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Here is an expansion Jack Reda came up with to do for the challenge
deck what Special Destiny cards did for the destiny pile.
Included in this post are:
1) rules
2) The text of some sample cards
3) Postscript routines to print them.
-------------Special Challenge cards----------------
by Jack Reda
Special challenge cards have variable value, usually dependent upon
the card played by their opponent. There are special Attack cards
and special Compromise cards.
Special Attack:
All special attack cards have a formula to determine their value. For
all intents and purposes if you play a Special Attack card you have
played a card of the value it calculates out to. Any calculations
take place before any power effects. For example:
If Red plays a 10 and Green plays a special challenge card that says
"Your total equals the total played by your opponent minus 1" then
the outcome is; Red 10, Green 9.
If Green was the mirror (and she had reversed the cards) than outcome
would be; Red 1, Green 90!
A compromise card is a zero for the purposes of calculation (for
powers like the Count or the Capacitor).
If two Special Challenge cards are played that create a paradox, the
card played by the offensive player is considered to be a zero. For
example: If red attacks green system with a "Your opponent|s card X
2" and green defends with a "Your opponent|s card +5" then the total
is; Red 0, Green 5.
Along similar lines, any power that seeks to reveal a value for a
special attack card before the card can be calculated shows the card
to be worth zero. If the owner has reason to KNOW what his or her
card will be he or she must answer truthfully otherwise they MUST
assume their card is zero. For example:
|Red, are you going to play a card greater then 5?| (assuming there is
some force in play obliging red to answer blue|s question
truthfully). Red who has a "number of bases you own times your
opponent's card" challenge card would have to answer "No, blue".
If Red had seen the card that blue was playing (suppose a 40) Red
would then have to answer "Yes". Likewise if Red was planning to play
a "number of players in the game" Special attack card and there were
six players red would have to answer "Yes".
Special compromise:
Special Compromise cards cards are treated just like normal compromise
cards except for the differences noted on the card. They typically
change the reward for the compromising player. Unless noted
otherwise on the card, a special compromise VS. another compromise
(normal or special) causes a deal; the special compromise effects are
ignored.
Here are some examples:
% Special Attack
EQUAL - This card is equal to the challenge card played by your
opponent.
Times Two - This card is equal to the challenge card played by your
opponent times two.
# BASES - This card is equal to the number of bases you own (including
home and moon bases).
LUCRE - This card is equal to the total amount of Lucre you possess.
SAFE - This card is equal to the number of tokens you have OUT of the
warp.
Opponent's CARDS - This card is equal to the number of cards held by
your opponent.
Opponent's BASES - This card is equal to the number of bases your
opponent owns (including home and moon bases).
Opponent's LUCRE - This card is equal to the total amount of Lucre
your opponent possess.
Half - This card is equal to half the challenge card played by your
opponent.
TOKENS - This card is equal to the number of tokens involved in this
challenge.
% Special Compromise
Collect double consolation as a result of this compromise.
Collect half consolation as a result of this compromise.
Collect lucre for consolation instead of cards as a result of this
compromise.
Collect normal consolation as a result of this compromise but only
lose one token.
Collect consolation from your opponents allies as well as your
opponent as a result of this compromise.
Collect from the deck (instead of your opponent) any consolation
resulting of this compromise.
Send your opponents allies to the warp instead of collecting
consolation as a result of this compromise.
Your allies go home instead of to the warp. Collect normal consolation
as a result of this compromise.
-------Snipity Snipity --------Cut here -------
%!%!
% PRINT SPECIAL CHALLENGE CARDS
% version 1.0, March 1994
% Code copyrighted (C) 1994, Marcus Porter, nvmkp01@nt.com
% Freeware, you may destribute as you see fit as long as this notice
% is retained.
% This code is meant inserted into Ken Cox's card printing routines
% after CARDS.PS and before the card descriptions. This is simply
% a modification of some of Ken's routines.
