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TC Tennis Rules v1.0 2 match, or 3) Determine the end of a tennis Set. [2.3] <strong>The</strong> Player Mat <strong>The</strong> Player Mat holds the cards and information markers currently in play for both players. On one side sits the Favorite and opposite the Underdog in the match (shown below the “Player Card” holding box) as determined by the Overall Rating of each player (see 2.1). [2.4] Markers Each player uses three markers on their side of the Player Mat to indicate if they have a Challenge remaining for the current Set being played, the current value of that player’s Strategy Rating, and to indicate which Strokes have been resolved during the current Set. <strong>The</strong> green (Standard Game) and purple (Tournament Game) markers are drawn when Random Events occur. <strong>The</strong> colored markers (Tournament Game) are used to record Events from the Stamina and Injury tables. Some markers affect both you and your opponent when drawn and are marked “BOTH” at the top. <strong>The</strong> Momentum marker is used on the Momentum Track to show who is ahead in the current Set and by how much. [3.0] SETTING UP THE GAME 1. Select Player Cards: You and your opponent both select a Player card. <strong>The</strong> Player card with the highest Overall Rating is placed in the “Favorite” Player Card Holding Box on the Player mat and the other card is placed in the “Underdog” Player Card Holding Box. (If the Overall Ratings are tied, roll a die to determine.)<strong>The</strong> players sit on those sides of the Player mat with their Player card. 2. Strategy: Both players place a Strategy marker on their respective Strategy Tracks on the box number corresponding to their Player card’s STR(ategy) rating for the surface on which the Match is being played (by mutual agreement). Fred Perry is playing Henri Cochet on an Indoor Surface. Thus, Perry places his Strategy marker on the “3” box of his Strategy track and Cochet places his on the “4” of his track. If they were playing on Clay or Grass, Perry would also have a STR(ategy) of 4. 3. Challenge: Both players place a Challenge marker on their side of the Player mat. 4. Momentum: Place the Momentum marker on the “0” box of the Momentum Track. 5. To play the Training Game: Set aside all green and purple Random Event markers, all End Set cards (Strategy Cards 1-10), and the five Tactic cards marked “Tournament Game” along their bottom from the deck. <strong>The</strong>se components are not used in the Training Game. 6. Shuffle and deal out the Strategy Cards: Each player receives a number of Strategy cards equal to his opponent’s Overall Rating. (Thus the Favorite will never start with more cards than the Underdog.) Keep the draw and discard piles separate, near both players. 7. Plan: Beginning with the First player (see 5.1), each player may place up to two Stroke (i.e., Offense or Defense) cards as per Case 4.2. You are now ready to begin play (see 5.0). [4.0] CONVENTIONS Certain terms and procedures are used throughout these rules and the game: [4.1] Dice: TC Tennis uses standard sixsided dice to resolve various functions. Sometimes, these dice are added together to produce a sum. Other times, they are rolled in groups of two or three dice of different colors. Finally, you may be asked to “combine” the dice result as a number from 11-66 for a STA(mina) or INJ(ury) result (in the Standard/Tournament Rules). Although the dice are called “black” for the summed pair of dice and “blue” for the single die, you may use other colors if you like, as long it’s two different colors. [4.2] Strategy Cards: Strategy cards are held in your hand and are generally kept secret from your opponent. When played: Offense and Defense cards are placed, face-down, in their corresponding Stroke’s Holding Box (cards that say “ANY” may be placed on any Stroke) on your side of the Player Mat, but only if that Stroke’s Holding Box does not have a Resolved marker in it. I.e., you cannot play these cards on Strokes that have already been Resolved this Set. Example: This Offense: Overhead Smash card can only be placed in your 2S, FV or BV Stroke Holding Boxes, and only when that Stroke is still unresolved. ● A maximum of two cards may be placed in each unresolved Stroke Holding Box. If you should be caught with more than two, your opponent may examine them and choose which to discard to bring it back down to two (so pay attention). ● If you must reveal a Stroke card in its Holding Box on your side of the Player Mat, that card remains face-up for the duration of the Set or until that Stroke is resolved. Tactic cards are not played on Strokes, but are instead always played face-up in that player’s Tactic Holding Box. End Set cards are played off to the side of the Player Mat where you and your opponent can easily see them. [5.0] TAKING TURNS A Match in TC Tennis is played in Sets. Each Set consists of a variable number of Turns. On your Turn, you must roll together the two black and one blue die. Depending on the result, you will play a Strategy card, resolve a Stroke, or take another type of Action, all of which end your Turn. After that, your opponent performs this procedure (i.e., rolling the three dice and attending to the result). Player Turns are repeated thus until the Set ends. A Set ends after all of the Strokes are resolved. <strong>The</strong> winner of that Set is determined. A Match ends after a predetermined, agreed upon number of Sets have been won by one player (usually 2 or 3 Sets). [5.1] Who Goes First?: <strong>The</strong> Underdog goes first in the first Set. If you continue the Match beyond one Set, whoever lost the previous Set goes first on the next Set. © 2011 Terry Coleman & Victory Point Games
