Short answer:
No.
Explanation:
Mordakai asks:
No, these two cards don’t take prisoners. The mechanics for taking prisoners appear in MEDM, which specifically mentions that hazard hosts must be hazard permanent-events (whereas the two cards in question are resources):Good evening guys:
I'm looking through the Digests, and an issue is bugging me, regarding Sack over the Head and Use Your Legs, two cards pretty similar, but in some aspects different:
In ICE RULES DIGEST #3 (03-11-1997 Author: Craig Ichabod O'Brien) we can read:
Q: Are the hobbits placed “off to the side” with Use Your Legs considered prisoners for MP purposes?
A: No.
and in ICE RULES DIGEST #527 (09-11-1998 Author: Van Norton) we can read:
Q: I captured Glóin today in a game with Sack Over the Head. That was fun belive me. He carried Glamdring, Orcrist and Wormsbane, since all his mates died just a few seconds earlier. He was also very Alone and Unadvised. What happens to Alone and Unadvised? Does it stay on Glóin until he is brought back into play/eliminated/the game ends OR is it discarded?
A: Any items, allies or events except rings are discarded when a character is taken prisoner. Events includes hazard events so Alone and Unadvised is discarded.
It looks like Sack over the Head takes prisoners (as #527 refers to prisoners when talking about Sack) but #3 explicitly says that characters are not considered prisoners for Use Your Legs (at least regarding Marshalling Points).
The question would be: are they taken prisoners or not? Or only partially? for MP purposes, but the rest of the mechanics work in both cards? no-ring-items discarded, permanents discarded, allies discarded, no GI consumed, etc... Do both cards impose the same situation to the characters "trapped" under them?
Thanks
Certain hazard permanent-events cause a character to be taken prisoner--these are called hazard hosts.
In addition, all cards that take prisoners (like Troll-Purse, Flies and Spiders, etc) have the words “take prisoners” in their texts in some way, but notably Sack Over the Head and Use Your Legs don’t. Instead, they use a different mechanic: they place the affected characters “off to the side”. The MEAS rules defined this mechanic as follows, and even used Sack Over the Head as an example:
Both of these cards have their own text which explains what happens to the captured characters, but in any case, they don’t follow the rules concerning prisoners from MEDM.Placement of cards "off to the side" (Clarification)
Certain cards and effects require other cards be placed "off to the side" (e.g., Sack Over the Head). Cards placed off to the side are placed on the playing surface off to the side of the normal area of play. Such cards are kept with their host permanent-event that caused this effect. …
Note that this overturns ICE Digest 527 Q3