HIGHLANDER TYPE TWO RULEBOOK

2009 Version

Credits

Thanks To

Tim, Brent, Greg and all the players who related questions and concerns.

All Rights Reserved. Highlander Davis-Panzer Productions. Printed in the United States by LeMontaguard Inc.

Game Concept and Goal of the Game

Highlander: The Card Game is designed to simulate a duel between two Immortals: yourself and

your opponent. During the course of play, both players will play attacks and defenses as if they

were fighting with swords. Other cards will represent the tricks, tactics, schemes, and plots you

utilize to win. It may be helpful to think of the game as a series of encounters with your opponent,

through the centuries, rather than a single brief duel. While these rules will give you the basic

framework for the game, the cards you play will often let you do things the rules say you cannot.

Your deck of cards is your Endurance. After you have drawn all cards from your Endurance, you

Exhaust. Exhaustion means a loss of Ability, but not necessarily the end of the game.

Both players are able to take a certain amount of damage before losing the duel. This amount is

known as your Ability.

You start the game with an unmodified ability of 15. If you take damage or are affected by ability

loss or gain, your ability will be adjusted during the Ability Adjustment Phase. You may hold as

many cards in your hand as your current ability, unless your Hand Size has been modified. Your

Ability not only represents your 'score', but also your luck, skill, and knowledge. As you lose Ability,

you will find yourself with fewer cards, and thus, fewer options, in your hand.

Your goal is to reduce your opponent to an Ability of zero, or cut off your opponent's head via a

Head Shot. When a player begins their Attack Phase at zero Ability, their opponent wins the

game.

A successful Head Shot will end the game quickly. A Head Shot is a modified upper attack. If your

opponent cannot defend against the attack, their head is taken, and the game ends immediately.

Card Anatomy

Let's examine what makes up a Highlander card:

Card Type Icon: In the upper left-hand corner of the card, there will be an icon denoting the card

type, unless it's a Pre-Game card.

Title: Across the top of the card is the title bar. The title of the card will appear here, in large

letters. Your deck may contain only 6 cards of the same title.

Sub-Title: Unless the card is "Generic," you will find the name of a Weapon of Choice, Persona, or

Faction (e.g. Clan MacLeod) that categorizes a Persona just beneath the title, in slightly smaller

letters. Though the name of a Weapon of Choice, Persona, or Faction (e.g. Clan MacLeod) may

appear in the title box, it is not considered part of the title when determining card effects and

restrictions. A card is Weapon Specific if it has a Weapon of Choice's name, and Persona

Specific if it has a Persona's. Weapon Specific Cards cannot be included in your deck or used

during a game unless you are using the proper Weapon of Choice. Only a Persona whose name

or Faction name appears in the title box may include that card in their Endurance.

Reserved or Signature Symbol: If a card is Signature or Reserved, there will be a Sword in the title

bar, over to the right hand side. On a Signature card, the sword will have an "S" attached to it.

Reserved cards cannot be included in your deck unless your Persona's name appears in the Sub-

Title. Signature cards cannot be included in your deck or played during a game unless your

Persona's name appears in the Sub-Title. The Restriction number (see Restriction Number) on

Signature cards cannot be altered.

Hand Icon: If the card has a small white icon in the shape of a hand, it depicts something that

requires a hand to be used. A card with a Hand Icon cannot be played if you already have two

Hand Icons in play. You can never have more than two Hand Icons among any of the cards you

have in play. If you have only one or fewer Hand Icons in play, you are considered to have a free

hand. Many Pre-Game cards, such as Weapon of Choice, have a Hand Icon, and some have two.

If at any time you have more Hand Icons in play than you are allowed, you may choose to use an

effect to Disarm any weapon you have or remove from play any of your cards with Hand Icons

until you have the maximum number of Hand Icons allowed to you in play.

Restriction Number: If there is a number to the far right hand side of the Title bar, that card is

restricted. Your Endurance may only contain as many of that card as the Restriction Number.

Text: At the bottom of the card, you will find the Card Text also known as Game Text. Here you

will find any special instructions about that card. You may also find a sub-category to a card here.

It will most likely be found following the type of card on the first line of Text.

Attribute Gems: These are the colored ovals at the bottom of most Highlander cards. Each colored

gem stands for a different Attribute:

Master – (White)This is how many Master cards you are allowed

Agility – (Light Blue)This shows how agile a Persona is.

