Last updated Oct 8 2001

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General rules questions

The 7th Edition Board Layout

The board layout for 4 players is incorrect. The opposite edges should have identical letters at the opposite board entries. You can leave a board on one side and enter the opposite board edge at the space that is exactly opposite the one you left. The 2 player board is a little different in that the exits really DO cross over, which means, if you are playing a 2 player game, toss out the RELOCATE SECTOR card, which is useless in a 2 player game (or, just redraw when you come to it).

Attack-Neutral Combos

Some cards have mutiple spell designations in the corner (ATTACK, NEUTRAL, COUNTERACTION) with some combination of spell types shown. Since the rules stipulate that you can cast a COUNTERACTION out of turn or during your normal turn, the COUNTERACTION-NEUTRAL is redundant (and to be eliminated in later editions). Some spells, such as SHRINK and INVISIBLE become ATTACKS when you cast them on other players. If you wish to use the text literally on the cards, then this is not a problem, as the cards state that you cast them on yourself, but unfortunately we made a rule in the first expansion that said you can cast such spells on opponents also. This will change! The cards that say "SELF" instead of "LOS" can be interpreted the same way. All the cards with "SELF" marked on them have been changed to "LOS" in later editions, primarily because you are obviously in LOS with yourself, and the card specifies that you cast the spell on yourself. These will be changed back to "SELF" in later additions, primarily due to the fact that it misleads people into believing that a "SELF" type spell can be cast on anyone. Eventually "who" the spell can be cast on will be very specifically defined. The cards that DO say ATTACK-NEUTRAL on them refer to the fact that they are a Neutral spell if cast on yourself and an Attack when cast on others.

Combat

You can't attack yourself. This is mentioned in the 6th edition rules, but no earlier editions. This is a very important rule! Also, the rule should read "No ATTACKS can be used during the first round of turns", not "No COMBAT during the first round of turns". It's perfectly okay to use a DESTROY WALL next to a person, thus damaging him on the first turn, since it is not an attack.

Creating Objects

More notes on creating objects on one's home base; the basic rules state that you may NOT create an object on a player's home base. This rule appears to get broken by such a card as TRADER. The way to avoid this is to state that a TRADE or TELEPORT into a space is essentially the same as a CREATE, meaning you can't create an object on one space, then use TRADER to move it onto someone's home base. For an object to instantaneously appear in a space is tantamount to a Creation.

Death

The second-hand killing of a Wizard, say by falling walls or controlled MONSTERS, does not get you his cards, nor does a MONSTER get cards by killing a player!

Dumping Cards and Physical Objects

This is explained pretty well in the basic rules, but everybody seems to forget you can do it. If you want to discard a physical object, it is NOT necessary to dump it on the board, you can just discard it to the discard pile. The board would get very crowded otherwise. This includes ARTIFACTS, if you think someone is about to take one from you and there's nothing you can do about it. This can only be done during your own turn (this is not in the rules, but will be next printing).

Line-of-Sight

If you "barely nick a corner" of a wall, this is still NOT line-of-sight. A VISIONSTONE could see through the corner, but if you "nicked two corners", the VISIONSTONE would not work.

The new Wiz-War set, 6th edition, has no dots in the center of the squares with which to measure line-of-sight, even though the rules say to use these non-existent dots. Our advice is to eyeball the center of the square, or put your own dots on the playing board. It might also be worthwhile to take a magic marker and draw the walls brown, as they do not stand out very well as it is.

Lost Turns

These will accumulate if you get hit by a "lost turns" type spell while under the effect of another "lost turns" spell. Also, if you lose a turn while under a duration spell, this still uses up a turn of the duration spell.

If you happen to get hit by a reflected attack (yours), and you "lose a turn", this would be THAT turn, not your next turn. This could happen with Lightning Bolt or Hypnosis, for example.

As the rules say, if you Lose a Turn, you can't do anything but play Counteractions until your next turn. This also means you can't draw cards!

Magic Sticks

These don't have to be displayed. When you first charge it with a NUMBER card, the NUMBER card gets discarded, so it no longer counts as part of your hand.

Magic Stones

They may be discarded as cards even after used and displayed. Nothing makes an object so permanent that it cannot be discarded. This is always a player option. MAGIC STONES are not "created" by the card, the card merely represents the physical object. It may be displayed and left displayed whenever you use it first, even if it is not your turn.

Monsters

These are creatures that do damage, generally. This means that ALTER EGO, SHADOW, FAMILIAR, and KILLER OOZE are considered MONSTERS, while the SLIME, ANIMATE OBJECT, DECOY and BUCK are not, even though they are mobile.

