Lunch Money/Beer Money Question:

The rules are silent on this and I very nearly witnesses a murder over a combo game of Lunch/Beer Money. A person low on health was put into a headlock, then died, used first aid and came back. Given that they died and redeemed themselves, is the headlock still in place when they return? What about non-grab moves that have similar effects, like Heartbreaker? Is the Heartbreaker still on even though the person died and resurrected themselves?

Thanks
Stephen

The text of First Aid reads:

"Each FIRST AID is worth 2 counters,
restored to the player who plays the card.
You can play as many FIRST AID cards as
you have in your hand on your turn. You
can play FIRST AID (as many as you have)
when another player attacks you only if
the damage you otherwise take sends you
to zero or fewer counters."

I read "the damage you otherwise take" as meaning that if you play the First Aid, you're never actually sent to zero or fewer counters (which would mean dead and out of the game, and there's no mechanic for getting back in) -- the First Aid is a last minute intercession.

So there is no death/resurrection -- and thus the Headlock is still in place (assuming the person who put it there wants to keep it).

-John Nephew
President, Atlas Games