Re: [HOE] Sleave card, is it unique?

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

AFAIK - PEG was the 1st company to come up with using cards for 
initiative.  But the question could also be about "Were they the first one 
to let you hold an action without penalty?"



 >Not sure... I think Castle Falkenstein used cards, but I don't know how.
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 >There was also a Drama Deck in TORG (which Shane worked on at one point I
 >think), but that was a very different mechanic... from what I understand
 >(never played it) the standard TORG adventure went something like: Find out
 >who the bad guy is, then wander around aimlessly and beat the snot out of
 >weak underlings or random encounters until you get a really sweet hand from
 >the Drama Deck, then smear the bad guy with Drama cards. So it's not
 >exactly the same thing as a sleeve card, but you could hold onto the Drama
 >cards until an important or dramatic fight came along.
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