What’s up Champions, BananaCrapshoot here for another article. This time I want to talk about some rules stuff and other things with the game that does not make sense. Mainly today I wasn’t to talk about You. Now obviously I love the game enough to make content for it, but it isn’t without its flaws. So let’s dive i .
The biggest single issue with the rules and Design is You, that’s right, You is the single biggest issue, and my English is correct there. Slow down grammar jammer. The keyword You is defined in the RRG as:
“In Marvel Champions, each player takes on the role of a Marvel Hero, represented by the identity card. Essentially, the player is their identity card while playing the game.
While interpreting card text, if the word “you” can be interpreted as referring to the player, it should be interpreted as such. For example, Interrogation Room reads, “After you defeat a minion, exhaust Interrogation Room…” Any time the player controlling this card defeats a minion, the ability may be used.
If a specific character is required to interpret an ability using the word “you,” the identity card is the character that must be used. For example, Toe to Toe reads, “Hero Action (attack): Choose an enemy. That enemy attacks you.” As attacks are directed against individual characters, “you” refers to the identity card of the of the player who played this event.”
So interpret the card to mean me the player or me the identity Based on the card text? Does google translate have this as an option? Can I put the card text in and have it tell me if it’s Me the player or Me the identity?
Cards that cause the confusion:
Each of these cards You can be interpreted to be both the player And also the identity, or even characters I control(thanks KennedyHawk). So what do I do? What would you do? Honestly of all the templating and small issues this is the biggest one. It’s just so messy.
We do now know that You will be updated in a future RRG thanks to a rules email response I will post here:
Praise Odin, why was this not the definition from the get go? But there you have it. I just wanted to highlight this annoying rules issue and then let you guys know, that also get confused, a better definition is here. Now I can stop putting card text into google translate to know if it’s You the Player or You the Identity.
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