Posting Guidelines

[The Schaef]

I want to welcome everyone to this section of the board, and I hope that the people managing this site are able to help you sort out ruling questions, tricky wording, and all the other little idiosyncracies that make up the game of Redemption.

It should be noted that if the answer to a question can be found in the Rulebook or in the REG, most of the time you will be pointed to the relevant section with a link or a quote.  These resources are designed to help provide information to players of all skill levels, and we highly recommend you check these resources before posting questions.  Chances are, you'll be able to find what you're looking for most of the time.

One negative aspect of the EZBoard was its broken (practically non-existent) Search function, which was almost completely useless in referring to older threads which contained discussions and rulings on thorny issues.  The Search function on the new forum software is much more powerful and effective.  As this section continues to grow and more issues are covered, the Search function will become quite useful in checking to see if a question not found in other resources has already been answered here.  We suggest using the search function to see if your question has already been asked and answered, before posting.

In the interest of reducing clutter, I most likely am going to just link old threads and lock repeated questions, so if for some reason a previously-discussed issue needs to be looked at again, don't be shy about bumping older threads.  I know it's not good netiquette in most other instances, but this should keep the number of threads to dig around for an answer to a minimum, and the older posts will remind us how we got to the point in the game where we are now.

The people who volunteer their time and energy for Cactus are highly dedicated to making sure every player has the best experience possible, and has as much information as we can possibly think to provide.  I have met every single one of them personally and have every confidence in speaking for them in this matter.  Please utilize the resources made available to you to help get the most out of your Redemption experience, and if you are still unable to find what you're looking for, please don't hesitate to ask.  If we don't know the answer, we will make every effort to determine it quickly.

Thank you for your time and attention.
- Schaef

Links to available resources:

• 10th Anniversary Rulebook
• Redemption Exegesis Guide
• The Ten Commandments of Redemption

[jtwoolcott]

In the interests of making this forum as useful and efficient for everyone as possible, please follow these guidelines:

1. When starting a thread, please give it a title relevant to the topic. A million threads titled "Question" makes it harder to find the specific information one is looking for.

2. Please refer to the current rulebook and/or REG if at all possible before posting. Many questions can be answered that way.

3. Please include card special abilities when posting questions if at all possible. This greatly facilitates answering questions.

We thank you for your support. 

[Deathschythe]

I wanna volunteer

[casponos_the_great]

Oh, another thing to add to the other posts.

Read the special ability on the card carefully if you have a question about it. More than half the time you'll find your answer. Actually, this applies to alot of things in life...just read what it says, and you'll get the picture...

[cforce44]

Could people also make sure to spell out a cards name completely and then put the abbreviation in paranthesis? I know I when reading a post with a bunch of abbreviations I get so confused I lose interest in what the person is trying to communicate that I stop reading.

EXAMPLE

Authority of Christ Promo: Discard all evil characters in play. May not be interrupted, negated, or prevented.

High Priest's Palace: Protect Pharisee and Sadducee Evil Characters in your territory from discard. Hold one active Unholy Writ or Thirty Pieces of Silver

You are talking about the Authority of Christ Promo and High Priest's Palace, this is how you should denot the abbreviation. "I have the Authority of Christ Promo (AoCP) in my deck. To insure that I do not discard my own evil characters when I play AoCP I have included High Priet's Palace (HPP).  Since all of my evil characters are Pharisees and Saducees, AoCP does not harm my evil characters when I have HPP in my territory."

Using different colors for card titles is not necessary. I just did it to make sure my point was made clear. Hopefully this is clear and approved to be posted by the people who control this message board.

[The Schaef]

I'll do one better, I'll post a partial list of abbreviations right here for reference.  Anyone who wants to add to the list, reply and I'll fold your addition into my post.

