The HSSSSS Card Game

The HSSSSS Card Game
Designers	jftsang, ictl
Date	August 2008
Players	2-4 (3 recommended)
This is a CCG set, a set of cards which can be used to construct personalised decks, in the style of a collectable card game.
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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Rules

• Gameplay is in turns. Each player takes his or her turn, and then the next player plays.
• At the start of the game, it is decided whether HSSSSS ,FOFL or Genesoft should play first, second and third.
• When constructing a deck, a player may use any of the neutral (grey or yellow) cards. He or she may also pick one of the colours (red, black or blue) to play, and may not use cards with the other two colours. If a player does not pick a colour, he or she is neutral or unaligned, and may not use any of the red, black or blue cards.
• The first corner value indicates the attack value. The second corner value indicates the health value/hit points (HP). If the health value reaches 0, the card is removed from play into the discard pile.
• At the start of the game, you MUST play FOFL, HSSSSS or Genesoft depending on which team you are playing as.
• At the start of your turn, draw a card.
• Any card can attack another card, providing the attacking card has an attack value of 1 or more. Each card can attack once per turn.
• You may play 1 card of each type (1 Website, 1 Software, 1 Person, 1 Action etc) per turn.
• One action ability may be used per turn unless otherwise stated. If you use an action ability, you may not play any Actions in the same turn.
• You may not play any card marked as "Unique" if the same card is already in play.

Deck Construction

The following rules must be observed in deck construction:

• A deck must have at least forty cards, but can have as many above that as you wish.
• When constructing a deck, a player may use any of the neutral (grey or yellow) cards. He or she may also pick one of the colours (red, black or blue) to play, and may not use cards with the other two colours. If a player does not pick a colour, he or she is neutral or unaligned, and may not use any of the red, black or blue cards.
• A deck must contain at least one Website, and one of the Websites is to be marked the home website. For an aligned player, this is preset to FOFL for Red, HSSSSS for Black and Genesoft for Blue. For an unaligned player, this home website may be any Unique Website that is designated as neutral.
• A deck may not contain more than one copy of any card marked as "Unique".
• Before the game, you must show exactly forty cards from your deck to your opponent, and your opponent must do likewise. These forty cards may be chosen by you.

Victory Conditions

You lose by any of these conditions:

• Your home website (FOFL, HSSSSS, Genesoft) is destroyed.
• You run out of cards in your draw pile.
• The size of your discard pile is greater than half of your draw pile or forty cards, whichever is greater.

If you eliminate both opponents in this way, you win!

Notes

• An unaligned player playing Conversion immediately converts any card. He or she may use Conversion to target any red, black or blue card. If an unaligned player uses Conversion to target a neutral card, the player instead gains control over the card.
• When a card returns to your hand from play, it returns to full health.
• The terms coaligned, controlled and owned are often used interchangeably. However, there are stricter definitions:
  • A coaligned card means that its colour is the same as yours. This may be due to a card such as Conversion.
  • A controlled card is one which is currently on your side.
  • An owned card is one which you started the game with.

Card Listing

Websites

0/70

FOFL

Website - Unique

When this card is destroyed the game is lost for Red Team. This card must be played at the start of the game and cannot be withdrawn from play. When a card attacks or action targets this card you may flip a coin. If heads, that attack or action is negated.

0/25

HSSSSS

Website - Unique

When this card is destroyed the game is lost for Black Team. This card must be played at the start of the game and cannot be withdrawn from play. When a card attacks or action targets this card whilst another Website you control is in play you may have the attack or action target that Website instead.

0/50

Genesoft

Website - Unique

When this card is destroyed the game is lost for Blue Team. This card must be played at the start of the game. This card may be returned to your hand during your turn. If Genesoft is in play at the end of your turn, you may flip a coin. If heads, you gain control of any Website owned by an opponent except for FOFL and HSSSSS.

0/50

LG

Website - Unique

Action: Once per turn,
Either: Look through your draw pile and discard pile for one of the following and put it into play: Forum, Wiki, Reproducer, LockdownLite, emailspam, emailsend
Or: Remove 10 damage from this card.

0/250

Google

Website - Unique

Action: Once per turn, you may look through your draw pile and take any card and put it into your hand. Shuffle your draw pile afterwards. If you also control YouTube, take 3 cards instead.

0/250

Wikipedia

Website - Unique

Action: Once per turn, you may look at the top three cards on your draw pile and arrange them in any order.

0/250

YouTube

Website - Unique

Action: Once per turn, you may draw 2 cards. If you also control Google, draw 5 cards instead.

0/9001

4chan

Website - Unique

Discard this card if AOL is in play.
Action: Once per turn, you may search your draw pile for up to 3 Pron cards and put them into your hand. Shuffle your draw pile afterwards.

