Cactus Game Design Message Boards

Change Hand Size

General Description

A change hand size ability changes the maximum hand size a player is allowed at the end of each of their discard phases.

How to Play

A change hand size ability targets the player and alters their maximum end-turn hand size allowed, which is 8 by game rule. It can set the new maximum to a specific card count or increase or decrease the maximum. No matter the change, this only refers to the size of a hand at the end of that particular player’s Discard Phase.

A change hand size ability is ongoing.

Default Conditions

● If the change hand size ability does not indicate that it increases or decreases maximum end-turn hand by a particular amount, but rather gives a new maximum, then it sets that maximum as the new hand size, regardless of any other change hand size abilities which may already be in effect.
● A change hand size ability lasts until the end of the current phase.
Special Conditions
● A change hand size ability does not alter the maximum number of cards allowed in a hand at any particular time (see Hand), it only changes the maximum allowed at the end of the targeted player’s Discard Phase.