Strength – (Orange)This measures how strong a Persona is.

Toughness – (Dark Blue)This is how much punishment a Persona can take.

Empathy – (Purple)This is how a Persona relates to other people.

Reason – (Yellow)This is a measure of a Persona's intelligence.

Constructing a Deck

Attribute Gems: When constructing your deck, look at the Attribute Gem count on the back of

your Persona Card. The Master Gem remains as it is, but the other Attributes are all multiplied by

3 to give the total number of gems of each Attribute allowed in your deck. Nearly every card in

Highlander has 1 or more Attribute Gems printed on them. When constructing your deck, be sure

to count these Gems to make sure you do not go over the limit for each Gem.

Attacks: Attacks have a red grid icon. One or more of the squares in the grid is filled with a red

square. Those red squares show where he attack is aimed. You are required to include at least

one each of the nine Basic Attacks in your deck. They are: Upper Left Attack, Upper Center

Attack, Upper Right Attack, Middle Left Attack, Thrust, Middle Right Attack, Lower Left Attack,

Lower Center Attack, and Lower Right Attack.

Special Attacks: Special Attacks have a gold grid icon, and are often more difficult to defend than

normal attacks. Edge cards cannot be played in conjunction with Special Attacks.

Blocks: Blocks are defenses with a blue grid icon. If you have a block that covers all areas of an

attack played against you, you can play that block to block the attack. You are required to include

at least one each of the six Basic Blocks in your deck. They are: Upper Left Block, Upper Center

Block, Upper Right Block, Lower Left Block, Lower Center Block, and Lower Right Block.

Dodges: Dodges are defenses with a green grid icon. If your dodge covers the same areas as an

attack, you may play that dodge to avoid the attack. You may play green gridded cards even if

Disarmed.

Special Cards: Events, Situations, Locations, Plots and Objects are all considered Special Cards.

You may only play one Special Card per turn, and only during your Defense or Attack Phases.

Events: Events have a lightning bolt icon. They may be used to quickly change the course of battle

in your favor. Events are removed from play during your next Sweep Phase.

Situations: Situations have a silhouette of an Immortal as their icon. They may remain in play over

many turns, and may change the conditions of the battle.

Plots: Plots have a gear icon. They remain in play over many turns, and may be in multiple parts.

Locations: Locations have a Greek style ruin icon. Like Situations, they may change the condition

of battle over many turns. However, they do affect both players.

Objects: Objects are marked with a sword icon, and include such things as extra weapons or

armor, with which you may be equipped. Object: Allies are subject to any card/effects that affect

Allies or Objects.

Edge: Edge Cards are marked with an outstretched hand icon. They may provide you the

advantage you may need to win in battle. Edge Cards are not Special Cards.

Illusions: Illusions are cards which can only enter play through a Hard Exertion. Whenever you

make a Hard Exertion, you may choose to play 1 Illusion card from that Exertion. This does not

count as playing a Special Card. If you make more than one Hard Exertion during your turn, you

may play an Illusion card from those Exertions as well. You may make a Hard Exertion during your

turn expressly for an Illusion card if you choose. You may not play an Illusion from your Hand. If an

Illusion is drawn into your Hand, it will remain stuck there until you find a way to discard it.

Illusions are not Special Cards and are not subject to Counters that do not specifically counter

Illusions.

Pre-Game Cards: These cards typically do not have the standard Highlander logo on the back.

These cards are played before the game begins. They do not count toward the total number of

cards in your Endurance. You may only use six Pre-Game cards. In addition, you cannot use more

than one of any unique Pre-Game card. If using a Quickening, you may not use the Quickening for

the persona you are playing.

Persona Cards: This Pre-Game card allows you to play as your favorite Persona. Persona cards

have a picture of a Persona on the front, and biographical information about that Persona on the

back. Below the biographical information, you will find a description of the special skills a Persona

brings to 'The Game.' These skills are known as Persona Powers. You may only include Persona

Specific Cards for that Persona in your Endurance. You may only include Master Cards (see Card

Groups) in your Endurance up to the number indicated on your Persona card.

Card Groups: Any cards that share a single word in their title are considered to be part of a Card

Group. For example, the cards Master Swordsman, Weapon Master and Master's Advance all

have the word Master in their title and thus are part of the Master Group and are Master Cards.

