Playing Manual (2)
- Simulation of the Game -

Ameria : Now, here comes the game of the century! This dream match will be played between Gourry Gabriev; a.k.a. The Dangerous Plastic Backet; and Zelgadiss Graywords; a.k.a. Pretty Chimera! I am Justice Annoucer Ameria, and together with Mr. Secret Xelloss, we will broadcast this game from the castle hall in Saillune. Well, Xelloss-san, thank you for your joining us.

Xelloss : I thank you, too.

Ameria : On the ring, the players are checking the numbers of the opponent's cards.

Xelloss : In the game of Slayers Fight, a player needs to have a deck of 40 cards, and 1 client card.

Ameria : What is a client card?

Xelloss : Okay. A client card is...

Ameria : Oh, please wait. On the ring, the players finished checking the cards. Please talk about the client card along with the game.

Xelloss : I see.

Ameria : Each players first places their client card at the position. Then they place their deck as library. They get ready. They are doing janken, ... Gourry won the first player. Zelgadiss drew 6 cards from his library, and NOW! The Game begins!

Lina : Gourry! We will win this game!

Gourry : Yes, we will! But... what shall I do?

Lina : This game starts with your turn, and after your turn, Zelgadiss will play his turn. After Zel's turn, you'll play your turn again. You and Zel will play the turns one by one and the game goes one.

Gourry : I see.

Lina : In this game, Gourry, you are the first player, so the first turn is your turn, the second one is Zel's, and the third one is yours again.

Gourry : Hmmm... It seems like a baseball game, right?

Lina : Right. Now, let's play your turn. At first, it's the "draw phase". Now you shall draw your hand as many as you can have one time. Do you know how many cards you can have as your hand in this game? No? 6. In the beginning of this game, you don't have you hand so you can take 6 cards from your library. (6. Draw Phase)

Gourry : I have my hand in my hand? Confusing...

Lina : In this case, the cards you have is your "hand". We prepared 40 cards, but we can play this game only with your hand... the cards you have, understand?

Gourry : Yes. ... I drew 6 cards.

Lina : Then the draw phase ends. Next is the "performance apeal phase".

Gourry : Performance? Shall I dance here?

Lina : No way! It's surprising that you know the meaning of the word "performance"! But, the word has another meaning -- efficiency, the making, or... something like them. In this game, the word "performance" means the latter.

Gourry : Wow, I didn't know that.

Lina : In this game, you aim to show your opponent how your are great. When you gather many friends and say "Look! I have so many friends and comrades!", you can show your greatness. You can show your greatness by appealing that you can do something the others can't do as well. "Performance appeal" is the first step and is very important.

Gourry : When I appeal my perfomance, what will happen?

Lina : When you get the higher performance points, the stronger characters and the more famous characters will be your comrades. In addition, the kinds of cards that the client can use will be increased.

Gourry : I see. (7. Performance Appeal Phase)

Lina : Let me see your performance. What is your client card?

Gourry : Let me see... My client card is "Proud Fighter".

Lina : You will be this client in the game. See. This client is superior in "Popurality", "Common Sense", and "Stamina". These mean that you can have many friends with you popurality, you can go with the others in a polite way with your common sense, and you can match your effort, guts and strength against any enemies or happenings with your stamina.

Gourry : I see. Let's appeal all of them.

Lina : No, you can't. In 1 turn, you can select only 1 performance and get 1 point for it.

Gourry : Isn't 1 point enough?

Lina : Well... A good person can be your friend in a minute, but, there is a person who trust you after he talks with you a long time. When you have 1 point of a performance, you can have a character of the former type, but you can't have a character of the latter type. There are some characters who demand at least 3 points of a performance.

Gourry : We can have only 1 point in a turn... then, we need to play at least 3 turns to have 3 points!

Lina : Yes, you are right.

Gourry : Now, which performance shall I appeal?

Lina : Hey... Use your brain!

Gourry : Hahahaha! It's only a waste of time to make me think!

Lina : Don't be pround to say like that! ... But, ... You are right. Let me see your hand.

Gourry : Okay.

Lina : Hmmm... In this case, you shall appeal "Popurality". Take the card on the top of your library, and place it back side up on the top your client card. Good. It's alright. Now, you have 1 point on "Popurality" performance.

Gourry : Does this card on the top of the client card show that I have 1 point on the "Popurality" performance?

Lina : Yes! It's easy, isn't it?

Gourry : I can understand it very well.

