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Title: TEAMS
Post by: Xonathan on May 13, 2016, 03:16:51 PM
Where can I find all the rules on how to play TEAMS? We have a tournament coming up and I wanted to know for deck construction and such.
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Unnamed on May 13, 2016, 03:50:11 PM
The rules are basically the same as T1, with a few exceptions:

1. There are special rules for Dominants here: http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/redemption-official-rules/new-rules-effective-may-1-2016/msg554375/#msg554375 (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/redemption-official-rules/new-rules-effective-may-1-2016/msg554375/#msg554375)
Basically, your team can only play one copy of each dominant (with the exclusions in the link.)
2. Fortresses are shared. Your team can only have one of any particular fortress in play (or set-aside).
3. When you are attacked, your teammate can block for you.
4. When you attack, you pick the opponent you attack.

I think those are the major differences, but I there might be some things that I'm forgetting.
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Ironisaac on May 13, 2016, 03:55:29 PM
The rules are basically the same as T1, with a few exceptions:

1. There are special rules for Dominants here: http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/redemption-official-rules/new-rules-effective-may-1-2016/msg554375/#msg554375 (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/redemption-official-rules/new-rules-effective-may-1-2016/msg554375/#msg554375)
Basically, your team can only play one copy of each dominant (with the exclusions in the link.)
2. Fortresses are shared. Your team can only have one of any particular fortress in play (or set-aside).
3. When you are attacked, your teammate can block for you.
4. When you attack, you pick the opponent you attack.

I think those are the major differences, but I there might be some things that I'm forgetting.

I don't think you pick who you're attacking. i think you just say you are rescuing, and one of your opponents blocks.
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Xonathan on May 13, 2016, 05:04:31 PM
because the lost souls are shared right? And is table talk allowed?
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Ironisaac on May 13, 2016, 05:11:36 PM
Yeah, but most of the time we come up with code words for different cards lol
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Minister Polarius on May 13, 2016, 05:13:40 PM
There are some that say table talk is illegal but that's only the case if the host has declared it so in advance.
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: The Guardian on May 13, 2016, 05:17:59 PM
I'm pretty sure table talk has always been allowed, however anything you say to your teammate must also be audible to the opponents (i.e. you can't walk around the table and whisper in your teammate's ear).
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Xonathan on May 15, 2016, 04:01:59 PM
How does NJ work with teams?
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Ironisaac on May 15, 2016, 04:18:21 PM
It can only be played once per team, and it must be played with the same player's sog to work.
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Xonathan on May 15, 2016, 04:25:17 PM
So now you and your teammates can play SoG and NJ and TSC. Wowzers
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Ironisaac on May 15, 2016, 06:14:30 PM
So now you and your teammates can play SoG and NJ and TSC. Wowzers

Ooh. That is a problem. Any play testers, elders, or judges have any ruling on that?
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Redoubter on May 15, 2016, 06:19:31 PM
So now you and your teammates can play SoG and NJ and TSC. Wowzers

Ooh. That is a problem. Any play testers, elders, or judges have any ruling on that?

It's not a problem.  You still could not include it in a deck with NJ, and only one player can play SoG on a team, so the same deck (and therefore the same team) cannot get 3 dominant rescues, just two like it is currently.  You can definitely have one teammate with SoG+NJ, and the other with SoG+SC, since SC can be used on other targets.  It will be interesting to see where players go with it.
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Minister Polarius on May 17, 2016, 09:18:19 PM
In Teams, each Dom can only be used once total per team, so Second Coming's only function in a team deck would be as a tutor for SoG, AotL or Grapes, or to retrieve one that was discarded from deck or hand.
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Drrek on May 17, 2016, 09:19:20 PM
In Teams, each Dom can only be used once total per team, so Second Coming's only function in a team deck would be as a tutor for SoG, AotL or Grapes, or to retrieve one that was discarded from deck or hand.

Not true anymore.

http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/redemption-official-rules/new-rules-effective-may-1-2016/
Title: Re: TEAMS
Post by: Minister Polarius on May 18, 2016, 01:07:32 AM
O_O

*EDIT* Upon further reading, it's more nuanced than your headline made it appear. It's functionally the same, just makes things like Second Coming and Glory of the Lord work as intended, but still doesn't allow shenanigans.
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