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The REG list of Generic cards.

The green Hero Armorbeareris considered a generic character.  The verseused for the card is talking about Prince Jonathan's Armorbearer.  There are a number of reasons he might be considered generic instead of unique.  I'm sure that Israel's army had many Armorbearers.

Philistine Armorbearerisn't listed as a generic character so I assume he's supposed to be unique.  The verseused for this card is talking about Goliath's Armorbearer.

For consistency purposes these two Armorbearers should be considered the same, either unique or generic.  I'd prefer to see "no name" characters like these remain generic but I value consistency first.

I also agree that they should both be either generic or unique for the sake of consistency.

For gameplay reasons, I hope they are both generic.

For Biblical reasons, they were a specific person, so they should probably be unique.

Based on the trend of Redemption cards without names being generic (unless they have "The" a the beginning, or unless it messes up the game like Widow), then it should be generic.

Did you not catch the wink face?

I agree... they should both be generic.

I wholeheartedly agree with Gabe. That was a good catch Gabe!

Red Dragon, King of Tyrus, Prince of this World, and Prince of the Air.

...Wait...those are all considered unique as far as having only one in play goes, correct?  They just aren't considered the same unique character?  I know they can't be generic in the sense that you can have multiples of  them in play, even the different versions of KoT and PotW.

+ 1 to Tim. I thought it was supposed to be considered Generic last I heard.

Quote from: SirNobody on March 02, 2009, 06:50:49 PM

Uniqueness (or genericness) is decided on a case by case basis not according to any system.

I can't be the only one to find this completely ridiculous, can I?

As I understood it, a character is generic if it represents a group or a nonspecific person/being. That's a system. Exceptions are rare and made for gameplay reasons, like Widow.

You just described the system.  Also, "The" is a clue that it is unique.

I've always ruled Philistine Armor Bearer as generic.  I think his exclusion from the list was an oversight.  Sorry I didn't catch that earlier.  And yes, it matters in Type 2 now, and in Type 1 in the future. 

Quote from: Bryon on March 03, 2009, 04:13:59 PM

And yes, it matters in Type 2 now, and in Type 1 in the future. 

That's... enigmatic.

Yea, Philistines get help.     Maybe a Philistine Archer that can only band to a unique Philistine WC EC??   

You coulda bumped my slightly newer thread. You arrogant person. 

Official word is?