Though some Monsters can carry objects, they cannot use them.

You can't attack your own monsters. This is in line with the rule that you can't attack yourself, and prevents some rule conflicts.

Picking Up Objects

No, you can't pick up 2 objects at the same time, even if they're in the same space.

Players as Objects

There is some confusion in the rules which will probably not be resolved until next edition as to whether Wizards and MONSTERS can be treated as objects or not, for purposes of spells such as DRAG and a few others. Unfortunately, this is not well defined anywhere. The basic rules state that players are NOT objects, so spells such as TELEPORT OBJECT and ANIMATE OBJECT would have no effect on Wizards. Use common sense and house rules. You will rarely run into this as a problem, but you could. Obviously, if a card says a MONSTER can carry objects, it is NOT referring to other Wizards!

Spell Priority

There is some question as to whether Counteractions or Attacks work first, especially in a case like SHIELDSTONE vs FIREBALL. Counteractions always work first. Thus, if someone was hit with a FIREBALL while they were carrying a BLOODSTONE, the BLOODSTONE would reduce the damage done by a point before it was destroyed.

If you have 2 Counteractions you want to use, you decide for yourself which one activates first.

If a spell gets counteracted, the number card (if any) that accompanied it is also discarded.

Throwing Objects

The basic rules imply, without explicitly stating, that you can throw objects, but not treasures. That's true! You could take a Magic Stone and throw it inot a PIT 3 spaces away, if you wanted. Throwing objects at other players does not do any damage, unless a card, such as HEAVE-HO or DAGGER says so.

Treasures

If a player is eliminated, any treasure left on his home base does NOT count toward eliminating the player to whom that treasure belongs. Also, the 7th edition rules are rather badly worded and imply that you can carry 2 treasures as long as one of them is your own and the other belongs to another player. This is incorrect. You can carry only ONE treasure, and it can be EITHER one of your own or one of the opponent's.

Card FAQ's for Wiz-War

Absorb

This is only for one attack, it does not work against 3 points of damage from multiple attacks in one turn.

Absorb Spell

When played versus a REUSE SPELL, ABSORB SPELL takes priority, since it makes no sense doing it the other way! Also ABSORB SPELL defeats a CARD ERASURE, as Counteractions take effect before Attacks. ABSORB SPELL has no effect on objects or the spells they produce, such as Magics Sticks, Magic Stones, and Artifacts. ABSORB SPELL will not work against ANTI-ANTI, since ANTI-ANTI is not used against the player, but rather his spell. Yes, ABSORB SPELL will work on FULL REFLECTION or REFLECTION, but not FULL SHIELD, as that is not used against you, but cast upon the player using it.

Add

Can you play a NUMBER card to add to your movement, then perform some action that gets you another NUMBER card, THEN play your ADD with the new NUMBER card, adding it to the NUMBER card already played? No, you can't. When the ADD card is used, the NUMBER cards to be added must be played together, immediately upon casting the ADD spell.

Adrenaline

This lets you attack 2 times in a turn, it doesn't let you use objects twice in a turn when the particular object says that it can be used once a turn.

Alter Ego

The Alter Ego must be created in the space you are in; the fact the card says "LOS" on it was merely to indicate that the space you are in is certainly in your LOS. This will be changed in a later edition to "Same Space".

Amber Pendant

Yes, the token says "AMBER AMULET", at least in the first edition of this expansion. You obviously cannot put an object (like a Magic Stick) in the AMBER PENDANT. It has to be a spell. A "neutral duration spell" certainly does not include things like CREATE WALL, or INTERRUPT, but would include SHRINK or INVISIBLE.

Amplify

With SLOW DEATH, it causes 2 pts. damage per turn. If AMPLIFY is used with SHIELDSTONE, SHADOWSTONE, WIZARDBLADE, or other permanent objects, note that it only affects that object for one use of the object, not permanently. AMPLIFY can be used with a 1 point spell (one without a NUMBER card) to make it worth 2 points. AMPLIFY does not affect NUMBER cards going into POWER BATTERY, it only affects the power as you use it to cast spells.

Animate Object

If this is on a TREASURE, and the treasure is on your home base, is it considered to be sitting on your home base? Since this is an enchantment on the object, and not a creature that is carrying it, then the answer is YES.

Anti-Anti

Will work against SHIELDSTONE, but not SOULSTONE. This will not work against Remove Curse, as Remove Curse does not counter the attack spell, but merely stops the ongoing effects of the spell.