% Special Challenge CARDS
/SCdictInfoDict 16 dict def
SCdictInfoDict begin
/SChallengeType { TypeFont setfont (Special Challenge) 147 TypeYpos
Right } def
/SCdictFont /Helvetica-Bold findfont 26 scalefont def
/SCtextFont /NewHelvetica findfont [10 0 0 12 0 0 ] makefont def
/SCboldFont /Helvetica-Bold findfont [10 0 0 12 0 0 ] makefont def
/LeftMargin 15 def /RightMargin Width LeftMargin sub def
/LineLength RightMargin LeftMargin sub def
/Index { 0 index StandardIndex } def
/Type { ChallengeType } def
/Name {
SCdictFont setfont /SCypos 190 def
3 index { Xcenter SCypos Center /SCypos SCypos 27 sub def }
forall
} def
/Special {
SCdictFont setfont
(SPECIAL) Xcenter 10 Center} def
/Description {
/SCypos SCypos 7 sub def SCboldFont setfont
LeftMargin SCypos moveto 2 index show ( ) show
SCtextFont setfont
1 index type /arraytype eq {
1 index {
show /SCypos SCypos 13 sub def
LeftMargin SCypos moveto
} forall
} {
currentpoint pop RightMargin exch sub
dup 20 gt { 2 index BreakLine show } { pop 1 index } ifelse
/SCypos SCypos 13 sub def
{
dup length 0 eq { pop exit } if
LeftMargin SCypos moveto
LineLength exch BreakLine show
/SCypos SCypos 13 sub def
} loop
} ifelse
} def
end
/SpecialAttack {
SCdictInfoDict begin
5 -1 roll
{ NewCard Index Type Name Description Special EndCard } repeat
4 { pop } repeat
end
} def
/SCompromise {
CompInfoDict begin
2 -1 roll
{ NewCard Index Type SName Name SCnote
OriginalCards not { Artwork } if EndCard } repeat
end
} def
Setup
% Special Attack
1 [(EQUAL)] (This card) (is equal to the challenge card played by your
opponent.) (=) SpecialAttack
1 [(Times) (Two)] (This card) (is equal to the challenge card played
by your opponent times two.) (X2) SpecialAttack
1 [(# BASES)] (This card) (is equal to the number of bases you own
\(including home and moon bases\).) (\373) SpecialAttack
1 [(LUCRE)] (This card) (is equal to the total amount of Lucre you
possess.) ($) SpecialAttack
1 [(SAFE)] (This card) (is equal to the number of tokens you have OUT
of the warp.) (\250) SpecialAttack
1 [(Opponent\251s)(CARDS)] (This card) (is equal to the number of
cards held by your opponent.) (\352) SpecialAttack
1 [(Opponent\251s) (BASES)] (This card) (is equal to the number of
bases your opponent owns \(including home and moon bases\).)
(\373) SpecialAttack
1 [(Opponent\251s) (LUCRE)] (This card) (is equal to the total amount
of Lucre your opponent possess.) (\243) SpecialAttack
1 [(Half)] (This card) (is equal to half the challenge card played by
your opponent.) (1\2242) SpecialAttack
1 [(TOKENS)] (This card) (is equal to the number of tokens involved in
this challenge.) (\267) SpecialAttack
% Special Compromise
1 (Collect double consolation as a result of this compromise.)
SCompromise
1 (Collect half consolation as a result of this compromise.)
SCompromise
1 (Collect lucre for consolation instead of cards as a result of this
compromise.) SCompromise
1 (Collect normal consolation as a result of this compromise but only
lose one token.) SCompromise
1 (Collect consolation from your opponent\251s allies as well as your
opponent as a result of this compromise.) SCompromise
1 (Collect from the deck \(instead of your opponent\) any consolation
resulting of this compromise.) SCompromise
1 (Send your opponent\251s allies to the warp instead of collecting
consolation as a result of this compromise.) SCompromise
1 (Your allies go home instead of to the warp. Collect normal
consolation as a result of this compromise.) SCompromise