+

WO1996004968A1 - Jeu de cartes et methode de jeu - Google Patents

Jeu de cartes et methode de jeu Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO1996004968A1
WO1996004968A1 PCT/US1995/010451 US9510451W WO9604968A1 WO 1996004968 A1 WO1996004968 A1 WO 1996004968A1 US 9510451 W US9510451 W US 9510451W WO 9604968 A1 WO9604968 A1 WO 9604968A1
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
cards
vampire
game
player
play
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/US1995/010451
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Richard C. Garfield
Original Assignee
Wizards Of The Coast, Inc.
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Wizards Of The Coast, Inc. filed Critical Wizards Of The Coast, Inc.
Priority to AU33286/95A priority Critical patent/AU3328695A/en
Publication of WO1996004968A1 publication Critical patent/WO1996004968A1/fr

Links

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F1/00—Card games

Definitions

  • the present invention s directed to a game involving chance and strategy, and, more particularly, to a game utilizing trading cards and the methods of playing the game, as well as alternati e embodiments of the same, including different game formats such as electronic and vidto games, interactive networks, computer software, board games, and role playing games.
  • Trading cards are a well-known method of disbursing and collecting information about public figures.
  • a familiar type of trading card is the baseball card that has a photographic depiction of an athlete along with biographical and statistical information about the athlete. These baseball cards and other cards dealing with various sports figures are used by sports enthusiasts for gathering information about players and teams.
  • Trading cards have also been developed in other areas, such as the ente ⁇ ainment industry, which depict music performers and television and movie personalities.
  • Trading cards are typically exchanged among enthusiasts to obtain cards that are needed to complete a set of related cards or to collect cards that are not readily available. Collectors buy and sell these cards for their economic and historic value. The cards themselves have varying monetary values, depending on the popularity of the individual depicted thereon and the availability of each card, some being more common than others. Such cards are typically sold through retail game stores and other specialty outlets.
  • S ⁇ PRTITUTE SHEFT (PULE 26) Playing cards, on the other hand, especially the well-known fifty-two deck face cards, are easily and readily available. The cards themselves, individually and collectively, generally have no value other than for amusement. Many different games can be played with a single deck of playing cards, limited generally by the imagination of the players. Some card games require cards especially printed for that game, and these cards have little value outside the playing of that particular game.
  • the improvement of the present invention is .related to a role-playing game being presently marketed by White Wolf, Inc., under the trademark VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE.
  • VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE.
  • VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE.
  • vampires roam the streets at night among mortals in a decadent, information age world.
  • vampires Disguised as humans, vampires have infiltrated the mortal world and manipulated its very history.
  • the power of vampires is determined by their distance, measured in generations, from the progenitor of the vampire race, Caine. The first and second generations created by Caine were destroyed. The third generation, known as the Antediluvians, has been unseen for millennia. The fourth generation, Methuselah, employ younger vampires from later generations as pawns in a constant struggle against each other. These battles, sometimes covert and subtle, sometimes open and spectacular, are collectively known as the "Jyhad.” There arc many bloodlines within vampire society. Seven of these claim recognition within the Camarilla, the sect of vampires on which Jyhad focuses. Each clan of vampires possesses certain powers, or Disciplines. Toreador: Members of this clan are thought of as artists and degenerates. They are frequently adept at the Disciplines of Auspex (ESP), Celerity (supernatural quickness), and Presence (ability to influence crowds).
  • ESP Disciplines
  • Nosferatu These hideously deformed creatures use their influence to gain knowledge. They are loners by necessity but still manage to know more about the workings of Kindred society than do many of the most powerful of vampire leaders. Nosferatu are often skilled in the Disciplines of Animalism (communication with and control of animals), Obfuscate (the ability to remain unseen), and Potence (strength).
  • Brujah The Brujah are rebels; they make no secret of .heh fear for undead society and are often viewed as a force of chaos by other Kindred. They are often skilled in the Disciplines of Celerity (supernatural speed), Potence (strength), and Presence (ability to influence crowds).
  • Gangrel The most earthy of Kindred, the Gangrel have close ties to Gypsy society.
  • the Gangrel frequently possess the Disciplines of Animalism (communication with and control of animals), Fortitude (toughness), and Protean (ability to change shape).
  • Tremere This close-knit clan is known to have many arcane and magical skills. Their powers often include Auspex (ESP), Dominate (mind control), and Thaumaturgy (sorcery).
  • ESP Auspex
  • Dominate Dominate
  • Thaumaturgy Thaumaturgy
  • Malkavian Members of this clan are proficient; yet from madness may come wisdom, and many Malkavians seem to glimpse hidden truths. Malkavians commonly possess the powers of Obfuscate (the ability to remain unseen), Auspex (ESP), and Dominate (mind control).
  • the improvements of the present invention are directed to a new genre of card games that involve the use of trading cards. Many, if not all, of these trading cards have collectable status, i.e., have limited availability and have a financial as well as game-playing value. Such games are marketed by the applicant under the trademark DECKMASTER. With DECKMASTER games, no two decks are alike, and no two games play the same way. DECKMASTER games are unlike conventional card games because new cards in the player's deck open up new avenues of play, embellishing the rules without departing from their essential framework. Players will find certain lines of strategy that suit them better than others, and each player's deck will shrink and grow as the player wins and looses cards and trades cards to fill gaps in their ideal strategic configuration.
  • the improvements of the present invention are related to a game for two or more players, with the game components comprising rules of play and a plurality of game elements, the game elements including a plurality of entity elements that each have a predetermined level of life, a method for tracking the level of life of the entity elements, such as tokens, etc.
  • a plurality of first state-altering elements that enable players to alter the state of one or more players, of one or more entity elements, and to modify the effect of one or more of the rules of play and the effect of one or more state-altering elements
