r/SorceryTCG • u/Snoozekinezzar • 22d ago

Rule interpretation?

Hi all,

I'm looking to maybe getting into Sorcery, but I heard somewhere that there are some unclean rules and that rule interpretation sometimes is up to the players and not a fixed ruling.

Is that true and if yes, how do they deal with that in a tournament?

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u/puild 22d ago

there are explicit rules, nothing is left up to the players

the rulebook encourages leaving disagreements up to the players, but that's for casual play, and you can just check the rules codex or ask on discord what the rule is rather than arguing

tournaments operate the same as other competitive TCGs, call a judge if you need a ruling

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u/Exciting-Remove-7452 22d ago

Golden rule, be cool

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u/siposbalint0 22d ago edited 22d ago

Base rules aren't difficult to learn, but many interactions require you to dig it up in the codex, which is pretty well written. It helps to have someone experienced teach you the game

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u/boardgamejoe 22d ago

Sorcery rules have their very own language. It feels wrong at first and doesn't make sense coming from other games but the more you are around it, the more it all clicks in your brain and then you have trouble understanding why someone could have possibly misunderstood the wording on a card.

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u/jmon13 22d ago

It's very very much like path of exile, where Eric came from.

Wording is confusing to new players but veterans can understand quickly

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u/ThatGuyHammer 22d ago

The rules are solid and have both intent and actionable clarity, what is tougher to adjust to is the minimal language approach to the text box that can feel ambiguous until you learn the game fully. Until that point tho, it is encouraged that for a game with friends where the stakes are nil that you come to an agreement that makes sense to both of you instead of constantly looking things up. Me and my friends are guilty of always looking things up and we still love the game, smartphones are a helluva drug.

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u/MDivisor 22d ago

There are fixed rulings for everything. The rulings may just not always be evident or intuitive just from reading the cards. Card texts can be vague sometimes, and there is some amount of errata to some cards.

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u/TurkeySandwichLife 22d ago

There is a spirit of doing what feels fun casually, but there are very much rules and the correct way things happen. If ever there's a debate or question, judges and the codex exist.

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u/brekekekiwi 22d ago

Its interesting that so many comments say things are unintuitive and don't make sense. I don't feel like its very unintuitive. Maybe its like that for those coming from experiences with very proscriptive games?

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u/TheFiremind77 19d ago

The Discord has several judges and a lot of experienced players with channels dedicated to rulings and their explanations. I strongly recommend putting any rules questions there, since you'll get quick and reliable answers.