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From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Fwd: SRTCG question on Sleazing
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:35:15 -0400
At 08:27 PM 9/5/97 -0700, Loki wrote these timeless words:
>OK guys, here's the answer to that whole sleazing/lock-down question
>brought on by the Motion Dectors and Gut Check thread. Looks like
>FASA agrees that skill based sleazing and card text sleazing are two
>seperate things. :o)
>
>---FASACorp2@***.com wrote:
>>
>> Once Motion Detectors and Red Alert are played, Challenges cannot be
>sleazed.
>> However, cards like Feeding Ghouls and Gut Check! are, indeed, an
>exception
>> to this. As you point out, not being able to get past Gut Check! on a
>> successful roll makes no sense (and we are counting on people to use
>some
>> common sense in such situations. We don't want the game to become as
>> convoluted as Magic can be.)
>>
>> Sleep spell would also work against Objectives defended by Red Alert
>and
>> Motion Detectors.
>>
I wouldn;t mind seeing a seperate term made for these cards, rather than
"sleaze". that would clear up a LOT of confusion...

>> There's a comment in your e-mail message that we are behind
>answering mail.
>> As this answer will probably go up on the web, I want to point out
>why we're
>> behind. We've received over 300 questions already! The only people
>at FASA
>> (at the moment) qualified to answer these questions are the SRTCG
>game
>> designers and we are also busy working on 50 new cards for the second
>> printing and 150 new cards for the first expansion. We promise to do
>our best
>> to keep up with questions but we also want to keep bringing you new
>cards
>> (and to sleep, at least occassionally).
>>
>> Thanks for all of the interest!
>>
>> Jim Nelson
>
Understandable there...

And how many of these questions have YOU asked, Loki? :]

Bull
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