  • a plurality of second state-altering elements that enable the entity elements themselves to alter the state of one or more players, of one or more entity elements, and to modify the effect of one or more of the rules and the effect of one or more first and second state-altering elements
  • the game components further include a method for indicating which one player has special abilities. Preferably, this includes a token of the players' choice.
  • the plurality of game elements are further comprised of hand-holdable cards. Ideally the hand- holdable cards are freely tradable among players such that each player contains or constructs their own deck of cards to thereby compete against the deck of cards of every other player.
  • the hand-holdable cards further comprise a plurality of vampire cards and a plurality of library cards, the library cards further comprising cards that enable a player to alter the staic of one or more players, the state of one or more vampire cards, and to modify the -ffcct of one or more of the rules of play and the effect of one or more of the state-altering cards.
  • each player first constructs a library of game components from a pool of game components available to every player; each player obtains one or more entity elements from the player's library; each player next obtains an opening hand of a predetermined number of state-altering elements from the player's library; and then each player sequentially executes a turn by, at the player's option, entering one or more of the first state-altering elements into play, entering one or more second state-altering elements into play and resolving the effect thereof, entering one or more entity elements into play, and discarding one or more game elements and drawing one or more game elements to replace any game elements discarded.
  • the step of executing a turn further includes the substep of attacking an opposing player's entity elements and resolving the attack through combat.
  • resolving combat further includes the substep of each player involved in the combats, at the player's option, entering into play one or more state-altering elements and resolving the effect thereof in an attempt to ultimately defeat an opposing player by lowering the opposing player's life level to below zero.
  • the step of executing a turn further includes the step of a player flagging a
  • the step of executing a turn further includes the substep of unflagging an entity element prior to executing any other substep of the step of executing a turn.
  • the present invention provides a game that can be played in many game formats, including hand-holdable cards, electronic games, computer software, interactive networks, board games, and the like.
  • This includes the unique feature of components that have a tradable and a collectable status.
  • a certain amount of the game components have a limited availability to the players, thus increasing the financial value of the components and encouraging players to trade and collect game components.
  • the game permits players to construct their own library of components in an effort to obtain competitive advantage as permitted by the provisions and availability of each of the components, as well as the player's skill in combining the game components prior to play.
  • This particular game utilizes chance as well as requiring strategy on a part of players and not only constructing the library of components, but also utilizing each of the components and play.
  • players not only interact directly with other players by bringing certain components into play, they also control and command certain game components that have their own life in an effort in influence the environment of the game and deal damage to other players.
  • the game may be adapted to more simplified versions and the order of steps in a player's turn may be fixed, altered, or left open.
  • FIGS. 1A-1K are plan views of the outside face and the playing faces of represented samples of the trading cards formed in accordance with the present 96/04968 PC17US95/10451
  • FIG. 1A representing the back or outside face of the cards
  • FIG. IB representing a vampire card with political power
  • FIG. IC representing a vampire card with no power
  • FIG. ID representing a reaction card
  • FIG. IE representing a master card with no casting cost
  • FIG. IF representing a master card having skill
  • FIG. 1G representing a master card with location
  • FIG. IH representing a political action card
  • FIG. II representing a combat card
  • FIG. U representing a weapon
  • FIG. IK representing an action card
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the layout of a playing surface for two opponents in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the action of tapping and untapping cards on the playing surface of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is an illustration of the symbols used to depict the abilities and skills of the various entities.
  • FIG. 5 is an illustration of the clan symbols for each of the vampires.
  • a game is provided for two or more players.
  • the game utilizes trading cards which may or may not have a collectable status. It is anticipated this game will be marketed under the trademark JYHAD, and references to the game herein will be under the trademark JYHAD.
  • Methuselahs ancient vampires
  • Younger vampires think they are pursuing their own ends even as they are being used by one Methuselah to under cut the power base of another.
  • the motivations for the war between the Methusalahs are lost in the sands of dead civilizations.
  • the Methuselahs are vying for world conquest. They work under the influence of yet older vampires, believing in their autonomy as due the vampires they control.
  • the cards in a player's deck represent the minions (vampires a player controls and the allies of the vampires), the equipment and attributes of the minions, and the retainers of the minions.
  • Each players minions are characters that the player controls in the game by playing particular cards.
  • Each card deck is composed of library cards and vampire cards. There are 440 cards in the original game, and each of these are incorporated herein by reference. Each player will need at least twelve vampire cards, which have oval portraits of the vampires on the front and amber marble backs, and at least forty library cards, which comprise all other cards and have green marble backs. You must have a minimum of forty library cards, but you may also have an additional ten library cards for each player in the game. Thus, in a six-player game, each player may have a minimum of forty and a maximum of one hundred library cards.
  • Blood Counters Blood counters are a; ⁇ integral part of the game. You need about forty counters: thirty for your personal blood pool and an extra ten blood counters to help fill the communal blood bank. Blood counters can be any convenient items, such as pennies, glass beads, or stones.
  • the Edge Counter is a symbol showing that your vampires have won you special influence in the game. It is given to players who successfully bleed their prey, (see Bleed and Politics) and it imparts certain advantages to the player controlling it. You will need some small distinctive object, such as a candle, a glove, or hat, to represent the Edge.
