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Message no. 1
From: Jonathan Edwards <jonathan.edwards@*****.COM>
Subject: Tactics: Scatter vs. Tactics: Converge
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 08:38:31 +0100
Just a question:

If you have both a Scatter and a Converge available to you in your deck,
and you hit a minefield where 4 of your runners are about to take dirt
naps, wouldn't it be better to play a Converge and hopelessly kill one
runner as opposed to 3 or 4?

If you don't have a Converge, it's worth trading for. I faced a Guardian
Dracoform when I wasn't even close to handling the damage once. Instead I
lost one runner (I think I took a sacrificial lamb in Thrash....) and
pulled the hell out.

Jon
Message no. 2
From: "Bourgault, Patrick" <pbourgau@***.CA>
Subject: Re: Tactics: Scatter vs. Tactics: Converge
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 07:56:00 PDT
Just a question:

If you have both a Scatter and a Converge available to you in your deck,
and you hit a minefield where 4 of your runners are about to take dirt
naps, wouldn't it be better to play a Converge and hopelessly kill one
runner as opposed to 3 or 4?

If you don't have a Converge, it's worth trading for. I faced a Guardian
Dracoform when I wasn't even close to handling the damage once. Instead
I
lost one runner (I think I took a sacrificial lamb in Thrash....) and
pulled the hell out.

First of all, you can play Tactics:Converge ONLY when facing a challenge
with a threat rating. Last time, I made the mistake not read the card
and my opponent, like you mentionned, played that card on minefield,
saving 5 runners out of 6 for the price of one. I checked the card the
following day to find that my friend won the game because of that BIG
mistake.

The moral of the story is : each player should read the card text before
playing it. It may save some later frustrations. When a complete set
has about 500 different cards (FE and UW), you may forget some important
details on some cards.

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