In some cases, a game-play error occurs which irreparably breaks the game state.

Drawing too many Prize cards after Knocking Out a Pokémon.

Drawing a Prize card without Knocking Out a Pokémon.

Failing to place Prize cards at the beginning of the game*.In addition to the assigned penalty to the offending player, a Caution should be issued to the player’s opponent for not properly keeping track of game state and rules. Major game-play error penalties are also appropriate for minor game-play errors that have left the game too confused to reset. When game state has become irreversibly confused due to game-play errors, it is appropriate for the judge to issue a higher-level penalty. Inadvertently revealing the top card of your deck, or one of your Prize Cards.įorgetting to discard a Supporter card at the end of your turn. In many cases, players should be given multiple Cautions before escalating the penalty, and the maximum penalty given should be a Prize Card penalty. These errors have very little effect on game-play and can usually be fixed with little effort. However, I can give two examples and extrapolate from there. There isn't a specific mention of this type of incident in the Penalty Guidelines. If this penalty is issued in-between rounds, the penalty is applied to the player’s next game.

This penalty should almost never be given out to a player who has not previously received a lesser penalty for the same infraction, unless it is the penalty recommended in this document. I'm going to cite specific sections of the Tournament Rules and Penalty Guidelines for this one. TGW is fully resolved when Player B realizes Player A didn't take his prize during the previous turn. Neither player spots the error at this point. On the ensuing turn, his opponent plays Team Galactic's Wager. Player A has no prior history of penalties during a later round of a tournament. Here's something that I think needs to be discussed.

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