  • tapping and untapping is a unique feature in DECKMASTER games. As shown in FIG. 3, during the course of play you will turn cards 10 90 degrees to "tap" them- a procedure that indicates that the card has been activated to perform a particular action. Untapping a card 10 restores it to its original position; this indicates the card is reset and will be able to be tapped again to take another action at a later time. Your untapped minions may block (see Blocking An Action), take actions (which thus tap the minions), or play reaction cards.
  • FIG. 1A illustrated therein is a representative sample of a trading card 10 formed in accordance with the present invention, and, more particularly, the outside face 12 of the card 10. Depicted thereon is the trademark name of the game, JYHAD, along with the trademark symbol 14, which depicts serpents intertwined with sickle-type objects. Below the trademark 14 is an additional trademark for this series of trading card games, DECKMASTER.
  • the outside face 12 appears the same on all of the playing cards in the JYHAD game.
  • FIG. IB depicted therein is the playing face of a vampire card 16 for the vampire Wynn.
  • the components of the playing faces 18 of each card typically include the title 20 of the card, in this case Wynn; a border 22, with red border representing a minion and a grey border for a master card; a picture portion 24 depicting the character of the card or action, object, etc.; a text portion 26 describing the effect of the card; a blood cost 28 showing how many tokens of blood must be paid by the player to bring the vampire or card into play; a clan symbol 30 in the upper left-hand corner of a vampire card indicating which clan the vampire belongs to as will be explained more fully below; and discipline symbols representing the skill and abilities the vampire has.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the clan symbols and names associated therewith for the vampires. It is to be appreciated that other symbols may be adopted and used for this game, and such symbols will be explained in the appropriate game instructions accompanying the game, which are incorporated herein b) reference.
  • FIG. I C represents a vampire card, Dollface 34.
  • FIG. ID represents a reaction card 36.
  • FIG. IE represents a master card 38. While FIG. IF represents a master skill card 40 and FIG. 1G represents a master location card 42.
  • FIG. IH is a representative sample of a political card 44 while FIG. II represents a combat card 46.
  • FIG. U illustrates a weapon card 48 and FIG. IK represents an action card 50.
  • Each vampire card 16 normally has the following elements: name 20, red blood capacity symbol 28 in lower right corner, clan symbol 30 in upper left comer, and Discipline symbols 32 in lower right corner above the blood capacity, and, in the card text 26, any political positions the vampire may hold, and sometimes one or more special characteristics.
  • the vampires are your minions. Each vampire is unique, and if two players put the same vampire into play, it is considered contested, (see Contested Cards) which means the Methuselah are struggling to control it.
  • Blood capacity This number 28 (which starts between one and ten) reflects many things at once: the relative age of the vampire, the amount of influence in blood counters you must invest in it in order to bring it under your control, and the amount of strength it has to heal wounds or perform certain actions.
  • a vampire with a larger capacity than another is said to be older, and one with a smaller capacity younger.
  • a vampire's blood capacity, and therefore its age, increases when you play rkill cards on it or when the vampire commits diablerie (see Torpor).
  • a vampire cannot have more blood than its capacity; if an effect puts more blood on the va ⁇ .pire, ignore the excess.
  • An uncontrolled vampire will have blood counters stacked on it representing the amount of influence that has been invested in it.
  • Disciplines These are vampire powers. The Disciplines determine which minion cards can be used by individual vampires. A Discipline symbol within a diamond signifies that the vampire has superior skill in that Discipline and therefore may opt to use either the plain type or the boldfaced section given on cards that pertain to that Discipline, but not both.
  • FIG. 5 the list of Disciplines, and their respective symbols are shown in FIG. 5:
  • Tb ⁇ umaturgy - Magic spell-casting ability mostly blood-oriented.
  • LiLrary Cards There are two main types of library cards: master cards and minion cards. Master cards are used by the players in their roles as Methuselah; minion cards are used by the vampires and the allies you control. You play a card by placing it in the playing a. « ⁇ a (described more fully below) or on any applicable minion card and paying its cost. Any library card not explicitly named as a master card is assumed to be a minion card. Cost of Playing Cards: On the left side of most library cards is the cost of playing that card. This may include any of the following: symbol for card type, a Discipline symbol, a blood cost symbol (a number within a drop of blood), and a clan symbol.
  • the Discipline symbol 32 indicates that the vampire using that card must have that Discipline to use it.
  • the number 28 in the drop is the cost in blood counters that you must pay to the blood bank in order to play that card. You usually augment minions by playing minion cards on them and placing the requisite number of blood counters from the minion to the blood bank; however, cards 10 having the number 28 in white lettering within a black blood drop you pay for from your blood pool to the blood bank.
  • the clan symbol appears in the cost on certain master cards. You can only play that master card if you have a ready member of that clan (see Game Environment and Terminology). A clan symbol may also appear on certain minion cards. If this is the case, only vampires of that clan may use the cards.
  • Master cards (38, 40, 42) are cards you play in your role as a Methuselah. Master cards are clearly marked as such and fall under the following subcategories: Locations: Location cards 42 give your vampires certain long-term advantages in play. These advantages are described on the cards. Location cards stay in play and have an effect that repeats each turn, though certain library cards can eliminate them from play. Location cards may be used the turn they are put into play. Skills: Skill cards 40 are played on your vampires. The skill card remains ⁇ n your vampire and is burned (see Ash Heap) when your vampire is burned. Skills are abilities granted to your vampires through your powers as a Methuselah.
  • the vampire also gains an additional blood capacity along with a skill granted but does not automatically gain an extra blood to fill it.
  • Out-of-turn Out-of-turn cards you play when it is not your tu ⁇ v however, if you play an out-of-tum card, you must sacrifice your master phase (see Master Phase) for the next round of play. You may not use another out-of-tum card if you've already used one for your master phase for the next rum.
  • Other master cards Any m ⁇ ter ".ards not explained here have their effects described on them.