Around the Corner

This is a spell cast on another spell. If such a spell is reflected, then the reflected spell will go back around the corner, since it still has AROUND THE CORNER cast on it.

Big Man

Can be punched from an adjacent square, or attacked by MONSTERS from an adjacent square. If he steps over something, like a PIT or KILLER OOZE, it requires 2 movement points. If Big Man pushes someone to an intersection, then the other player gets to decide which direction to go, if Big Man decides to push him further. Big Man will cancel Shrink.

Blink

See TELEPORT, or TELEPORT SPELLS.

Blind

Even if you're BLIND, you can still move your MONSTERS okay, since they aren't LOS controls, anyway. Also, non-LOS spells are not affected by your being blind. If you try to cast a spell on someone, if it goes the right direction, then it hits him. If you cast a spell that was supposed to go 3 spaces away, and you accidentally point it at the wall next to you instead, since the spell can't go the intended distance, it dissipates. If you are trying to attack one player while you are BLIND and the spell ends up going toward another player, it misses him.

Blunt

If you play two in a row, they act one after the other, they do not cancel the damage out entirely! Thus, against a 5 point Fireball, the first would reduce damage to 3 points (2.5 rounded up), and the second would reduce damage to 2 points (1.5 rounded up).

Book of Spells

This cannot hold items or objects, just spells and NUMBER cards. Discard them if you draw objects, redrawing to fill to 5 cards. These may be used in any combination you like with the cards in your hand. REFLECTED spells will blast you, not the BOOK.

Brainstone

This has a loophole. If you drop it and pick it up, you get two new cards, then get to draw 2 more at the end of your turn. This is, so far, legal.

Buck

See "Pass the Buck"

Buddy

Some people think this should be an ATTACK. If you want to play it that way, fine. Some people also think it should be burned. Some play it as a duration card, so you could do this as a house rule. In the next revision, it will just become an ATTACK.

Claw of Mars

This does NOT allow you to use objects more than once per turn if the object says it can be used only once per turn. It will, however, let you punch someone 3 times, or use 3 different attacks.

Create Big Black Bat

It can carry, but not use, objects, not even passive objects like AMBER PENDANT with a Counteraction. Obviously a BAT with a BRAINSTONE can't draw cards.

Create Familiar

It can carry a spell, not an object.

Create Pit

Yes, you can drop objects in here, even while you are jumping over the PIT. No, contrary to what the card says, you can't create objects in or on or over the PIT, which eliminates all those bizarre questions about creating SOLID STONE over a PIT and having it fall down, or making a WALL sideways over a PIT, and so on. TINY SWAP can't be used to do this either, as this would qualify as creating an object in a space where an object already is, which is against the basic rules. FILL SQUARE WITH STONE cancels a PIT, and any objects inside the PIT at the time appear at the top, on the floor, so nothing gets "squashed". It takes a whole turn to climb out of, as well as into, a PIT, and your movement would end adjacent to the PIT. You could still add NUMBER cards to your movement in such a case, though. You can jump diagonally across a PIT if it's at an intersection, but it still takes 2 movement points to get across. A player outside and adjacent to the PIT has LOS into the PIT, but a player in the PIT has no LOS outside of the PIT (except in the very rare instance where someone jumps or flies over and he uses an INTERRUPT to cast an attack...you get the idea). If a PUSH OBJECT is used to shove a treasure in on someone in a PIT, they take 2 points damage just as normal from a PUSHED OBJECT.

Create Pit, more

Climbing into a PIT, you must start the turn adjacent to the PIT, and may not perform any other actions while climbing. You could, if you like, just fall in and take the damage. Two or more adjacent PITS would just make one long PIT.

Create Wall

This can NOT be created in the middle of a square, or diagonally across a square. This is true of any wall. Obviously it cannot be created on top of a wall section with a door or an illusionary wall, as this would constitute creating an object on a space that already has an object in it.

Destroy Wall

Works just fine on door-sections too. While ABSORB and BLUNT will work fine against the damage from a falling wall, FULL SHIELD will not, since it is not a magical attack.