Lina : Now, performance appeal phase ends. If we had a character in your field, we could play the fighting phase and attack the opponent. But, as we don't have a character in the field, next phase is the summoning phase.

Gourry : What shall I do next?

Lina : In this phase, you can summon a character from your hand. The summoned character will attack the opponent or will protect you. Now you have 1 point on "Popurality", so, you shall see the demanding performance of each characters. You have one who has "1" on the icon of Popurality (). Place it on your field.

Gourry : Which is it?

Lina : Be quick about it! See! This character can be opened when you have 1 point on "Popurality" performance. Here we go! (Lina violently took the card.) Now, we have Marene in our field.

Gourry : ... You always do by force...

Lina : Do you have something to say?

Gourry : ... No, I don't...

Lina : Here isn't another character card that can be summoned with 1 point of Popurality. So, it's the end of the summoning phase. The last phase is the ending phase. Draw the cards from your library and make your hand with 6 cards.

Gourry : I summoned Marene, and now I have 5 cards in my hand. Then, I shall draw 1 card from the library, right? ... Okay, I have 6 cards again.

Lina : Now, your turn ends. Hmm... I feel exhausted. Anyway, you played good, Gourry.

Gourry : Yes, I guess that I did it good! Maybe, I'm talented...

Lina : You talk too much!

Ameria : The first turn has ended. Now we could see how the game goes on. There are 5 phases in 1 turn ; Draw Phase, Performance Apeal Phase, Fighting Phase, Summoning Phase, and Ending Phase.

Xelloss : You are right. When we write the procedure down on a paper, the player seems to have done a great jpb, but actually, Gourry placed a card on the top of his client card, then he summoned a character card to his field. That's all he did.

Ameria : When a player mastered this procedure, he can play without thinking. It's like a marshall arts.

Xelloss : Good comparison.

Ameria : Wow! During we are talking, Zelgadiss has played his turn! As might have been expected, he is much quicker than Gourry!

Xelloss : Please don't compare Gourry and Zelgadiss.

Ameria : Zelgadiss' client card is "Inquiring Sage", and he got 1 point of "Common Sense" performance... However, he couldn't summon any character.

Xelloss : To get a point on "Common Sense" performance indicates Zelgadiss' tactics. With "Common Sense" poerformance, some strong characters can be summoned, but most of them demand more than 2 points. So, Zelgadiss needs several turns before he summons a character. Gourry launched a swift attack, and Zelgadiss is trying to reverse the game with a strong character.

Ameria : So, Gourry has gotten his lead in the beginning of the game, but the result of the game is depending on if Gourry will be able to keep his lead in the middle and end of the game. As I expect the coming turns, I can see the heating game, and my fists are filled with the fighting spirit as the players are. Now, the third turn begins!

Lina : Let's play quickly. It's your draw phase. This time, you can discard the unnecessary cards from your hand and draw the new cards from your library in this phase...

Gourry : Hmmm... Lina? I think that it' no use for me to have the character cards that can't be summoned by the popurality perfomance.

Lina : I agree with you. Discard it at once.

Gourry : Is it REALY Okay?

Lina : I mean "okay".

Gourry : But, ... will this card be useful later?

Lina : Don't let me repeat to say! Now, discard it, and draw one card from your library!

Gourry : Alright, alright! Don't get mad! I discard this... and draw one card... Oh? Lina : What?

Gourry : Well, I drew "me". I think that this card is very strong, isn't it?

Lina : Really? Let me see it... Oh! "Serious Gourry"! This is so-called "Maji-Gou" card! This is one of the strongest card among this came, having the special ability to make himself 10 times stronger! I know that this ability destroys the balance of this game, but, still it's a great card!

Gourry : Wow! Sometimes quick decision invites the good luck.

Lina : Yes, you are lucky. Now, the draw phase ends, and in the performance phase, you apeal your popurality. Now your client have 2 points for the popurality...

Gourry : Next, I open the character card, right?

Lina : Oh! Gourry, even you remember the rule! I'm glad to tears for your grown up!

Gourry : Hey... come on...

Lina : I'm just kidding. But, next to the performance phase, it's not the summoning phase, but the fighting phase. In your previous turn, you didn't have a character card in your field, so you couldn't attack the opponent. But this time, you have your character card in your field. You can attack and defeat the opponent's character with your character.

Gourry : But, Zel doesn't have his character in his field.

Lina : Don't worry. In such case, you can attack Zel's client card.