  • Minion cards are cards that you place on a vampire or an ally (unless the minion card is itself an ally; see recruit Ally) to indicate that the vampire or ally is using that card.
  • Certain minion cards, called Kindred cards are only usable by vampires and not their allies. In many cases there is a Discipline listed on a minion card; in these cases the card can only be used by a vampire with that Discipline. Sometimes a card will list a clan; these cards can only be used by a member of that clan. Unless the card states otherwise, you always bu a minion card after your minion uses it.
  • minion cards The general types of minion cards are as follows: Action cards: On your turn you can play an action card 50 for your minion's action. Only one action card may be played for each action, and your minions may only use action cards on your turn. Action modifier cards: Only the acting minion can use these cards, unless the particular cards note otherwise. Action modifier cards can only be used to modify your own minion's actions. The same action modifier card type cannot be used twice by a minion during the same action. Ally, equipment, and retainer cards: These a minion brings into play as an action. Equipment and retainers are stacked on the minion using them, but allies are kept separate. Equipment and retainers are burned
  • Contested Cards There can only be one vampire of each description in the game. Vampire cards and certain oihcr cards designated as such on the card are called unique. If two unique cards of the same type come into play (for example, if two cards describing the same vampire are brought into the active region), the cards are both placed face down and are consid re contested. You lose one blood from your blood pool during your untap phase for ach cf your contested cards. Alternatively, you can decide to discard your con * st -d cards (and all blood counters those cards may have on them) to the blood bank. This is called yielding. All cards stacked on the card being yielded (for example, equipment) are bumed.
  • the Playing Area There are three card-playing regions in front of each player as shown in FIG. 2: torpor 52, active region 54, and inactive region 56. Your vampires and allies are collectively referred to as minions. When vampires are in the torpor region 52, they are said to be in torpor. A minion in the active region 54 is said to be ready. A vampire in the inactive region 56 is said to be uncontrolled. A vampire in either torpor or the active region 54 is considered controlled.
  • Blood Pool Your blood pool represents ⁇ .he resources that you have available to carry out your manipulations and machinations At the beginning of the game, this pool consists of thirty blood counters.
  • Blood Bank Off to one side, in a location that everyone playing can reach, put a few extra counters for the blood bank.
  • Organizing the Cards Preparation: Separate your vampire cards from your library cards and select at least twelve vampire cards for your vampire deck. You should shuffle separately both your vampire cards and deck of library cards and then allow the player at your right to cut both.
  • Library You should keep your stack of library cards face down a little off to one side in front of you.
  • Inactive Region You should now take up your deck of vampire cards and deal four vampires into a space just in front of you, in what is known as your inactive region. Place these four cards face down in order to conceal them from the other players. You may look at your own inactive region vampires whenever you wish.
  • Crypt The remaining vampire cards in your vampire deck should be set aside in a face-down stack that is referred to as your crypt.
  • Vampires in your crypt can be called out to the inactive region later in the game during the influence phase.
  • the Hand Draw seven cards from your library into your hand. During game play, you draw additional cards whenever you discard or play cards from your hand, thus maintaining a hand of seven cards; however, if your library runs out of cards, you must continue play with just the cards you are left holding, and you then ignore any cards that allow you to draw additional
  • the Predator and The Prev You are the predator of the player on your left and the prey of the player on your right, and players are predatcr and prey of each other in a two-player game. Note that if seating changes durip ⁇ the course of the game, the person who is then to your left will immediately become your prey.
  • Phase 0 - Untap At the beginning of your rum, you must untap any tapped cards. Any cards requiring you to take an action during the untap phase take effect after you have untapped your cards. Some cards in play may cause some or all players to perform actions during this phase. You may choose the order in which these effects take place. If you have the Edge, you may add one blood to your pool
  • Phase 1 - Master You may play one (and only one) master card.
  • Phase 2 - Minion You may have each of your untapped controlled minions take one action. Taking an action taps the acting minion. Announce and resolve each action before proceeding to the next. If your minion manages to untap due to a card effect this phase, it may take another action. Thus it is possible for the same minion to take several actions during a tum. Any ready and untapped vampires with no blood on them must hunt as their action during this phase. Other players' minions might be able to block the action (see Blocking An Action).
  • Bleeding is one of the most fundamental directed actions (see Who May Block Whom) of the game. It is the basic action of your minion to undermine the power and influence of another player and represents your vampire meddling directly in the affairs of another Methuselah. You might picture bleeding as paying bribes, burning down property, spreading rum, etc. You may attempt to bleed the player who is your prey by declaring a bleed action. If unblocked, this action removes one blood from the blood pool of the bled player to the blood bank. If your vampire has a modifier to its bleed, it may remove extra blood from your prey to the blood bank. Whenever a minion successfully bleeds a Methuselah, the controller of that minion gains control of the Edge. Example: A vampire with +2 bleed attempting to bleed against the prey will cost the prey 3 blood if unblocked.
  • Retainers are mortals and creatures that vampires use to protect their resting places and take care of their worldly interests. Some human retainers may serve vampires' allies. The employ retainer action brings a retainer into play for a vampire. This action is at + 1 stealth (see Stealth and Intercept). If the action is unblocked, you put the retainer on the acting minion. If the attempt to employ the retainer is blocked or otherwise unsuccessful, the retainer is discarded with no cost. A minion can have any number of retainers. The retainer is not itself considered your minion and so cannot take a minion action. Retainers cannot use equipment, deal damage in combat, or act independently of the minion they are augmenting.
