From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: At the safehouse or not at the safehouse?
Date:	Tue, 4 Nov 1997 11:46:38 -0800

Rob Harris wrote:

(snip)

> I know. When I discovered that, and you helped me understand more about
> character combat, I was really disappointed. I worked hard to get 4
> Scorpios and 4 Knuckles, but really, the only think they are good for is
> protecting people on the run. You can protect characters taht don't TAP
> agaist riots, but most of the time you are tapping your characters. It
> really DOES make guard and biotech not as cool. Gaurd esp, I think. If you
> think about it, you can't guard agaist most of the ways to kill the
> character in the game! (Wanted, Barfights, Riots after a shadowrun,....)

Actually, it's a fair balance against the really-heavy-on-turning decks
(anti-Y decks being the most obvious..) but, sigh - it doesn't really
matter to the Big Tough Guy deck, the most likely candidate for having
four Riots in the deck.

> > Definitely makes me rethink some deck strategies; I've been playing that
> > if you're not in a fight, and you're not on a shadowrun, you're present
> > in the safehouse (more or less). Which definitely make Guard and
> > Biotech a lot more useful...

> Sure, you just tell me how. FASA and I have been working on a new FAQ, and
> I haven't heard from them for about a week and a half. I think they are
> really busy. But I really WOULD like to see an Example of Play, and some
> sample decks written by them. There are some cards that they say they don't
> think are out of control, and I wonder how they stop them....

Example?

I tried a game, once, where we allowed multiple False Mentors (but
didn't adjust the cost, from its playtested 4Y). It was *still* a lot
of fun, creating a lot of Bridge-like situations: Go on a Run, play
Wanted, do *anything* to gain a single point of Rep, because even if you
were at 220 Reputation (as I was at one point...) you still haven't won
until you *did* something.

Still wouldn't recommend it as a non-Unique card, though.


-Mb