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Battleground Card Errata

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FAQ:

When I attack an enemy ship, does it fire back?
No. Ships fire only once per wave, when they are played.

If I play a ship next to two or more enemy ships, do I fire on all of them?
No. You must choose one to fire on.

Do I have to start off by playing ships next to my own station?
No. You can play a ship next to any ship in play – yours or your opponent’s.

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FAQ:

I’m confused by credit and blame.
Credit and blame reflect the idea that the candidates know about the various intrigues but don’t know who is behind them – and they will believe whatever they’re told by the player who voted the most.

If an intrigue would increase a candidate’s standing, he or she will always assign credit regardless of whether the intrigue passes or not. If an intrigue would harm a candidate’s standing, he or she will assign blame – the only exceptions are Archie and candidates at one, since they can’t lose standing.

If an intrigue fails, credit and blame is still assigned just as it would be if it had passed. Some players have asked whether a candidate who would have gained standing blames a player for stopping the intrigue, but that doesn’t happen. The candidate just assumes that the King wasn’t buying it, and still assigns credit to whoever he or she thinks was trying to help.

What can I do with Surprising Turn of Events?
Surprising Turn of Events lets you change one player/candidate, yes/no or gain/loss decision. For example: 

• If another player plays an intrigue that says “A candidate of your choice gains one standing or loses one standing” and says “Galahad gains one standing,” you may either change the candidate (e.g. you could have Venetia gain the standing) or change “gain” to “lose”. If the intrigue said, “A candidate of your choice gains one standing” you could only change the chosen candidate because making Galahad lose a standing would not be a legal card choice.
• If a player plays “Fortune’s Fool,” you may have the card affect a different player.
• If a player tries to make you lose standings with Galahad with “A Friend in Need” you may change the loss to a gain or may make a different player lose instead. If you wanted, you could change the candidate to Archie, but then you would still lose standing with him!

Can I wait to play Surprising Turn of Events on an intrigue after voting?
No. You must play it when the card is played. A card is considered to be played when the player makes all the choices required to play it. (Thus, if I say I’m playing Good Graces on Galahad I’m not considered to have played the card until I say which players are going to gain standing with Galahad.)

What happens if everyone who voted more than zero on an intrigue has their vote cancelled by Enough of You?
The intrigue would fail (unless Galahad’s special ability caused it to pass) since the vote would be zero pass and zero fail. All the players who voted zero would be tied for credit and blame and would have to agree on how to assign it or else choose control randomly. Since Enough of You removes a player from the vote entirely, those players would not be considered part of the tie.

All these jokes in the rules and candidate names like Archie the Bishop and Venetia the Merchant. You think you’re funny?
No, but my daughters do. Of course, my elder daughter thinks that Blue’s Clues is the best show on television and my younger one isn’t even a year old yet, so take their opinions for what they’re worth.

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