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(Mask of Momentum<\/a><\/span><\/span> | Art by Kate Fox<\/a>)<\/h6>\n

Don’t Be Afraid to Ask Questions<\/h1>\n

It’s your second Armory. You see familiar faces in the room and have a sense of comfort knowing what decks you’ll have to face. Few surprises are left, so now it’s time to execute. <\/span>You sit down to goldfish some hands and realize… Is this actually helpful? What about when I’m in game? <\/i><\/p>\n

Playing Flesh and Blood<\/em> is a test of awareness, and complacency is extremely punishable, not just by your opponent, but by forgetting your own place in the game.<\/p>\n

Join me in another <\/span>What to Ask & How to Answer <\/span><\/i>as we walk through a bit of a checklist for your turn-by-turn decision making. Perhaps a ‘checklist’ is a dangerous way to phrase it, since rigid thinking in FAB is a dangerous game, but to read my thoughts is to develop your own and improve upon what I’ve learned in my past two years of play.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ask HOW Your Hand Gains the Most Value<\/h2>\n

As a baseline, hands in Flesh and Blood<\/em> have a floor of 12 value. There’s a couple reasons that this number is agreed upon as the baseline, from mathematical deep dives in card design, to average turn value from gameplay data, or just this: even the worst hand should block for 3+3+3+3=12.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Consider this: it costs you nothing to block with a card for three. To attack with a card costs your action point. This means that when you spend an action point, you want it to equate to more than just three. Go again on a Be Like Water<\/a><\/span><\/span>, a hit effect on a Snatch<\/a><\/span><\/span>, or some permanent value on an Energy Potion<\/a><\/span><\/span>, are ways to do more as the turn player than stick to a baseline value.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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So then what is your highest value line? Let’s look at a starter scenario in a game of Bravo, Showstopper<\/a><\/span><\/span> versus Katsu, the Wanderer<\/a><\/span><\/span>. Bravo’s hand is Unmovable<\/a><\/span><\/span>, Chokeslam<\/a><\/span><\/span>, Show Time!<\/a><\/span><\/span>, and Spinal Crush<\/a><\/span><\/span> with Tectonic Plating<\/a><\/span><\/span> and Anothos<\/a><\/span><\/span> equipped. This is a hand with a plethora of options:<\/span><\/p>\n