Newbie Rules Question 402,258

[Dobralov 0]

I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere in this forum.

My question involves discarding of encounter cards:

The rules call for the offense to play or discard any non-encounter cards, draw eight new cards, and continue his turn if he has no cards at the beginning of his turn. Defenders must similarly discard when they are required to play an encounter card but cannot. In either case, does "discarding or playing any non-encounter cards" mean discarding all artifacts and flares?

Thank you for the clarification,

Dobralov

[Big Head Zach 56]

Dobralov said:

I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere in this forum.

My question involves discarding of encounter cards:

The rules call for the offense to play or discard any non-encounter cards, draw eight new cards, and continue his turn if he has no cards at the beginning of his turn. Defenders must similarly discard when they are required to play an encounter card but cannot. In either case, does "discarding or playing any non-encounter cards" mean discarding all artifacts and flares?

Thank you for the clarification,

Dobralov

Yes, and also Reinforcements. Note that there are some Flare effects which specifically go off when someone is forced to redraw their hand (Wild Miser is one that comes to mind), so that can be played just prior to discarding one's hand and redrawing.

Not sure what about "non-encounter" was confusing, as encounter cards are defined as red Attacks, green Negotiates, and the red-green Morph.

[Dobralov 0]

It's a logical leap that I was able to make, yes, but sometimes FFG's games suffer from confusing ambiguities (think Arkham Horror) and long FAQs.  Just wanted to be sure!

Thank you!

[shnar 52]

Here's hoping that Cosmic Incursion will reintroduce the Keeper Edit (are they still called Edits? What are they now, Artifacts?)!

-shnar

[Toomai 0]

Or Hand Zap. That would be a bit more useful with the eight-card hands.

[RobertDG 0]

shnar said:

Here's hoping that Cosmic Incursion will reintroduce the Keeper Edit (are they still called Edits? What are they now, Artifacts?)!

-shnar

They used to be called EdiCts, as in "a proclamation having the force of law."  Now they are indeed called Artifacts.

[shnar 52]

Toomai said:

Or Hand Zap. That would be a bit more useful with the eight-card hands.

Hand Zap? What is that one? Something from Mayfair?

-shnar

[Toomai 0]

shnar said:

Toomai said:

 

Or Hand Zap. That would be a bit more useful with the eight-card hands.

 

 

Hand Zap? What is that one? Something from Mayfair?

-shnar

Yeah, I think so. It's used to force an opponent to ditch their hand and get a new one.

[shnar 52]

Holy cow! That's evil!

-shnar