Just a Normal Monday
Well that was weird, thank goodness that’s over. All plots are now cancelled. (This includes Deplorable plots.)
- Published in Virtue Signal: The Game
Crimson Tide
Danger runs Deep All characters who (currently) identify as male remove two end-of-chain followers of their (the target’s) choice from their coalition and move them to discard. References “Danger Runs Deep” is the tagline from the 1995 Red October knockoff film Crimson Tide. Wave of blood getting off the elevator on the ground floor of
- Published in Virtue Signal: The Game
Toxic Masculinity
Melvin was a 98-Pound weakling. All characters who (currently) identify as female remove two end-of chain followers of their (the targets’) choice from their coalition and move them to discard. References Card art and quote are taken from the 1984 Troma film The Toxic Avenger.
- Published in Virtue Signal: The Game
Gaslighting
If I were not mad, I could have helped you. Whatever you had done, I could have pitied and protected you. But because I am mad, I hate you. Look at another player’s hand and decide their next move. Target character’s cards and turn are under the power of the gaslighter. Their turn is considered
- Published in Virtue Signal: The Game
Voice of the Voiceless
You are the hero the world needs, not necessarily the hero the world deserves. Play twice, skip the next player’s turn. Playing this card does not count as a turn. References Though the white liberal silencing the minority woman image is a popular-ish meme now, we maintain that we thought of it first.
- Published in Virtue Signal: The Game
Seismic Shift
Once so clear in your mind, the rules of progressive politics appear to be changing. You feel the landscape shifting beneath your feet. Up is down, and down is up. Everyone passes their entire hand one player to the left. This card has no effect on Deplorable players.
- Published in Virtue Signal: The Game
Go Viral
One of the causes you have been championing has been picked up by a major media network, and suddenly you have found yourself the center of attention. Immediately play all the group cards in your hand. This effect can be played even if there are plots or other effects in play that restrict coalition-building. References
- Published in Virtue Signal: The Game
Safe Space
This place sucks, you suck, and I’m leaving. Instantly cancel an action taken against your fragile person. The safe space card is unique in the game in that it can be used to cancel any action that targets you personally. To cancel an action the player need merely announce that xe is using xir
- Published in Virtue Signal: The Game
General Amnesty
Mediocrities everywhere, I absolve you. Remove all microaggression cards from the play area. References “Mediocrities everywhere, I absolve you” is the final line spoken by Antonio Salieri in the 1984 film Amadeus. Barbed-wire Candle is the official logo of Amnesty International. It’s a pun, get it?
- Published in Virtue Signal: The Game
You Didn’t Build That
Look, if you’ve been successful, good for you. You didn’t get there on your own. Somebody else made that happen. Destroy a level three group. This special destroys any level three follower card regardless of its position in the victim’s coalition. Any cards orphaned (no longer connected to the character card) by this action are
- Published in Virtue Signal: The Game