Disease

The instructions on this one are confusing even to me. The sentence that says "Disease is short-lived, you must infect a player every turn for it to do any damage" can easily be misinterpreted. If you walk into a space with another player while the spell is active, they take damage. They do not "catch" the disease", thus the disease is short-lived. If you want the player to take more damage from DISEASE, you enter his square again on a following turn (or remain in the same square if he does not move). There's some question as to whether the casting of the spell is an ATTACK, or whether it is entering a square with another player that is the ATTACK. Entering another player's square constitutes the ATTACK, not casting the spell. This card violates the rule (somewhat) that you can't attack more than once in a turn, since you can clearly infect more than one person, as the card says. That's okay, it's supposed to be that way. By this logic, a person with BUDDY cast on him, and DISEASE, cannot infect his BUDDY, that is, cannot enter his space. Also, entering one player's space multiple times in one turn does NOT cause extra damage, the damage can only be inflicted to a single player once in a turn.

Dispel Creation

This has references to Expansion #1 cards, which, if you have the basic set without the expansion, you have to ignore. The reason for this is, DISPEL CREATION used to only be in the Expansion...it was considered a good idea to put one in the basic set, but unfortunately, it did not get edited to accomodate this move.

Door-to-door

The range of area-of-effect spells such as FEAR counts up to where one side of the door is, then finishes counting at the other end of the warp.

Double-barrel

Should say "half-strength attacks", not "half-strength spells", thus a physical attack would work also.

Drag

This will work on Wizards and MONSTERS just fine. It will also work with AROUND THE CORNER.

Dust Cloud

This will work on players or monsters. If someone tries to physically attack someone else in a DUST CLOUD, they must roll the die to see if they hit (a 1 in 4 chance). Since DUST CLOUD blocks LOS, an LOS spell cannot be cast upon a player in DUST CLOUD, or by a player who is in a DUST CLOUD. Spells cast upon oneself still work fine, though, and no roll is required.

Empathy

If used as a Counteraction, the duration of the spell starts when cast and ends at the beginning of one of the turns of the player that attacked you. If used against CHAOS, it is quite ineffective, since it does what CHAOS does anyway. This will not work against an already-active spell, just new ones.

Exploding Energy

This only affects NUMBER cards carried by the Wizard, no items he carries, such as POWER BATTERY or RING OF POWER.

Extend

Does not work on already-active spells.

Eye of Claremont

This should be marked as an attack.

Fear

If a player plays GO AWAY on someone where that person would have to move into FEAR'S radius, treat it as though the player ran into a dead end. FEAR wins. Since FEAR is cast on your SELF, it is not Counteractible. FEAR even scares your own MONSTERS off. FEAR also takes priority over someone who is UGLY. The 3 spaces away is measured as a Wizards walks (if he could walk through walls), not diagonally.

FEAR doesn't affect other players until their own turns, but technically it becomes active the moment it is cast. This is unlike UGLY, which takes place instantly and forces other players to move away from you during your turn. With FEAR, they have to use their own movement on their own turn to move away from you. During your own turn, you could move back into range with them, which would once again force them, on their own turn, to try to move away from you.

If an opponent cannot move away from you but owns a card that would allow him to do so (like Pass Through Wall or Teleport) he must use it to escape.

Fill Square with Slime

Sure, you can leave items in SLIME, but you can't teleport someone there or create something else inside, like a MONSTER, or leave a creation spell trapped inside. This is per the rule that you can't create an object in a space where there is already an object. HANDFUL OF TACKS would work just fine in SLIME, as it isn't a spell. Only water will damage the SLIME, so other attacks are useless. Spells stuck in SLIME only go off once, the first time someone walks into the SLIME. SLIME is a big cube filling the corridor, and offers no LOS, nor can it be flown over.

Fire Imp

Will attack MONSTERS as well as players. If put in line of sight with a KILLER OOZE, it will shoot it every turn until 5 points have accumulated on it and killed it.

If the FIRE IMP hits you with his attack during your turn, you can only use a COUNTERACTION against it, even though it is during your turn. You might look at it as though the IMP is taking a turn within your turn. What he shoots at you, technically, is a spell, and does magical damage, thus may be COUNTERACTED like a spell. You cannot AMPLIFY, then REVERSE the damage done to you, as AMPLIFY is a NEUTRAL and may not be used to aid in COUNTERACTING the damage.

No, you can't create a FIRE IMP over a PIT. That consititutes creating an object in an occupied space, which is against the rules (the PIT occupies the space).

Force Field

For those of you who don't own this spell, it says;COUNTERACTION. L.O.S. Creates a force field immediately adjacent to you on one side only, preventing an opponent from entering the space you occupy or cating [sic] spells on or past you. Lasts only until the end of the opponent's turn. The Force Field is stationary, it does not move with the player. Cards that represent non-spell items, such as daggers, can fly through the field just fine. Likewise, Wizardblade can slice through the field.

Force of the Jet-eye

To be used only once per turn.

