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#158468: "Players should be allowed to voluntarily discard equipment cards during Interbiome"
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Rules: a rule of the game has not been respected
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• Which part of the rules was not respected by the BGA adaptation
This was not covered in the original rulebook, but has been clarified in the FAQ now:
> Q: Are you allowed to voluntarily discard Equipment cards, so that you can use a Weapon that must be your only Equipment, for example?
> A: Yes, but you can only discard Equipment when you Equip a new Equipment card, or during the Interbiome.
Sources:
boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Dead_Cells_FAQ (text)
deadcellstheboardgame.com/FAQ/Assets/DC_Official_FAQ_EN.pdf (pdf)
This is especially important for items like the Impaler that contain the text "Can only be used if it's your ONLY Equipment card," once you upgrade the group's Item card so that each Beheaded can hold two or more equipment cards. Right now, assigning the Impaler to a Beheaded as their second equipment means it will never be usable, since you're never allowed to discard the other equipment.
My reading of this FAQ entry suggests two changes:
1) Any time a Beheaded equips a new equipment card, they should be able to discard any existing equipment cards they want (instead of only swapping with the new one)
2) As part of the Interbiome workflow, there should be a step where each Beheaded can discard any equipment cards they want• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
Move 45 shows a player equipping the Impaler and not having an option to discard their other equipment at the same time. Move 138 is entering the Interbiome, where the group is never given an option to discard existing equipment cards.• What is your browser?
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jak0g • Bug has not been reproduced by delopers yet:
18. Feb 2025 20:31 • Absolutely love the implementation, and can't wait for more content drops!
LeSteffen • Bug has been confirmed by developers:
18. Feb 2025 21:58 • Hi jak0g,
Thanks for the kind words :-)
If I see this correctly there are only 3 equipments that require them to be the only equiped one. They will be available during the second half of the year, so I will prioritze other stuff first.
Thanks for the kind words :-)
If I see this correctly there are only 3 equipments that require them to be the only equiped one. They will be available during the second half of the year, so I will prioritze other stuff first.
jak0g • Bug has been confirmed by developers:
18. Feb 2025 22:51 • Totally agree that this is low priority, but I will clarify that the Impaler is unlockable now, when you first defeat The Concierge. But, that is probably also the point that groups will feel like they've finished the phase 1 content and will take a break until new biomes get added, plus it is only one equipment card out of many, etc., so I definitely understand other bugs/features taking precedence.
Thank you for the consideration!
Thank you for the consideration!
nalka • Bug has been confirmed by developers:
29. Jun 2025 12:11 • Bumping this bug report since said equipments are now available
LeSteffen • Bug has been confirmed by developers:
29. Jun 2025 15:40 • For now, I added a step to the end of the interbiome.
If players have more than 1 equipment and any of the three equipment items concerned, they will be prompted if they want to discard all other equipment.
They will be presented with a button for each of those items, so it will work even if they have multiple of them.
Adding this to every occurrence where players may receive equipment isn't as trivial and I haven't figured out a safe way to do so, yet, without risking new bugs :-)
If players have more than 1 equipment and any of the three equipment items concerned, they will be prompted if they want to discard all other equipment.
They will be presented with a button for each of those items, so it will work even if they have multiple of them.
Adding this to every occurrence where players may receive equipment isn't as trivial and I haven't figured out a safe way to do so, yet, without risking new bugs :-)
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