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y the number of black dice symbols shown. <strong>The</strong>re is no limit to the number of dice that can be added. Conversely, Defense cards, next to an orange tennis ball symbol (•; meaning it affects your opponent when rolling for his Stroke) at the bottom, a number of red dice symbols (e.g., z z) might appear. In this case, decrease the number of dice rolled to determine the Base Score by the number of red dice symbols shown. Even after subtractions, a minimum of one die is always rolled to determine the Base Score. [7.3.2] Add / Subtract Score: Offense cards might have a yellow tennis ball symbol (•) followed by a “+X” value. That value is added to the Base Score roll after it is made. Conversely, Defense cards might have an orange tennis ball symbol (•) followed by a “-X” value. That value is subtracted from the Base Score roll after it is made. After all subtractions, any Base Score total that is less than zero is treated as zero. All modifiers are cumulative. So, if you had an Offense card in your 3 (FH) box that gave you +2, and your opponent had a Defense card in his 3 (FH) that inflicted a -1 against your Stroke, you would apply the net modifier which would be +1. Example: You are conducting your 3 (FH) Stroke and reveal your Offense (green) cards in that box, showing two cards: Overhead Smash and Inspired Play. Your opponent reveals one Defense (red) card: Chop Shot. <strong>The</strong> modifiers for this Stroke are shaping up to be: +1/2z (one from the Overhead Smash and 1/2 from the Inspired Play), and -1 to their sum (from the Chop Shot). TC Tennis Rules v1.0 4 [7.3.3] Voiding the Opponent’s Card: Text might appear on one Strategy card that voids another; such text always lists the card that can be voided by its exact card title. If Strategy cards currently in play to Resolve a Stroke are voided, they are all immediately and simultaneously discarded without effect on that Stroke. <strong>The</strong> card which voided it, if not used to Resolve that Stroke, remains, face-up, in its Holding Box and is still available for play when its Stroke is Resolved. Timing: Voiding cards can only be done after Strategy cards are revealed / committed to Resolving a Stroke, but before any die or dice are rolled to determine its Score. Surprise!: A card played to void another does not have to be played from a box corresponding to the Stroke being resolved. <strong>The</strong> owning player can reveal a card that voids another from any Holding Box on his side of the Player Mat. Example Continued: Interestingly, you have in your 4 (BH) box, facedown, the Offense Hard & Flat card. After seeing your opponent’s Chop Shot card, you reveal your Hard & Flat card and leave it, face-up, in your 4 (BH) box (where it awaits that Stroke still to be Resolved later that Set.) [7.4] <strong>The</strong> “Love Die:” Some Strategy cards add an additional element of 1 risk and reward. Cards with a purple die roll outcome symbol each require a separate “Love Die” roll to determine if that effect is applied or not. <strong>The</strong>se Love Die rolls require an additional die cast for each such card showing any purple die faces; these rolls are separate from the Base Score roll made to resolve the Stroke. Application: If its Love Die roll result is shown on that card, the indicated effect is applied. If not, there is no effect. Unless a Love Die result specifically states otherwise, the other effects of its card (modifiers, etc.) still apply. Note: When the Love Die result calls for the loss of 1/2z, if a 1/2z was rolled for that Stroke resolution its result is lost (i.e., it adds zero to the Base Score). If no 1/2z was rolled, take the highest z rolled for that Stroke resolution and cut it in half (rounding up as usual). [7.5] Tactic Cards: Finally, before the dice are rolled, examine both players’ Tactic Card Holding Boxes to see if there are any Tactic cards in play that modify the scoring result of the Stroke being Resolved. After affecting a Stroke, these cards remain in their respective Tactic Card Holding Boxes and continue to affect play while there. Example Continued: Your player’s rating for this Stroke is B, which starts you at z z z. With the modifiers from the preceding Example, you will be rolling z z z z 1/2z (four-anda-half dice), which is very good. But wait! Your Overhead Smash requires a Love Die roll and, with the Fates against you, you roll a 1. This means your highest z is lost and will not be added to that Stroke’s Score. Next, you look at each other’s Tactic cards. Yours is No Pace and your opponent’s is Wicked Topspin. Your card does not affect your opponent at the moment (•) since you are resolving your Stroke right now, but you must still roll the Love Die to see if you suffer a penalty for using this Tactic! <strong>The</strong> result is a 4, which is no effect (this Stroke). Upon inspecting your opponent’s Tactic card, because you’re resolving your FH (Forehand), there is no effect to your Stroke, and the Love Die checks on that card only affects your opponent during his Strokes (not yours). So, the end result is that you’ll be rolling 4 1/2 dice and losing the highest die roll. You throw a 5, 1, 5, 2 and the half-die is a 3. After losing your highest z (which is a 5), you add 5 + 1 + 2 + half of 3 (which rounds up to 2) for a total of 10. Note that you would not then subtract 1 from your opponent’s Chop Shot card because your Hard & Flat card completely voided that card and sent it to the Discard Pile. [7.6] Momentum and Scoring: Once the Final Score for a Stroke is resolved (see the example, above), note the current space occupied by the Momentum marker (in case there is a Challenge, see 10.0) and then the player whose Stroke that was adjusts the © 2011 Terry Coleman & Victory Point Games
