rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

Yet another Contesting idea

10 messages from 7 participants · 29 August 2009 – 30 August 2009
original thread on Google Groups

Legendre

Has someone already thought of this? I don't recall seeing it. Proposal: Make vampires only unique when within the same controlled area. If two Democritii come out, they just contest titles. If I steal your Dorian Strack, you can influence out another one. Benefits: All the other rules stay in place just fine, the game gets more "competitive" as people are throwing the word around these boards, and the only thing that gets screwed is the oddball Sonja Blue scenario. Well, I'm sure SOMETHING else gets screwed, but it's not coming to me now. Drawbacks: We're not really playing Jyhad/VTES anymore, but we can call it that anyway.

Kevin M.

[ quoted text not captured ] Well, you'd have to deal with minion stealing somehow. And it may not be understood easily enough as an elegant replacement. Kevin M., Prince of Las Vegas "Know your enemy and know yourself; in one-thousand battles you shall never be in peril." -- Sun Tzu, *The Art of War* "Contentment...Complacency...Catastrophe!" -- Joseph Chevalier Please visit VTESville daily! http://vtesville.myminicity.com/ Please buy my cards! http://shop.ebay.com/kjmergen/m.html

Orpheus

Kevin M. wrote: > Legendre wrote: >> Has someone already thought of this? I don't recall seeing it. >> >> Proposal: Make vampires only unique when within the same controlled >> area. If two Democritii come out, they just contest titles. If I >> steal your Dorian Strack, you can influence out another one. >> >> Benefits: All the other rules stay in place just fine, the game gets >> more "competitive" as people are throwing the word around these >> boards, and the only thing that gets screwed is the oddball Sonja >> Blue scenario. Well, I'm sure SOMETHING else gets screwed, but it's >> not coming to me now. >> >> Drawbacks: We're not really playing Jyhad/VTES anymore, but we can >> call it that anyway. > > Well, you'd have to deal with minion stealing somehow. And it > may not be understood easily enough as an elegant replacement. Plus on the thematic side there is no logic to it. Twice the same vamprie in action, and no doubt about who really controls him ? Weird... Orpheus

Reyda !

[ quoted text not captured ] It would be plain silly : "I play govern the unaligned with my Democritus. Any blocks ? Yes, my democritus plays 2nd trad to attempt to block your democritus". Ouate ze phoque ? ^^

LSJ

Reyda ! wrote: > It would be plain silly : > > "I play govern the unaligned with my Democritus. Any blocks ? > Yes, my democritus plays 2nd trad to attempt to block your > democritus". A: My Astrid votes in favor. B: My Astrid votes against.

Jozxyqk

[ quoted text not captured ] A: My Jimmy Dunn enters play. B: My Jimmy Dunn enters play. ;)

Daneel

[ quoted text not captured ] I don't see a discrepancy. Assuming both copies are Tremere: A: My Astrid votes in favor. B: My Astrid (who is a Tremere and therefor if chooses to vote, has to vote in favor) votes - so it is a vote automatically in favor. There may be a little sequencing involved on who gets to vote first. -- Regards, Daneel

LSJ

[ quoted text not captured ] Nope. Her ability doesn't affect polling. It happens "when votes are tallied" by card text. Set terms: <blah> Polling: A: My Astrid votes in favor. B: My Astrid votes against. Tally votes: <universe ends on a paradox jump>

Legendre

Astrid, Astrid. Like I said, I'm sure I had overlooked something. I guess we can't do this then. Well we wouldn't want to have to issue errata on a card that has seen thousands of copies printed already, now would we? Something like *that* would be a disaster for the game. I mean, imagine if second tradition were to suddenly cost a blood, or if Wake didn't get replaced until your untap phase... or if 5th Tradition got reduced to a maximum of four blood... The *humanity*!

LSJ

[ quoted text not captured ] Actually, it's just that errata when necessary to make an improvement that offsets the inherent drawback of "it's errata" is OK. Nothing to do with the humanity.