INTRODUCTION Card game based on the Frank Miller Comic Sin City. 2+ Players. Common Deck. DISCLAIMER Sin City is a copyrighted, licensed property. This is merely a fan site. VICTORY The first player to accumulate 100 Sin Points is the winner. SIN POINTS Sin Points are referred to as Sins. Use Change to keep track of Sin Points. THE DECK Players share a common deck. The deck has 2 card Types: 1. Characters 2. Events CHARACTER CARDS Characters have 2 main stats: Fighting & Sinning. EVENT CARDS Event cards are played when appropriate and are then discarded. DICE Six sided dice (D6) are needed. SETUP Each player is dealt a hand of 7 cards. The most evil player goes first. (or roll high on 1D6) TURN SEQUENCE Players take turns. Each turn has 5 Phases: Luck Phase Help Phase Sin Phase Kill Phase End Phase LUCK PHASE Draw 2 cards. If the deck runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it. HELP PHASE You may put Character cards into play from your hand. Character cards are placed face up in front of you. SIN PHASE Gain Sin Points equal to the Sinning Stat of each of your Characters in play. KILL PHASE You may attack an opposing target Character with one of your Characters. The attacker must first roll 1D6: (The Find Roll) 1-3 The attacker cannot find the Target. 4+ The attacker finds the Target and may attack. Next both Characters roll dice equal to their Fighting Stat. The higher score lives. The lower score dies. In case of a tie, both die. Killed Character cards are removed from the game. A Character may only attack once per turn. END PHASE Max hand size is 7 Cards. Discard excess cards. HEROES Hero Characters cannot attack Victims. Heroes earn 10 Sin Points for killing Crime Bosses and Psychopaths. VICTIMS Victim Characters cannot attack. They can defend of course. PSYCHOPATHS Psychopath Characters can only attack Victim Characters. They can even attack Victims controlled by the same player. Victims instead of being killed outright are captured and tortured. Roll 1D6 at the end of each turn for each victim: 1-2 The Victim is killed (The Psychopath earns 1 extra Sin Point) 3-5 The Victim is tortured (The Psychopath earns 1 extra Sin Point) 6+ The Victim escapes If the Psychopath is killed, all victims escape. If a Hero is defeated in combat by a Psychopath, he is treated like a Victim but gets a +1 to rolls on the above table. Note: Obviously Characters that are captured by a psychopath cannot Attack or generate sin points or conduct any other actions. CRIMINALS Criminal Characters can attack Victims, Heroes, Agents and other Criminals. They earn 1 Sin Point for every Character they kill. AGENTS Agent Characters can attack Criminals, Crime Bosses, Heroes and other Agents. They earn 2 Sin Points for every Character they Kill. CRIME BOSSES Crime Bosse Characters cannot attack. A Crime Boss can only be attacked if the controlling player has no other Agents or Criminals in play. A player may only have one Crime Boss in play at a time. DOCTOR Character Trait. When one of your characters is killed roll 1D6. On a roll of 6 the Character is not killed. DEFENDER A Character with this Trait cannot attack. (But may defend) LAW Character Trait. Instead of Attacking the Character may roll 1D6: On a roll of 6+ the target Character is apprehended by the police and Thrown in Jail: Discard the target character. INVESTIGATION If you have a character with this trait, you may in your Sin Phase roll 1D6: 1-2 Look at an Opponents hand 3-4 Look at the next 1D6 cards in the deck. 5-6 Get +2 to a Find roll in Kill Phase this turn TOUGH If a Tough Character is killed, roll 1D6: 1-3 Killed: Remove from game 4+ Survives: Put in Discard pile COMMON DECK CARD LIST NOTATION E = Event C = Criminal A = Agent P = Psychopath H = Hero V = Victim B = Crime Boss COMMON DECK CHARACTER CARD LIST Card Name: Type Fight Sin Notes: Dame V 1 1 Thug C 2 1 Private Investigator H 3 1 Investigation Serial Killer P 4 3 Tough Prostitute V 2 1 Model V 1 1 Photographer V 1 1 Investigation Assistant V 1 1 Niece V 1 1 IRA Terrorists A 4 1 Explosives Expert A 4 1 Son V 1 1 Paid Killer A 4 1 Police Officer H 2 1 Investigation Chauffeur C 4 1 Defender Ex-Military H 5 1 Catholic Priest V 1 2 Psychiatrist V 1 1 Doctor Actress V 1 1 Money Man C 1 3 Multi-Millionaire B 1 3 District Attorney H 1 1 Law Torturer P 3 2 Investigation Fem Fatale A 3 1 Crooked Cop C 3 2 Law Detective H 3 1 Law; Investigation Wife V 1 1 Sinister Doctor P 3 3 Doctor Thief C 2 1 Eloquent Goons C 2 1 Dealer B 2 2 Cowgirl A 3 1 Professional Athlete V 4 1 Police Security A 3 1 Defender Editor V 1 2 Madam B 3 2 Huge Thug C 3 1 Daughter V 1 1 Secretary V 1 1 Investigation Honest Cop H 3 1 Law Sucker V 1 1 Bartender V 2 1 Investigation Angry Transsexual C 3 2 Little Girl V 1 1 Guards C 2 1 Defender Parole Officer H 2 1 Law White Slavery Ring B 2 4 Enforcer A 4 1 Assassin A 5 1 Shadowy Crime Lord B 4 4 Bruiser H 5 1 Tough Street Thug C 2 1 Japanese Assassin A 6 1 Stoolie C 1 1 Investigation Landlady V 2 1 Mercenaries A 3 1 Organ Harvesting Operation B 3 4 Exotic Dancer V 2 2 Barfly V 2 1 Pornographer V 1 2 Protector H 4 1 Tough Sociopath P 4 3 Street Gang C 3 2 Senator B 1 3 Law Tong Gang Member C 3 1 Lawyer V 1 1 Law Street Doc V 2 1 Doctor Gambler V 1 1 Skinhead C 2 1 Traitorous Whore V 1 2 Hitman A 3 1 Mafia Thug C 3 1 Waitress V 1 1 Mob Boss B 3 4 COMMON DECK EVENT CARD LIST Card Name: Notes: Friend Search the deck for Agent and put it in your hand. Twin Guns Fighting +2 Back-Up Fighting +2 Military Hardware Fighting +2 Razor Wire Fighting +2 Martial Arts Fighting +2 Shootout Fighting +2 Revenge Fighting or Find Roll +1 Tar Pits Fighting or Find Roll +1 Old Town Find Roll +2 Know Where to Look Find Roll +2 On the Run Find Roll –2 Scene of the Crime Law Roll +2 Beat Up Some Cops Law Roll –2 Cops Show Up Discard target Character Prison Discard target Character Seduction Take control of target Character Dead Cop All players draw 2 cards Hospital Stay Put killed Character into your Hand Suicide Target Non-Boss Character Killed Execution Target Non-Boss Character Killed Framed Discard target Hero Call in Favors Draw 2 cards LINKS Sin City Review