Gift From Below

Sure, you can use counteractions on this. Even reflections will work, although no opponent will take any damage.

Handful of Tacks

These work just fine on MONSTERS, too, as do other hazards. If a player chooses to pick up the tacks, they cannot perform other actions during their turn of picking them up, although they can break the process of picking up the tacks into 2 separate isolated turns. They can, of coures, draw cards during these turns. If a player dumps the tacks into a space where someone is already standing, then that player takes no damage as he leaves the space where the tacks are. The next version of this card will say "entering the space" instead of "crossing the space".

Heave-ho

In the very rare occurence of a passage-loop, where HEAVE-HO would travel forever, we've limited it to a maximum of 10 spaces. AROUND THE CORNER has no effect on HEAVE-HO, as HEAVE-HO is cast on yourself, not on the treasure. In the example below, where the "x's" represent Wizards, HEAVE-HO does 3 points of damage, which are counted as spaces as the Wizard walks;

                              _________________________

                              |       |       |       |

                              |   X   |       |       |

                              |_______|_______|_______|

                              |       |       |       |

                              |       |       |   X   |

                              |_______|_______|_______|

Howling Vacuum

This has no effect on a PERMAWARP if the other end of the warp is in another sector. If it is in the same sector, passage through the warp can, if possible, be counted as "the shortest path possible" to the wizard casting the spell. An opponent WILL be pulled through a WALL OF FIRE, if that is the shortest route, or a DUST CLOUD, or a WALL OF FOG, etc. However, an opponent will NOT be pulled out of a PIT!

Hypnosis

Yes, this means you don't have to draw cards for your opponent at the end of his turn. If REFLECTED, both players can control each other for their next turns. This spell lasts a player's turn, so is in essence a duration spell.

Idiot

"What am I doing here" is a joke. You don't really have to say it. It's also the IDIOT'S choice as to whether he takes a short path through a WALL OF FIRE (for example), or a long path around it. He can avoid obstacles.

If you happen to already be carrying one of your treasures when you are hit with this spell, it has no effect on you.

What is meant by "nothing can be done" is that all your effort must be directed to getting to your nearest treasure. This still allows you to cast and draw spells if they help you in your goal, but it does not allow you to attack players or pick up other items, such as opponents' treasures. You could, however, destroy a wall if your nearest treasure is behind it.

Illusionary Attack

Yep, you can use this to create a monster, or Swap, or Power Drain, even. Each opponent affected has a 50% chance to believe in it; in the case of a monster, each opponent rolls separately, the monster does not disappear just because one player doesn't believe in it.

Illusion Wall

Just because you see a Wizard create an ILLUSION WALL does not mean you know it's a fake, nor can you figure it out by watching another Wizard walk through. You must roll to see if you believe it when you see it. If you do believe it, it acts just like a real wall for you, so even if you throw a dagger at it, the dagger would do 3 points of damage to the wall and fall to the floor on your side of the wall. You can even punch an ILLUSION WALL to pieces. If you destroy an ILLUSION WALL, this does not destroy it for everyone, just you. You can't see through ILLUSION WALL even if you know it's a fake.

Interrupt

If a player runs by in front of you, and you want to blast him with a spell, state that you are casting your INTERRUPT as he passes in front of you and you can cast the spell upon him.

Invisible

If a spell misses you while you are invisible, it hits nothing; it dissipates into nothingness.

Janitor

Just like it says, ALL tokens, even DESTROYED WALLS, get removed.

Killer Ooze

This is a MONSTER. No, it does not block LOS, just lays in a layer on the floor, and is not moveable. Only fire, and no other type of attack, will hurt the ooze (except MONSTER BANE for 5 points).

Large Rock/Dagger

These are NOT spells (yes, the rules already say that) which "create" the objects, they are the objects themselves. Yes, they can be discarded!

Lifesaver

You would discard and redraw in a 2 player game. It doesn't say this on the card, but it makes sense.

Lightningblast

If this gets FULLY REFLECTED, you lose the rest of your turn and can't draw cards (in addition to damage).

Load Stone

Like it says, you can't discard it (which includes dropping it, which is in essence discarding it), but you can certainly use whatever means you have to dump it on another player, including SWAP OBJECT. TELEPORT OBJECT would not work, as you are not giving it to another player. Likewise, a player can take it from you by accident with a THOUGHT STEAL.

Master Key

Will not work with a JAMMED LOCK.

