CREDO Errata

by Greg Stafford

Here is a provisional errata (January 26, 1994) based upon
questions received from various sources. I am responding in
part to questions asked, and answering questions which are
already given in the text.

   Q: Are Patriarchs treated as Bishops? Or are they immune to
   cards and events that effect bishops?
   A: See page 6, col 2, 10. Anytime a card says Bishop, it
   means Bishops and Patriarchs; if Patriarch, it means only
   Patriarchs. 
   Q: When you draw a new Article and put it on your display,
   do you put it into any empty slot? Could it be any slot,
   perhaps bumping another article to a new location? 
   A: Place it in any blank spot. Once placed, Articles may not
   be moved on the display. 
   Q: What are the wins and losses when a double article (1&2,
   for example) is passed?
   A: When a multiple doctrine is passed, it takes up BOTH
   slots. In this case, everyone who does not have the article
   loses for BOTH articles on their own display, but whoever's
   Article was passed collects for only ONE doctrine being
   passed. Likewise, if the double doctrine is rejected, the
   holder of it loses only once. 
   Q: When I "Take" a flock, do I rifle through my opponent's
   hand or just accept his largest Flock?
   A: Just ask for his biggest flock, and Take it. I thought p
   2, col 2, para 10, last sentence, covered this. 
   Q: I play an Event which allows "Seculars May Persecute."
   Whose Seculars? How many times (once per Secular?) Who
   chooses what to Remove?
   A: Persecution is basically an act of revenge. A result of
   Persecute is exacted only once, not once per Secular. The
   player who is doing the Persecution exacts his revenge by
   choosing which cards to Remove. If you failed a Proselytize,
   for instance, your attempted "target" may Persecute (if he
   has a secular in that half of the empire). 
   Q: I am holding a duplicate of my own Article, which is
   Refuted by a Church Father. Can I then replace my lost
   Article with the one in my hand?
   A: No. See page 6, col 2, para 5. I thought that you might
   be able to replace it anyway, perhaps by using your own
   Church Father. However, the designer and developer were
   quite adamant on this point. 
   Q: When does the Emperor card come out?
   A: With the deal. Otherwise, treat him as a Secular in every
   way, except that it is placed Aside when eliminated so that
   it can be re-entered with an Event card. Yes, this means
   that there may be no emperor, which gives everyone quite a
   hand when they begin to negotiate. 
   Q: The IN THIS SIGN CONQUER card says that the church helped
   the emperor to a great victory and they can take a single
   secular from anyone. Does this include the emperor? 
   A: This includes the emperor: Constantine himself would have
   gained the Emperor card by playing "In This Sign Conquer" on
   its previous holder. The Emperor is *always* treated as a
   secular. 
   Q: When one player Takes a card from another's Flock does
   the losing church have to display all its flock cards, or
   does the victor have to pick blindly, or perhaps in a "go
   fish" style? 
   A: We usually stack flock cards from highest to lowest,
   which makes a lot of work in the game easier. In our games
   (and per the rules, page two, second column, penultimate
   paragraph), "Take" means the victor gets to pick the
   highest; your variant is fun and sensible and does not
   revolt me as a house rule. (It sometimes worries me that a
   couple of "One Million Flock" cards changing hands in the
   last round can effectively decide the game, but as I don't
   play it for money I'm not too bothered by this). 
   Q: On page 2 of the rules, it says to place the dummy deck
   of Church Cards on the "Church Deck." But the Card Layout
   Guide has no "Church Deck." 
   A: Oops, we had used "Office Cards" as a catch-all phrase
   for "everything in the Church Deck that isn't Flock", and it
   crept in the final version by mistake. Use the "Office Deck"
   space for the "Church Deck," and if you keep it covered by a
   deck of cards then nobody need ever know of our error. 

Corrections to Text

   Page 2, col 1, Step 2. 
   You MUST use as many of the dealt Articles as possible. You
   may discard only those which have a duplicate Article. 
   Page 2, Col 2, Para 8, first sentence. 
   Should say: It is dealt out equally among the players and... 
   Page 6, col 1, 
   add to end of first Paragraph: "Players must use as many
   Article cards as possible; only duplicates may be
   discarded." 

THE CARDS

Correct the following cards to be "Play Immediately."
(Regrettably, the software skipped a layout Return line
someplace.) 
Julian the Apostate 
Plague In West 
Plague in East 

Clarification for Regency

If the Empress card is in play, the Emperor card goes to
whoever has her card. If there is no Empress in play, the
Emperor goes to whoever plays the card.