Cutthroat Caverns FAQ
Even though the game is cutthroat, a discussion of the finer points of the rules shouldn't be. Hope these answers put an end to the brawling...
> General Q & A
Q: Okay, so what's different about the second edition?
Q: UGH! That looks like a major change. So does that force me to have to buy a new game?
Q: Hold on - I see a new card in the mix. What's up with that?
Q: Anything else?
Q: Doubling damage more than once? If more than one card would double the value of an attack, does the value get quadrupled, tripled or just doubled? Just doubled makes sense from a standpoint of only being able to rotate the card up to a x2 value.
Q: Ties. We are confused about when ties occur. The FAQ for Ogre's Challenge indicates the tied players play another round. Should this apply to other ties? For example, with the monster HATE, players play a card face down, and the highest card goes first. Do tied players play another card? If so, do those cards get added to Hate's life as well? If two players tie, should the loser of the tie breaker go second?
Q: "Non-Combat Encounter" "Matching Cards" - please define.
> Encounters Q & A
Minotaur: Q: Players A, B, C, D, and E are fighting the Minotaur. The initiative for the first round is A=1st, B=2nd, C=3rd, D=4th and E=5th. Players C, D, and E lose the Rock, Paper, Scissors match and are lost in the labyrinth for that round. In the following round, the initiative is dealt as C=1st, D=2nd, B=3rd, A=4th and E=5th. Now, according to the rules, monsters attack at the end of a round, except when it is an initiative-based attack, in which case you wait until the initiative is dealt for the next round to determine who gets hit. However, does this hit still technically count for the first round? If it did, then C and D, who are first and second initiative and thus the Minotaur's targets, would not be hurt because they are still lost in the labyrinth until the end of this round. However, if initiative-based monsters attack in the new round, then the Minotaur would hurt players C and D for 15 life points each.
Psypod: Q: If two (or three for that matter) of the same card(s) come up for its three, and you play one, do you take 15 PER CARD matched (i.e. Psy-Pod has 2 Attack 30 cards. Player one flips up an Attack 30 card. Does he take 15 or 30 points of damage?
You'll notice that the FAQ page is much emptier these days. The reason for that is the second edition printing and the updated and expanded rule book. The Core Rules 2.0 are available for download here. Check there first for answers to your questions. Then scan the list below for anything else that comes up.
