***Boom Chaka Laka FAQ*

Last Modified: Jun 28, 2002

This FAQ addresses questions that we think people might possibly ask
about the cards of Boom Chaka Laka. Some of them might be unlikely, and
others obvious, but better safe than sorry.

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Questions on Individual Cards:*

*
Big Daddy Voodoo*

Spending these counters isn't some kind of effect that can be cancelled
or responded to. You play the card normally, only you take some or all
of the Power spent from an alternate source.

This is not considered to be playing a card at reduced cost. For all
intents and purposes, you are spending Power.

The card you play with this ability still has to be playable at the
time; you can't spend Big Daddy Voodoo's damage to play a Character
during another player's turn.

*
Big Rig*

Even if the damage overflows, Big Rig will cause an attack on its
subject to fail. The damage that ends up being inflicted on the subject
is coming from Big Rig, not from any attacker.

If the subject receives some *Ambush* damage, and some normal damage,
and the *Ambush* damage is sufficient to smoke Big Rig, the non-*Ambush*
damage is inflicted normally.

*
Billy Chow*

Any card that requires or provides [Chi] is a [Chi] card, so you can use
your extra foundations to cancel Events.

The cost has to exactly equal the cost paid for the Event. If the Event
was played at no cost, you need to discard a 0-cost card.

*
Binary Spirit*

You cannot discard cards to heal Binary Spirit if it is undamaged.

*
Buffalo Soldier*

If you control more than one Buffalo Soldier, each will protect the others.

*
Car Wash*

Even if the *Vehicle* is smoked in response to you turning Car Wash, the
subject will still be healed.

*
CB Radio*

The subject will end up unturning before withdrawing from the attack,
but it all happens during the resolution of a single scene, so you won't
have a chance to turn the character to do anything until it has already
stopped attacking and gone home.

If the subject inflicts *Ambush* damage on the target of its attack, and
then withdraws and unturns before normal combat damage is inflicted,
then it will be able to attack again. (But you cannot *Ambush* Sites.)

If there are multiple CB Radios on a Character, it can unturn once for each.

*
Che Gorilla*

His Fighting will not change as the opponent's smoked pile changes size.

If his rules text is blanked, he will die, as X defaults to 0.

*
Chinese Connection*

The opponent receives the Power immediately, and will be able to spend
it before the healing effect resolves.

*
Chin's Criminal Network*

This includes your opponents' */Hood/* cards, too. (And don't forget to
check for */Hood/* Sites, States, and Edges.)

*
Claws*

Superfreak would still do his two-part damage; he doesn't actually have
*Ambush*, even though he sort of acts like he does.

*
Da Boys*

Their Fighting will not change as the opponent gains and loses cards.

If their rules text is blanked, they will die, as X defaults to 0.

*
Death Ring*

No, you don't get any reward for winning the Faceoff. Well, except that
the other guy is dead, and yours isn't.

*
Dirty Tricks*

Both players must select before either discard is revealed. They cannot
talk about the specific cards they are picking, though general comments
(For instance: "That Ascended rat is winning, so we should be nice.")
are permitted.

The only time a target will not have to discard is when he or she has no
cards in hand when Dirty Tricks resolves.

*
Disco*

If Disco is face-down, you can get a point of Power by revealing it,
choosing, then turning. You don't have to reveal and choose a designator
beforehand.

*
Doctor Zaius*

You make the flip and keep the stolen Characters even if Doctor Zaius is
smoked.

*
"Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?"*

You flip all the coins at the time you play the card; everybody knows
how much damage is being inflicted before they choose whether or not to
respond.

You don't need to get two Heads in a row to stop.

The average damage inflicted by this card is three.

*
Earth, Wind, and Fire*

If cards you control become damaged before this resolves, they will be
healed, and the amount of damage inflicted will change appropriately.
(While most cards in Shadowfist count things when you play them, this
cannot. Until it actually heals damage, the amount it healed is unknown.)

*
Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting*

This will be smoked even if you turn an opponent's card by means of
Monkeywrenching or Dance of the Centipede.

