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Ducallan · 07-15-2019, 11:30 AM

I see two issues here:

That player had to draw the treasures in order to be able to trade them in for a level. It even specifies “at least one” does it not? (I don’t own the set with that card, so I can’t check). With Trojan Horse, there would be no treasures to trade in, as you said, so there would be nothing to trade in for a level.

The other issue is that, had you not played Trojan Horse, he would have to discard all treasures drawn. What is in the discard pile can be of great strategic importance, especially what is on top. He can’t just choose not to draw treasure cards in order to avoid discarding them anymore than someone can choose not to kick open the door or loot the room to avoid having to give cards out during charity.

07-15-2019, 11:30 AM	#3
Ducallan Join Date: May 2019	Re: DIFFERENT Trojan Horse question I see two issues here: That player had to draw the treasures in order to be able to trade them in for a level. It even specifies “at least one” does it not? (I don’t own the set with that card, so I can’t check). With Trojan Horse, there would be no treasures to trade in, as you said, so there would be nothing to trade in for a level. The other issue is that, had you not played Trojan Horse, he would have to discard all treasures drawn. What is in the discard pile can be of great strategic importance, especially what is on top. He can’t just choose not to draw treasure cards in order to avoid discarding them anymore than someone can choose not to kick open the door or loot the room to avoid having to give cards out during charity.