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From: "O.Kramer" <Olaf-Kramer@********.DE>
Subject: Re: Sisko and the Blackmarket
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 17:32:02 +0200
Mark Peterson schrieb:
> Freak Finger wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 98-10-08 00:06:47 EDT, you write:
> >
> > << If this is so why the Card has the same effect like a real
BM(-2¥,get
> > arrested)? >>
> > -------------------------------
> > Arrested is just a term used to take the card out of play. No one is
> > really getting arrested , your being to literal. When you trash a card do
> you
> > actually throw it in the garbage? What do you do when you frag a card?
> (don't
> > get to graffic)
> > Freakfinger
>
> All of the cards have the terms on them that make logical sense. In the
> role-playing game, runners sometimes get arrested. To account for this
> in the card game, we have an effect "arrest", where the runner card goes
> to the player's hand. It's a metaphor conforming to the given
> paradigm. Personally, I think logic is vital to figuring out any of
> these cards' purposes, and the metaphor is what makes the game fun.
> Perhaps I'm just too philosophical, though.
> --
>
> peace be thy path,
>
> talos landone


If no one is arrested why there is a card called LS Lock up ?
What does Litteral mean ?
Thrashed card in the garbage ? SURE
Fraggin Cards ? I ever use my axe.

OLAF

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