From:	Jeffrey Nuremburg <xanatos@********.NET>
Subject:	Blindsided
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 01:23:18 -0400

> From: Longshot <lshot@**********.COM>
>
> Blindsided...I just put this card in my new deck and when it came up in play
> a few questions came up with it.

Let's start off by stating the card:

Blindsided - Stinger - 3 Nuyen

Play on taget player making a shadowrun. Target player must face
his own Challenges in addition to any others pressent. The
shadowrunning team may pull out of the shadowrun as normal.

> First of all Blindsided makes your opponent run on his own challenges as
> well as yours ... my question is in what order? Does he run mine and then
> his, or first one of mine then one of his...etc.

The owner of the target objective always gets to choose the order of
Challenge stacks that his opponent(s) will face. In a normal two player
game this doesn't matter since you run against an objective and must
face only your opponent's Challenges. In the case of playing Blindsided
here is how a two player game would work:

Your opponent runs against your objective and you immediately play
blindsided on him. You now get to select whether he will run against
his own Challenge stack or your Challenge stack. He can pull out
of the shadowrun as normal (so if you chose for him to fight his own
stack first, he might just face the first card and then pull out).

If you played blindsided on him during a run in which he decided to
run against his own objective, he would get to choose whether to
deal with his own challenge stack first or your challenge stack (he
gets to choose since he owns the objective).

> Second question is does it stay around if my opponent deciedes to pull out
> and run again next turn, or is it only for that one run?

It's effect lasts only for that one run.

> Third question, if he triggers the alarm on one of his own challenges and
> doesn't complete the run...is the alarm on his challenges triggered?

Yes. :) If he triggers the alarm, the alarm is triggered, regardless of
whether it was on his own challenges or yours. The alarm being
triggered is an effect that only lasts until the end of that run.


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