Kremlin Intrigue Cards Variant
as developed by the Graduate Library Gamers

Our group has played dozens of games of Avalon Hill's Kremlin and one
thing we discovered early on was the joy and pleasure of a well played
Intrigue card.  This house rule is our attempt to give players more reason
to play these cards and more opportunity to work through the deck and
get to the really nasty ones.  Since Kremlin has a rather choatic feel to
it, we haven't found this rule to unbalance the game but rather to give it
more life (and death!).  Enjoy.


[This section is to be added to the Sequence of Play as .50]

.50 Intrigue Card Exchange Phase
   
   .51 Each player is allowed a maximum hand of three cards.

   .52 At the beginning of each game year (except the first year) and
       prior to The Cure Phase (1.0), any player may exchange one of his
       Intrigue cards by using one of the following methods: 
     
     - If a player has a hand of three cards, he can discard one
       and then draw one.
     - If a player has a hand of two cards, he can discard one,
       draw two and then discard one.
     - If a player has a hand of one card, he can discard one,
       draw three and then discard two.

   .53 If a player has no cards in his hand, he must wait until the end of
       years 3, 6, or 9 to receive any new cards.

   .54 At the end of years 3, 6, and 9, a player has the option of taking 
       1 or 2 new cards instead of placing additional influence but only if
       there is sufficient room in the player's hand (see .51).

   .55 Remember, a player may discard an Intrigue card at anytime
       during the game.
 

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