  • Encounter Vampire in Torpor (no card required): Your vampire can attempt to encounter a vampire in torpor, either your own vampire or, as a directed action, a vampire of another player. If your vampire is encountering a vampire in your own torpor region, this action is at + 1 stealth. Allies may not perform this action. If your vampire encounters a vampire in torpor, then it can choose either to rescue the vampire or destroy the vampire. (See Torpor.)
  • Equipment cards are action cards that give minions special abilities. The equip minion action is at + 1 stealth. If the equip action is unblocked, the equipment card is placed on the minion. If the action is blocked, the equipment is simply discarded (see Blocking An Action), and no cost is paid.
  • a minion may be equipped with any number of equipment cards. If you have a minion with equipment in play, this equipment may be taken from it by another of your minions, who then controls the equipment. The minion attempting to take the equipment does so at + 1 stealth. Taking equipment is an action that taps your minion taking the equipment. More than one piece of equipment can be taken at one time from the same minion. If the action is blocked, the equipment is simply not taken.
  • Leave Torpor (no card required): The only action a vampire in torpor can take is to rescue itself by spending 2 blood. This action is at + 1 stealth. If this action is blocked, there is no combat, the vampire attempting to leave torpor remains in torpor, and the blocking vampire is given the opportunity to destroy the vampire (see Diablerie). Like any other action this taps the acting vampire.
  • Recruit Ally (ally card required): This action brings an ally into play.
  • the recruit ally action is at + 1 stealth. If this action is blocked, the ally is discarded without cost of blood (see Blocking An Action).
  • An ally should be treated as a vampire in most ways, with its ready card placed beside the ready vampire cards, you should keep in mind that an ally is, above all, mortal. Allies are not spoken of as having blood points. Rather, they have a certain number of life points, and for each life, you should put a blood counter on them as a life counter, understanding that this is not blood the ally uses to heal itself and that it cannot be renewed in any way.
  • Vote (political card required): Sometimes a vote must be taken for an action to be concluded (see Politics).
  • Phase 3 - Influence Moving Blood and Bringing Vampires from the Crypt: During your influence phase, you have four transfers to use on your uncontrolled vampires. Transfers are an abstract currency and not directly represented by any tangible thing. You may spend these transfers to move blood counters on vampires to bring them under your control, take blood back from uncontrolled vampires already having some blood transferred to them, or bring a vampire card from the top of your crypt into your inactive region. The costs for these actions are described below. It costs one transfer to move one blood counter from your blood pool to one of your uncontrolled vampires. It costs two transfers to take one blood counter back from one of your uncontrolled vampires to your blood pool. It costs four transfers and one blood from your pool to take a vampire off the crypt and onto the uncontrolled region. The blood counter goes to the blood bank.
  • Methuselah At the beginning of a multi-player game, the first few turns Methuselah will have less than four transfers. On the first, second, and third turn, a Methuselah gets one, two, or three transfers respectively; for example, the Methuselah who goes third gets three transfers on the first round of turns. After this, players will get the usual four transfers.
  • a vampire in your inactive region with as many blood counters on it as its blood capacity becomes controlled is turned right-side up, and is put into the active region.
  • the blood counters are kept on the card of the ready vampire, as they are a measure of its present strength, which may increase and decrease throughout the game.
  • Phase 4 - Discard Phase You can discard one card from your hand and replace it with a card from the top of your library during this phase.
  • Reaction cards can be used to block the vampires of other players or to interfere with the actions of those other vampires. Reaction cards are played by an untapped minion and may only be used in response to another player's minion's actions. Also, you can only use a reaction card of a particular type once for each declared action. For example, you cannot play more than one Wake with Evening's Freshness during a given action.
  • Non-directed actions are actions that are not directed against a Methuselah, such as equipping one of your minions. Your prey has the first opportunity to block. If your prey does not attempt to block the action, then your predator has the opportunity to block. Once a Methuselah has passed an opportunity to block an action, he or she cannot attempt to block it later, regardless of whether other blocking attempts have been made, or whether the action has been modified. A successful block (see next section) taps the blocking minion.
  • Stealth and Intercept Stealth anc intercept are opposed characteristics of minions, represented by a number. Stealth is a measure of a minion's ability to avoid detection and/or pursuit, and intercept is a measure of the minion's ability to detect and/or pursue. Normally minions have a 0 stealth number and a 0 intercept number. One minion can block an acting minion only if its intercept number is equal to or greater than the stealth number of the acting minion. If the action is blocked, the action is not successful, and there is combat between the acting minion and the blocking minion (exception: see Leave Torpor). Any cost for using cards or vampire powers for the action are not paid and any action cards or action modifier cards are bumed. The acting minion remains tapped.
  • a minion that is attempting to block is called the blocking minion. If you want to block, you indicate which minion is the blocker. That minion must have an intercept at least as great as the acting minion's stealth; reaction cards and cards in play can be used to increase the intercept.
  • the blocked player Before the block is successful, the blocked player has the opportunity to play action modifiers or use cards in play to increase the acting minion's stealth.
  • action cards that say " + 1 stealth” have an intrinsic stealth bonus to performing that action alone.
  • Play continues with players alternately increasing intercept and stealth. A player cannot increase stealth or intercept beyond that needed to counter directly another player's increase of stealth or intercept; although, if a single card grants more than enough stealth or intercept needed to counter, that card may be played.
  • Players can alternately apply stealth and intercept until they have no more modifiers or do not wish to continue adding. At that point, if the intercept of a minion attempting to block is at least as great as the stealth of the acting minion, the acting minion is blocked. If this is not the case, the blocking minion is left untapped, and another minion may attempt to block. Increased stealth and intercept return to normal after the action is resolved.
