Beyond the obvious inspirations drawn from Dungeons & Dragons (life points, fantasy themes, direct confrontation), Garfield also borrowed from Cosmic Encounter and its concept of rule override. The idea was elegant: the game has a core set of rules, but those rules can be modified by the text printed on the cards and no matter what happens, the card always takes precedence, even if it contradicts a general rule
The act deck provides the goal that investigators are trying to achieve, whereas the agenda deck is the doom timer that ticks away each round, bringing you closer to possible failure
You can then play the non-Adventure portion of the card from exile
Kolaghan's Command | Illustration by Daarken Discard cards and effects cause your opponents to discard or exile cards from their hand, depriving them of resources before they can play them
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