From:	Robert Lamb <roblamb@*********.COM>
Subject:	Re: [COW] Challenge replacing Objectives << Nets?
Date:	Mon, 15 Sep 1997 14:50:23 -0700

<<Snip>>

> ---Robert Lamb wrote:
> >
> > I've seen several people mention Nets on the list.
> Admittedly,
> > I've been burned with bad rolls, but whenever I've included it in my
> > deck, it hasn't seemed very usefull. You've got to roll for each
> > runner, right? So you only have a 1 in 3 chance of sending a
> particular
> > runner home (untapped at that). Bad odds aside (groan), I've never
> > actually seen it send anyone home when I've used it. Maybe I should
> be
> > more patient and throw it back in :).
----Then Loki (& Bull & Forrest) wrote:
> Only a 1 in 3?
>
> Nets
> Type: Challenge
> Description: (Barrier)
> Notes: Roll D6 for each Runner present. 1-2: No effect. 3+: Runners
> without Athletics return to Safehouse unturned. 5+: Runners with
> Athletics return to Safehouse unturned. If Nets sends any Runners to
> Safehouse, the alarm is triggered. Trash after revealed.
>
> In my understanding this means you have a 2 in 3 chance of sending
> most runners (those w/o athletics), and a 1 in 3 chance of sending
> home those runners with athletics. Plus if you send even one home, the
> alarm is now going off.
>
> Add in a Loaded Dice or a Deja Vu and you have just that much more
> control over which Runner might be going home.
<<SNIP>>

Arg. Many thanks to all who responded. We were misreading (and
misplaying) the card as discrete ranges: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6.
Looks like they're goin' back in the deck, thanks!
--Rob