by pseudofenton
I was originally going to post this in the Guardhouse expansion forums, but I realised it applied to the (as yet unowned) White Moon expansion too (as both can replace one of the core 9 tiles with the one that expansion adds). As such I'm posting it here as its more of a general question, especially when you play with other custom tiles.
So, the rules in the Guardhouse expansion say to exclude Uncatchable from the potential Incarnations if the Buddhist Alter has been replaced by the Guardhouse - but not when the Pavilion is replaced.
This means the only way to have Uncatchable become 'Buddha-ed' is for it to come out and be placed on a Buddha. However as Uncatchable is black, you either need to have a a Buddha on the persons board who drew it, or have their board full so you can place it where the Buddha is. You also need to ensure there is a Buddha out to begin with.
I'm aware that with the Guardhouse you can technically spy on up and coming Incarnations to see if it is Uncatchable - and then try to reshuffle the ghosts so that it comes out at the right time. This potentially may involve repeatedly pushing them deeper to buy time if there is no Buddah placed yet (or worse, it is but there's no means of not having it used by another ghost before Uncatchable appears during the right turn). It may also be easily scuppered with any roll of a curse die.
So although it's not impossible to succeed - without the Pavilion of the Heavenly Wind village tile Uncatchable really does live up to his name. You have one chance to get him, and if you don't you've no chance at all of winning.
If you're playing with the White Moon expansion instead, the Kung-Fu School makes it even harder to win, as you are just relying on the whims of fate as its power cannot help at all against Uncatchable and when it appears.
So, would it be fair to exclude Uncatchable if
either the Buddhist Temple or Pavilion are replaced? Or even rule that should the Pavilion have been replaced that you may place a Buddah directly onto him (making him significantly easier)? What are you thoughts, how have you dealt with this issue?
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