Im a bit confused by the db faq for harrenhall regarding dupes.

If you play a unique character like jamie as dupe, when you check if "that character is still in play" would you not conclude that Jamie is in play and he has to be killed?

Also, are the db faqs official? We have always used them, but are they enforceable in OP competition?

Im a bit confused by the db faq for harrenhall regarding dupes.

If you play a unique character like jamie as dupe, when you check if "that character is still in play" would you not conclude that Jamie is in play and he has to be killed?

Also, are the db faqs official? We have always used them, but are they enforceable in OP competition?

They are not official (but they are generally correct!), they are compiled from unofficial answers given using the RR or relying on the knowledge of some people who edited the rules (myself and Ktom are active on the cardgamedb rules boards to answer questions) - but for an official answer, you have to go direclty to FFG through the rules question submission form . The goal is that they serve as a reference - but hopefully that they usually explain themselves in enough detail that you can derive the ruling for yourself so thata you don't *have* to get a 'from on high' ruling.

In this case "That character" really does refers only to the specific instance of the card you put into play. It doesn't refer to any other copies (by title) of that card, be they the ones that you have in your play area, or ones your opponent controls. You can imagine several reasons why this is the case; not wanting to allow this to kill your opponent's Jaime instead, having additional confusion if you have two versions of Jaime (Core and Lions box), one duping the other, etc. The short end of it is that if the card said "that card" it would refer to the specific card (dupe or not), and as 'that character" it is basically saying "that card, if it is a character"

A search on cardgame db "Hear me Roar in:cardgamedb.com that card" returns this thread discussing a similar scenario in more detail: Here and it's touched on here .