*
Fatty Cho*

His Fighting will not change later; you discard once, and that sets his
Fighting for as long as he stays in play.

If his rules text is blanked, he will die, as X defaults to 0.

You discard the cards immediately when you play him; opponents can't use
discard effects in response to give you fewer cards to discard.

*
Fists of Fury*

The damage that this inflicts is not combat damage; it will not make an
attack succeed, and it will not trigger another burst of damage from
Fists of Fury.

Overkill damage is still inflicted. If your 8-Fighting Character beats
up on somebody else's 1-Fighting speed bump, you may do the full eight
to a different character.

*
Five Fingers of Death*

The toasted Character never goes to the smoked pile, and does not
trigger effects that key off a Character being smoked.

*
Fox On the Run*

While the attack is considered to be a success, you play this card after
the attack is over, so it is too late to make cards such as Dirk
Wiseley's Gambit work.

*
Funky Monkey*

Like all set-preview promos, the promo Funky Monkeys now have this rules
text.

*
Ice Shaman*

You can't turn him to inflict a damage and heal a damage at the same time.

*
Ice Vixen*

She will heal when an opponent plays a state, such as Shadowy Mentor, on
her.

*
Isis Fox*

She does not have to be part of the attack to get the bonus.

*
Jack Hades*

Only events that use the word "target" are considered to target him.

*
John Tower*

Spending these counters isn't some kind of effect that can be cancelled
or responded to. You play the card normally, only you take some or all
of the Power spent from an alternate source.

This is not considered to be playing a card at reduced cost. For all
intents and purposes, you are spending Power.

You may play the Character even if you could not normally play
Characters at the time, such as during somebody else's turn, or during
an attack.

Only effects that use the word "target" will trigger him.

*
Kung Fu Prodigy*

You can even turn States on the subject that you do not control. The
controller of the State will be unable to respond by turning it to use
its effects, as it is already turned.

If there is a State on the subject, and a State is played on that State,
you will not be able to use it for Kung Fu Prodigy's ability.

*
Life in the Fast Lane*

This includes when the *Vehicle*'s subject leaves play.

You can use this when an opponent's *Vehicle* leaves play.

*
Max Brunner*

This means that, whevever your cards want */Pledged/*, a */Cop/* will
suffice, and vice versa. (So, you can play */Cops/* out of the Family
Estate.) If you have a card that requires matching designators, such as
Gambling House or Discerning Fire, you could match an opponent's SWAT
Team and Student of the Bear.

Your opponents must still follow the normal designator rules. This isn't
changing the designators on your cards.

*
Mr. Simms*

If the appropriate player has no Characters, you can't use his ability.

*
Napalm Sunrise*

Only cards at the location when Napalm sunrise resolves take damage. You
can turn to change location in response.

This will hit any attackers at the location, too.

*
Nuclear Power Plant*

You cannot turn the Sites by any means, including Monkeywrenching or
Shaking the Mountain.

Your opponents will have no problem using those effects on you, however.

*
Nunchucks*

You may inflict some or all of the damage on the subject.

*
Partners*

The Character chosen does not have to be at the same location, or even
be controlled by you.

If the smoked Character was not the subject of Partners, then Partners
will still provide its original Fighting bonus.

*
Political Corruption*

Sites burned for victory do not count for this.

*
Punks*

If they inflict combat damage on an unrevealed Feng Shui Site that turns
out to be *Unique*, it does not take the extra damage this time around.

*
Rama Singh*

You may play him if there are no edges in your smoked pile.

*
Righteous Bro*

Players only "generate" Power during their Establishing Shot. Gaining
six Power during the Main Shot (say, by Vivisecting Homo Omega) will not
trigger Righteous Bro.

Because this happens in the Establishing Shot, your opponent will not be
able to spend the Power before you can steal it, except under highly
unusual circumstances.

*
Rocket Man*

As the number of appropriate Characters and Sites at the location
changes, his *Toughness* and damage Bonus will change as well.

If Dr. Ally Matthews changes the value of his X, it alters both his
*Toughness* and his damage.

*
Roller Rink*

At one damage, you still can't return anything.

