Re: (Redemption) Brain-twisting game!

Hey,

    Yes, Gabriel is the Kings version OT.
    Matthew is a Green Brigade, so Laughter was played on Jacob.
Looks like I won the game, I'll go tell my brother...

Thanks a bunch!
Bob
"Kevin Shride" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >    NOTE: THIS IS A BRAIN-TWISTER. BE PREPARED!
>
> Let's take it from the beginning and follow it along.
>
> >I am playing a game with my brother Chris, when this occurs:
> >    Chris activates Holy of Holies.
> >    Chris begins a rescue attempt with Jacob 6/5 Blue Hero with the
special
> >ability "May band to any silver brigade hero"
> >    I defend with Emperor Claudius 10/11 Gold Brigade Evil Character with
> >the special ability,"Emperor Claudius is immune to N.T. Heroes"
> >    Chris bands in Gabriel 10/10 silver brigade Hero who has a special
> >ability that does not affect this battle.
>
> First, if Gabriel is being banded in by Jacob's ability, it must happen
prior
> to Emp. Claudius being presented.  Jacob's ability happens the instant he
hits
> the field of battle.  So, actually, Jacob would start banded to Gabriel
> followed by Emp. Claudius defending.
>
> Second, is Gabriel the Warriors' version (NT) or the Kings' version (OT)?
I
> will assume Kings, as in your problem Emp. Claudius has initiative (if
Gabriel
> was NT, Emp. Claudius would be immune to him and this battle would be a
> stalemate, and the heroes would have initiative).
>
> >    I use a Gold brigade enhancement Moral Decline 0/2 that
reads:"Character
> >may use evil enhancements from any evil brigade this turn."
> >    I use a Gray brigade enhancement Rezon Arizes 2/2 to band in King
> >Jehoikim 6/5 Gold Brigade Warrior class.
> >    King Jehoikim is holding 3/2 Weapon class Sword of Vengeance.
>
> At this point in the battle, the heroes have a combined force of 16/15 and
the
> evil characters have a combined force of 21/22.  This means that the
heroes are
> losing and now have initiative.
>
> >    Chris uses Courage to band in Matthew (Levi) 7/7 with first strike
> >ability.
>
> Now the heroes are worth 23/22 with the added problem that Emp. Claudius
is
> immune to Matthew.  However, since Matthew has enough offense to defeat
King
> Jehoikim (Matthew's offense cannot hurt Claudius, so this is where it
goes) and
> Jacob & Gabriel have enough to defeat Claudius, the evil characters are
now
> losing.
>
> >    Chris uses Search 2/1 Green to search his deck for an enhancement.
>
> It is not Chris' initiative to play a card.  However, for the sake of
argument,
> let's say that the evil characters are first enhanced with a 3/5
enhancement,
> causing them to now be winning the battle, followed by Search, which now
makes
> the battle good: 25/23  evil:  24/27.  (As a side note, Search allows you
to
> search for ANY card, not just an enhancement.  If Chris gets Angel of the
Lord,
> for instance, this whole battle gets a lot simpler.)
>
> >Chris
> >selects Strength 3/3 Blue enhancement.
>
> G:28/26  E:24/27.  Evil characters losing.
>
> >    I play foreign enemy to bring in Ananias 4/5 Crimson with the SA:
"May
> >band to Sapphira without being negated, interrupted, or prevented"
> >    My Ananias bands in Sapphira 6/8 Crimson with a SA that is currently
> >being negated and prevented ny Holy of Holies.
>
> G:28/26  E:34/40.  Heroes losing.
>
> >    Chris plays Deliverance 3/3 silver brigade with a SA that is
> >innaplicable for this game.
> >    Chris plays 1/1 blue brigade laughter that reads:"Hero is immune to
all
> >evil brigades except Gold and Pale Green until the end of turn.
> >
>
> G:32/30  E:34/40.  The immunity of Laughter depends upon which blue hero
(Jacob
> or Matthew) the card is played on.  (Laughter only allows one hero to be
> immune.)  Either way, that blue hero is immune to the crimson characters,
but,
> as with Emp. Claudius' immunity earlier, the other characters have enough
> combined offense to take out the immune character.  If the battle ends at
this
> point, the evil characters will win the battle and all the heroes in
battle
> will be discarded.  No lost soul is rescued.
>
> >    What a brain-twister huh?  What is the outcome? That is what I want
to
> >know.
>
> Now you know.
>
> Kevin Shride
>