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I've never actually used the take control command so I don't know. If I ever play Khan in 1E or Sybok/Release the Pain in 1E, I'll have to give it a try. One thing that I know works (at least in terms of controlling opponents cards) is simply dragging them to your crew tab that has taken control of them. They're now treated as your personnel by Lackey.
Michael
Takket wrote:I've been messing around with Lackey and come up with these questions. It is actually pretty easy to use now that I've used it a bit...Honestly, I just put the point dilemmas on the table just off to the side. The only things I usually put into the pointers is Process Ore: Mining cards as they're 1 point each whereas Dabo or point dilemmas are typically more. For negative points, I'll usually mark them with counters if I can't remember.
Can I assign a deck to the test dummy so I can practice playing a game against myself?
On the play mat, there are additional tabs for side decks. So I’m guessing when the game starts I can, for example, move my QT:CW Referee cards from “aside” into the “ref pile”. Is this what people do? It is rather time consuming to selected all thirteen ref cards and then drag them over. Or do people actually stack all the cards on the table under their Q’s Tent Civil War like in “real life”?
I don't think that test dummy can get a deck AFAIK. I put all of my Side Deck/Opening Game downloads (like AMS) into the aside and then move them to the piles that they deserve to go to. One thing that makes it easier is - Hold Shift down while you're clicking on them which lets you select multiples and then move them to the correct tab. Personally, I put my Ref cards in the Ref pile, Tent cards in the Tent and opening game downloads in the aside. It can be time-consuming (Yes, I did this with every side deck in an online tournament once... even Tribbles) but selecting multiples and moving them to the correct tab helps.
When I drag a ref card to my ref pile it says “Takket moves Q the referee from his q’s tent to his ref pile”. Is that a public message? Because now my opponent knows what cards I have.
If I’m playing borg, what stops me from using the “reveal to owner” option and looking at my deck to see what the next card is? (For probing). In general what stops me from revealing my deck anytime I want to myself?
That particular one isn't a public message. What the opponent would see is, "Opponent moved a card in blank position to a different position." For your Borg example, the game will show your opponent - "Your opponent reveals his draw deck to himself." So, your opponent can see that you're looking at all the cards in your draw deck.
Tokens look like a great way to do countdown icons. Right?
Absolutely.
To seed dilemma it looks like I have to flip them face down then stack them on the table (in the order to be encountered), then stack them under the mission. Do I have that right? I did notice if I move a card face down onto the table it just says I played a card face down, as opposed to face up announcing the name of the card. It would be nice if when you right click on a card and select “play” if it would give you the option to put it face up or face down.
Yes, you have that right.
I had a question about revealing dilemmas because putting the FIRST card to be encountered at the BOTTOM of the stack is difficult. I noticed in the tips section of this thread it is recommended to do it backwards so the FIRST card to be encountered is on TOP of the stack. Is this the accepted way of doing things?
Personally, I find it easier to seed it backwards in Lackey because it's frankly easier for someone to flip the card and for someone to be able to see the card, both for yourself and for your opponent.
How does mission seeding work with Mission IIs? (dual sided). I’m supposed to shuffle missions and pick them face down. If I can see the mission II I’m basically cheating because I know which mission I’m grabbing. There is a move random command, but that only moves to tabs. I don’t see a move random to table option. Furthermore what stops someone from just flipping their 6 missions over face up and picking whatever one they want to seed?
What I usually do is to take one of my doorways (since they've already seen those) and swap it for my Mission 2, then shuffle up my missions.
Do people stack personnel/equipment under ships and facilities or do they stack them on the “crew” tabs in lackey and just move ships on the spaceline? The tips guide says to put crews/away teams in unused “piles” and then add a note to the ship/facility/planet of who is there. I.E. a note on a Federation outpost that its “crew is in crew pile #3”.
Personally, I stack my people into my Crew 1, Crew 2, etc. Sometimes I'll type notes so that both players knows which crew is with which but I find that if I'm verbally telling people which crew is doing what (i.e. Crew 1 is on the ship, Crew 2 is on the planet attempting, etc.) that seems to work just fine.
Can I put opponent’s cards into my tabs by using the “take control” command? Thinking of overcoming a dilemma with bonus points and placing it in my bonus point area (pointers tab). More generally, does Lackey let me move around cards I do not own? Example: a ship with my opponent’s damage marker on it.
I've never actually used the take control command so I don't know. If I ever play Khan in 1E or Sybok/Release the Pain in 1E, I'll have to give it a try. One thing that I know works (at least in terms of controlling opponents cards) is simply dragging them to your crew tab that has taken control of them. They're now treated as your personnel by Lackey.
Michael
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