[5.2] Taking Your Turn: When it is your Turn, begin by rolling the three dice (two black and one blue) together. Note the result of the blue die as follows: If the result of the blue die is a 1, 2, 3 or 4, you must take one Action (see 6.0). If the result of the blue die is a 5, you may either take one Action (6.0) OR resolve a Rally (see 7.0). If the result of the blue die is a 6, you must resolve a Rally (see 7.0). After your Action is performed or each player’s Stroke is resolved, it is your opponent’s Turn unless the Set has ended. [6.0] TAKING AN ACTION When you take an Action you must do one of the following: Change Tactic: Play a Tactic card (see 4.2). If your Tactic Holding Box is already occupied by another Tactic card, you must discard that other card to play the new one. Alternately, you may use this Action to simply take your current Tactic card from its Holding Box and return it to your hand (thus leaving you without a Tactic card in play). Concentrate: Draw one Strategy card from the top of the Draw Pile. Hand Size: If you ever have more than 7 cards in your hand, you must immediately discard down to 7 cards. Draw: If the deck becomes depleted at any time, reshuffle it to form a new Draw Pile. Get a Read: Examine (i.e., flip face-up) one face-down card in the opponent’s Stroke Holding Box of your choice. Outwit: If your opponent Strategized last Turn, only then can you take the top card (only) from the Discard Pile, place it into your hand, and then discard a different card from your hand. Restrictions: You cannot choose to Outwit if you do not have a card in your hand to place in the Discard Pile. Also, certain cards (e.g., End Set and some Tactic) can never be drawn from the Discard Pile as indicated by the negated draw symbol shown here. Prepare: Place a Stroke card from your hand (see 4.2). If there are already two Stroke cards in that box, you must take one of them back into your hand. Strategize: Discard up to two cards from your hand, face-up, into the Discard Pile and draw that many cards from the top of the Draw Pile. TC Tennis Rules v1.0 3 [7.0] RESOLVE A RALLY Strokes are resolved in pairs (one Stroke for each player) called a Rally. Each player determines which of their Strokes to resolve. [7.1] To determine which Strokes to resolve, examine the two black dice rolled and note each of their values and their sum (when it is 7 or less). One unresolved Stroke corresponding to one of those numbers is resolved by the player whose turn it is first, and then the opponent similarly resolves one unresolved Stroke corresponding to those numbers (it does not have to be the same number stroke that the other player just resolved). Thus, a Rally of two Strokes are resolved, in order, every time that a player Resolves Strokes. Example, Reading the Black Dice: Stan Smith rolls a 5 and 2 on the black dice, and a 6 on the blue die. Because the blue die is a 6, Stan must Resolve Strokes. Examining the black dice, he can Resolve the 5 (FV), the 2 (2S) or their sum, 7 (T). Since his FV is one of his best Strokes and it is still unresolved, Smith chooses to Resolve it, placing a Resolved marker in his FV box afterward. After that Stroke is Resolved, Tilden must also Resolve one. He has the same choice to Resolve the 5 (FV), the 2 (2S) or their sum, 7 (T) and chooses to resolve his T Stroke, placing a Resolved marker in his T box afterward. Reading the Black Dice Continued: On his next turn, Stan Smith rolls a 5 and 4 on the black dice and again rolls a 6 on the blue die. This means that Stan must Resolve Strokes once more. Examining the black dice, he cannot Resolve the 5 (FV) as it is already Resolved (too bad!), leaving only one option, his 4 (BH), which is not his best Stroke. He has no other choice since 5 + 4 = 9, and 9 doesn’t match any of the Stroke box numbers. His opponent, Bill Tilden, still has both his 5 (FV) and 4 (BH) Strokes unresolved, so he can choose either one. EXCEPTION: When Resolving a Stroke, if none of the numbers available to you are unresolved, then you must resolve any unresolved Stroke of your choice. Reading the Black Dice Continued: A few turns later, Stan Smith rolls a 1 and 4 on the black dice and rolls a 5 on the blue die. Stan would like to Resolve Strokes and hurry the Set while he’s ahead, but his 5 (FV) and 4 (BH) are both Resolved already, leaving only his unresolved 1 (S) Stroke, which isn’t so great. Perhaps he will choose to take an Action this Turn instead; since he rolled a blue 5, he has his choice. Procedure for Resolving a Stroke After deciding which Strokes to resolve (above), playing Strategy cards – including any voiding (see 7.3.3) and Love Die rolls that must be made (see 7.3.4) – each player resolving his Stroke rolls up to four dice. <strong>The</strong> sum of those dice is that player’s Base Score for that Stroke. <strong>The</strong> Momentum marker is moved a number of spaces in that player’s direction equal to the amount of that Stroke’s final, adjusted (see 7.3.1, 7.3.2) score. With both players Resolving one Stroke each Rally, the Momentum marker will be constantly moving back and forth. [7.2] Stroke Rating and Scoring Dice: <strong>The</strong> Rating of your Stroke determines the number of dice you roll to determine your Base Score when Resolving a Stroke: Ratings AA = z z z z A = z z z 1/2z B = z z z C = z z 1/2z D = z z E = z 1/2z F = z NOTE: For a “1/2z,” also roll a different colored scoring die and add in only half of that roll, rounded up. E.g., half of 5 is 3. Example: Rod Laver is resolving his 2 (2S) Stroke, which is rated “C.” He rolls two black dice and one blue “1/2” die. <strong>The</strong> results are a 6 and 3 on the black dice, and a 5 on the blue “1/2” die, which is halved to 3, so his Base Score would be 6 + 3 + 3 = 12. [7.3] Strategy Cards: When a Rally is resolved, both players reveal their Strategy Cards in their respective Holding Boxes for the Strokes they’ve selected. Procedure After both players have declared their Strokes to resolve for that Rally, they reveal all of their Strategy (green Offense and red Defense) cards in their respective Holding Boxes for those Strokes. All of these Strategy cards apply their modifiers to the two Strokes being resolved (see below) and are then discarded after use. [7.3.1] Add / Subtract Dice: Offense cards can show next to a yellow tennis ball symbol (•; meaning it affects you when rolling for your own Stroke) at the bottom a number of black dice symbols (e.g., z z). Increase the number of dice rolled to determine the Base Score © 2011 Terry Coleman & Victory Point Games
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