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dead_mike · dragonsteed Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 51 Location: Canada

There is a discussion in the Reps Forum about a revised version of the Demo Rules in the works, and I was just wondering what state they are currently in. Also, are the current Demo Rules the same as the Basic Rules? And if not, where do I find the current Demo Rules (I can only find the Basic Rules and Advanced Rules on the SFR site)?

Thanks in advance,

Mike

cliffwiggs · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:19 am GMT Post subject: Re: Demo Rules

Armin · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:06 pm GMT Post subject:

Look at

http://www.sfr-inc.com/docs/demorules2.pdf

dead_mike · dragonsteed Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 51 Location: Canada

Thanks for your help guys! Smile

Mike

chuckpint · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:36 pm GMT Post subject:

Those are the old rules. The new rules to go with the racial starters are here
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ddicerc · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:25 pm GMT Post subject:

Just so people know- a racial starter (at least at this point) will consist of a 24h army of 2 rares, 5 uncommons, and 8 commons selected randomly, plus two terrains (one "preferred" terrain to the race and one random) and one dragon that matches one of the races colors. (No secrets here-this has been discussed on other threads, but I thought I'd add it here for ease of use). I've made up a few of my own for demo purposes. There will be no monsters in the racial starters.
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dead_mike · dragonsteed Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 51 Location: Canada

Since the store I am running the demo at doesn't have any racial starters, should I still try and use the racial starter demo rules as written, or should I try to combine the new demo rules with the old ones? For example, if somebody is rolling for magic with 3 or 4 different races, it may be confusing (and inneffective) to have to stick to the racial spell lists. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Mike

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ddicerc · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:09 am GMT Post subject:

Those rules must be working with the current starter setup, which is 23h broken down as listed. But I'll let someone else who knows better comment definitively.
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koslowj · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:55 pm GMT Post subject:

The demo rules (unfortunately) have a mixture of old (mixed starter) and new (racial starter) ideas. We also realized that the descriptions of the spells aren't on there. Looks like we've got some work to do to clean them up.

For now, I'd suggest counting all magic as colorless and letting them cast any of the spells if you're using a mixed starter.
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MikeD · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:08 pm GMT Post subject:

One other thing I would suggest is adding a description of the SAI effects.
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cliffwiggs · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:48 am GMT Post subject:

slcobbs · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 12:25 pm GMT Post subject:

I would get rid of the different 8th face effects and just make 8th faces double maneuvers and saves.

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MikeD · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:38 pm GMT Post subject:

Seeing Cliff's and Scott's comments, I think we may be migrating toward set of truly Demo rules which allow the flavor of the game to be described in 15 minutes or less (these rules would not be given to players but used only by the Demo Staff and Store Reps). Next is a set of Beginner's rules which could be used in Novice Tournaments where 8th face effects, SAI's, and some simple magic rules could be used (These could be included with the Racial Starters sets). Then the intermediate rules could be the advanced rules minus specific items (the subtracted items would be annotated in the advanced rules as well as being mentioned in the intermediate tournament announcement). Finally, there would be the no-holds barred Advanced Rules for those brave enough to try the Nationals and Worlds Mr. Green

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I think this sums up the situation as I see it developing, any comments and suggestions are welcome.
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ddicerc · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:13 pm GMT Post subject:

The Intermediate and Advanced rules could be combined into one document, with the Advanced rules put into highlighted boxes or otherwise set apart. One CCG I play has a single rulebook for its Basic and Advanced games, with all the Advanced rules in gray boxes. This might be easier than having two separate documents, since any time changes were made to the rules they could be done once.
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