Gourry : It sounds hurt...

Lina : When the opponent doesn't have his character card in his field, your attack always hit the target absolutely. So, you got your mark. Let's draw one card from Zel's library, and place it in the score board in Zel's field. Remember. This card in the score boear in your opponent's field shows your score.

Gourry : What are "mark" and "score"?

Lina : Oh, I forgot to tell you about them. This game's purpose is to get 10 marks faster than your opponent. You knocked Zel's client down, and got 1 mark.

Gourry : Hey, Lina... It is the most important rule of this game, isn't it? Lina : Tee-hee-hee. Don't think about it any more. You are Gourry, and Gourry doesn't understand the rules, right?

Gourry : No way!



Ameria : On Gourry's side, the player and the second quarrel over something. Anyway, Gourry has 1 mark lead, and he opened another character card, Winnie. Winnie has a great ability as the necromancer. Now, Gourry has 2 characters, beside Zel has none. Xelloss-san, Gourry has a great lead in the numbers of the characters. How do you think about?

Xelloss : No, Gourry's lead is still small. In next Zel's turn, he will do something.

Ameria : I see. Now, Zelgadiss appealed common sense performance again, and he has 2 points of common sense. And he is summoning a character... Oh! "Reena Sunbers"! This character believes that Lina Inverse is the misunderstood rumor of herself!

Xelloss : Reena Sunbers has a high magic point even though she can be summoned in this early turn. Regarding from his playing, Zelgadiss may have a plan with a trick. He won't do a simple sword battle.

Ameria : I see! Does Zelgadiss have a special card? But, Gourry won't let him use that card!

Lina : Gourry, the characters in your field can't match with the fake me (Reena).

Gourry : Then, is it no use to attack?

Lina : Right. So, in this turn, we will have more characters and won't fight. Again, dicard one of your hand, draw a card from the library, and appeal the popurality performance. Don't think about the fighting phase.

Gourry : Then, what shall I do next?

Lina : Let's play your summoning phase, and open "Warren" to your field. He isn't strong as "Serious gourry", but he is stronger than "Reena" in Zel's field. Let him in the front line, and let the other two be in the rear line.

Gourry : Fron‚” line? Rear line?

Lina : In this game, there are front line and rear line in the field. Only the characters who are in the front line can do the sword battle. Meanwhile, a charactes in the rear line can't knock the opponent out, in return for he can't be knocked out by the opponent. So, you shall place the weaker characters in the rear line and let them protected by the stronger characters. By the way, when a character in the rear line can use magic, he can attack the opponents.

Gourry : So, we let Warren protect the two girls who stand behind him.

Lina : Yes, you're right.

The character in the front line can do the sword battle, but he can be the target of opponent's sword battle.

Gourry : The, it's my ending phase. As I opened "Warren", I draw one card from my library, and ends my turn.

Zel : Now, it's my turn. I don't discard from my hand, and appeal the knowledge performance. I got 2 points of common sense performance and 1 point of knowledge performance.

Lina : Next is your fighting phase, but your character, Reena, can't match with our Warren.

Zel : Yes, I know that. But in this game, the sword battle isn't the only way to fight.

Lina : Oh, what do you mean?

Zel : I let Reena...

Lina : ...

Zel : I let Reena chant a spell.

Lina : What!



Ameria : Here it comes! The most popular fighting skill in Slayers world, an offensive spell! If you want to be the world champion, you shall use your magic! Now we can see how magic works in this game!

Xelloss : Don't forget you can be the world champion only among the humans.

Ameria : Oh, I forgot to tell you that you need to have a heart to love justice in order to be the champion of all! In spite of myself, I was so excited that I forgot of the love for justice. Anyway, Xelloss-san, your prediction proved right. Great!

Xelloss : Zelgadiss always do what he shall do, and won't do anything useless. Therefore, I could predict his tactics.

Ameria : What spell is it?

Xelloss : I can't see which spell it is, but as he placed the spell card backside up by his character card, the spell needs 1 or more turns of incantation time.

Ameria : Oh, Incantation Time!

Xelloss : When a human character uses a spell, the more powerful the spell is, the longer the incantation time is. See, Zelgadiss placed the spell card backside up, indicating that the incantation is still chanted.

Ameria : I see. Then, it means that Reena Sunbers is chanting the incantation of a powerful spell, right?

Xelloss : Yes. I'm excited for wondering when the spell works.

