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  X-Files


        by Sean Erik Ponce
        seanerik@inetworld.net <mailto:seanerik@inetworld.net>

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For all you conspiracy fans out there, here?s a deck right out of the
X-Files. Like the show, this pot is filled with juicy morsels of data.

Sean Erik Ponce - 1998

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      The Deck

    * Agenda
          o 10x Marine Arcology 
    * Ice
          o 1x Razor Wire
          o 2x Shotgun Wire
          o 2x Laser Wire
          o 1x Cinderella
          o 1x Banpei
          o 1x Data Raven
          o 1x Liche
          o 1x Colonel Failure
          o 2x Marionette
          o 2x Nerve Labyrinth
          o 4x Haunting Inquisition 
    * Operations
          o 2x Off-Site Backups
          o 2x Edgerunner, Inc., Temps
          o 2x Urban Renewal
          o 2x Manhunt
          o 4x Night Shift 
    * Nodes
          o 1x Department of Truth Enhancement
          o 1x Information Laundering
          o 2x Chicago Branch
          o 2x City Surveillance
          o 2x Government Contract 
    * Upgrades
          o 2x Roving Submarine 

There are a lot of questions concerning this deck...

First, the agenda: secret underwater experiments. Who knows what they?re
doing/growing down there? (And just who are THEY, anyway?)

Next, the nodes, chosen for drug usage to get answers (Dept. Of
Truth...), sleazy government data manipulation (Information Laundering);
and what?s going on in the (FBI?) Chicago Branch? Lastly, City
Surveillance (just which city are they spying upon?), and, of course,
there wouldn?t be an X-Files without a Government Contract or two.

As far as operations, Off-Site Backups is straightforward enough since
cabals usually have a plethora of support, but where did those
Edgerunners come from? Urban Renewal; Manhunt. What exactly did they
blow up and who are they stalking now? You? Me?? And those Night Shift
operators are the worst, trying to fast advance their agenda in the wee
hours when decent folk are deep in slumber.

Roving Sub? Sounds suspiciously like a military maneuver to me. Who or
what are they targeting?

Ice? Laser, Razor and Shotgun wire. Why so many fences? What is there to
protect--or hide? Marionette? Just another puppet to pull the strings
on. Colonel Failure? Yeah, I thought so; the military is deeply involved
in this conspiracy!

Finally, it wouldn?t be an X-Files situation without a taste of the
supernatural. 4 Haunting Inquisition? Looks like there?s going to be a
lot on Mulder and Scully?s plate this year!

X-Files has a bit of everything (just like the show), but specializing
in nothing in particular doesn?t weaken this deck. Though not fast
advancement, this deck has cards to quicken the draw and speed the
scoring--Chicago Branch, Night Shift and Edgerunner, Inc., Temps. It has
a fair amount of tag and bag, but isn?t a tag deck so if the runner gets
his base link and tag protection out early the X-Files still has plenty
of conspiratorial maneuvers left. Strong ice here, backed up with
a--probably illegal--government contract. Best of all, this deck is fun
to play. It doesn?t lock down the win in 4 turns--but can flatline a
careless runner pretty quick--or play automatically.

Just a fun, well-rounded deck that will have you coming back for more
servings of this tasty conspiracy.