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# Game Areas
> Cards and effects exist in different areas on the board
export const Archive = () =>
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– The archive is where cards that are no longer part of the game are
kept.
- – Each player has their own archive.
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– Cards in the archive are typically visible to each player at all
times.
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– Player's may count the cards in each player's archive at any time.
- – Cards go to archive if they are deleted.
- – Cards in the archive are considered deleted.
;
export const Cache = () =>
- – The cache is where used cards are kept (discard pile).
- – Each player has their own cache.
- – Cards in the cache are visible to each player at all times.
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– Player's may count the cards in each player's cache at any time.
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– Event cards go to the cache immediately after executing from the
queue.
- – Cards go to the cache when:
- –-- Discarded
- –-- Terminated
- –-- Forfeited
- –-- Cancelled
;
export const Biomes = () =>
- – Biomes are where agents battle.
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– Biomes are three separate sub-areas, collectively referred to as
biomes.
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– Each biome has a unique effect, called Influence, which changes how
players battle in that biome.
- – Biomes are shared between players.
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–-- Each player has their own side of each biome, called a sector.
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–-- Each player's sector in each biome has 10 starting durability.
Together each player's sectors have 30 starting durability.
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–-- A sector's durability can be decreased or increased by damage or
effects.
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–-- If a player's sector reaches 0 or less durability at any time, that
player loses the sector.
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–-- When a player loses a sector, all agents in that sector retreat.
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–-- When a player loses a sector, all unattached gear move to the
staging area.
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–-- When a player loses 2 or more sectors, they immediately lose the
match.
- – Lost biomes are not part of the game.
- –-- Players can never advance into a lost biome.
- –-- Players can never put constants into a lost biome.
- –-- The influence of lost biomes are removed.
;
export const Staging = () =>
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are placed.
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– Constants are put in the staging area after executing from the queue.
- – Anomalies are put directly in the staging area.
- – Cards in staging are visible to each player at all times.
- – At the start of the game, staging is empty.
- – Each player has their own staging.
;
export const Queue = () =>
- – The queue is where player actions wait to be executed.
- – The queue is not defined on the game board.
- – The queue is shared by players.
- – When a player takes an action it enters the queue.
- – Player actions include playing cards and activating skills.
- – Actions execute when no player decides to take an action.
- – The last action to enter the queue executes first.
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– When an action executes, or cancels, players can take actions again.
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–-- Some cards, skills, or effects can cancel actions in the queue. That
means, when it would be executed, it has no effect, and if it was a card
it is put into its owner's cache instead of anywhere else.
;
export const Hand = () =>
- – The hand is where cards players can play are kept.
- – Each player has their own hand.
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– When you draw a card, you put the top card of your deck into your
hand.
- – Only you can look at the cards in your hand.
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– At the beginning of the game, each player draws 6 cards, this is their
starting hand.
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– 7 is the maximum number of cards you can have in your hand, your
maximum hand size.
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– If you have more than 7 cards in hand at the end of your turn, you
have to discard cards until you have 7 cards in hand.
;
export const Deck = () =>
- – The deck is where players draw cards from.
- – Ech player has their own deck.
- – Cards in decks are face-down:
- –-- No player can look at them.
- – Players may count the cards in each player's deck at any time.
- – In most game formats, decks must have at least 45 cards.
- – Each deck only have up to 3 copies of each card.
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Cards often move between areas in matches.
Converting a card or playing an anomaly does not enter the queue.
The staging area and biomes are collectively referred to as *"the planet"*.