TC Tennis Rules v1.0 5 Momentum marker along the Momentum Track a number of spaces in his favor equal to that Final Score. Since Strokes are resolved in Rallies (pairs off the same dice roll), the opponent’s Stroke is then resolved and he adjusts the Momentum marker along the Momentum Track in his favor that many spaces in his favor. Thus, you’ll see momentum go back-andforth with every Rally of Strokes resolved. <strong>The</strong> Momentum Track is at 2 in Stan Smith’s favor from an earlier Stroke resolution. Smith just resolved his BH with a Final Score of 8, so, he moves the Momentum marker along the track 8 spaces in his favor. It is now in the 10 space to Smith’s advantage. Now, Rod Laver resolves his 2S Stroke and gets a Final Score 12, so he moves the Momentum marker 12 spaces in the other direction towards his side. It is now in the 2 space on Laver’s side. Thus, Rod has gone from being slightly behind (at the beginning of this pair of Strokes) to now being slightly ahead after their resolution. If one player leads on the Momentum Track by 20 or more, replace the Momentum marker with the “Big Mo” Momentum marker and continue counting again at the 0 space (this marker being worth +20). Whenever this Big Mo + 20 marker is in play, that player who is ahead receives an extra 1/2 z on all his scoring resolutions. [7.7] Resolved Strokes: After adding your score to the Momentum Track: 1. Discard all of the Offense and Defense cards that were played in Resolving that Stroke (exception, see 7.3.3) and, 2. Place a Resolved marker on that Stroke’s Holding Box on your side of the Player Mat to show that you cannot resolve that Stroke again this Set. [8.0] STRATEGY MOVES After the First Player has completed his turn by either taking an Action or resolving Strokes, before he declares his turn ended and passes play to his opponent, he may take a Bonus Action (which is an Action, only, not another opportunity to Resolve Strokes) by spending one of his Strategy Moves. He does this by reducing his Strategy marker by one space. If it is on the 0 space, that player can take no further Bonus Actions that Set. How many Strategy Moves you begin with depends on the player you choose and the surface being played on. Strategy Moves allow you to take an Action during critical turns of the Set when a well-timed play could make the difference. [9.0] ENDING YOUR TURN After the First Player has completed his turn, including any Bonus Actions (see 8.0), then the Second Player does the same, including any Bonus Actions. Turns continue in this fashion in the Training Game until all seven Strokes in the Set are Resolved. [10.0] CHALLENGES Each Set, both players may make a single Challenge to the resolution of a Rally, thus forcing both Strokes to be re-rolled. <strong>The</strong> ability to Challenge is shown by possession of your Challenge marker. Procedure To make a Challenge, you must possess your Challenge marker. First, the player whose turn it is (i.e., who is causing the two Strokes to be resolved) has the option to Challenge; if that option is not exercised, then the opposing player has the option to Challenge that Rally. To Challenge: 1. State to your opponent that you are Challenging that Rally. 2. Remove your Challenge marker from your side of the Player Mat. 3. Reset the Momentum marker to the space it occupied at the beginning of the Rally (7.6). 4. Re-roll both Stroke Resolutions just as before and apply those results. Challenges can only be made immediately after a Rally is completed (before the next Turn is conducted). You can Challenge a Rally that was just rerolled by your opponent’s Challenge. [11.0] WINNING THE TRAINING GAME At the end of a Set, the player with the Momentum marker on his side wins. If it is in its 0 space, the player with the lower Overall Rating wins. If those Ratings are equal, the player still possessing their Challenge marker wins. If neither (or both) have their Challenge marker, roll a die to determine the winner. You now know all you need to play the Training Game of TC Tennis. Good luck and have fun! THE STANDARD GAME After a Training Game or two, move on to the more challenging Standard Game where a players’ Defense and Return ratings affect scoring and random events can occur, End Set cards can vary the length of play, and Matches of more than one Set are played. Additional Set Up Add the End Set cards to the Deck. Have the beige RET(urn) and DEF(ense) markers handy. Place the green Random Events markers into a clean, opaque container (e.g., a trophy cup) and mix them. [12.0] RETURN & DEFENSE After resolving a Stroke in the Standard Game, before applying the result to the Momentum Track, one additional step takes place. <strong>The</strong> Final Score is adjusted by the opponent rolling a Defense Die for his player’s RET(urn) and DEF(ense) ratings (if applicable) depending upon what Stroke the scoring player just used. RET = Return of Serve, which is applied vs. the opponent’s Serves (1S and 2S) DEF = Defense which is applied vs. all of the opponent’s other Strokes Ratings A = -1/2z B = No modifier C = +1/2z D = +z Place RET and DEF markers on your Player card as a reminder of their effects on your opponent’s ratings, thus: Jimmy Connors is playing Pete Sampras on Clay (their respective RET and DEF Ratings circled, above). During Set Up, Connors takes a RET A and a DEF C maker while Sampras requires none for his B ratings in both of these categories. For the duration of this Match, Connors must roll a Defense Die versus all of Sampras’ Strokes (Serves and non-Serves). Example: Sampras has just rolled a 1 6 on the black dice and a 5 on the blue. He happily © 2011 Terry Coleman & Victory Point Games
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