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How does Exquisite Archangel work with different ways of losing?
The card Exquisite Archangel from Aether Revolt has the following ability:
If you would lose the game, instead exile Equisite Archangel and your life total becomes equal to your starting life total.
The way this works with losing due to life loss…
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Clarification of a Pandemic rule involving the Medic
The rules of the French edition of Pandemic are a little unclear about the following game situation. Once a cure for a disease (let's say blue) has been found, at any point the Medic is in an infected city, what happens?
(a) the city is…
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Do I have to keep a creeper whenever I draw cards in Fluxx, even if I was drawing cards to give to other players for "Everybody Gets 1"?
Interesting scenario the other day. When playing the Action card "Everybody Gets 1" I drew a Creeper card. At this point though I had a conundrum. The Creeper card states I "must place it face up in front of you as soon as you get it." Well I wasn't…
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Settlers of Catan Data
I'd like to do some statistical analysis on Catan games, but to do that I need data. Does anyone know of a place I can find empirical data on Catan play? The stronger the players, the better.
Awesome datasets include:Records of tournament play
Log…
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Can I use sleeve protectors for Dominion cards and still fit them back into the box?
I am considering getting card protectors for my dominion game. Do the cards still fit back into their slots in the box?
The ones I was thinking about were the ones advertised in the box with dominion from Mayday Games.
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What is the Monopoly M Symbol called?
What is the post 2008 monopoly currency symbol called (M with two lines through it) and is there an alt-code for it? Below is an example of it from Monopoly Deal but it is also used in the regular monopoly game post-2008.
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Do you still pay 10x the dice when getting the chance card that takes you to the nearest utility if the property is mortgaged?
The card does not say anything about whether or not the property is mortgaged. Also, it does not say anything like "twice what is entitled" like the similar railroad card does. I would go with you still have to pay, but I'm looking for backup to…
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Am I obligated to identify cards owned by an opponent?
Nathan controls Jeskai Infiltrator. His deck has green sleeves. Anthony controls three Mountains. His deck has blue sleeves. Anthony casts and resolves Act of Treason, gaining control of Infiltrator. He attacks Nathan, deals combat damage, and…
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Can you shuffle your discard pile?
Is there any rule or reason why you can't shuffle your discard pile during moments of downtime, in order to get a better shuffle once your deck is fully depleted? My understanding is that the discard pile is a space to which order and sequence don't…
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Winning Race for the Galaxy Without 6-cost Developments?
My brother-in-law bought me Race For The Galaxy for Christmas so I've been playing a few games recently. Obviously we are nowhere near mastering it; but what I've been seeing in all of our scorelines so far is someone getting a ton of points off…
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Are there other sources of suggested sets?
I have all the Dominion sets and really prefer to play the suggested sets of kingdom cards that come with the rules. I find that these sets often are thought out really well and have several interesting strategies to explore. When using…
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What happens when a creature with "Whenever a creature dies" dies simultaneously with multiple other creatures?
Marchesa, the Black Rose has the following ability:
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.
I had a number of creatures on the…
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In Catan, how to ensure nobody lies when monopoly card is played?
I don't like that the rules assume players are honest. One time, we had a player that lied about not having the requested resource, but was caught in the next turn when he tried to buy a road with that resource. However, a cunning opponent can lie…
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How to minimize Puerto Rico setup time?
It takes quite a lot of time to set up Puerto Rico, especially when switching between games with a different numbers of players; a quarter of an hour I'd say. The problem is that it is rather time consuming to separate the different types of chips,…
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Does the "housing shortage" rule suggest that you should often refrain from buying hotels in monopoly?
There are 32 houses in Monopoly. That's only enough to cover eight properties with four houses each, or two full (three property) monopolies, plus one two property monopoly, either Boardwalk-Park Place, or Mediterranean-Baltic.
So if I own two full…
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