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Description:The literal translation of 兵粮寸断 means "breaking every inch of military rations". The RATIONS DEPLETED card simulates starvation, helplessness, and even the feeling of despair in battle by preventing the target player from drawing any cards during his round! Falling victim to this card is a royal pain-in-the-behind. Somewhat the harbinger of doom, players who are on the receiving end of RATIONS DEPLETED often get eliminated within the coming round. Thank goodness there are only 2 of these cards in the entire deck!
What it does:
It prevents the target player from drawing any cards. For this card to take effect, judgement needs to be passed during the start of the target player's turn. If the judgement is any suit other than "clubs", the player fails the judgement. He or she cannot draw any cards from the deck for this round. Players using Zhang Liao 张辽 cannot use his special ability “Surprise Attack” either. Simply put, the target player cannot gain any cards during the "resupply" phase for that round. That is where the card's effect ends though. The player can use any of the other tool cards such as HARVEST 五谷丰登 or DRAW2 无中生有 to add more cards to his hand.
How to use it:
RATIONS DEPLETED is bound by "physical range" between you and the target player. This means that the "attacking range" from any equipped weapons is disregarded. Only horses can affect "physical range". Click here to read more about "physical range". To use this card on a player within your "physical range" simply lay this card in front of his equipped cards. It will only take effect during that players turn.
Historical Basis:
Although there are numerous mentions in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" of military tactics aimed at destroying rations and logistics, there was no particular military action event that led to widespread starvation of troops (to my knowledge anyways, feel free to contribute!). The basis for 兵粮寸断 is more likely referring to the locust plague in 194AD that caused widespread famine across all of China. This became the basis for Cao Cao 曹操's emphasis on agriculture in his leadership. Read more about the famine of 194AD on Wikipedia!
Just to let you know (its a very minor detail), I think you meant to make a link to the physical range page. You wrote (under how to use it) "Click here to read more about physical range". But there's no link.
ReplyDeleteJust in case, since actually finding the page isn't that hard :)
Thanks very much Ryan! I meant to fill the link in after I have the "Range" section put up, but this minor bit got forgotten!
ReplyDeleteDuly amended. :)
One more question to make sure, Zhen Ji can still do her ability even if this card is played on her right?
ReplyDeleteThanks again!
Ryan, i missed out on this comment of yours! Apologies!
ReplyDeleteYes Zhen Ji can still use her ability even with this card in front of her.
Can you use 2 bing liang cun duan on the same person in one turn? (same question goes to le bu si shu)
ReplyDeleteNo. Only one pending card of each type is allowed on any 1 player.
ReplyDeleteIs the range up to 1?
ReplyDeleteAfter judgement discard the card regardless of the outcome?
^ Yes, the rande of RATIONS DEPLETED is up to 1. Both ACEDIA and RATIONS DEPLETED enter the discard pile when the judgement is completed, regardless of outcome. LIGHTNING is an exception, which will not enter the discard pile unless it deals damage.
ReplyDeleteIf you play this card on Zhang Liao, can he still draw cards from people even if the judgement card is not the suit of clubs?
ReplyDeleteoh wait I guess not, because he'll skip his drawing phase.
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks for answering your own question correctly! =D
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