From:	Felix Hoefert <FHoefert@********.DE>
Subject:	Re: Questions arising from play
Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 1998 23:38:46 +0200

Mamoulian wrote:
>
> The group I game with have had several game play questions that have arose:
>
> 1) Genetic Monstrosity- When you assign virus tokens on the runner...do
> they take effect before or after the combat with the challenge? Do you
> have to be healed to turn and get rid of the virus tokens? Or just have to
> choose whether to heal or get rid of the token?
>
> 2) Lone Star Beat Cops(or any arresting card)- If Sisko uses his special
> power on the target runner...is the challenge trashed...or is just that
> runner saved from the arrest and another target choosen.( The card states
> target runner who is present is arrested and Lone Star Beat Cops is
> trahsed. This is why the question arose...if no one is arrested...the
> challenge isn't trashed?)
>
> 3) Lone Star Crowd Control- If there are less than 4 runners....do you have
> to face the challenge. What if the alarm is already triggered?
>
> 4) Yakuza Street Thugs- If the alarm is already triggered....can you pay
> the nuyen and trash the card?
>
> 5) Gang HQ's- Do the cards stay in play? Or are they trashed at the end of
> your turn.
>
> 6) Sancho- If I use a Rapier with a metahuman to go on a run....does Sancho
> still get his bonus?
>
> 7) Acid Mist- Does this card effect all runners in runner to runner combat?
> Or just the runner(s) in the combat with the runner holding the card?
>
> 8) Lone Star Drone- Say I play a drone of Sisko. Sisko has 3\3 (A1).
> When I use Lone Star Drone does it follow the regular rules of Drones?
> (either using the 3\3 or the 4\4?) or do I get a 7\7? (Question arose since
> you don't have to be a rigger to use a drone)
>
> 9) Coffin Hotel- Does this stop the Z-Zone? (If my runners are in it of
> course.) The Time Delayed Bomb?
>
> 10) Lone Star Lock-up- Does the runner who returns for 3 Nuyen have no
> deployment cost? Example if Knuckles (cost 8) is arrested, does he only
> cost 3 to get back to the Safehouse?
>
> 11) The Docks- When first using the Docks, do you place 1 token on it?
>
> 12) Shady Manager- Is the die roll for every rocker rolled seperatly, or is
> it one roll?
>
> 13) Last Stand- What is the point of this card? If I lose all of my
> runners I would rather have the challenge kill the other players also.
>
> 14) In the Spotlight- If I have 1 copy of Thrash in play and another player
> has 2 copies. What happens if the card is played?
>
> 15) Forced Attrition- Define Combat. Is Minefield considered combat? What
> challenged would not be something that you fought?

Whew, a lot of questions. Here we go...

1) You get the tokens after combat, since you have to be damaged by this
Monstrosity to get a token. You must heal first to remove the virus,
since you have to be undamaged.

2)There can be only one... Target Runner, that is. So Sisko effectively
trashes Beat Cops.

3)If the alarm is already triggered, you must face the threat rating.
Alarm is only triggered by this Challenge when there are 4 or more
Runners present.

4)You can´t sleaze YST if the alarm was already triggered.

5)Gang HQs stay in play, so an opponent can attack them with LotI.

6)No. Sancho´s ability is only valid if you have no metahuman at all on
your side of the table.

7)All runners that are present. That means your own and your
opponent(s).

8)Still only one of the two threat ratings.

9)No. All runners must fight, turned or not.

10)Only the 3 Nuyen.

11)You place 1 token on it, then you roll the die. This effectively
means that the first Runner visiting can not be trashed, but the chances
rise with every Runner visiting.

12)Every Rocker separately.

13)You might want to go for the Challenge again later. Wouldn´t it be
nice if it was gone by then? Sure bet in a 2-player game. Some
Challenges can´t be sleazed, and your Runners might not have the ability
to fight it.

14) Spotlight affects all Runners of the same kind on the table, so in
your example, there could not be a 4th Thrash played.

15)Minefield is not combat, as well as any challeng that directly gives
you damage. Combat only occurs when there is a threat rating on the card
that you fight.

Hope that satisfies it - for today... ---Felix