Weapons of Choice: This Pre-Game card is the weapon your Persona prefers when engaging in

combat. If you are using a Weapon of Choice, you may include the appropriate Weapon Specific

cards in your deck.

Beginning the Game

After constructing your deck, you will need a couple of other items: something to keep score

and an opponent with their own Highlander deck to pit against you.

Both players shuffle their Endurance and offer to let their opponent cut.. Then, each player places

their Endurance to one side in front of them. Each player then names an Attribute Gem and draws

five cards. Each player then checks their cards for the Attribute Gem they named. Whichever

player drew more of the named Gem than the other goes first. In the case of a tie, each player

draws the top card of their Endurance and compares their previously named Attribute Gem, this

continues until the tie is broken. All cards drawn in this manner are placed at the bottom of their

Endurance. Each player then draws one card for each point of his starting Ability (also known as

Maximum Ability). The first player proceeds through the Sequence of Play, and finishes their turn.

The second player then proceeds through the Sequence of Play, and finishes their turn. Player's

alternate turns until one player is defeated. During your turn, you must play at least one non-Edge

card, or make an Exertion.

When defending attacks, play from your left to right, playing the cards facing you, so that the grids

match up with one another. Your opponent cant read the text, but most defense cards don't have

extraneous text, so it doesn't matter. If he needs to read the card, he can request to see it. The

important thing is that he can easily see that the grids on the cards match up.

When playing attacks, you lay them down in order, from your right to your left, facing your

opponent so that the cards are upside down to you. If you are modifying the attacks with Edges

and such, play those between you and the attack being modified, also upside down. The attacks

and modifiers are played in this manner so that they are clear to your opponent.

When playing Events and/or Edges, please place those facing your opponent so that they can be

easily read. Permanent cards like Plots, Situations and Objects can be played facing yourself

since they remain in play and usually effect you more than your opponent. Again, since you are

the one who played the Event/Edge you have little need to read it, and in the case of permanent

cards your opponent can always ask to read them if they need to do so.

The Sequence of Play

A Golden Rule you must remember is that you ordinarily never do anything during your opponents'

turn. Therefore, if your opponent has played a card that instructs you to perform an action, you

must wait until the May Do/Must Do Phase to perform these actions. These effects are 'Must Do'

and 'May Do' effects which you must take care of before proceeding with your turn.

1.) Sweep Phase: When you play cards during your turn, they are left in play during your

opponent's turn as a reminder of what you played. At the beginning of your next turn, you discard

any cards still in play that normally do not remain in play. Cards waiting to be swept during your

next Sweep Phase are considered to be in play. Any card or effect that removes a card from play

does so immediately, instead of the card waiting for your next Sweep Phase.

2.) May Do/Must Do Phase: Due to game mechanics, this phase is considered the beginning of

your turn. You may play/activate/resolve May Dos and Must Dos in any order during this phase.

2a.) May Do Effects - These effects can be identified by the Text of their instructions, which will

have the word 'may' in the description of the action you may take. You may accomplish these

effects in any order you choose. You may opt not to do any 'May Do' effects at all unless

specified. You can activate or play May Do actions or effects any time during your turn.

2b.) Must Do Effects - These effects can be identified by the Text of their instructions, which

usually will have the word 'must' in the description of the action you must take. If you have multiple

'Must Do' effects to take care of, you may handle them in any order you choose, as long as you

take care of all of the 'Must Do' effects if possible. If your opponent did not attack during his last

turn you may discard one defense from your hand during this phase. If you have an Edge Card

that will counter or affect a 'Must Do' or 'May Do' effect directly, then you may play it when

resolving these effects.

3.) Defense Phase: The next action you will take on your turn is to play your defenses, Defenses

may only be played during this Phase. If there is no attack coming, you cannot play a defense, nor

make an Exertion for one, except you may play one unprovoked Guard. You may play one

defense against each attack that your opponent played in their turn, and cannot knowingly play an

inappropriate defense. If the colored area on your defense card covers the entire corresponding

colored area on your opponents' attack, the defense is successful and you normally take no

damage from the attack. You may play a Special Card in this phase, or wait until your Attack

Phase.

4.) Attack Phase: During this phase you may normally only play one attack.. If you are prevented

from playing an attack or have lost all of your attack opportunities, then you cannot play an attack,

or make an Exertion for one. When preparing to attack, take note of the last defense you played

as it may modify your first attack. You may only attack to an areas that the block does not cover .

