A couple of questions.

[dalembraun]

(10-15-2010 03:49 PM)SovTech Wrote:  Hehe... Oh the Proto bomb!

Seriously though, can you use it to destroy scenario search items in the discard pile?

Cheerio,
ST

Oh yes, you can... (*&( martians and their proto bomb! However, my son tried that on me during the "Blast them out of the sky" scenario, and ended up doing me the favor of getting 14 cards out of the way (none of the cannons were in those 14!) It would have taken me forever to get past those 14 cards to find a cannon; instead, I was able to get further into my deck and ended up winning my first game playing as Heroes against the Martians (after 10 games of losing!)

This from the FFP wiki - Proto Bomb card details:
Proto Bomb

Martian Tech "X"

When built, discard to instantly reveal and discard a number of cards from the top of the Hero Deck equal to twice "X" [twice the number of Command Points used to build this Martian Tech]. Then remove all cards in the Hero Deck discard pile from the game.

"Nikt... Kree... Flon..."

Beep, beep, beep...BOOOOMMMMMM!
Notes from Board Game Geek

Q. Will protobomb destroy all scenario search items/cards in the discard pile?

A. The intent is that Scenario Search Items are NOT protected in any way from the Proto Bomb (if they were, it would say so on the card).

This does make 'Tech canceling' cards extra important for the Heroes in Scenarios that utilize Scenario Search Items. So think twice before using that Fuji Merman to cancel something small if you are afraid of the Proto Bomb!

(As a side note I have seen the Proto Bomb 'deck' the Heroes many, many times, so it is ALWAYS a serious threat when used to its fullest).

* http://boardgamegeek.com/article/5707725#5707725