This is not going to cover every single possible abbreviation.  Sometimes people start talking about one particular card and over the course of the thread, they take to abbreviating that one card to save typing, e.g. SH for Storehouse, but go back to calling it Storehouse in future threads.  Also, HPP could be High Priest's Plot or High Priest's Palace, so at times it can be better to spell it out.

EC - Evil Character
LS - Lost Soul
LoB - Land of Bondage
LoR - Land of Redemption
RA - Rescue Attempt
BC - Battle Challenge

SoG - Son of God
NJ - New Jerusalem (nearly always referring to the Dominant)
AotL - Angel of the Lord
GotL - Glory of the Lord
GoYS - Guardian of Your Souls

CM - Christian Martyr
DoN - Destruction of Nehushtan
FA - Falling Away

Ark - Ark of the Covenant
Chariot - Chariot of Fire (alternately, CoF)
Shroud - Burial Shroud (alternately, BS)
EMS - Every Man's Sword
Tables - Tables of the Law
Writ - Unholy Writ

Chamber - Chamber of Angels
JT - Jerusalem Tower
KotW - Kingdoms of the World
NotL - Name of the Lord
Temple - Solomon's Temple
WoP - Wall of Protection

Soldier - Soldier of God
Seeker - Seeker of the Lost
TSA - The Strong Angel
ET - Ethiopian Treasurer

Gathering - Gathering of Angels
PO - Primary Objective
ACiB - A Child is Born
Words - Words of Encouragement
AtC - Ambush the City
Furnace - Furnace of God's Wrath
ANB - A New Beginning
AoC(P) - Authority of Christ (Promo)
Reach - Reach of Desperation

KoT - King of Tyrus
PotW - Prince of This World

JiP - Joseph in Prison
Deceit - Deceit of Sapphira
2kHorses - Two Thousand Horses
Gib Trick - Gibeonite Trickery
HP - Haman's Plot

Lost Soul nicknames:
NT - can only be rescued by a NT Hero
*/4 - can only be rescued by a Hero */4 or higher
Female - can only be rescued by a female Hero or Son of God
Hopper - placed in opponent's territory when drawn
Revealer - reveal top two cards, put LS in play, put rest under draw pile
Shuffler - when rescued, shuffle all other LS not in Sites into draw pile
LSs - Lost Souls - must be rescued twice to count
(Site) Doubler - can be placed in a Site with another LS
Wanderer/Exchanger/Switcheroo - exchange with another LS
Anti-Burial - when in a LoR, protect that player's LS from Burial
Color Guard - when in a single-color Site, all ECs in your territory are immune to that color
Speed Bump - protect all LS in play from rescue by player with more than 10 cards in hand
Demon-discard-shuffle - if lone Hero begins RA, discard one of your demons to shuffle this card into draw pile
Anti-withdraw - if Hero withdraws from RA, place LS under draw pile
Anti-angel - if angel rescues this LS put another LS under draw pile
First Round (Protect) - can only be rescued by Dominant or angel first round it is in play
Evicter - when placed in your Land of Bondage, you may remove a LS from one of your Sites
Thorns - protect LS from shuffle, place under draw pile, or exchange
Site Hand Discard - when placed in a Site, opponent must discard a card from hand

DR - Dragon Raid
BotC - Book of the Covenant
Gifts - Gifts of the Magi
Coat - Coat of Many Colors
RD - Red Dragon

HoH - Holy of Holies
HHI - Household Idols
AoA - Altar of Ahaz
AP - Asherah Pole
3N - Three Nails
U&T - Urim and Thummim

RBD - Rain Becomes Dust
UN - Unknown Nation

RC - Raiders' Camp
TTotD - The Trap of the Devil

CotH - Captain of the Host

[ejberkenpas22]

Thank you for the Lost Soul shortcut names...i've been wondering what to call all the non obvious ones when I am writing out my deck. This is helpful :-)

[lightningninja]

Wow... I never saw this thread. People really need to read the abbreviations post again... 

[BubbleBoy]

Lol, two days ago was the three year anniversary of this thread.