And what you can and can't do because of it.
Undoubtedly this has been tossed back and forth on the NetRep's board. Right now we have three big rules that come from this turn summary:
1) You can't influence an avatar's follower or ally.
2) You can't target any company or entity associated therewith with hazards if it is not their m/h phase.
3) On-guards may be revealed when a resource is played at a tapped site (would potentially tap an untapped site).
In each of these cases, the Summary is held to override previous rulebooks/rulings:
1) CRF: It is not possible to influence an item away from a Wizard or Ringwraith.
2) CRF: Hazards may only be played on a company whose movement/hazard phase is being resolved, or on the site they are moving to. Long-events and permanent-events may effect more than one company even though they are only played "on" one company.
3) CRF: An on-guard card may be revealed when the company plays a resource that potentially taps the site. The card must affect the company or a character in the company that site phase.
In that case, shouldn't the following also override previous rules/rulings?
1) p.19, under Ringwraith Effects, there is no mention of needing a mode card to move to non-Darkhaven sites; this should override the MELE rulebook, since the summary does not reference it in any way (though mentioning both region movement and coastal sea limitations).
2) The summary makes absolutely no provision for winning by the One Ring, therefore, dunking should be disallowed, at the very least for RWs, who have no card to let them win the game.
Or is this a case of spaghetti rules?
Doubts About The Balrog Rules Summary
- Bandobras Took
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The game is flawed, but this does not mean it cannot be loved.
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What about current site of company that does not move?CRF: Hazards may only be played on a company whose movement/hazard phase is being resolved, or on the site they are moving to.
We will not speak of such things even in the morning of the Shire.
You make it appear as if one could influence items from Wizards/RWs? Not possible.Bandobras Took wrote:In each of these cases, the Summary is held to override previous rulebooks/rulings:
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1) You can't influence an avatar's follower or ally.
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1) CRF: It is not possible to influence an item away from a Wizard or Ringwraith.
And yeah, spaghetti. With meatballs.
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Okay; just so long as it's with meatballs.
And no, it's just that the Balrog summary is held to be more current than the other rules, which only forbid items, not followers or allies.
And no, it's just that the Balrog summary is held to be more current than the other rules, which only forbid items, not followers or allies.
The game is flawed, but this does not mean it cannot be loved.