Rudder Jams |

chris gibson

(drgobson)

United Kingdom
Unspecified

Does the rudder jam apply for the remainder of the game or only for the next full turn after the damage is inflicted ?

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Tom Key

(tomski)

England
Guildford
Surrey

Just the next full turn... afaik

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Andrea Angiolino

(angiolillo)

Italy
Rome
European Union

Yes Tom, perfectly right! Thanks for the quick answer!!!

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Andreas Krüger

(Thamos von Nostria)

Germany
Krefeld

This was omitted in the German rules. Thank you for clarification!

How about the rule that a plane gets out of control and crashes when playing an illegel move. When I get the rudder damage in the beginning or middle of the round, there are still one or two cards to be resolved. If one of these is the now forbidden turn, will I crash?

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Mark Buetow

(Malacandra)

United States
McHenry
Illinois

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Thamos von Nostria wrote:

This was omitted in the German rules. Thank you for clarification!

How about the rule that a plane gets out of control and crashes when playing an illegel move. When I get the rudder damage in the beginnung or middle of the round, there are still one or two cards to be resolved. If one of these is the now forbidden turn, will I crash?

The rudder jam only means you cannot select that turn direction in the next turn of the game (the next set of cards you choose). So you're OK for the rest of that turn. Think of the whole turn as one action. Your rudder damage is taken as a whole throughout that turn.

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Kevin Duke

(kduke)

United States
Wynne
Arkansas

And, while we find few cases of "illegal" moves, we've also found just making the card a simple straight is an easier way to deal with the problem.

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Ivor Evans

(ivor13)

United States
Madison
Ohio

Hey guys - this was one question I had when playing the game, and have yet to use this optional rule because I couldn't find the "definitive" answer. I like kduke's solution, but kduke, do you play just ONE straight or THREE straights.
I only have Famous Aces so far - are the "illegal" moves written in some other sets rules?

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Kevin Duke

(kduke)

United States
Wynne
Arkansas

Aside from choosing to do a turn on the series of cards AFTER you get a rudder jam, there are only two "illegal" moves:

Not playing a straight before and after an Immelmann, or playing two of the 'stall' cards in a row.

Turning a single "illegal" card play into a straight "cures" the problem-- so if someone plays an immelmann without a straight, then the immelmann becomes a straight. If they play something after an immelmann that isn't a straight-- it becomes a straight. And if they play 2 stalls in a row-- turning that 2nd card into a straight solves the problem...

I guess you could say not playing a stall as one of your three cards when you have an engine damage would be illegal also... that might be one time to go with the original and have that move cause the plane to go down... I've just never seen anyone do it.

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