01-15-2013, 06:15 PM | #1 |
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Slightly confused NOOB questions
Hello. New to the game. Me, my friend, and my two kids played last Saturday. It was fun, but we got bogged down a lot. I've done a lot of reading since then, but a couple of things still escape my grasp, and not finding a decent YouTube video about the game has been rough as none of us has played before.
I've read the entire FAQ which was VERY helpful. But I still have a couple of questions, so here goes.... 1. Do you have to put an item into play? Can you just keep it in your hand until you need it if you have less than 5 cards? What if I have 2 big items in my hand (of my 5 cards) and one big item, the giant rock say, in play as a human? Is this okay? 2. One shot items like potions and other things without a value on the bottom. Can these be put in play in order to bring my total cards down to 5 in my hand? I'd like to keep some things a secret to use from my hand, but if it's a choice between that or discarding to the low player (charity), I'd rather have it out in front of me. There was a wall card I had too. Is that played out in front of me, or do I need to keep it in my hand until I need to use it? 3. Kneepads of Allure. Is this an item that you play in front of you and considered armor? Footwear? One shot? And, I think, I have to have it in play in front of me before I start/enter combat. Or can I be losing a combat, put it in play, then make someone help me for the win? Then it stays in play? I'm re-reading everything from the top, and I know I'll have more Q's when we play again. Thanks for the help! |
01-15-2013, 06:38 PM | #2 | |||
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01-15-2013, 06:53 PM | #3 |
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Re: Slightly confused NOOB questions
To further clarify, Items are any card that has a Gold Piece value or the text "No Value" written on the card at the bottom right. Any and all Items can be carried on the table unless there are restrictions on how many of those Items you can carry in the rules, such as the restriction that you can normally only carry one Big Item. In order to start carrying an Item, it must be your turn and you cannot be in combat. You also choose whether you are currently using each of your carried Items by keeping them upright to say you are using them or turning them sideways to say you are not using them.
You are under no obligation to play your cards. One-shot Items can be played either from your hand or from the table, so it is best to keep them in your hand so your opponents don't know about them. You should really only play cards you don't intend to use to the table if you want to perform a trade with someone or you need to avoid Charity. On that point, Charity only comes into effect at the end of your own turn. You can have any number of cards in your hand at any other time, but in order to end your turn, you must get your hand down to your hand limit (typically 5). That is the only time when you need to follow the Charity rules. |
01-15-2013, 07:25 PM | #4 |
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Re: Slightly confused NOOB questions
Thanks for the great, QUICK answers!
Clipper, I'm trying to print your flow charts. They'll be a HUGE help, especially if/when my kids introduce other kids to the game. I just re-read the Rules and took pretty good notes this time, and not surprisingly, I have couple of extra questions. As mentioned above, are the Spiky Knees considered Armor? When we played this came up, the player got his Armor cursed, but the only thing he was wearing was the Spiky Knees. We assumed they were, just like a sword or a mace is a weapon even if it doesn't specifically say weapon. LMK. Give and Trade. I'm quite confused on this. You can GIVE items from anywhere, table, hand, equipped, unequipped, at any time to any player? Even one in combat? Or am I reading that wrong and you can ONLY GIVE items that are on the table? Not from your hand. But you can't trade items with a player in combat. And if you trade with another player, the items have to come from the table? Or can they come from the hand? And it can happen on anyone's turn? Even during someone else's combat, then one of the tradees could theoretically join the combat as a helper? I'll re-read the FAQ on those points... Lastly, the Rules say, "You cannot discard ITEMS "just because"." So if I have more than 5 cards in my hand and it's the Charity phase, can I discard an item? Of course, I could put the item in play to get down to 5, but not if it's "big" and I already have a "big" in play. Also, the item may be something good my opponents would steal and I'd rather get it into the discard pile. Is this allowed? Can I discard ITEMS from my hand during Charity, or do I have to put them into play and only discard monsters and such? Thanks very much! Off to the FAQ again. |
01-15-2013, 07:52 PM | #5 | |||
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The exception for this is after a combat with a helper: you can give a helper any cards previously agreed upon. Giving Itens is the same as trading, only you get nothing in return. Quote:
Note that you don't have to discard Itens, you could give/discard Monster, extra Classes or Races. You could sell the Itens if you want, from your hand or from play, if it is 1000GP or more.
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01-15-2013, 08:24 PM | #6 | |||||
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Re: Slightly confused NOOB questions
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However, one thing I have noticed is people who set up an overlapping set of cards where most of them cannot be read. This is shady, at best; any card you have in play is PUBLIC knowledge, and an opponent should be able to look at your layout and see what cards you have. If you're stacking them so the card names can't be read, you need to quit doing that. Quote:
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01-15-2013, 08:33 PM | #7 |
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Re: Slightly confused NOOB questions
I'm more used to the refined latin-based Portuguese language, not this barbaric thing called English. =P
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01-15-2013, 09:39 PM | #8 |
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Re: Slightly confused NOOB questions
Thanks very much again!
I think I have a handle on most of my questions now. I'm sure I'll have more when I play again, most likely this weekend. So finally, just to be sure I have it and let me know where I err here, items may only be given or traded that are in play, i.e. on the table. Is that correct? So I can show my hand, but I can't trade/give out of my hand. If we can only give/trade items, what is a really good definition of "items" in the game context? Not curses, races, classes, monsters. Is it everything else or am I forgetting a few things that can't be traded? Thanks very much! |
01-15-2013, 09:44 PM | #9 | ||
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01-15-2013, 09:44 PM | #10 |
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Re: Slightly confused NOOB questions
An Item is something with a Gold Value, even if it says "No Value" (which is the same as 0).
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