Hi PokeGym,
I am trying to do some judging at local tournaments. My kids play Pokemon, I have played it to a bit but mostly other card games. One thing that really surprised me when I have seen some rulings is that when one player makes a card misstake like drawing too many cards, he/she gets to put those cards back in order on top of his/her deck. Coming from other cardgames I cannot see how this is right.
First question, is this actually the correct ruling? Should cards that have been drawn, but shouldn't have been, be put back on top of the deck with both players knowing the order? Without shuffling?
Second question, why? Why? In most card games, not knowing what cards comes next is the most cruical mechanic of the game. This is true also for Pokemon. I understand that the first task of a judge is to try to revert the game state to a point where there is no error. But reverting the game state to me means: revert to a point where the correct number of cards have been drawn, AND reverting to a point where you don't know what card should come next. The most logical ruling to me would be: put cards back, then shuffle the players deck. Would this be an ok ruling as well?
I am trying to do some judging at local tournaments. My kids play Pokemon, I have played it to a bit but mostly other card games. One thing that really surprised me when I have seen some rulings is that when one player makes a card misstake like drawing too many cards, he/she gets to put those cards back in order on top of his/her deck. Coming from other cardgames I cannot see how this is right.
First question, is this actually the correct ruling? Should cards that have been drawn, but shouldn't have been, be put back on top of the deck with both players knowing the order? Without shuffling?
Second question, why? Why? In most card games, not knowing what cards comes next is the most cruical mechanic of the game. This is true also for Pokemon. I understand that the first task of a judge is to try to revert the game state to a point where there is no error. But reverting the game state to me means: revert to a point where the correct number of cards have been drawn, AND reverting to a point where you don't know what card should come next. The most logical ruling to me would be: put cards back, then shuffle the players deck. Would this be an ok ruling as well?