Ameria : Yeahhhhh! The battle between Gourry and Zelgadiss is now heating up, and my live report is getting hot! Will Gourry be able to keep his lead? Let's see how the game will go on!

Lina : Gourry! This is very important turn! If you can't defeat Zel's character, the spell will attack your characters!

Gourry : I see! Attack, attack, attack!

Lina : Let's discard and draw again. Appeal one more popurality, and now your client has 4 points of popurality! Okay, let's fight!

Gourry : Go, Warren!

Lina : We can see the result of the sword battle, by Gourrycomparing the offensive points of the attacking character to the defensive points of the protecting character. The offensive points are "hit" and "attack", shown with the mark ot the sword, and the defensive points are "endure" and "escape", shown with the mark of the shield. If both offensive points are higher than the both defensive points, you can won the battle. If the escape point is higher than the hit point, or if the endure point is higher than the attack point, the protecting character will survive.

Gourry : Then, we place the fighting character cards face to face, and compare those points, right?

Lina : Warren's offensive points all overwhelm the points of Reena's defensive points! We won the battle!

Gourry : We won the battle, right?

Lina : Yes, we won!

Zel : ... If it were the usual battle, you would win, but this is...

Lina : What do you mean to say, Zel?

Zel : Now, Reena casts the spell to protect herself. The spell is Dill Brand. Before Warren attacks Reena, he is hit by the spell.

Lina : Let me see... Dill Brand's offensive points are... "hit 5 / attack 1"? No use! Warren's defensive points are all 6! He will survive!

Zel : Look more carefully, Lina. Yes, this spell's offensive points are small when I use it as an attacking skill. But now, I use this card as a defensive skill, and in this case, the offensive points of this spell becomes "hit 8 / attack 6". It's so-called "trap".

Lina : Oh, no!

Gourry : Then, what is happening?

Zel : The spell's hit point is higher than Warren's escape point, and the attack point is same as Warren's endure point. Then, I won the battle. I'm sorry, Gourry. I got my mark.

Gourry : You got the mark? Why?

Lina : When a character is defeated, then we shall place the card to the opponent's score board. Moreover, the defeated character's level will be the opponent's mark...

Zel : Warren is level 2, so I got 2 marks.

Gourry : Then, were we overtaken by Zel?

Lina : You are right! Then, we shall have more characters in our field! It's the end of the fighting phase, and next is the summoning phase. Gourry, can you summon any character?

Gourry : By my 4 points of popurality, I can summon "Gourry Gabriev" and "Black Fox".

Lina : Great! Then, we still have possibility! Place them in the front line, draw the cards from the library, and your turn ends.

Zel : Okay, you end the turn. Then, reduce 2 points from Gourry's popurality performance.

Lina : What do you mean?

Zel : Read the "Weak Point" of his client card.

Lina : When the player hasn't defeated only one enemy during 7 turns, he will lose 2 points...

Zel : This is the end of 7the turn, and non of my character is defeated. Now, the weak point of Gourry's client happens here.

Lina : You are making the further attack...

Zel : When the condition of the weak point is fulfilled, the player will lose 2 points from his highest performance. The rule says.

Gourry : Then... my popurality will be 2, won't it?

Zel : Yes, it will. Sorry again, Gourry.

Lina : Hey, Gourry! Why you did such a reckless attack?

Gourry : You had say, let's fight, hadn't you?

Lina : Gourry, you don't...

Zel : Oh, what mean behavior...

Lina : What? Zel, you were so dare to say like that! See! Even if the performance is reduced, we still have 4 characters in the field! We still lead the game!

Zel : Good luck to you.

Lina : I'll beat you down completely, and let you apologize for your words!

Ameria : The battle comes to the most exciting part! Zelgadiss used the spell effectively, and lead the game! But, I'm sorry to say that the broadcasting time comes to an end. I'm so sorry for the game, but, please do your exciting battle for yourselves! Xelloss-san, will you give your message to those who are listening to us? How did you think about the game?

Xelloss : I totally enjoyed the game, and I could eat my lunch with Lina-san's sweet anger. Thank you very much.

Ameria : Oh, my god! He is my arch enemy, Mazoku! ... Some day, I'll defeat you!

Xelloss : Ameria-san, let's give your ending message.

Ameria : Oh, yes! Thank you for listening to us. This is the live report from the castle hall in Saillune city by me, Ameria, together with Xelloss-san. Thank you Xelloss-san.

Xelloss : And I thank you, too.

Ameria : See you again! Good-bye!