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From: Crane <jack9@*********.NET>
Subject: Re: Riots and tapped Runners in the safehouse - Rulebook definiti
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 15:29:30 -0800
>> > Can a turned Runner initiate a Bar Fight? Can Bar Fight and Wanted
>> targer a
>> > turned Runner?
>>
>> Yes, a turned Runner can initiate a Bar Fight. The card reads "choose
>> a
>> Runner", not "choose an unturned Runner". Both Bar Fight and
Wanted
>> can
>> target turned Runners; neither card specifies a specfic status or
>> trait
>> of their victim.
>>
>I have to again disagree. Okay, check the definition of turned, as
>presented in the rulebook, p. 12:
>
>"Turn(ed): You turn a card (rotate it off center) to use its abilities.
>A turned card reminds all players that the owning player cannot use that
>card again during his turn. "
>
>That seems to be pretty straight-forward to me. Turning is supposed to
>end the use of that card. It isn't that a location prevents a runner
>from doing something, it is that turning prevents the player from doing
>something else.

I agree that Gore Tusk (or any other runner) should only be able to get
into 1 Bar Fight (max) per turn. Turned runners should not be able to
instigate a Bar Fight.

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