by sigmazero13
Falainothiras wrote:
Since there is no other mention concerning Tactics Cards during the battle phase, is there a priority between the attacker and the defender considering Tactics Cards played later in the Battle?
Later in battle, no, there is no order or priority. Either side can play cards, and the other side can play cards to respond if they want. (This is a ruling from Corey).
I haven't seen it be an issue in my games, although if both players were just trying to outwait each other, you could probably just incorporate a "going once, going twice, done" type thing.
I think the reason it hasn't been an issue for us is that really, the loser would be the one more inclined to play a card. The winner won't need to play one if they are already winning. In fact, right off the top of my head, I can't really think of a situation where the winner would want to play a card first. So if the loser declines, then you can probably just stop there.
I think the ruling given emphasizes that if the loser plays a card, the other player could respond by playing a card, then the first player could respond to the response, etc. I think this difference in "priority" is because prior to the battle was to not penalize the attacker too much for "winning" - letting them respond to cards that may tip the scales helps prevent turtling, even if to a small degree.