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Hi, must a card be played each turn or is it optional? Thanks! I saw nothing inFAQ on this
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brian
United States
Cedar Lake
Indiana
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lhughes41 wrote: Hi, must a card be played each turn or is it optional? Thanks! I saw nothing inFAQ on this
Yes, you must play a card. However, you can choose not to implement anything on it. This is one way to cycle "bad" cards.
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United States
Providence
Rhode Island
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ColtsFan76 wrote: lhughes41 wrote: Hi, must a card be played each turn or is it optional? Thanks! I saw nothing inFAQ on this Yes, you must play a card. However, you can choose not to implement anything on it. This is one way to cycle "bad" cards.
I've never seen that happen...
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brian
United States
Cedar Lake
Indiana
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markgravitygood wrote: ColtsFan76 wrote: lhughes41 wrote: Hi, must a card be played each turn or is it optional? Thanks! I saw nothing inFAQ on this Yes, you must play a card. However, you can choose not to implement anything on it. This is one way to cycle "bad" cards. I've never seen that happen...
Ancients, I haven't seen it happen. Memoir it has happened a few times, but I also have a lot more games of that logged.
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markgravitygood wrote: ColtsFan76 wrote: lhughes41 wrote: Hi, must a card be played each turn or is it optional? Thanks! I saw nothing inFAQ on this Yes, you must play a card. However, you can choose not to implement anything on it. This is one way to cycle "bad" cards. I've never seen that happen...
This is one of the great tensions of the game.
There are no bad cards in CCA....all of them can be game winners in the right situation....but all can be nearly useless to the wrong army in the wrong situation. If you have a hand of 5 and two section order cards for a flank where you no longer have units, you're essentialy stuck with a hand of 3 and cycling those cards out is of prime importance....but may not be so easy when the enemy is pressuring you. Finding a lull turn to safely cycle them without losing tempo can be very difficult, particularly late in the battle, and is one of the key challenges in hand management.
The best and easiest time to cycle sub-par cards is at the beginning of the battle, before you're fully engaged with the enemy, because pressure and tempo loss are not so critical. Another really interesting decision is disposing of cards early which may be of some use to you but would be stellar Counterattack opportunities for your opponent in the thick of battle later on......e.g. an Imperial Roman army dropping Mounted Charge early to prevent a Parthian enemy getting better use out of it on the Counterattack, or the Parthian doing the same with Double Time.
So lots of interesting hand management decisions in dealing with useless cards and the timing is critical.....another great aspect of this game.
Brent.
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My situation was my son had set himself up on hills while I approached and he liked all his cards and wanted to "pass"
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Kevin Duke
United States
Wynne
Arkansas
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Nope-- "pass" is not an option.
And it would be bad for the game if it were.
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Thanks everyone. A similar followup: many cards say something to the effect " you move these n guys...but if you don.t have the qualifying type then u may move any one piece.'" May I pick the one piece option even if I did qualify for the "better" multiple unit use. The language seems to say no but prior colors games I could swear the spirit of it was as a consolation price and u could always pick it regardless. Thanks
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mateenyweeny
Canada
Toronto
Ontario
Raks Raks Raks
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Re: Playing card mandatory
Good questions.
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Read the rulebook, plan for all contingencies, and…read the rulebook again.
United States
Austin
Texas
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lhughes41 wrote: Thanks everyone. A similar followup: many cards say something to the effect " you move these n guys...but if you don.t have the qualifying type then u may move any one piece.'" May I pick the one piece option even if I did qualify for the "better" multiple unit use. The language seems to say no but prior colors games I could swear the spirit of it was as a consolation price and u could always pick it regardless. Thanks
It depends on the card. Read them carefully!
If you are talking about cards like "Order Heavy Troops" where there is an alternative to move one unit of your choice if you don't have any Heavy units, then you are stuck ordering Heavy units even if you only have one block remaining in the last Heavy unit in your force.
If your last Heavy unit is eliminated (or you never had any to begin with) and you have the card in your hand, then you may order one unit of your choice.
However, the "Inspired Leadership" cards do offer you the choice of using the card's primary ability or ordering one unit of your choice. Up to you!
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Tanks Alot
United States
Fort Mill
South Carolina
go2 Youtube Historical Gaming
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I would say he can play a card and not order a unit
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Always: all orders are optional. Ordering a unit to move '0' and not battle is an order.
I have had a few times where I have literally had no card to order a unit (usually late in a battle, and with at least one section empty and one banner to go for victory). I've never had it occur more than about once in 100 or so games though...
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