ygtyrt wrote:
comdotski wrote:
Playing last night, early during turn 3, my opponent (Soviet player) played Missile Envy. The Defcon was 2. I had 2 Red Star cards in my hand, whose event reduced the Defcon as a part of the event. And yes, he drew one of them at random, the event triggered, and he lost.
We discussed the chances of this and whether more experienced players would be aware of this risk and avoid playing Missile Envy as an Event to avoid this.
Anyone have a view on this? Or is 'Hamster' just the unluckiest TS player ever ?
We discussed the chances of this and whether more experienced players would be aware of this risk and avoid playing Missile Envy as an Event to avoid this.
Anyone have a view on this? Or is 'Hamster' just the unluckiest TS player ever ?
i think you played wrong. first of all missile envy is a mid war card and it should not have in his hands on turn 3 (early war).
let's say you wrote this wrong maybe this situation occurred turn 4. Missile Envy Text says: "Exchange this card for your opponent's highest valued operations card in his hand. If two or more cards are tied, opponent chooses..."
so your opponent does not choose a random card from your hand.
by the way which soviet cards with 2ops reduce the Defcon?
None, but he didn't say they had 2 ops. However this is another reason why this can't happen in turn 3- the only Soviet card that reduces Defcon (without any other option) is a Mid War card (We Will Bury you). Unless of course he was playing a really early edition with Korean War reducing Defcon...
You can lose to a mixed 2 OPs card- olympic games.
Anyway, there are so many ways for Missile Envy to backfire even if Defcon is greater than 2 that it is just silly to play it at 2 unless you have some foreknowledge of your opponent's hand.