A successful dodge will defend an attack as well and perhaps affect your next attack, depending

on its Game Text, if any. If you haven't played a Special Card yet, you may do so in this phase.

Remember that you may only play one Special Card per turn.

5.) Ability Adjustment Phase: Cards cannot be played once you start this phase. If a card lowers

your Ability, or you have pending damage, make that adjustment now. If a card raises your Ability,

make that adjustment now. A successful attack normally does 2 damage. You may calculate

pending Ability loss and gain, along with pending Damage loss and gain in any order.

6.) Draw/Discard Phase: You must Discard Down or you may Draw Up during this Phase. At the

beginning of this Phase you must resolve (in any order) all effects that occur during the

Draw/Discard before drawing or discarding cards. You cannot play any cards during this Phase.

Then, if you have more cards in your hand than your Ability, you must discard down to your Ability

unless your hand size is altered. These cards are immediately placed in your Discard Pile. If you

have fewer cards in your hand than your Ability, you may draw one card at a time, stopping at any

point as long as you do not exceed your Ability unless your hand size is altered. You may normally

draw cards only during this phase. If you forget to draw during this phase, you will normally have to

wait until your next Draw/Discard Phase to draw. After you have completed drawing up and or

discarding cards your turn is over.

Other Game Aspects

Guard: A Guard allows you to block a large grid area, and unlike a normal block or dodge, does

not need to be swept during your Sweep Phase. You can leave it in play and block with it again

next turn! A Guard is still a block. If you make your Guard a Power Block, it is only a Power Block

for that turn. While you have a Guard in play, you cannot attack to the areas covered by the

Guard. You must remove your Guard from play in order to play a new defense, or attack to those

areas. Remember, as with other blocks, if you just blocked with your Guard, you may only attack

to areas not covered by that Guard. As a Standing Defense, you do not need to Defend an attack

to play a Guard, but may play only 1 unprovoked Guard per turn, only during your Defense Phase.

Standing Defenses: Standing defenses are a type of card that remain in play and affect the

game until they are removed. These cards state that they are a Standing Defense. You may play

Standing Defenses during your Defense or Attack phase, even if you have not been attacked.

Successful Attacks: An attack becomes successful if your opponent did not play a defense or

use an effect that will block or avoid the attack. An attack usually becomes successful at the end

of the defending players Defense Phase. That player may declare an attack successful before the

end of their Defense Phase, instead of waiting for the end of the Defense Phase. Any effects of a

successful attack occur the moment the attack becomes successful.

Multiple Attacks: Normally, you have only one opportunity to attack per turn. However, you may

gain additional attack opportunities through the use of other cards or your Persona Power. For

each opportunity you have, you may play one attack from your hand, play a card that is played in

place of an attack, or make an Exertion for an attack. The sequence of your attacks determines

the order in which your opponent must defend. You may not rearrange the order of attacks once

you have played them. If you Exert for an attack however, you may insert that attack anywhere

along the sequence.

Multiple Defenses: You may play a defense against each attack your opponent has played, in the

sequence they played them. However, a defense you play may block or avoid more than one

attack in the sequence, if they cover the same areas as those attacks. As soon as you play a new

defense, your previous defense will no longer help you defend further attacks in the sequence.

You may only play a defense out of sequence in one instance: If you Exert for a defense, you may

use it to defend anywhere along the sequence of attacks. This may change how your other

defenses block or avoid more than one attack, so be careful. If you have defended attacks from

your Hand but must Exert to defend an Attack out of sequence and do not get a proper defense,

the effects of that successful attack occur and may affect the defense sequence following it.

Exertions - An attempt to draw on inner reserves of strength, through use of ones Endurance, is

known as an Exertion. To make an Exertion, reveal the top 5 cards from your Endurance. An

Exertion may only be used for one function. You may only Exert in your May Do/Must Do,

Defense and Attack Phases. Before you make an Exertion you must always declare what you are

Exerting for, how many cards you will Exert (if there are any cards in play that modify the size of

Exertions) and the type of Exertion you are making. You may only attempt to become unprone or to

regain your weapon once per turn. As such, you must choose between making a soft or hard

exertion when you make that attempt.

Tiered Exertions: These are Exertions made for an Attribute gem where each named gem found

in the Exertion activates an effect.

