Having an issue with a line of text in the rulebook and reconciling how we all use Kung Fu right now.
“Unlike other action cards, a Tao Technique is not placed in the discard pile after resolution, instead it remains in play until the end of the phase in which it was played so you will not be able to use the same Tao Technique card twice within a single phase”.
Since all shootouts are during the High noon phase, would all used tao techniques remain in play till the end of High Noon, regardless of when their shootout step ended? the rules state that a “Phase” is specifically gamblin, upkeep, High noon or Sundown.
That wording could be more precise, but it is cleared up by the next section:
“A Shootout Tao Technique would be discarded at the end of the “Make Plays” step of the shootout, immediately before either player picks their shooter. A Noon Tao Technique is discarded at the end of High Noon, immediately before you check for a winner.”
Well spotted and probably worth a small rulebook tweak.
When this was posted on Discord last night and I re-read it, I felt that the sentence above seems to imply that the “Make Plays” step somehow counted as a phase from the previous sentence. Seems like this could be solved by adding the text “… phase or step” without changing functionality or limiting design space.