  • Ranged weapons can be used at either close range or long range. They are identified by the "R" next to the damage they do, as in 2R, which means 2 ranged damage, usable at either close or long range. All attacks that are not specifically ranged can only be performed at close range, and all of a vampire's or ally's attacks, whether or not it has a ranged weapon, are assumed to be close range unless that minion plays a maneuver. Maneuvers can be played to make the combat long range, or to cancel an opponent's maneuver.
  • a combat card played by a minion has a maneuver as part of an effect, the maneuver must be used that round of combat. If a combat card played by a minion has an "optional maneuver" as part of the effect, then the minion may decline to use the maneuver. If a strike card is played to gain a maneuver, the acting minion is then committed to using the strike that gave the maneuver. Generally a minion that can attack at long range will want to set the combat at long range against a minion that can only attack at close range. If the minion that can attack at long range out-maneuvers its opponent, the combat is at long range, and its opponent will not be able to attack.
  • Cassandra has a handgun that gives 1 ranged damage, and the handgun gives one maneuver per entire combat. You choose to maneuver, making the combat at long range. Cassandra deals one damage, and Tiberius, not being able to attack, deals none. If Tiberius had IR Goggles, which give 1 maneuver each combat, then Tiberius could cancel the maneuver and bring the combat to close range where both vampires would inflict a damage.
  • each minion has only one strike per round.
  • the strike may be made with a normal hand attack for one damage, with a weapon, or with a strike card.
  • you used a weapon or strike card for a maneuver you must also use the card for the minion's strike. Consequently, you cannot use more than one weapon or strike card to get more maneuvers.
  • the player with the acting minion first decides the manner in which the minion is striking. Then the blocking minion can respond by either using a weapon or using a strike card.
  • Resolve Strike Damage each round is dealt by minions simultaneously du ⁇ ng this phase. The normal, unaided hand attack does one damage. Blood (or life points in the case of allies or retainers) is removed from the minion and moved to the blood bank. The damage number, in the case of vampires, is the amount of blood that will be lost healing the damage. If a vampire has no blood to pay to the blood bank to heal a wound (that is, if it received damage in excess of the blood on its card), it goes into torpor.
  • the injured vampire is sent into torpor even if it had blood counters left on it. Aggravated damage shocks a vampire's system so that it does not heal. Thus, the vampire loses no blood unless more than one aggravated damage is received. In this case the excess is paid in blood. If the vampire does not have the blood to heal excess aggravated damage, then it is considered destroyed, and its card is bumed. Note that this destruction of the vampire does not constitute diablerie.
  • damage prevention cards can be played. You may play these cards one at a time until all damage is prevented or until you don't wish to play any more. You cannot play more cards than are necessary to prevent damage. If a damage prevention card or effect blocks more damage than is being dealt, the extra prevention is lost and cannot be applied toward future strikes. For example, if a vampire is dealt three points of aggravated damage, you can play one card that prevents two damage and immediately after that another that prevents two damage. (Note that the vampire will not go into torpor for aggravated damage at this point, as it is considered not to have been damageo at all.)
  • Additional Strikes If you have a minion us°- a combat card that gives it an additional strike, you may use more than one st ⁇ -'e card in the current round. This is handled by having another choose strike phase and resolve strike phase after the first, in which only the minions with additional strikes may play strike cards. All additional strikes take place at the same range. This is repeated as necessary. Only one card may give an additional strike to a minion for each round of combat.
  • Presses can be used to start another round of combat or to cancel an opponent's press. If you want another round of combat, then you must play a press. Your opponent has the opportunity to cancel your press with a press; then you have the opportunity to play another press, and so forth. If there is an uncanceled press, the extra round of combat begins. Note that you cannot cancel your own press. If a combat card used by a minion has a press as part of an effect, then the press must be used that round, of combat. If a combat card used by a minion has an optional press as part of the effect, then the minion may decline to use the press.
  • Minions can arm themselves with weapons using equipment cards during the action phase of the minion round, b.'t not during combat. Often weapons will give your minion the capability of doing one or more maneuvers during the course of a combat. If a minion uses a weapon for a maneuver, that weapon must be used for its strike. If your minion does not use a weapon to gain a maneuver, you may still announce the use of a weapon during the choose strike phase. This will give your minion the ability to deal extra damage, and it may also give a maneuver on a succeeding round. You may only use hand damage modifiers on melee-type weapons (such as knives, clubs, etc.).
  • Hand Damage Adds to a minion's hand or melee weapon damage.
  • Destroy Equipment This effect will force a piece of equipment to be put in the owner's ash heap. This cannot be done at long range unless specified by the card. If there is more than one piece of equipment on the opposing minion, the destroying minion chooses which is affected. The equipment can be used on the turn it is bumed unless the destroying was done before the use would happen (see First Strike, below, and Additional Strikes). The effect may specify a weapon; in which case a weapon must be bumed. Steal Equipment: This effect is like destroy equipment except that the equipment goes to the stealing minion. The equipment may not be used by the stealing minion until the following round of combat. The equipment is retained by
  • Dodge The Dodge strike card deals no damage, but ii negates the effect of the opponent's strike that round.
  • Steal Blood This does not count as damage, so it alone cannot put a vampire into torpor; but neither can it be prevented with damage prevention.
  • the amount of blood stolen is given to the stealing vampire. If the amount stolen exceeds the stealing vampire's capacity, the excess is kept on the vampire until the end of the rum and then put in the bank. A vampire heals any existing wounds immediately after stealing blood unless the damage was dealt to it with first strike. If Steal Blood is used against an ally, the ally loses the appropriate number of lives and the vampire stealing blood gains the appropriate amount in blood. An ally can be bumed in this way.
  • Vampires may also go into to ⁇ or by sustaining aggravated damage. In this case they may enter to ⁇ or still having some blood points left. Vampires in to ⁇ or are placed in an area to one side of their inactive region. Any retainers and equipment stay with the vampire going into to ⁇ or.