Example: You may have a card that says “Make a soft exertion, avoid one damage for every agility

gem you draw.” In this case you would draw 5 cards and for every agility icon on those 5 cards

you would avoid 1 damage. The more gems you draw the better it works.

Threshold Exertions: These are opposed Exertions, where you are trying to get more of a named

gem in your Exertion than your opponent, or you need to get a certain amount of a named gem to

achieve an effect. Threshold Exertions are Attribute Checks.

Example 2: “Make a soft exertion for three agility gems, disarm your opponent.” In this case out of

the 5 cards you draw you must find at least 3 agility gems in order for the card to take effect. If you

find less than 3 your opponent is not disarmed and the card has no effect.

Attribute Checks: An Attribute Check is a term defining any time you make an Exertion

for specific gems to create an effect, not to modify an effect.

Attribute Challenge: An Attribute Challenge will require an immediate response by your

opponent and both players will make a Soft Exertion during your turn.

Hard Exertions: You may only make one Hard Exertion per turn. Any cards that you reveal and

do not use are placed into your Discard Pile after the Exertion has been fulfilled. After you make a

Hard Exertion, you may no longer play cards from your hand during your current phase. This does

not end that phase, it only ends your ability to play cards from your hand during that phase. For this

reason, it is important to remember to play everything you wish to play from your hand before

Exerting. Below are the uses for a Hard Exertion -

1.) Power Blows: To make a Power Blow, declare one of your attacks a Power Blow then make

an Exertion during your Attack Phase. When you make an attack you play a Power Blow it does 4

damage instead of 2. You may only make one Power Blow per turn. If you make a Power Blow,

your opponent has the right to make the next attack they play during their next turn Hidden (see

Hidden Attacks). If an attack is already a Power Blow, you cannot make it a Power Blow again. If

you have a card that must be played in conjunction with an attack that is considered a Power

Blow, play the card first then make the attack a Power Blow.

2.) Power Blocks: To make a Power Block, declare which of your blocks you are making a Power

Block then make an Exertion during your Defense Phase. You can only make a block you play

a Power Block against an attack that is a Power Blow. You may play a block against a Power Blow

and not make it a Power Block, but you take 2 damage. If a block is already a Power Block, you

cannot make it a Power Block again. If you have a card that must be played in conjunction with a

block that is considered a Power Block, play the card first then make the block a Power Block.

3.) Searching for an Attack: There may be times where you do not want to play an attack from

your hand, are restricted to Exerting for one, or just do not have an attack in your hand. You may

make an Exertion in hope of finding an attack that you can legally play. You may play one attack

from the Exertion. If there is a possibility of making an attack you play from your Exertion Hidden

(see Hidden Attacks), you may first play the attack then discard the unused cards from the

Exertion. If you have a card that requires an attack to be played in conjunction with it, play the

card first, then Exert for the attack to play with it. If no card is playable in the Exertion, any cards

played “in conjunction” are discarded without effect.

4.) Searching for a defense: You may search from within the cards revealed in an Exertion for a

defense. You may play one legal defense from the Exertion. If you have a card that requires a

defense to be played in conjunction with it, play the card first, then Exert for the defense to play

with it. If no card is playable in the Exertion, any cards played “in conjunction” are discarded

without effect.

5.) Exerting for an Illusion: You may make a Hard Exertion during your turn to search for an

Illusion. You may play only 1 Illusion found in the Exertion.

6.) Other Exertion Uses: Some cards or effects, like Exerting to "Regain your feet" (see Prone)

or Exerting to satisfy a card effect or persona power may require you to make a Hard Exertion.

7.) Exerting for "Nothing": There may be times where you do not want to play any cards from

your hand, you are unable to play cards from your hand, or a strategic element calls for an

Exertion. This type of Exertion is known as an Exertion for "Nothing" or a "Useless Exertion". If

you chose to make a "Useless Exertion" it must be made before the end of your Attack Phase.

Soft Exertions : These are Exertions that are usually made for an Attribute Check or Attribute

Challenge. When Exerting, Draw the proper number of cards, add the proper Attribute Gems and

then return those cards to the bottom of your Endurance. You may make as many Soft Exertions

during your turn as card effects call for. Making a Soft Exertion does not end the Phase you are in

or your ability to continue playing cards during that phase. After making a Soft Exertion you may

continue playing cards as normal.

