From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: srctg
Date:	Sat, 1 Nov 1997 11:26:41 -0800

> This leads me too the next question, if your objective pile does not
> have to equal the minimum pts to win the game (ie 75 pts in pile when
> playing to 75 pts) what happens? Is the game a draw, do you replay it or
> in this circumstance do you reshuffle.

What happens if you discover your opponent has five FastJacks in his
deck? He loses, of course. (In a friendly game, of course, I'd let him
toss in a few more Objectives to beef up the total; I really can't
imagine someone accidentally forgetting how many points are in their
deck, and I'd imagine in a tournament it's one of the first things to be
checked.)

> Another question, can foretelling be used more than once per turn,
> the card would indicate this (1 nuyen: user may look at top card of
> target players draw pile)

A spell is turned whenever its used, so you can't go back and use it.
The way the card is phrased, it sounds as if you can pump it multiple
tiems to look at multiple *players* decks, but not, say, the top three
cards of a player's deck. Unless, of course, you want to look at the
top card three times.

It's a pretty weak card. I've been working on a Draw! deck, with
Foretellings, Highbrows, Talismongers, and Hermetic Librarys, to cruise
through my deck at light speed (at one point, I cleared nearly two dozen
cards by the second turn -- The Hideaway realllly helps!) At this
point, however, I'm willing to drop it down from four copies to two; the
Watcher Spirit is just as effective (most of the time :) ), and a lot
more useful - and bringing in Shamen lets me use all those Greater
Elementals I've been trading for.