Quote Originally Posted by Setzer Gabianni
Quite often, I've done more playing then I ever have done, but now the rules are getting more complicated, I am trying to play near people who are near a save spot, otherwise, if I lose a card, and don't get it back, Im gonna have to restart, and go back to the said person, and fight em again.

~Setzer Gabbiani
Wait until you get to Lunar Station, then you are really going to love the rules.

If you don't like the rules in a certain region, you can change them. I always abolish Random in every region except for Lunar, which I will do later in the game.

The trick to changing rules is mixing rules from two different regions until a rule is either abolished or spread. If you play a game in a region you will be carrying that region's rules. So when you challenge someone to a game in a different region with different rules, he/she will ask you if you want to play a game using the rules from both regions. For someone to mix rules you have to be carrying rules that are not used in that specific region. When you mix rules, 1 of either 3 things can happen: 1) A rule in the region you are playing in is abolished. 2) A rule from the other region spreads. 3) Nothing happens. If you get an outcome that you don't want, then you have to restart and try again. Keep restarting until you get your desired outcome.

Let's say you want to abolish the Random and Elemental rules in Dollet, and you want to spread Open. First, you would play a game in Balamb so you would be carrying Balamb's rules. Next, go to Dollet and challenge someone, and say yes when they ask you if you want to mix rules. Once you're done playing, you will get 1 of the 3 possible outcomes I mentioned above. Keep restarting until Open spreads. Then play a game in a region that uses different rules than Dollet, like Galbadia or FH, and return to Dollet and mix rules again. Keep restarting until either Random or Elemental is abolished. Once one of them gets abolished, go back to that region and pick up the rules again. Play another game in Dollet and keep restarting until the last rule (either Random or Elemental) is abolished. Once you do this, Dollet will only have the Open rule, which will make card games much easier. You can use this exact same technique in any region whose rules you don't like.