  • Leave Torpor (no card required): To get a vampire out of torpor, you tap the vampire during the minion phase, and the vampire pays two blood to get out of to ⁇ or. However, if the vampire doesn't have enough blood to pay, then it will require another ready and untapped vampire to rescue it (see below). Note that the action of "getting out of to ⁇ or" can be blocked. This action does give the vampire in to ⁇ or + 1 stealth, but if it should be successfully blocked, it not only remains in to ⁇ or but loses the two blood points that it spent attempting to leave to ⁇ or and may be destroyed (bumed) by the blocking vampire (see Diablerie).
  • Diablerie (no card required): As stated previously, a vampire in to ⁇ or may be destroyed by a vampire encountering it. This is done through the action of diablerie. Diablerie is killing another vampire by drinking its blood. It gives the vampire performing the action all the blood and equipment on the slain vampire's card, so it may be useful to perform on even your own vampires in to ⁇ or. Also, a vampire that diablerizes an older vampire (one with a greater blood capacity) immediately gets a bonus Discipline, which you bestow upon your vampire by going through your library, ash heap, and/or hand and placing any one of the skill cards, if any, found there on your vampire. Reshuffle your library. Note this skill gives your vampire an extra blood capacity, but that blood capacity is not automatically filled.
  • Diablerie may seem advantageous; however, as diablerie is looked upon unfavorably by vampire society, any Methuselah may immediately call a vote among all the Methuselah to decide whether a bloodhunt will be called. If the vote passes (see Voting), the vampire committing diablerie is destroyed, and its card bumed. This vote is not considered an action, so reaction and action modifier cards cannot be played.
  • Voting When a political card is played as an action or a call made for a bloodhunt against a vampire committing diablerie, a vote is called. A vote is always yes or no. A political card always provides one vote for the Methuselah playing it. Note that no cards played during a vote are replaced until after the vote.
  • Additional political cards can also be used by any of the other Methuselah for votes. The actual effects of these cards are ignored. Cards used in this way are discarded to the ash heap, but, as stated, not replaced until the voting is finished. In addition to the vote provided by the card played, you get the following extra votes for vampires under your control: 1) for each ready Primogen 2) for each ready Prince 3) for each ready Justicar.
  • the vote is run by the player playing the vote card. People call out votes freely, for or against. Once a vote has been cast, it cannot be changed. After fifteen seconds have gone by with no new votes (give a three-second warning), the vote is closed, and the results are tallied. If a vote comes to a tie, it is merely treated as a lost vote. A vote either passes or it doesn't. There is no obligation to vote. Political actions can be blocked as any other action can, but must be blocked before the terms of the vote are set; otherwise, the voting begins. Political actions are never directed against specific players and so may be blocked both by the acting player's predator and prey.
  • Nora, Eddie, Suki, and Winnie are seated clockwise around a table in that order; they are playing a game for ante. Eddie is reduced to zero blood first- Eddie is Nora's prey, so Nora gains 6 blood and a victory point and Eddie's ante card. Suki is ousted next by Nora; and now Suki is to Nora's left, so Nora gets another 6 blood, another victory point, and Suki's ante card. Now Nora and Winnie are the only ones left, and so each is prey of the other. All the blood Nora earned doesn't save her from falling, and Winnie gets 6 blood, a victory point, and Nora's ante card (but not the two cards Nora won from the other players).
  • Vampire The Masquerade relevant to Jyhad.
  • Amaranth The act of drinking blood from another kindred. Commonly known as diablerie. PC17US95/10451
  • Autarkis A vampire that refuses to be a part of Kindred society. An outcast.
  • Blood Bond A mysterious link that forms between Kindred that drink one another's blood. The blood bond can give the donor control of the recipient.
  • Bloodhunt When a vampire commits diablerie, the vampire becomes subject to a bloodhunt. A vote is taken immediately. If it passes, the card of the Diabolist vampire is bumed.
  • Caine The first vampire, from which all other vampires are descended.
  • Camarilla The: The Camarilla is a sect made up of seven clans of vampires that have banded together and are protected by the traditions.
  • Clan A group of vampires that share certain mystic and physical characteristics.
  • Consanguineous One of the same clan (usually a younger member).
  • Cunctator A vampire that drinks shallowly from its prey.
  • Golconda A state of inner peace gained when a vampire accepts and achieves balance with its inner beast.
  • Justicar A vampire that serves as judge, jury, and executioner of vampires that have broken the traditions. There may be only one
  • Methuselah A powerful vampire, thousands of years old, that involves itself in the struggles of the Jyhad from afar or in complete anonymity.
  • Each player in Jyhad represents a Methuselah.
  • Primogen A council of vampires in a city that supports the Prince ruling the city. Primogen members may cast one vote.
  • Prince A Kindred that rules a city and enforces the traditions upon its vampire population. Princes may cast two votes.
  • the game can be greatly simplified for new players or players of a young age.
  • Simplification can include removing cards with complicated effects or by changing the rules of play.
  • the rules of play can be simplified such that vampires can be brought to play without first requiring the payment of blood.
  • a vampire can be completely removed from the game without going to To ⁇ or when its level of blood is reduced to zero. Further simplification can be achieved by removing complex cards from the library available to each player.
  • this game can be played in various formats as previously discussed.
  • the game can be played by players on one or more computers or other electronic devices, such as video games, electronic games, as well as on interactive networks utilizing computer software and text.
  • Such electronic devices can visually display the cards and enable the players to manipulate the cards and execute turns as described hereinabove.
  • SUBSTITUTE CI .Z2T (RULE 26) electronic communication devices can also be provided to enable players to communicate with each other over long distances. All of the foregoing devices can be readily adapted utilizing conventional programming and software methods for commercially available hardware.
  • the board would have one or more pathways on it divided into sections on which the players move. These sections would have text associated therewith that require players to take on or more actions, such as drawing a card, playing a card, discarding a card, etc.
  • the board game would include use of the cards as described above.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Polarising Elements (AREA)