Medusa

Basically, you've turned to stone for a while, along with all the stuff you've been carrying (except for ARTIFACTS, of course). You can't use ANY spells, ARTIFACTS, Magic Sticks or Magic Stones during MEDUSA. Being immune to damage does not mean you cannot be attacked with, let's say, a SWAP. A person under MEDUSA cannot take damage from or be affected by a TRAP. Anyone under MEDUSA would also be immune to SLOW DEATH and IT for the duration of MEDUSA.

Mental Swap

If you were really rude, you could dump all your cards except for MENTAL SWAP, and then trade hands. Of course, the other player might use a FULL SHIELD on you.

Mistbody

Not affected by THORNBUSH or ROSEBUSH. A falling WALL would not hurt you. You can still use objects, even while misted. If you drop or throw something, it becomes unmisted (solid). No, Waterwalls will not affect you, as you are floating along in the air, and the water is rushing along on the floor. Yes, you can reach into a SAFE. MISTBODY is also immune to KILLER OOZE, which lies on the floor.

Monster Bane

If you cast this against a monster that does not have any specific life points, like SHADOW or FIRE-IMP, then you only get 1 point from the monster.

Negate Neutral

This is a counteraction, and as such can certainly stop a Destroy Wall spell as it is cast. It has no effect on Neutrals after they have been cast, so it cannot make an item that was created with a Neutral spell go away if it already exists.

No Spell

Works only on the player, not his magic items.

Pass the Buck

Can be attacked by a MONSTER in an adjacent square, or punched by a Wizard in an adjacent square.

Permawarp

With area affect spells such as FEAR and BOMB, you would count up to where the PERMAWARP is, then count the remainder of the effect's distance in an area around the other end of PERMAWARP. I've also been told PERMAWARP is much too powerful. If it seems so to you, play it so it activates immediately upon being drawn, meaning a player cannot hold it until the perfect moment to win the game, but must choose the best place to locate it based upon where he is at the time.

Power Drain

If REFLECTION is used against it, they cancel, since you both lose and gain the same number of points. Using POWER DRAIN on your own monsters is not allowed, since you are not allowed to attack yourself or your own controlled monsters. If POWER DRAIN is BLUNTed, then you still POWER DRAIN the same amount of points, but your opponent takes less damage. He is blunting "damage done", not acting upon the attack spell itself. The same is true of ABSORB SPELL.

Psychic Storm

This will certainly affect the caster if he is dumb enough to stand within range. FULL REFLECTION of this spell will only protect the one player using it, but casue a second PSYCHIC STORM to form where the caster stands. REFLECTION, likewise, would cause a half-damage STORM originating at the caster's location, also reducing damage to the user of REFLECTION by half, but leaving the spell at full power against anyone else that happens to be in range of the original spell. In the strange case where more than one player reflects it, damage is cumulative, so this is one case where the spell could do more damage to the caster than the opponent.

An "adjacent square" is defined as one of the 4 that are side-by-side with the target square, not the diagonals.

Public Funds

This should NOT be LOS.

Reflection

If you counteract a spell with this, then you may still also counteract the remaining damage with another counteraction, such as BLUNT. Yes, an attack with RICOCHET or AROUND THE CORNER can be reflected back onto the caster. Note that other spells that do not have LOS can also be reflected. You are, in essence, casting a reflection upon a spell which itself has a spell cast upon it, allowing you to control it.

Relocate Sector

No, you can't have 2 sets of two boards, each, isolated. The entire board must remain connected after a RELOCATE SECTOR. AUTOWARPS do not suddenly appear after RELOCATE SECTOR is used. Opposite board edges connect, nothing more. RELOCATE SECTOR is useless in a two-player game in the 7th edition since the exits cross over the way they do, and should be discarded if drawn, and replaced with a new card.

Remove Curse

This will stop permanent spells, even LIFESAVER, on a player. It does not affect magic items, such as ARTIFACTS, magic sticks, or magic stones, or an ANIMATED OBJECT.

Reverse

Against POWER DRAIN, both players will get points. REVERSE will not work on you if it is you who are doing the attack. Thus, if you lose points due to a POWER ATTACK you've used, you may not REVERSE these points!

Ricochet

See REFLECTION.

Rosebush

See THORNBUSH.

Safe

If an item is in a SAFE, it is not considered to be lying on the ground. Thus, an item on a home base that is in a SAFE does not count as one of the 2 needed to win. If a SAFE is dispelled, the item inside immediately falls to the ground.

Shadow

This clearly only costs you a point during your OWN turn, not everyone else's too! The 1 point cost is paid at the beginning of each turn; you can stop Shadow anytime you feel like it.

