[Icehouse] Discard and Draw in Zark City

[Jorge Arroyo]

I understand that you discard any cards, then if you've got 3 or less cards,
you draw three. If you've got 4 or more, you draw enough cards to get a hand
of 6. It makes you choose what cards to discard before knowing what cards
you'll get.

I see how it could also be interpreted as, discard unwanted cards, draw
three cards and look at them. If taking the three cards would make your hand
over 6, then just take the necessary number (choosing the ones you want from
the three you drew) so your hand doesn't become bigger than 6 cards.

Of course, maybe it's just as simple as discard unwanted cards, draw three,
then discard again to reach a hand size of 6, but then you'd be technically
holding more than six cards at some point...

I think I like the first option better, as it's simpler and forces you to
choose between discarding cards that may become useful after the draw  to
get more cards, or keep them but then draw less cards... But maybe a
clarification would be in order.

On the topic of discarding zero cards, as it says "any cards you don't want"
I'd say if you want all of them, you wouldn't have to discard any...

-Jorge

On 2/27/08, Tom Phoenix <rb+wunderland at redcat.com> wrote:
>
> Zark City looks like an intriguing game.
>
>     http://www.wunderland.com/WTS/Andy/Games/ZarkCity/index.html
>
> The description of Draw, on the PDF, says, "Discard any cards you
> don't want, then draw three cards. You can never hold more than six
> cards."
>
> How many cards, if any, must be discarded before drawing? May a player
> with five cards choose to discard one and draw only two new cards, for
> example, or does that player discard one, then draw three and discard
> one of those? May a player ever discard zero cards before drawing?
>
>
> --Tom Phoenix
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