Official Rulings - September 17, 2003
Section 3: Specific Cards - A

Q. When playing ABDUCTION does your opponent get a chance to look at the board and memorize pieces first or must he look away immediately?

A. Heavens, no! He must look away immediately. Best to play this card by sticking it directly in front of your opponent's eyes so as to block his view of the board instantly.

Q. How does the timing work between a DOOMSAYER and ABDUCTION? I.e., if DOOMSAYER is in play, and I ABDUCT one of my opponent's Rooks (or Bishops, Knights, Pawns), he has to name the piece and the location. If he names a piece, one falls to the DOOMSAYER.

A. He doesn't have to name the piece; he can use a circumlocution (e.g. "You took one of these little building guys off the white square there.") If he screws up and says Rook, but remembers its place, then since he got it back from the abduction at the same time he doomed a rook, it can die. If he said Rook but got the place wrong, then it is lost and the DOOMSAYER kills another rook if he has one.

Q. Suppose a Queen is both CURSED and an AMAZON. Does CURSE prevent her from making a Knight-like move at all, or does it let her make a "partial" jumping move two squares away, or does it not affect her at all?

A. Knight-like moves are unaffected by CURSE. Her diagonal move is still affected.

Q. I've played CONFABULATION to merge two Pawns. If I play ANNEXATION, can I move this piece twice, or once and move another Pawn, or once only? Does it move forward two squares if I play ONSLAUGHT?

A. It is only one piece, so it can be moved once (along with a separate pawn) with ANNEXATION, and it moves forward one square (if possible) with ONSLAUGHT.

Q. NEW TACTICS switches regular and capturing moves for Pawns. What happens when this card interacts with other Pawn cards (like DARK MIRROR, ANNEXATION, and FANATIC)? Is it correct to interpret "Forward" as diagonally forward and "Diagonally backward" as backward (while NEW TACTICS is in play).

A. No, NEW TACTICS does not change the instructions on other cards. DARK MIRROR, FANATIC, and ANNEXATION will have the same effect whether or not NEW TACTICS is in play.

Q. Can I capture any of my pieces if I play ASSASSIN, even if I can't get to that square with a legal move?

A. No.

Q. RESURRECTION (and other similar cards) allow you to recover captured pieces (that is captured by your opponent). If I capture one of my own pieces (say via ASSASSIN, or DOOMSAYER) can I recover this piece later in the game via RESURRECTION? (assuming it isn't a King or Queen — so the rules governing RESURRECTION are followed)

A. Yes.