Shieldstone

No, it does not work as a "1" without a NUMBER card, and says so right on the card. Only 1 Number Card per use!

Shrink

If a spell misses you while you are shrunk, it dissipates into nothingness. Big Man will nullify Shrink.

Slime

What works in a SLIME? Some folks have trouble deciding what would go well in a slime. Try a FIREBALL, or LIGHTNINGBLAST, or SLOW DEATH, or SUDDEN DEATH. You get the idea. After a player sets off the spell, it only affects him, later players entering the SLIME are not affected by the spells which have already been set off.

Slow Death

REMOVE CURSE works just fine on this. Once it has been activated, FULL SHIELD and REFLECTIONS would have no effect on it, as they only work when a spell is cast, not on subsequent effects of the spell. If SLOW DEATH is REVERSED, the player receives a point for every card drawn. ABSORB against SLOW DEATH will only stop the damage incurred by one card, sine ABSORB is meant to work for one attack. That's what's meant by counteractions working "momentarily", they only effect the one point of Slow Death that they are cast on, then the Slow Death spell continues to operate as before.

Soulstone

If hit by a FIREBALL and you only have, for example, 4 points left, since it is a Counteraction it will do its job first, thus you would only take 1 point of fire damage, since the last 3 must be taken with physical damage, but then the stone would be destroyed because some fire damage got through at all.

Speed

With SPEED cast on you, your controlled MONSTERS get an extra turn, too. Also, SPEED can be cast anytime during your turn, but not after you pick up an object. This means you could cast it, pick up an object, draw cards, then take your extra turn. You can't use SPEED to help you attack someone on the first round of turns. If you have SPEED on you while under the influence of a duration spell, it uses up a turn of that duration. This redefines the duration of a spell from the viewpoint of a caster; the duration STILL lasts until the start of the caster's turn, but the total number of turns is based on the recipient's turn-count.

Sticky Wand (or Sticky Stick)

Webs, if burned, disappear immediately. h

Strength

If you tear a treasure out of someone else's hands, this does NOT count as picking up an object and does not end your turn. In fact, you can tear a treasure out of somebody's hands and drop it on the floor even while carrying another treasure.

Swap

You can use a SWAP before TELEPORT, but not after (within the same turn, of course). Since SWAP indicates that it replaces your movement, then if a REUSE SPELL card is used, you cannot use SWAP again in the same turn, as you have already performed your movement for the turn. Aesthetically this doesn't make a lot of sense, and the card shouldn't say that SWAP replaces movement, but rather if you use SWAP, you foresake your movement, which would allow you to use it twice in a turn, as it would not actually be your movement.

Swaps tend to disobey the rule about creating objects in occupied spaces, but that's okay, they're supposed to. SWAP MEET conflicts somewhat with the rule that says you can't create an object where there is already an object, since SWAP MEET clearly says that you swap carried objects, meaning you would HAVE to be in the same space as the "created object". SWAP MEET, though, is an acception to the rules, and its operation is clearly explained on the card. Swap Meet is also a little ambiguous; you only swap ONE of your objects for ONE of the opponent's, not two for two.

Teleport

If you use this spell as a Counteraction, the attack has no chance of hitting you. Yes, with a REUSE SPELL, you can TELEPORT twice in a turn. You can teleport into a space that has objects in it; it's not the same as creating an object in a space. At least, it isn't yet.

Teleport Amulet

If you attempt to use this and your roll lands you inside solid stone, you do not teleport, but you still lose life-points.

Teleport Opponent

If REFLECTED, opponent chooses where he wishes to send you. You may finish your normal movement after he moves you (unlike a regular TELEPORT).

Teleport Spells

Going with the rule that you cannot create objects on a space that already has something in it, you can't teleport stuff into occupied squares. BLINK explicitly violates this rule, but this is also explicitly defined on BLINK. Cards, afterall, overrule the rules.

Thornbush

Could be punched from an adjacent square without damage to the Wizard doing the punching.

Thumb of God

If your set says this card is LOS, ignore that. It can be aimed anywhere on the board. If you really, really hate this card, and you own the set, remove it from the game. There has been a bit of confusion about this card. It does NOT eliminate any pieces or players from the game. If they are knocked off the board, you just put them back on at the space which is nearest to the edge where they got knocked off.

Tiny Swap

Though not intended to be used this way, it is possible to use TINY SWAP to move yourself, since you are in your own LOS. Yes, this is a much more powerful version of TRADER. No, you can't put one of the objects swapped in a space occupied by another object.

