Caravan Guard
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Caravan Guard | |
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Type(s) | Action - Duration - Reaction |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Adventures |
Illustrator(s) | Julien Delval |
Card text | |
+1 Card +1 Action At the start of your next turn, + When another player plays an Attack card, you may play this from your hand. (+1 Action has no effect if it's not your turn.) |
Caravan Guard is an Action-Duration-Reaction card from Adventures. It is a delayed Peddler variant, but its -producing can be sped up by letting you play it when another player plays an Attack. It is the only card that can be played during another player's turn, and the only Action that can be played during a Buy phase (if an opponent plays Relic).
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- This gives you +1 Card and +1 Action when you play it, and then + at the start of your next turn after that.
- This card has a Reaction ability that lets you play it when another player plays an Attack card.
- Playing this during another player's turn is similar to playing it during your own turn - you put Caravan Guard into play, get +1 Card and +1 Action, and will get + at the start of your next turn - the very next turn you take. However getting +1 Action during someone else's turn does not do anything for you; it does not let you play other Action cards during that player’s turn.
- Similarly if a token gives you + or +1 Buy during another player's turn, that still does not let you buy cards during that player’s turn (although + can cancel the - token given out by Bridge Troll).
- The +1 Action (or potential other +'s) does not carry over to your next turn either.
- After reacting with a Caravan Guard, you can use another one, even one you just drew, and also can use other Reactions, even ones you just drew; you keep going until you have no more Reactions you wish to respond to the Attack with.
Strategy
There is no strategy article for Caravan Guard yet, as Adventures is the newest expansion, and the community is still discussing how best to use it. If you have ideas, please share them on the forum!
Caravan Guard can trigger a reshuffle, which is useful if you have dead cards in your hand when hit by a handsize attack. That way, the dead cards miss the reshuffle.
Trivia
In other languages
- Dutch: Karavaanescorte (lit. caravan escort)
- French: Escorte (lit. escort)
- German: Karawanenwächter
- Japanese: 隊商の護衛 (noun. taishō no goei, lit. caravan escort)
Secret History
This came out of looking specifically to see if I'd missed some corner of possibilities for Durations. This is a Duration that's a round faster if you get attacked. The phrasing was an issue; what if you play it on someone else's turn and have a + token on the pile? I decided that playing the card was just way simpler than simulating playing it, and in the end it got some explanatory text.