Rincewind <snow...@phantom.com> wrote:
> The Game of Malkav says that "All Methuselahs hold out their
>hands containing from 1 to 5 blood pool (except acting Methuselah, who
>can hold out 1 to 6)." Does that blood come from the blood bank or their
>own blood pool?...
It would come from the bank.
Tom Wylie rec.games.trading-cards.* Network Representative for
aa...@cats.ucsc.edu Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
> > The Game of Malkav says that "All Methuselahs hold out their
> >hands containing from 1 to 5 blood pool (except acting Methuselah, who
> >can hold out 1 to 6)." Does that blood come from the blood bank or their
> >own blood pool?...
>
> It would come from the bank.
> Tom Wylie rec.games.trading-cards.* Network Representative for
Umm... it doesn't really matter, does it? We normally put our
bet, from our pools, in one hand, and the rest of our pool in
the other. That way the losers just dump their blood into the
bank. Is there some reason that you say it comes from the bank,
Tom?
-Saul Resnikoff
da...@rmii.com
da...@rmii.com wrote:
: > > The Game of Malkav says that "All Methuselahs hold out their
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If you only have one blood left in your pool, you bet there is a diff!
The size of your blood pool does not restrict the size of the "bet".
(yeah, we usually use our pool as well)
Brian /-|-\
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In article <bcashD1...@netcom.com>, bc...@netcom.com (Brian Cash) wrote:
> da...@rmii.com wrote:
> : > > The Game of Malkav says that "All Methuselahs hold out their
> : > >hands containing from 1 to 5 blood pool (except acting Methuselah, who
> : > >can hold out 1 to 6)." Does that blood come from the blood bank or
their
> : > >own blood pool?...
> : >
> : > It would come from the bank.
> : > Tom Wylie rec.games.trading-cards.* Network Representative for
>
> : Umm... it doesn't really matter, does it? We normally put our
> : bet, from our pools, in one hand, and the rest of our pool in
> : the other. That way the losers just dump their blood into the
> : bank. Is there some reason that you say it comes from the bank,
> : Tom?
>
> If you only have one blood left in your pool, you bet there is a diff!
> The size of your blood pool does not restrict the size of the "bet".
> (yeah, we usually use our pool as well)
Um, yeah, but I would assume that you don't "die" until the bet is
resolved. And there is always the chance that you'll win blood. I still
think the card
would be better interpreted as coming from the blood pools instead of the
blood bank. It's just more... vicious (and crazy) that way.
DG
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David A. Golden (dago...@princeton.edu) wrote:
: Um, yeah, but I would assume that you don't "die" until the bet is: resolved. And there is always the chance that you'll win blood. I still
: think the card
: would be better interpreted as coming from the blood pools instead of the
: blood bank. It's just more... vicious (and crazy) that way.
The problem isn't Final Death (remember...we are already dead!), it's
number of tokens. I need 5 tokens to bet 5 blood. If I only have
one drop of blood left in my pool, it's going to take some fairly
large and expensive milling equipment to turn it into 5 tokens.
Understand?
And the game is more crazy if you can bet more than you have.
And that is the way the game is played!
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It doesn't *really* matter where people grab the blood tokens from for the
Game of Malkav, but since you aren't limited to the blood in your pool
(you could choose 5 while at 2 pool, for example), it seems to me it
would be simpler to just grab it from the bank all the time, which (at least
in my experience) always has more than enough counters in it.
Tom Wylie rec.games.trading-cards.* Network Representative for
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Twice I have had prey eliminated by that card. Both
times it was my guess that killed them. Last night he went
4 and I went three. He lost his three remaining pool (He only
had three) and I got 6 + 4 blood. What a sweet card. By the
way, on both occasions is they who originally played the card.
Rob Farallo