0/100

Bebo

Website - Unique

For every Chav in play, reduce this card's health by 10. This card's health cannot be decreased by more than 40 in this way.
Action: Once per turn, you may look through your draw pile for a Chav and put it in play.

0/100

AOL

Website - Unique

All Websites cannot perform actions, except for AOL and Bebo, as long as this card is in play. Discard 4chan if it is in play.
Action: If Bebo is in play, Bebo's health is no longer affected by how many Chavs are in play.

0/10

Forum

Website

This card has an unlimited health value if there is a Person sharing your alignment which is marked as "able to hack".

0/10

Wiki

Website

This card has an unlimited health value if there is a Person sharing your alignment which is marked as "able to hack".

0/15

Virtual Server

Website

When this card is played choose any Website you control. If that Website takes damage, Virtual Server shares half of the damage dealt (rounded up). If that Website is destroyed, remove 25 damage from it and destroy Virtual Server instead.

-/-

Alt Server

Website

When this card is played choose any Website you control. Alt Server now has the same attack and health value as the chosen Website. If that Website is destroyed, remove all damage from it and destroy Alt Server instead.

Hacks and Reproducers

-/-

Hack

Action

To play this card there must be a Person sharing your alignment and marked as "able to hack". When this card is played choose a Website. This card deals damage equal to half of the Website's remaining health (rounded up). This card has no effect on Websites which have 10 or less health. Discard this card afterwards.

0/2

DoS Attack

Software

To play this card there must be a Person sharing your alignment and marked as "able to hack". When this card is played choose any Website in play apart from Genesoft and FOFL. As long as this card is in play, the effects of that Website are negated, nor can any action effects of that card be used. If that Website is destroyed, discard DoS Attack.

0/1

Original Reproducer

Software - Unique

Action: As many times as you like during your turn, you may look through your draw pile or discard pile for Reproducer and put it into play.

0/1

Reproducer

Software

Your opponents may not play any Software while this card is in play.
Action: Once per turn, you may look through your draw pile for Reproducer and put it into play. Discard this card afterwards.

0/1

LockdownLite

Software

Choose an opponent Website which has a health value of 30 or less. That Website's effects are negated, nor can any action effects of that card be used. If that Website is destroyed, discard LockdownLite.

3/5

emailspam

Software

You may only attack if there are at least two Persons in play sharing your alignment who are marked with "able to hack".

1/5

emailsend

Software

If this card is about to be destroyed, flip three coins. If all three are heads, remove all damage counters from this card and keep it in play, else discard this card.

0/2

request.htm

Software

Play this card on an opponent Website when Hack or DoS Attack is played on that Website. That Website takes 10 damage per turn. If that Website is destroyed, discard this card. If this card is destroyed by an attack, the Website takes the rest of the damage.
(e.g.: if the attack dealt 5 damage to this card, the Website will receive 3 damage.)

0/2

PHP for include

Software

Choose an opponent Website and a Website you control. The opponent Website takes 7 damage per turn and your Website takes 2 damage per turn. If either Website is destroyed, discard this card.

-/-

Backup

Action

Look through your discard pile for a Hack, Software or Website and put it into your hand. You may not play it this turn. Discard this card afterwards.

Software

0/7

Antivirus

Software

While this card is in play Hack, Reproducer and LockdownLite have no effect for all players.
Action: Discard all Reproducer and LockdownLite cards in play. If Original Reproducer is in play, return it to its owner's hand.

0/7

Firewall

Software

While this card is in play PHP for include and DoS Attack have no effect for all players. This card cannot be destroyed by other Software.
Action: If request.htm is on one of your Websites, flip a coin. If heads, the effects of request.htm are negated until the end of your next turn.

0/4

Antispam

Software

While this card is in play emailspam and emailsend have no effect for all players.

-/-

Crack

Action

Look through your draw pile for Windows or a card beginning with Adobe and put it into your hand. Shuffle your draw pile and discard this card afterwards.

0/7

Adobe Flash

Software

You must control Windows to play this card.
Action: You may flip a coin once per turn. If heads, search your deck and discard pile for as many Software as you want and put it into your hand.

0/7

Adobe Photoshop

Software

You must control Windows to play this card.
Action: You may flip a coin once per turn. If heads, search your deck and discard pile for as many Persons as you want and put it into your hand.

0/7

Adobe Dreamweaver

Software

You must control Windows to play this card.
Action: You may flip a coin once per turn. If heads, choose a Website you control. That Website receives 0/+10 for the duration of the game.

0/7

Adobe Uninstaller

Software

You must control Windows to play this card. If Sidious is in play and you do not control it, you must get permission from the player who controls it to play this card. Cards beginning with Adobe cannot be played whilst this card is in play.
Action: Return all cards beginning with Adobe (excluding this one) to their owners' hands.

