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It’s Only A Game

Uncommon card from Rules of Acquisition (1999)

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Seeds or plays on table. Limits each non-Borg report with crew action to four total personnel/equipment. Limits Red Alert! to one Personnel, one Ship and one Equipment card per turn. Limits probing and doubling for Visit Cochrane Memorial to once per game per persona. Also, whenever opponent draws three or more cards in one turn, you may download (even from discard pile) Scorched Hand, ignoring Computer Crash.

Special-icons: Hidden Agenda [HA] Referee [R]

  
   

Strategy notes

'crosslinks' - It’s Only A Game

See Referee Referee icon cards in strategy area.

'downloading' - It’s Only A Game is the reason

'downloading' - possible downloads by using It’s Only A Game:

function: The game text of It's Only A Game says download (even from discard pile) Scorched Hand, ignoring Computer Crash; whenever opponent draws three or more cards in one turn (into play).

Timing - every turn  Frequency - no restriction 

Scorched Hand
InterruptFirst Contact

Plays to cause each player who has more then 12 cards in hand to shuffle all but 6 (random selection) and place beneath draw deck. (Immune to Amanda Rogers.)

'downloading' - It’s Only A Game is the target

It's Only A Game could be downloaded by the following cards:

Q the Referee

Timing - suspends play  Frequency - no restriction 

(Reason: download any other Referee card.
Location: plays on table.
Further costs: discard Q the Referee.)

Saavik

Timing - suspends play  Frequency - once per game 

(Reason: Special Download any Referee card.
Location: plays on table.)

Strategy article

Card Extra from Evan Lorentz (10/1999)

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