From:	Jeffrey Nuremburg <xanatos@********.NET>
Subject:	Some Questions/Answers and Rule Ideas
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 1997 21:06:27 -0500

Hi all.

Here's my two bits.

1) As for the Rule Voting thing, I say we go for it. Here are a few rule
Ideas that might be added:

- I looked over J.P.'s ideas for "Present" definitions and I have to
concur that they sound pretty good for the most part. I do feel that
Runners who visit a sight do so and return before the end of the owner's
legwork phase. If you start "sending" Runners to sites you'll have to
represent this for clarity by moving the Runners onto the sight (or near it)
to represent their presence there. In addition you have to deal with Matrix
sites as a special case since there is no need for Runner's to leave the
Safehouse to visist a Matrix location. I do feel that at the end of a given
players turn all of his Runners (turned or unturned) should be considered in
the safehouse.

- As for improving Chipjacks, they might want to make them cheaper
AND/OR for a card like chipjack 3 you can draw any one chip from your deck
to place on it (this way the card becomes more useful and doesn't become
such a combo. monster)

2) The idea of Skwaaaaaark being able to be given any Gear (i.e.-things
other than Gear/Cyberware) is most likely not what the creators of the card
had in mind. I also feel that people playing it that way are playing by the
"Letter" of the rules (going by the precise text of the card) and not going
by the "Spirit" of the rules. I have to say that if any gear can be given
to Skwaaaaaark and then transferred can he definately becomes a conduit for
free gear (I've gotten him out second turn in a number of games and it would
accelerate things greatly if I could spend 3 more turns brining people out
and then giving them gear for free).

Later.

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