Pic: Nick winning the Big Gold Belt @GenCon in 2015
I made a prediction 15 months ago that America will flirt with the idea of a President Trump up until the very last minute. Like most people, I'm wrong more times than not. This time I was dead on. So accurate even I've had flashes of 'Oh shit, this shit might actually happen'. It's been a wild ride. Most of the time I feel safe. Logic, and election math, says not to worry. But then I think about the people. People of certain states. From what I've personally seen in Ohio, I would bet cash mad money that he wins there. Florida, well who the fuck could predict that goofy state, but I think he's going to win that one too. Normally, that would be an Electoral College slam dunk, but this is a year of Fear and Loathing. Nobody is safe and there will be no rules on Election Day. It's the people of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and possibly Wisconsin that will decide our fate. Polls don't mean shit. Next Tuesday, if the working-class white people of those states wake up and say 'fuck it' that's all she wrote. Maybe there's a Mormon Hail Mary. Utah can't stomach Trump. "Grab them by the pussy" should be an automatic dealbreaker if you believe in Heavenly Father, but religion is built on hypocrisy. Or maybe I'll hit the bullseye, and as I hope, 60% of Americans, when staring at a lever that says 'Donald J. Trump' will have a moment of clarity and say 'Oh shit, we can't actually do this'.
Thank Kahless this shit is finally going to be over and I can get back to focusing on important things, like Star Trek paper cards...
Why: Stricken Dumb on tap. But just like Stricken Dumb, I would use the discard just as often as the ability of losing skills. Cards like Personal Duty and An Issue of Trust have gone down in use. Maybe new, useful dilemmas being designed. Decks that can get around them, like NewDominion. I don't care why, it's good. Seeing the same dilemmas for ten years is a fail of every level. As soon as I saw this card I thought Bajoran. You can use this to drop one of the Big 3 (Opaka, Bariel or Black Jesus Sisko) and then use Covenant to beast out one of your Bajoran treachery personnel. Which should be Basso Tromac, because if you're not using Basso Tromac while playing Bajoran you're doing it wrong.
Why: That's a good ability. I teased Charlie about him stealing this ability (which I pitched on a new TN personnel) when the 50th anniversary set was in the works. He apologized, but I wasn't mad my idea got poached. In fact, that should be taken as a compliment. I was mad because I've been saying for awhile now not to make a new Terok Nor Dukat because the old one is just too damn good. "Lawnmower Dukat", as I call him, can just obliterate decks with his event destroying ability. Now Terok Nor did a 180* design-wise, and thank Kahless. It went from the most boring, to the most fun affiliation to play. Sure, Lawnmower Dukat doesn't fit the new theme, but so what? Designing a 'lesser' Dukat just for story or starfucker purposes doesn't help the game any. It either creates 'binder fodder' or gives you the option to play a TN deck that has a lesser chance to win games. This is classic Story Mode vs. Tier-1. My case is that you could've satisfied both by putting this ability on Joe Schmoe Random Cardassian guy.