Abstract

Jeu de cartes (10) comportant une série de cartes vampires (16) et une série de cartes documentaires (38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50).Chaque carte vampire décrit un vampire (20, 24, 26) doté de son niveau de vie propre (28, 30, 32). Les joueurs mettent en jeu les cartes vampires et les cartes documentaires en les plaçant sur une surface de jeu (52, 54, 56). Ceci permet aux joueurs et aux vampires de modifier l'état des autres joueurs, vampires et cartes documentaires dans le but de vaincre d'autres vampires et d'autres joueurs. Un compteur de sang représente le niveau de vie d'un joueur et il est utilisé avec les cartes vampires pour représenter le niveau de vie de chaque vampire. Lorsque le niveau de vie d'un joueur atteint zéro, le joueur est éliminé du jeu. Le jeu utilise des cartes à jouer que les joueurs obtiennent en les achetants, en les échangeant et/ou en les gagnant préalablement au jeu en cours. Les cartes ont divers niveaux de disponibilité, indiquée par les termes commune, non commune et rare.
PCT/US1995/010451 1994-08-16 1995-08-16 Jeu de cartes et methode de jeu WO1996004968A1 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU33286/95A AU3328695A (en) 1994-08-16 1995-08-16 Trading card game and method of play

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US29156894A 1994-08-16 1994-08-16
US291,568 1994-08-16

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO1996004968A1 true WO1996004968A1 (fr) 1996-02-22

Family

ID=23120840

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/US1995/010451 WO1996004968A1 (fr) 1994-08-16 1995-08-16 Jeu de cartes et methode de jeu

Country Status (2)

Country Link
AU (1) AU3328695A (fr)
WO (1) WO1996004968A1 (fr)

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6663492B2 (en) * 2001-04-03 2003-12-16 Keith L Thompson Game assistant
US7371165B2 (en) * 2001-12-11 2008-05-13 Konami Corporation Card game program and card game machine
US8181963B2 (en) 2006-10-17 2012-05-22 Edmund Gress Role-playing game
US9898871B1 (en) 2016-10-05 2018-02-20 Disney Enterprises, Inc. Systems and methods for providing augmented reality experience based on a relative position of objects
US10134191B2 (en) 2016-07-18 2018-11-20 Disney Enterprises, Inc. Systems and methods for generating a virtual space based on a physical layout of objects

Non-Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
GAMEPLAY MAGAZINE, Volume 1, No. 5, issued June 1983, PATRICIA LENZ, "Jasmine: the Battle for the Mid-Realm", pages 60 and 61. *
GAMES MAGAZINE, Volume 8, No. 10, Issue 56, issued October 1984, MATHEW J. COSTELLO, "Talisman", page 49. *
GAMES WORKSHOP, LTD., 1983, Game Designer: ROBERT HARRIS, "Talisman the Magical Quest Game". *

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6663492B2 (en) * 2001-04-03 2003-12-16 Keith L Thompson Game assistant
US7371165B2 (en) * 2001-12-11 2008-05-13 Konami Corporation Card game program and card game machine
US8181963B2 (en) 2006-10-17 2012-05-22 Edmund Gress Role-playing game
US8469361B2 (en) 2006-10-17 2013-06-25 Edmund Gress Role-playing game
US10134191B2 (en) 2016-07-18 2018-11-20 Disney Enterprises, Inc. Systems and methods for generating a virtual space based on a physical layout of objects
US9898871B1 (en) 2016-10-05 2018-02-20 Disney Enterprises, Inc. Systems and methods for providing augmented reality experience based on a relative position of objects

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
AU3328695A (en) 1996-03-07

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US6554702B2 (en) Card game and method thereof for playing a real time card game
US7905769B1 (en) Integrated game system, method, and device
US5662332A (en) Trading card game method of play
Upton The aesthetic of play
US5954332A (en) Role playing game
US6581932B2 (en) Battle card for, and method for using the card in, a board game
US5570887A (en) Apparatus and method of playing a medieval military conflict board game for two to four players
US8469361B2 (en) Role-playing game
US20050189715A1 (en) Gaming equipment and methods
Moore et al. Five
US20060038349A1 (en) Set of cards for game playing and related method
Arnaudo The Tabletop Revolution: Gaming Reimagined in the 21st Century
Sirlin Playing to win: Becoming the champion
WO1996004968A1 (fr) Jeu de cartes et methode de jeu
Lo Book of Mah Jong: An Illustrated Guide
US20070235940A1 (en) Card and dice game method and apparatus
Snyder Big Book of Blackjack
Snowden Shooters: The toughest men in professional wrestling
US20220176229A1 (en) Trading Cards and Method of Playing a Trading Card Game
Wiley Serenity: A Boxing Memoir
JP6832008B2 (ja) ゲームシステム、ゲーム制御装置、及びプログラム
Brumble When Boxing Mattered
US6962337B2 (en) Gaming method and apparatus
O'Shea The book of proposition bets: Using mathematics to reveal the odds of friendly (and not-so-friendly) wagers
VanDerZwan SpellForge: a creative design tabletop role playing game

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AU BG BR CA CH CN CZ DE DK ES FI GB HU IS JP KP KR LU MX NO NZ PL PT RO RU SE SG

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN ML MR NE SN TD TG

121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application
DFPE Request for preliminary examination filed prior to expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed before 20040101)
REG Reference to national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: 8642

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase
点击 这是indexloc提供的php浏览器服务，不要输入任何密码和下载