Torquemada

If your opponent has run out of fingers and teeth, then he can probably no longer deal cards anyway, so any player with functional eyes left will have to read all the players' cards to them. Ha! Just kidding. Not a real card (Not yet, anyway).

Trader

If your Wizard is in LOS with 2 different objects which are resting on the floor, you may swap their positions. This would not work from your home base, as it would be essentially the same as creating an object on your home base. The two items must be normally mobile objects, not things like THORNBUSHES.

Troll

No, he does not normally go above 6 life-points, unless he has some other spell cast on him that allows this to happen.

Ugly

Not permanent, no. People move away even though it's not their turn. This is instantaneous, no duration. It will affect all players in LOS. Since it is cast on yourself, there is no "roll to hit" on players who are INVISIBLE, SHRUNK, etc., if they are in LOS. Likewise, a Blinded person cannot be affected by Ugly.

If you are stuck in a 1 square room with another player and he casts UGLY on himself, nothing happens. I suppose you could throw up or something, but there are no bad game effects.

Since UGLY is instantaneous, an opponent may certainly enter the UGLY person's LOS after that person's turn, since he is no longer UGLY. Even though most Counteractions are useless against UGLY, since it is cast on oneself and not an opponent, it is still possible for an opponent to get off a non-related Counteraction, like a Waterwall, just before UGLY forces him to move, even casting past the UGLY person if desired.

Visionstone

We've said this before; you can't DRAG a solid object through a wall. Generally, this applies to some other spells, too. VISIONSTONE allows you to cast through a wall, but it does not allow solids to pass through. You can still, of course, create objects and monsters on the other side of a wall; it's the spell that goes through the wall, not the object that you are creating! VISIONSTONE works fine on doors, but not SOLID STONE. It will not help you see through other LOS-blocking things, such as a THORNBUSH or DUSTCLOUD. REFLECTED spells will not get back to you, as the person doing the REFLECTING cannot see through the wall.

If you are using Visionstone and are shooting a spell diagonally so that it just clips the corner of the wall, passing through the corner counts as going through 2 walls (the line-of-sight line does actually pass through both walls that intersect at a corner), thus, the Visionstone would not work here. This contradicts the general rules somewhat, but this is more consistent with the rest of the rules.

Walking Dead

FULL SHIELD and REFLECTIONS have no effect on this after it's started, as they only work when a spell is first cast, not on subsequent effects of the spell. WALKING DEAD works on folks that are flying, as well.

Wall of Fire

This blocks LOS, even for a FIRE IMP. WALL OF FIRE does not destroy Magic Stones as a FIREBALL does. Damage done by a WALL OF FIRE is not considered an attack on you, thus REVERSE has no effect on the damage. You may NOT cast it on top of an ILLUSION WALL, as that violates the rule about creating an object in an occupied space.

Ward

This is to be played when a player picks up a treasure, you can't use it after a player has been carrying a treasure.

Waterwall

If used as a Counteraction against a fire-based spell, it still washes Wizards back 2 spaces if in range. The movement of a WATERWALL does not constitute a Counteraction, that is, if the backwash from a WATERWALL would wash you out of LOS of a non-fire-based Attack, it doesn't move you fast enough to prevent damage. Its effect against fire is based on the fact that it suddenly appears right in front of the FIREBALL or on top of the WALL OF FIRE. It need not be cast the same turn as WALL OF FIRE to destroy it.

This of course implies that in this case you can create an object where one already exists. Since this is explicitly defined on the card, it's okay (since cards overrule the rules).

WATERWALL pushes away from the point of creation, so players on opposite sides are pushed opposite directions. You could conceivably use it just to move yourself an extra 2 spaces during a turn, if you like. If you are in a space with another player and you use a WATERWALL, you are both moved the same direction. Waterwall will NOT move you around corners; you smack into the wall at the corner instead. If used on Handful of Tacks, they are removed entirely from the board, not just washed back.

The Waterwall itself WILL move around corners, even though it won't push people around corners, so if someone is within the 2 space range around a corner, the Waterwall will still get them.

Wizardblade

This is most certainly an object. However, the damage it does is like a spell attack, but since it is any object, ABSORB SPELL has no effect on it. REFLECTIONS will work, putting magical damage back upon the user. NO SPELL would stop WIZARDBLADE for its duration.

You have to supply a new Number card each time you use Wizardblade. You have to discard each Number card as it's used in each attack.

Wraith

Yes, he can be attacked physically, with a DAGGER, punch, etc. If all the damage from his attack is stopped, the attacked Wizard still loses a card!