0/5

GIMP

Software

Action: You may flip two coins every other turn. If both are heads, search your deck and discard pile for as many Persons as you want and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterwards.

0/7

PSPad

Software

Action: You may flip two coins every other turn. If both are heads, search your deck and discard pile for as many Websites as you want and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterwards.

0/5

FMSLogo

Software

Action: Once per turn, you may search your deck for a Reproducer or a LockdownLite and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterwards.

-/-

Windows

Software

You can play cards beginning with Adobe as long as this card is in play. You may not play this card if you control Linux. This card may not be destroyed. You may discard this card at any time during your turn as long as you do not have any Adobe cards in play.

-/-

Linux

Software

Each Website you control gains 50 health and you may remove 10 damage from each Website you control at the end of each turn as long as this card is in play. You may not play this card if you control Windows. This card may not be destroyed. You may discard this card at any time during your turn as long as it will not cause one of your Websites to be destroyed.

Unique People

4/15

Sidious

Person - Unique

Able to hack. No one can play Adobe Uninstaller without your permission.
Action: You can play an action on all Adobe cards you control without flipping a coin.

4/15

Vader

Person - Unique

Able to hack.
Action: If Sidious is in play, both Sidious and Vader receive +1/+10.

3/12

The Lion

Person - Unique

Action: Choose a card. That card receives +3/-10 as long as this card is in play. This action has no effect if the health value of the target card is less than 10.

1/8

jftsang

Person - Unique

Able to hack.
Action: Look through the discard pile for Software or Website and return it to your hand.

2/10

ictl

Person - Unique

Able to hack. While this card is in play, you may play unlimited Software cards each turn.
Action: Once per turn, you may return up to five Software cards that you own in play to your hand.

2/10

Moxsty Hasqur

Person - Unique

Able to hack. While this card is in play, you may play unlimited Pron and Chav cards each turn.
Action: As many times as you like during your turn, you may destroy any number of Pron and Chav cards in play to permanently give this card +1/+1 per Pron or Chav card destroyed.

3/14

raddicalrabbit

Person - Unique

Any damage from software or Persons marked as "able to hack" dealt to this card is doubled. If Linux is in play (can be controlled by any player), discard this card and another card you control.
Action: Once per turn, you may destroy up to 2 Non-Unique People.

3/10

Fence

Person - Unique

While this card is in play no Wikis may be played.
Action: Once per turn, you may destroy a Wiki.

1/8

Stevo

Person - Unique

While this card is in play no Forums may be played.
Action: Once per turn, you may destroy a Forum.

1/6

Sagero

Person - Unique

If you control Linux, discard this card.
Action: Once per turn, you may look through your discard pile for all Pron cards and put them all into play.

1/6

Tiftif

Person - Unique

Action: This card might do bad stuff to a target Person. Flip a coin. If heads, that person takes 4 points of damage.

6/15

Bobo

Person - Unique

If you control Linux, discard this card.
Action: When you attack with this card, you may deal 6 points of damage to all cards in play (including your own and this card), ignoring other cards' effects.

Soldiers

2/8

Chav Tribe Leader

Person

Action: During your next turn Chav Tribe Leader has +2/-2.

1/6

Chav

Person

For every Chav in play (excluding this card), this card receives +1/+1.

5/3

Agent

Person

Action: Once per your turn, you may destroy 1 Person in play.

7/9

Mercenary

Person

Once per turn, either discard a card (from play or from your hand) or discard this card.

0/6

Hacker

Person

Able to hack.
Action: Once per turn, you may search your deck and discard pile for Hack and put it into your hand. Shuffle your draw pile afterwards.

0/6

System Admin

Person

Able to hack. When this card is played choose any Website in play. If that Website is the target of a card effect you may flip a coin, and on heads that effect is negated. Only one System Admin may protect a Website at a time.
Action: Once per turn, you may repair the Website this card protects by up to 10 points of health.

Items and Weapons

0/1

Super Lightsaber

Item

Play onto a Person. That Person receives +2/0 as long as this card is attached to that Person.

0/1

Machine Gun

Item

Play onto a Person. That Person receives +1/0 as long as this card is attached to that Person.

0/2

Pron

Item

This card does nothing (on its own).

Other Actions

-/-

Blitzkrieg

Action

Choose a card. Discard that card. Discard this card afterwards.

-/-

Conversion

Action

The target card is shifted one step towards your alignment (an opposing colour card becomes neutral and a neutral card becomes your colour). If you are unaligned, you may target a neutral card to gain control of that card. If the target card is a Unique Person, flip a coin. If tails, this card does nothing. Discard this card afterwards.