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The Bigger Geekier Box
GEEKS
High
Use your knowledge of the game to disrupt other players' plans.
Description
The Geeks were the single faction in The Big Geeky Box set. They are repackaged in The Bigger Geekier Box (along with the Smash Up All Stars).
This faction had no official flavor text when it first came out, because the Big Geeky Box had no rulebook. However, the following flavor text can be found on the digital version of Smash Up:
The Bigger Geekier Box also provides an updated flavor text:
The Geeks specialize in messing with the other players' gameplan.
Their complexity rating is: High.
Other factions from The Big Geeky Box: (none).
Other factions from The Bigger Geekier Box: Smash Up All Stars.
Cards Overview
The Geeks have only 9 minions and 11 actions compared to the usual 10 and 10. The total minion base power (not counting any abilities) is 25 or an average of 2.78 per minion compared to the usual 30 and 3.
Among their actions, there are:
* 0 play-on-minion actions,
* 0 play-on-base actions,
* 11 standard actions (2 that affect one or more minions, in bold): Banned List (2x), Control Minion, Cosplay, Force of Wil, Griefer, Min-Maxing, Mulligan, Non-Infinite Loop, Rules Lawyer (2x),
* 0 actions that directly increase a minion's power.
2x Banned List - For each other player, name a card and look at that player’s hand. They must place any copies of that card from their hand on the bottom of their deck.
1x Control Minion - Choose a minion. You control that minion until the end of the turn. Special: Play when another player plays a minion. You gain control of that minion until the end of the turn.
1x Cosplay - Special: Play when you gain 1 or more VP. Gain an additional 1 VP.
1x Force of Wil - Special: Play when an opponent plays an action. Discard that action; it has no effect.
1x Griefer - Choose one effect for each other player: That player discards a random card, or destroys one of his or her minions, or shuffles his or her discard pile into his or her deck.
1x Min-Maxing - Look at an opponent’s hand. You may play an action from that opponent’s hand as an extra action.
1x Mulligan - Look at the top 5 cards of your deck. You may draw them and shuffle the rest of your hand into your deck.
1x Non-Infinite Loop - Play an extra standard action, then you may place it back into your hand instead of where it would normally go.
2x Rules Lawyer - Transfer an action played on a base to another base, or transfer an action played on a minion to another minion.
Actions
2x Banned List - For each other player, name a card and look at that player’s hand. They must place any copies of that card from their hand on the bottom of their deck.
1x Control Minion - Choose a minion. You control that minion until the end of the turn. Special: Play when another player plays a minion. You gain control of that minion until the end of the turn.
1x Cosplay - Special: Play when you gain 1 or more VP. Gain an additional 1 VP.
1x Force of Wil - Special: Play when an opponent plays an action. Discard that action; it has no effect.
1x Griefer - Choose one effect for each other player: That player discards a random card, or destroys one of his or her minions, or shuffles his or her discard pile into his or her deck.
1x Min-Maxing - Look at an opponent’s hand. You may play an action from that opponent’s hand as an extra action.
1x Mulligan - Look at the top 5 cards of your deck. You may draw them and shuffle the rest of your hand into your deck.
1x Non-Infinite Loop - Play an extra standard action, then you may place it back into your hand instead of where it would normally go.
2x Rules Lawyer - Transfer an action played on a base to another base, or transfer an action played on a minion to another minion.
Characters
1x Felicia Day - power 4 - Move all minions to this base.
1x Wil Wheaton - power 4 - Special: You may play this minion when an opponent plays an action. Discard that action; it has no effect.
3x Game Guru - power 3 - Ongoing: This minion is not affected by other players’ abilities.
4x Fan - power 2 - Special: On your turn, you may discard this card from your hand to draw a card.
Mechanics
Use your knowledge of the game to disrupt other players' plans.