May 1E Rules Update
by Allen Gould, First Edition Rules Master
7th May 2012
Another month, another set of changes. Let's get right to it.
- We've added Warp Core and TNG icons to the game. They're vanilla "no hidden rule" icons, so anything you need to know about them are on the cards themselves. It's important to note that the 1E TNG icon is not equivalent to the 2E version.
- We've moved "Tamarian-related" to its own entry (adjusting Dathon accordingly), and gave it a proper definition.
- With the Organized Play changes to how errata is handled, we've removed unnecessary entries from the Conversion Rules for seven cards. (This is administrative-only.)
- Mimetic Simbiot gets an even more minor errata to fix a typo - no gameplay change.
- The Next Emanation comes off the ban list with errata: an added countdown of two, and it is no longer immune to Kevin.
- Relics of the Chase comes off the ban list (barely had time to get its seat warm!) with errata: a simple addition of a requirement that the Hirogen kills an opponent's personnel to score points.
- Beyond the Subatomic comes off the ban list with errata: the revealed cards are now removed from the game rather than put in the discard pile.
- End Transmission comes off the ban list with errata: the card now plays on table, has a countdown, is unique, and simply ends the turn cold - anything that would normally happen that turn now simply doesn't happen at all (including end-of-turn events and card draws).
- Revised format is updated to delete the Alpha Quadrant Requirement with the release of You Are A Monument.
First Edition updates its rules documents on the first Monday of the month. The next scheduled update is Monday, June 4th.
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