Blockade Bug

[Meathead40]

I am USA, opponent is USSR. Opponent headlined red scare, then played blockade. I have a 4 ops card in the China Card that I want to discard, but the game system won't let me "select" it to discard. Appears to be a bug? Please advise, thanks! This is game #27312

[BockBockChicken]

It's not a bug. You cannot use the China Card as a card you discard during an event.

See Rule 9.5:

9.5 ‘The China Card’ may not be played:
• during the Headline Phase,
• if it prevents the play of a Scoring card, or
• as a discard required by an Event.

[Fopadop]

I experienced a different bug with Blockade. As US, I play blockade for ops, using the one point to coup Iraq and roll a 6. I expected it to then give the me choice to discard a 3 ops card of have inflience removed from Germany, but instead I am asked if I want to commit to this action (the coup that I have already rolled for). I click the commit button and my inflience disappears from Germany without ever having had the opportunity to discard to prevent that outcome. I had two 3 ops cards to discard. Online game #32620.

When should I have been able to discard? I was looking for the opportunity and did not see it, but it is still possible I missed if it wasn't obvious,

[EarthBowser]

Originally posted by ThunorX:

but instead I am asked if I want to commit to this action (the coup that I have already rolled for).

At that point you had already confirmed that coup. It's not going to make you confirm it again after you've already rolled. That was the point when you could have discarded a card. Hitting commit without chosing a card to discard was telling it that you were choosing to lose influence in W. Germany. I believe it even says, "Choose a card to discard," at the top of the screen, but can't remember for sure.

I agree that it could have been a little more clear if a box came up asking you to make your choice of what happens (like with Warsaw Pact), but as long as you're paying attention to what's going on and what's written on the screen, I don't really think it's that big of a problem. So in short, not a bug, but the interface could be a little more clear in this instance.