The World deck

World
Designers	Jeeves and Piter
Date	25th February 2003
Players	2-3
This is a playable deck - it's finished, tested and ready to play.
To play Dvorak: Draw five cards each and leave the rest as a draw pile. On your turn, draw a card from the draw pile and play one Thing and/or one Action. (See the full rules.)
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As a minor deity, you vie for total control of the World.

Special Rules

Terminology

Power refers to a player's combined total of power points, as calculated from the cards they control (have in play). A Power Card is a Thing card whose text contains a number by itself (plus any annotations). When you are instructed to destroy a card in play, this means you must move it to the discard pile. Finally, the Spivak pronouns are used in the card texts to avoid circumlocutions like he/she.

Energy Assimilation

On any of your turns, you may discard one of your power cards in play to play any additional card, avoiding the 1 Action / 1 Thing limitation.

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Card List

A Gamble

Action

If you think your opponent has The World, play this card. If e has it, you may take it. If not, reshuffle your entire hand into the deck, and draw 5 more cards.

1

Always Coca-Cola

Thing

1

Ancient Superstitions

Thing

Astronaut

Thing

Your opponent must show you each card e draws as e draws it. You may not look at eir cards at any other time, even if you have seen them before.

A Vision

Action

Take control of The Moon from your opponent. This does not count as your action for this turn.

Biological Weapon

Thing

If your opponent controls Epidemic, turn it into a weapon against your enemies and take control of it.

Black Hole

Action

Your opponent skips eir next turn.

Black Plague

Action

Deadly disease spreads easily through crowded areas. If your opponent controls any cities, e must discard one.

Bloodless Coup

Action

Steal one of your opponent's power cards in play.

1

Care-A-Lot

Thing

Deconstruction

Action

Opponent must discard all power cards in hand. If e has none, e must destroy any 2 power cards e currently has in play, if e has them.

1

Dictionopolis

Thing

DXM

Action

If you see Infinity, take it. Shuffle this card back into the deck.

Enlightenment

Action

You may only play this card if you have more than 3 cards in your hand and less than 3 power points in play. Shuffle 3 cards back into the deck and draw 3 more.

Entrenched Ruler

Thing

If your opponent takes any action which would cause you to lose control of a power card, you may discard this card to nullify it.

Epidemic

Thing

On each of eir turns, opponent must select one of eir power cards and discard it. Epidemic is destroyed when opponent has no more power cards in play.

Ethidium Bromide

Thing

If drawn, this card must be played. While this card is in play, all players draw 3 cards instead of 1 each turn.

Firearms

Action

Move any card in play to the discard pile.

Floating-Point Exception

Action

You may add or subtract 1 to any quantity on any card. This change stays in effect until that card is removed from play.

Grave Robber

Action

Take the top card from the discard pile and add it to your hand.

1

Infinity

Thing

Kennedy Space Center

Action

Look through the deck. If you find the Moon in the first 15 cards, you may add it to your hand. If not, reshuffle the deck. Discard the 13th card if the Moon is not found earlier.

1

Large Ugly City

Thing

Lidless Eye

Action

Look at your opponents hand. Each player then returns one card to the deck, and redraws.

Life and Death

Action

Flip a coin. Opponent calls it in the air. If e calls incorrectly, you may destroy any card in play.

Lords of the West

Action

Destroy Thangorodrim.

Lunar Amplifier

Thing

Whomever controls The Moon draws one additional card per turn.

Lunar Energy

Thing

Whomever controls the Moon gains 1 Power.

Mandatory Meeting

Action

Exchange 2 cards at random with your opponent.

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Melkor

Thing

1 Power, 2 if you control Thangorodrim. 0 if your opponent controls it.

Methamphetamine

Thing

Each turn, the top card of the deck is discarded immediately.

Misery

Action

Opponent discards 2 cards at random. Put the top 3 cards of the deck into the discard pile.

Natural Selection

Action

Look at the top 3 cards of the deck. You may rearrange them in any order, or reshuffle the deck.

1

NR

Thing

1

Oil Well

Thing

Organic Chemistry

Action

Exchange hands with your opponent.

Parallel Universe

Thing

At will, you may take one card from the discard pile and add it to your hand. You may not take the top card. You may do this only on your own turn, and you may play no further cards after doing so. At the end of that turn, your opponent gains control of Parallel Universe.

Phase Two

Action

Give your opponent one card from your hand. Take another turn.

Predestination

Thing

Players play with their hands face up. If Predestination is destroyed, its controller draws one card immediately.

Quid Pro Quo

Thing

If your opponent causes you to lose any power card, e must sacrifice one too. Discard this card if this happens.

Relentless Force

Action

Discard any number of cards of your choice from your hand. Your opponent must discard the same number of cards, chosen at random.

Revolución

Action

If your opponent controls any cities, e must shuffle one back into the deck.

Rewind

Action

Return any two cards opponent controls to eir hand. E does not draw on eir next turn.

1

Sandy Beach

Thing

Second Chance

Action

Take any one of your cards back into your hand.

Secret Weapon

Action

You may switch up to 2 of your cards with random cards from the deck.

1

Standing Army

Thing

Control the masses with threats of violence.

Stasis

Thing

No new power cards may be played by any player.

Switcharoo

Action

Return one power card to the deck, and switch any of your cards in play with one of your opponent's cards in play.

Tactical Nuclear Strike

Action

You may move any card in play to the discard pile, or nullify any card as it is being played. You may play this card at any time. Celestial bodies may not be targeted. You do not draw on your next turn.

Take One for the Team

Action

All players destroy one of their power cards in play.

1

Thangorodrim

Thing

The End

Action

Search the deck for any card and add it to your hand. You may not play this card unless you have 3 or more Power.

2

The Flame Imperishable

Thing

The Four Horsemen

Action

Destroy any card in play. Shuffle this card back into the deck.

The Moon

Thing

You may take up to 2 actions on each of your turns instead of just one.

1

The Tao

Thing

The World

Thing

If you play this, you win the game immediately. You may only play it if you control cards with a combined total of 5 or more Power.

Thought Police

Action

"Sooner or later, they always get you." Opponent must put one Action card into the discard pile.

Time Compression

Action

Exchange one card in your hand for any card in the discard pile. Draw one card. If you have more than 5 cards in your hand at the end of your turn, discard to the top of the deck.

2

Tiny Cities Made of Ashes

Thing

If you are required to destroy a power card in play, you must destroy this one.

1

Vishnu

Thing

Wake the Dead

Action

Reshuffle the discard pile back into the deck.