Banana State Corp

                             by Jonathan Amery
                           jda23@hermes.cam.ac.uk

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The basic idea behind this corps is that Downsizing/Tycho or PO makes a
good bit gainer... Although that is no longer the main reason for the deck
- which is that it is a *lot* of fun. About every other game comes down to
the last few cards and it's often exciting all the way through. It can also
play quite fast (swap some of the miscilaneous Nodes for fast advance).

You probably want to put the two Rio's on HQ and R&D and fort them up with
the smaller ice, leaving the big stuff for the subsid(s). HQ should be
better defended than R&D since the Agenda tends to congregate there...

It is a good idea to hold back the Project Consultants for the last piece
of Agenda, unless you get a chance to score Political Overthrow. It is
possible to score PO, and if you do you'll almost certainly win.

The name relates to the concept that they come up with all these large
schemes, and then have to realsize them. Probably the best bit about
playing with this deck is Downsizing the PO and all three Tycho's at once -
for 36 bits...

Two warnings though: 1) This deck rarely wins 10/0. 2) It is perfectly
possible to be decked because you have too much Agenda in hand, even though
it's aa 60 card deck...

Jonathan Amery - 1998

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Banana State Corp

   * Agenda
        o 1x Political Overthrow
        o 3x Tycho Extension
        o 3x Corporate Downsizing
   * Ice
        o 1x Rock is Strong
        o 2x Fire Wall
        o 1x Sandstorm
        o 1x Crystal Wall
        o 1x Wall of Static
        o 1x Data Wall 2.0
        o 1x Data Wall
        o 1x Mastiff
        o 1x Cerberus
        o 1x Data Naga
        o 1x Cinderella
        o 1x Mastermind
        o 1x Pi in the Face
        o 1x Ice Pick Willie
        o 1x Too Many Doors
        o 1x Canis Major
        o 1x Chihuahua
        o 1x Cortical Scanner
        o 1x Mazer
        o 1x Keeper
        o 1x Gatekeeper
        o 1x Twisty Passages
        o 1x Riddler
        o 1x Ball and Chain
        o 1x Sleeper
   * Operations
        o 1x Project Consultants
        o 1x Management Shake-Up
        o 2x Accounts Receivable
        o 3x Systematic Layoffs
        o 1x Edgerunner, Inc., Temps
   * Nodes
        o 1x Remote Facility
        o 1x Rockerboy Promotion
        o 1x Euromarket Consortium
        o 1x Bel-Digmo Antibody
        o 3x BBS Whispering Campaign
        o 1x ACME Savings and Loan
        o 1x Information Laundering
        o 1x Reschedular
        o 1x Encoder, Inc.
        o 1x TRAP!
        o 3x Setup!
   * Upgrades
        o 1x Pavit Bharat
        o 1x Jerusalem City Grid
        o 2x Rio de Janeiro City Grid