:tES Rulemonger. |

>Question for ya'. A guy running a local tournament allowed players to >equip and recruit allies or retainers face down. Obviously we couldn't >find anything specifically saying they had to be shown in the rules so we >had to play that way. Can you spew forth some official verbage to clear >this up? no official rule from me, but sounds like your shop owner is playing Mr. Powerful, and feeling good about it. It's silly not to see someone equip themselves with an Ivory Bow...allows you the chance to block it. After all the Meth is paying pool to influence that weapon to that vampire/minion. Same thing goes with recruiting allies and retainers. Any minion should be able to block it if they can(see it happening). However, it does sound like an interesting variant that only adds to the mystery to me. dustin