*
Rookies*

If something targets Rookies and then smokes them, (such as Nerve Gas)
they will trigger twice.

*
Serena Chase*

She will only trigger if the player still controls three or more Sites
after combat damage is taken into account; if the attack removes one or
more sites, they will not be counted.

*
Silver Jet*

Like all set-preview promos, he will acquire the rules text of the final
version once Red Wedding comes out. Until then, his text is blank, aside
from his being *Unique*. He does not have the rules text of the
Flashpoint Silver Jet.

Even though the Flashpoint Silver Jet does not say his is *Unique*, he
is, and will cause *Uniqueness* auctions with this version as well as
himself. (The lack of *Unique* was a production error, and he received
errata soon afterward. See the YotD rulebook or the Daedelus Player's
Guide.)

*
Smoke on the Water*

Players may turn Characters to move within their own Site structure in
response to this, but only the player controlling the target of the
attack can use that fact to get interceptors in place. (The other
players aren't yet allowed to move Characters to another player's location.)

*
Spies Everywhere*

Only effects that use the word "target" will trigger this.

*
Strange Magic*

You can play this if there are some characters that cannot move; just
move everybody who can do so.

*
Street Fighter*

You must choose a Character if you can, even if you are forced to choose
an opponent's.

*
Street Gang*

If they run in to a face-down Temple of the Angry Spirits, it will be
too late for them to redirect the Temple's damage.

*
Superfreak*

If an opponent redirects his combat damage, only the *Ambush* portion
will be redirected. The rest will almost always be inflicted normally.
This is because redirection effects will always take the first damage
inflicted on the appropriate card.

If his Fighting goes down after his *Ambush* damage, the reduction will
reduce his normal damage. (So, if he takes three damage simultaneously
with his *Ambush* damage, he will do no normal damage.)

He is not considered to have the ability *Ambush*, so cards like Claws,
Colonel Richtmeyer, and Wall of 1000 Eyes will not affect him.

*
Swinging With the Hand*

If a Character runs in to a face-down Temple of the Angry Spirits, it
will be too late to use this to redirect the Temple's damage.

You redirect all damage from the source, even if it's spread among
multiple cards, as long as the card being redirected to is not one of
the cards being saved. (So, you could redirect a Final Brawlf to a Site,
but not to a Character.)

*
Taggert*

Taggert has to be turned to gain the bonus from both Sites and Events.

*
The Big Boss*

The card is played normally, and you must still follow the rules on when
you can play cards.

*
The Discombobulator*

This will not cancel a Site's effect, though it will end a turn and
maintain.

No particular Site is targetted; even if the entire Site structure is
rearranged, the effect remains.

If all Sites at the location leave play, the effect will not carry over
to either of the formerly adjacent locations when the Site structure
closes up.

*
The Man*

You still pay full price for these cards.

*
The Mantis*

When determining if he has *Toughness*, do not take into account any
*Toughness* or similar damage-reduction effects that are affecting him.

*
The Nefarious Master Chin*

He does not have to be involved in the Faceoff for you to gain the Power.

*
The Suits*

If they inflict combat damage on an unrevealed Feng Shui Site that turns
out to be *Unique*, it does not take the extra damage this time around.

*
Throwdown in Chinatown*

Everybody chooses where their damage will be inflicted when this effect
resovles. Because of this, any damage redirection effects must be
generated before you know for certain that they'll be needed.

*
Time Keeps On Slipping*

This will include effects such as Pocket Demon.

*
Vassals of Chin*

The value of X will not change as the other attackers die off.

*
Walk on the Wild Side*

This increases not only combat damage, but damage from Events and other
effects.

*
We Have the Technology*

Spending these counters isn't some kind of effect that can be cancelled
or responded to. You play the card normally, only you take some or all
of the Power spent from an alternate source.

This is not considered to be playing a card at reduced cost. For all
intents and purposes, you are spending Power.

The card you play with this ability still has to be playable at the
time; you can't spend the counters to play a State during another
player's turn.

*
Zodiac Lounge*

The characters keep the damage bonus even if Zodiac Lounge is removed
mid-attack.

			
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