Cactus Game Design Message Boards

How to Play
● A set-aside effect allows a player to move cards from a location to the set-aside area.
● A set-aside effect may be paired with an ongoing ability that lasts while all the cards set aside by the set-aside
ability remain set aside. The paired ability defines the benefit gained from being set aside.
● When a card is set aside it is moved to the set-aside area of the player that has permanent control.
● Cards return from set-aside during the Preparation Phase. If a duration is specified, it returns in the Preparation
Phase immediately after the duration is reached. If a duration is not specified, the controller of the cards that are
set aside chooses when they return.
● When a card returns from the set-aside area it goes the location it was set aside from, or the territory of the
player with permanent control if the battle it was set aside from has ended.
● When a character returns from set-aside, the paired ability ends. If the ongoing ability has a trigger of “on
return” or similar, the ability triggers as it ends and the effect is carried out. If the set-aside effect has a
specified duration and the card was returned prematurely, the ability still ends but it does not trigger the “on
return” clause, as the condition of setting aside the card for the specified duration was not met.
● Abilities gained by characters from being set aside cannot be negated once the character returns.
● A set-aside Enhancement can be played outside of battle during the Preparation or Discard Phase if they are
played on a character that can use the Enhancement in the active player’s territory. Set-aside Enhancements
played outside of battle are discarded after the targets are set aside. Set-aside Enhancements played in battle are
treated as regular Enhancements.
● Set-aside effects on Enhancements played outside of battle cannot target cards controlled by an opponent,
unless the Enhancement is territory class. Set-aside effects on Enhancements played in battle can target cards
controlled by an opponent, unless they have a paired ability and do not specifically target an opponent’s cards
or any or all cards in a location. Set-aside effects on cards other than Enhancements can target an opponent’s
cards regardless of when they activate.
● A set-aside effect targets the cards that are to be set aside.
● Unless otherwise specified, targets must be in play.
● All set-aside effects are instant, but any paired abilities are always ongoing.
Special Conditions
● If more than one card is set aside by one set-aside effect with a specified duration, and one of the cards is
prematurely removed from set-aside, the other cards remain for the duration. However, if there is a paired
ability attached to the set-aside, it ends immediately, as the condition of setting aside all the cards for the
specified duration was not met.