As a side note… regarding this card. In reality, that card should have been discarded and a new one drawn simply because we have no Cardassian Players in this game (our play group decided because it is a Cardassian player expansion card; which normally would not be in this deck). But also, if we did have a Cardassian player; if you read this description of the card, you’ll see that it should only affect the player who drew it and not a detriment to all other players (as it seems you have done here). ie. The player who drew the card, should have had all their TA’s in front of them exhausted because 'they had to deal with this delegation and therefor it affected trade they would have otherwise gotten from other players.
Cardassian negotiators may seem thuggish and combative, but they are subtle manipulators, often extracting concessions from their established trade partners. A Cardassian Delegation enriches the Union, ensuring that vital resources flow back to Cardassia Prime in greater quantities. The Delegation may also benefit a loyal friend of Cardassia boosting their bounty as well. However, the meticulousness and detail of Cardassian negotiations will mire unaligned rivals in bureaucratic red tape, with valuable shipments of resources lost to onerous regulations as they host these Cardassian disruptors. (ref: GF9 website for Cardassian Expansion)
For those of you who don’t read BGG: Mattias Elfström, who compiled the excellent Unofficial Complete Rules we’ve been using so far, has decided in the next edition to part company from the “official” rules where he feels it makes the game better. Which is fair enough. As a result, I’ve taken on the job of compiling an “all the official rules in one place” rulebook – to include Dominion and Breen when I get them.
I’m aware… Not being a fan, I see that he has just published the UCR 3.0 .
I’ll be willing to proof-read your document, when you have a draft. Or if you need help or suggestions, you can ask here. (I’m not a graphic deisgner, by the way).
Not well written or tested (lots of inclarities and loopholes) but I think it has the potential to be fun. I fear the game is prone to encouraging turtling already, and it definitely doesn’t push back against that.
Also not to blow my own trumpet but I have a medium-sized RPG writing project this month, and a larger one probably coming up in a few months’ time, which eats my time to do fun stuff as I have a “real” job too. So I may well not be running complicated PBFs like this (or Xia, which is definitely on my list) for a bit.
any news about a new game? 