Puzzle Strike Upgrade Pack
Puzzle Strike Upgrade Pack Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Rebalanced Character Chips
Each chip is listed with its banner name, followed by its printed text. Bracketed notes are transcriber notes.
DeGrey
Pilebunker
- chip OR + piggy bank. Opponents reveal their hands, trash their largest gem, then gain a 1-gem.
No More Lies
- red arrow. Trash up to two non-character chips from your hand.
Troublesome Rhetoric The next opponent chooses your benefit:
- action + chip -OR-
- $2 + piggy bank
Valerie
Three Colors
- brown arrow + red arrow + blue arrow.
Chromatic Orb
- chip Crash a 1-gem in your gem pile. (You don't get +$1)
[Transcriber note: the base Chromatic Orb chip has the same text without the parenthetical. The base Valerie set also includes Burst of Speed, which this pack's Valerie set replaces with Three Colors.]
Creative Thoughts Choose any different two:
- action
- piggy bank
- $1
- chip
[Transcriber note: the photographed base and upgraded Creative Thoughts chips show the same printed text.]
Geiger
Research & Development
- action Exchange a chip in your hand with a purple orb from your bag.
It's Time for the Past
- action Put a non-exclamation puzzle chip from your discard pile into your hand.
Future Sight
- 2 chips
- piggy bank + piggy bank
Lum
Jackpot Reveal two chips at random from any opponent's hand. If any are purple orbs: + chip + action. If any are gems: + $1.
Panda's Bargain Ongoing: At the end of any turn you bought a puzzle chip, + chip. Discard this when you buy a purple orb.
Living on the Edge If your gem pile totals at least 10:
- 3 chips
- action
Argagarg
Hex of Murkwood
- blue arrow Each opponent antes a 1-gem for each wound chip in his discard pile, then gains a wound.
Bubble Shield Ongoing: Negate a gem sent to you, then discard this chip. Reaction: Become immune to a red chip.
Protective Ward
- blue arrow Ongoing: Opponents can't play more than one brown-banner chip per turn. Discard at the start of your next turn.
Grave
Reversal Main: + 2 chips Reaction: Play this as a Crash Gem to counter gems sent to you.
Martial Mastery
- action Trash a non-purple orb chip from your hand, then gain a chip costing exactly 2 more.
Versatile Style Choose one:
- action + piggy bank or
- $2 or
- 2 chips
Jaina
Playing with Fire Put a gem from your hand into your gem pile. If you do:
- action + piggy bank
Burning Vigor
- red arrow Trash a wound chip from your hand or discard pile. If you do, each opponent antes a 1-gem.
Unstable Power Main or Reaction: Play this as if it were a Double Crash Gem, then gain two wound chips.
Midori
Dragon Form Ongoing: Ante a 2-gem instead of a 1-gem each turn or discard this chip. Your purple orb cannot be reacted to. Discard this when you buy a purple orb.
Rigorous Training Reaction: When an opponent buys a 4-or-more cost chip, trash a non-purple orb chip from your hand, then gain a chip costing up to 2 more than the trashed chip.
Purge Bad Habits Trash a chip from your hand. If you do, gain a chip costing exactly 3 from the bank. You may put the gained chip on top of your bag.
Setsuki
Speed of the Fox
- two brown arrows
- chip
Bag of Tricks
- brown arrow
- piggy bank
- chip
Double-take Choose a non-exclamation puzzle chip in your hand or discard pile. Play it twice, trash it, then end your action phase.
Rook
Stone Wall Main: + chip + piggy bank Reaction: Reflect any gems sent to you back to the sender.
Big Rocks Trash a gem from your hand, then put a gem of 1 higher value from the bank into your hand.
Strength of Earth
- brown arrow Combine a 1-gem from the bank with a gem in your gem pile.
Not Transcribed
The three new puzzle chips (five copies each) are not in this file. No photograph or text for them was located. The pack's playmats, screens and blank chips carry no rules text.