[Icehouse] Discard and Draw in Zark City

[Andrew Plotkin]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Tom Phoenix 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

That's the way it worked in Zarcana, so that's what we did. (We tried 
playing Zark City last night.)

> May a player ever discard zero cards before drawing?

Yes. And if you have five cards, you can discard zero and draw one.

Assuming I'm right, the rule could be worded to "...then draw one, two, or 
three cards. You can never hold more than six cards."

--Z

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