Reversed, Walking Dead heals half a point per step (rules rev 11)

The same FAQ turn as Slow Death's: a REVERSE riding the cast attaches
the curse backward, and every second space walked gains the point the
bite would have taken. Older ledgers attached it biting and replay so.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015RCWSTnb1KYTPyL4GmhGnF

packages/engine/src/game.ts

@@ -270,10 +270,11 @@ export interface GameConfig {
    * Rev 10: BUTT-HEAD's ram is MOVEMENT — the charge walks real
    * corridors on the turn's legal legs (three plus numbers) and spends
    * them.
-   * Rev 11: a REVERSE against SLOW DEATH turns the whole curse (FAQ) —
-   * the victim gains a point for every card drawn, permanently — and a
-   * FULL REFLECTION returns a permanent curse (SLOW DEATH, WALKING DEAD,
-   * IDIOT) onto its caster instead of letting it evaporate.
+   * Rev 11: a REVERSE against SLOW DEATH or WALKING DEAD turns the whole
+   * curse (FAQ) — a point gained per card drawn, half a point per space
+   * walked, permanently — and a FULL REFLECTION returns a permanent
+   * curse (SLOW DEATH, WALKING DEAD, IDIOT) onto its caster instead of
+   * letting it evaporate.
    */
   deckRev?: number;
 }
@@ -2219,9 +2220,13 @@ const CARD_EFFECTS: Record<string, AttackEffect | NeutralEffect | CounterEffect>
     baseDamage: () => 0,
     permanentCurse: true,
     // "1/2 point of damage for every space moved. This spell is permanent."
+    // Rev 11: REVERSED at cast, the walk heals instead — half a point
+    // gained per space, as permanently. Older games attached it biting.
     onResolved: (ctx) => {
       if (ctx.fullyStopped || !ctx.defender.alive) return;
-      attachSustained(ctx.state, ctx.events, "walking-dead", ctx.attacker.id, ctx.defender.id, PERMANENT_TURNS);
+      const reversed = ctx.reversed && (ctx.state.config.deckRev ?? 1) >= 11;
+      attachSustained(ctx.state, ctx.events, "walking-dead", ctx.attacker.id, ctx.defender.id,
+        PERMANENT_TURNS, reversed ? { reversed: 1 } : {});
     },
   },
   disease: {
@@ -4312,14 +4317,20 @@ function doMove(prev: GameState, direction: Side, over = false): CommandResult {
   state.turn.movementUsed++;
   events.push({ type: "moved", player: p.id, from, to: p.position, direction, via });
 
-  // WALKING DEAD: 1/2 point per space moved (a full point every two steps).
+  // WALKING DEAD: 1/2 point per space moved (a full point every two
+  // steps) — gained instead of bled for a curse REVERSED at its casting.
   for (const fx of sustainedOn(state, p.id, "walking-dead")) {
     fx.data.halfSteps = (fx.data.halfSteps ?? 0) + 1;
     if (fx.data.halfSteps % 2 === 0) {
+      if (fx.data.reversed) {
+        p.life += 1;
+        events.push({ type: "lifeGained", player: p.id, amount: 1, source: "walking dead (reversed)", lifeAfter: p.life });
+      } else {
         applyDamage(state, events, p, 1, "walking dead", null);
         checkVictory(state, events);
       }
     }
+  }
   // DISEASE: the carrier infects every other player in a square they enter.
   if (p.alive && sustainedOn(state, p.id, "disease").length > 0) {
     for (const other of state.players) {

packages/engine/test/stones.test.ts

@@ -170,6 +170,32 @@ describe("slow death", () => {
     expect(state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!.life).toBe(17);
   });
 
+  it("a reversed walking dead heals half a point per space walked (rev 11)", () => {
+    let { state } = newGame();
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    const { attacker, defender } = faceOff(state);
+    const wd = giveCard(state, attacker, "walking-dead");
+    giveCard(state, defender, "reverse", "RV", 0);
+    const r = applyCommand(state, attacker, {
+      type: "cast", instanceId: wd.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: defender },
+    });
+    if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+    state = must(r.state, defender, { type: "counteract", instanceId: "reverse#RV" });
+    state = drain(state);
+    expect(sustainedOn(state, defender, "walking-dead").length).toBe(1);
+
+    state = must(state, attacker, { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+    // Two spaces walked: one point gained, not bled.
+    let steps = 0;
+    for (const dir of ["N", "S", "E", "W", "N", "S", "E", "W"] as const) {
+      if (steps >= 2) break;
+      const mv = applyCommand(state, defender, { type: "move", direction: dir });
+      if (mv.ok) { state = mv.state; steps++; }
+    }
+    expect(steps).toBe(2);
+    expect(state.players.find((p) => p.id === defender)!.life).toBe(16);
+  });
+
   it("a full reflection returns the curse onto its caster (rev 11)", () => {
     let { state } = newGame();
     state = toRound2(state);