Nuclear War Expansion Cards
Created by Bernard HP Gilroy and students
(c) 2005 Gilroy. Free for non-profit use.
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Special
Deja Vu

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Play at any time. You may recover and use any Special that has been discarded (including discard after use).

Additional Notes and Information:

Deja vu is French for "already seen" and refers to a psychological phenomenon wherein you believe you are re-living events that have already happened. Often held up as evidence of paranormal abilities in people, psychological research indicates that deja vu might result from a mild neurological imbalance.

The icon consists of two black cats (with radiation symbols for eyes, of course). These are meant to evoke the doubled black cat from The Matrix, wherein deja vu was explained as a glitch introduced into the computer world by radical changes made at the "superuser" level.

This can be an extremely powerful card, in that it can resurrect a powerful card and allow you to dodge situations that should be fatal. (For example, you could resurrect SuperSerum to ward off Super Germ; or you could resurrect Mind Control to direct Meltdown to someone else.) There is an important limitation, however. You can play Deja Vu at any time but you can only play the resurrected card at its appropriate time. So if it reads "play on your turn", you'd have to wait until your next turn to use it.

-=-BhpG 2005 0629