AllenGould wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 3:08 pm
Armus wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:51 am
Yeah this is so much clunkier than it needs to be. The 2e dilemma pile was based on the 1e side decks and downloading from there is so much more straightforward.
This strikes me as one of those times when 1e should've borrowed a page from 2e, because the latter just works.
I'm not sure that's true - I searched through the 2E rulebook this morning and I don't see a rule saying you can search through the discards. (Or much of any rule at all on that front.)
Here's the relevant text, from the "facing dilemmas" section:
Any dilemmas your opponent does not choose (or is unable to choose) are returned face up to the bottom of his or her dilemma pile. Any time a player reaches a face up card in his or her dilemma pile, that player shuffles the entire pile and places it face down
That's it. There's one dilemma pile, and it has a face up and face down component. There's no 'discard pile' or similar zone. All dilemmas not in play are in the dilemma pile, period, full stop.
So when you play a card like
Uninvited, or
Vault of Tomorrow which allows you to "search your dilemma pile", you have access to both the face up and face down parts, and can choose any eligible dilemma, after which you shuffle them back together in one face down pile.
If Q-Flash worked the same way, my 2e brain would be totally ok with it. I would also think that my 1e brain would grok it because I
thought that was how Tactic and Tribble downloads worked. And if they don't work that way, then how *do* they work?
As it is, the "understandable, do what the card says" solution leaves me wanting for more intuitiveness. I get that it works as it does, but I don't necessarily *like* that it works as it does.