Hidden Attacks: If you have the opportunity to play a Hidden Attack, you may play it face down.

Your opponent will need to guess which area to defend. After they have played all of their

defenses, reveal the attack. When the attack is revealed, the attacker must also disclose

all aspects of the attack (for instance - if it was undodgable, or a Head Shot)This is one of the

few instances where a player may play an inappropriate defense. If the defense is inappropriate,

your opponent is allowed to Exert for a better defense, but may not play a new defense from his

hand against that attack. If your opponent does not wish to play a defense from their hand against

the Hidden Attack, you reveal the attack, and they may choose to Exert for a defense. If a Hidden

Attack is a Power Blow, the attacker must declare that the attack is a Power Blow. If asked how

the attack is a Power Blow, the attacker may respond with “Card Effect” if text on the card or some

other card effect makes it so. If an attack is unblockable and/or undodgable by text on the card (and

there is no choice), the attacker does not have to disclose this information to the defender. However,

if the card text forces the attacker to choose unblockable or undodgable, the attacker must disclose

which choice is in effect when the attack is played.

Special Attacks: Special Attacks may not be Power Blows (including Head Shots), may not be

Hidden, and may not be pulled from an Exertion when searching for an attack. Any Edge Cards

modifying your Special Attacks are Nullified.

Ranged Attacks: You must have a free hand to play a Ranged Attack (see Hand Icons). Ranged

Attacks cannot be blocked under any circumstances and are also Special Attacks. Back Aways

do not avoid Ranged Attacks. You may play Ranged Attacks even if Disarmed.

Dirty Tricks: Dirty Tricks cannot be blocked, do no damage (unless specified), and cannot be

Power Blows. You may play Dirty Tricks even if Disarmed.

Exhaustion: When the last card in your Endurance is drawn, discarded or otherwise taken from

your Endurance, you Exhaust. You lose 5 Ability during your next Ability Adjustment Phase.

Reshuffle your Endurance and all the cards in your Discard Pile together and continue play. If you

are making a Soft Exertion and you only have 5 cards left in your endurance, when you draw the last

card you exhaust. You reshuffle, and then put the 5 cards from your soft exertion underneath your

Endurance.

Head Shots: A Head Shot: Event Card is played in conjunction with an upper attack. That attack

instantly becomes a Power Blow. If your opponent cannot play a successful defense against the

attack, or avoid it, they lose the game and their head immediately. Your attack must be able to

become a Power Blow to be a Head Shot. There are cards other than the Head Shot: Event that

may modify an attack to become a Head Shot, or attacks that by Game Text are Head Shots. The

same rules pertaining to the Head Shot: Event also applies to these cards.

Disarming & Breaking Weapons: During the course of the game, you may become Disarmed,

or your weapon may be broken. If your weapon is broken, you are considered to be Disarmed.

However, if you are using two Weapons Of Choice, both weapons must be disarmed and/or

broken for a player to be considered Disarmed. If either occurs, you may not play attacks or

blocks. At the beginning of your turn, in your 'May Do' phase, you may make a Soft (3 of named

Attribute Gem) or Hard (2 of named Attribute Gem) Exertion to try to rearm yourself for each

weapon lost. You do not have this chance if your weapon was broken. While Disarmed, you may

not play any Weapon Of Choice cards or cards with Blade in the title. Any Weapon Of Choice or

Blade cards are discarded from play. You cannot attempt to Disarm or break a player's weapon

that is already Disarmed. If you manage to recover a disarmed weapon and you have more than

one Weapon of Choice in play, you may choose which one is recovered.

Edge Cards: These cards are not Special Cards. You may play as many Edge Cards per turn as

you wish. Edge Cards played in conjunction with any card are countered if that card is countered.

Edge Cards cannot be played in conjunction with Special Attacks. You may always play Edge

Cards unless card text specifically says you cannot.

Events: Event Cards briefly affect battle, and are normally swept during your next Sweep Phase.

Situations & Objects: Both Situations and Objects remain in play after being played. You may

have multiple copies of the same Situation or Object in play at once.

Locations: Locations remain in play after being played. However, if another Location is played,

discard the previous Location. Only one Location by any player may be in play at any time.

Location cards affect both players equally.

Plots: Plots remain in play after being played, however once a plot is completed, check the text to

see if you are to discard the cards after the effect has been triggered. You may only have 1 of each

unique plot card in play at a time.