Inherited

Inherited
Info
Type	Trait
Set	Plunder
Illustrator(s)	Martin Hoffmann
Trait text
Setup: You start the game with an Inherited card in place of a starting card you choose.

This article is about the Trait. For the Event with a similar name, see Inheritance.

Inherited is a Trait from Plunder. If a card has this trait, all players begin with a copy of that card in their deck.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• If they care, players decide which card to replace in turn order.
• Replaced Coppers go back to the pile; replaced Estates go back to the box.
• Replaced other cards (Shelters from Dark Ages, Heirlooms from Nocturne) go back to the box.
• If the Inherited pile is a split pile (from Empires or Allies), players take cards from the pile in turn order. So in a 6-player game with the Townsfolk pile, the first four players get a Town Crier, and the next two get a Blacksmith.
• Cards starting in your deck due to Inherited were never "gained" and did not trigger "when you gain this" effects.

Strategy

The inherited trait usually speeds up the game, sometimes dramatically. Nearly all of the kingdom cards are more powerful than an Estate or Copper. In almost all cases, people will ditch the Estate, and all sort of dramatically powerful openings are possible. However the inherited trait can slow the game when it is attached to a junking attack, especially one like Sea Hag that provides no gain to the player.

The inherited trait also vests each player in a particular strategy to a degree. If there are competing strategies on a board, and they require conflicting openings for optimal play, i.e. the cards that would benefit one would not particularly benefit the other, then if one of these cards is inherited, it can make that strategy dramatically stronger than the other. What makes inherited most interesting, however, is when it tips the scale, instead, in favor of a strategy or path towards deck development that would not normally be dominant or even viable. Then you need to assess whether an unorthodox strategy might have become viable because of your unusual starting card.

The inherited trait can also skew or alter the game in a variety of other ways, such as when the inherited card is a reaction. Moat, not usually a particularly strong card, makes attacks significantly weaker if you know everyone starts with one.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		Setup: You start the game with an Inherited card in place of a starting card you choose.	Plunder	December 2022

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
Dutch	Geërfd			Voorbereiding: je start het spel met een geërfde kaart in plaats van een van je startkaart naar keuze
German	Geerbt			Spielvorbereitung: Du beginnst das Spiel mit einer Geerbten Karte anstelle einer Startkarte deiner Wahl.

Trivia

Official card art.

Preview

Inherited is a Trait that has you start the game with a particular card (usually replacing an Estate, but it's up to you). Good times.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, * Plunder Previews #4: Next Time *

Inherited split piles

In multiplayer IRL, I recommend not putting Inherited on a split pile, unless that's the fun you want. It's as easy as that. Online, there is not so much multiplayer, and if it comes up, well you can reroll the board if you want. You're playing with friends there, right? No regrets here.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, * Plunder Previews #4: Next Time *

Secret History

Unchanged except for wording tweaks and ruling tweaks; initially it was going to put the replaced card back if it was an Estate or Copper, but Cade noted that we had precedents there.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of Plunder