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Title: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ehunt on September 09, 2017, 01:27:31 pm
I never really know what's going on on Possession boards. I just buy cards and build a deck for a while, then kind of wing it.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: jsh357 on September 09, 2017, 01:59:51 pm
I never really know what's going on on Procession boards. I just buy cards and build a deck for a while, then kind of wing it.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: KingPeter on September 09, 2017, 02:26:56 pm
I never really know what's going on on Dominion boards. I just buy cards and build a deck for a while, then kind of wing it.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ThetaSigma12 on September 09, 2017, 03:03:12 pm
I never really know what's going on in board games. I just buy cards, lay tiles, say some words, or build a deck for a while, then kind of wing it.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on September 09, 2017, 03:27:20 pm
I never really know what's going on. I just buy food for a while, then kind of wing it.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Donald X. on September 09, 2017, 03:54:13 pm
What's going on in this thread?
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: 2.71828..... on September 09, 2017, 04:08:25 pm
What's going on in this thread?

I never really know what's going on in any thread. I just post a bunch of stuff, kind of winging it
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Puk on September 09, 2017, 04:34:37 pm
I've been visiting this forum quite a while. Reading your tactical advice and stuff. Sometimes I think "i will introduce myself". Then i just let that tought go by.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: theory on September 09, 2017, 04:48:13 pm
I've been visiting this forum quite a while. Reading your tactical advice and stuff. Sometimes I think "i will introduce myself". Then i just let that tought go by.
(https://i.imgur.com/zGHQb4O.gif)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Darth Vader on September 09, 2017, 06:26:17 pm
Luke never knew what was going on with the Death Star. He just kind of whines about power converters and then kind of X-Wings it.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: FemurLemur on September 10, 2017, 12:40:02 am
I'll be the one to end the joke!

Serious confession: I buy Treasure Map far more often than I would like to admit, despite fully understanding that without Alms or a good sifter there are typically better things I could be spending my $4 on...
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Tozar on September 10, 2017, 12:52:42 am
I'll be the one to end the joke!

Serious confession: I buy Treasure Map far more often than I would like to admit, despite fully understanding that without Alms or a good sifter there are typically better things I could be spending my $4 on...

Ah, Treasure Map.  The payoff is such a thrill, I can understand what people see in gambling.  Getting that hit on turn 5... nothing better.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Qvist on September 10, 2017, 02:11:49 am
Missed opportunity of confession bear meme.

(https://i.imgflip.com/1vlp2g.jpg) (https://imgflip.com/i/1vlp2g)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Seprix on September 11, 2017, 09:38:21 am
I think the only Dominion card I hate as much as Possession is the Peasant/Teacher line. The Page line is infinitely more interesting.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Eran of Arcadia on September 11, 2017, 09:41:52 am
Whenever I play against my wife, I feel really guilty when I put together a big turn. I don't she means to make me feel bad, but it happens. Doesn't usually stop me though.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: allanfieldhouse on September 11, 2017, 10:38:08 am
Whenever I play against my wife, I feel really guilty when I put together a big turn. I don't she means to make me feel bad, but it happens. Doesn't usually stop me though.

Reminds me of a 4-player game where no one was paying attention through my long turns. I basically had to say "hey guys, pay attention this time" because I was going to do a bunch of Upgrade tricks and end the game (and no one else realized we were even close to that point yet).
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Chappy7 on September 11, 2017, 10:43:51 am
Whenever I play against my wife, I feel really guilty when I put together a big turn. I don't she means to make me feel bad, but it happens. Doesn't usually stop me though.

Reminds me of a 4-player game where no one was paying attention through my long turns. I basically had to say "hey guys, pay attention this time" because I was going to do a bunch of Upgrade tricks and end the game (and no one else realized we were even close to that point yet).
I hate it when nobody pays attention.  Sucks the fun out of the game.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on September 11, 2017, 10:59:17 am
Whenever I play against my wife, I feel really guilty when I put together a big turn. I don't she means to make me feel bad, but it happens. Doesn't usually stop me though.

Reminds me of a 4-player game where no one was paying attention through my long turns. I basically had to say "hey guys, pay attention this time" because I was going to do a bunch of Upgrade tricks and end the game (and no one else realized we were even close to that point yet).

I hate it when it's a 4-player game. Sucks the fun out of the game.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: teamlyle on September 11, 2017, 11:35:21 am
Almost every other game, I'm muttering "so freaking unlucky" to myself with my hand in my face. I've gotten about 20 Golden Sombreros in 900 games online, but I know I don't really get super unlucky in general- I'm just bad  :P
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: McGarnacle on September 11, 2017, 03:58:29 pm
Whenever I play against my wife, I feel really guilty when I put together a big turn. I don't she means to make me feel bad, but it happens. Doesn't usually stop me though.

Reminds me of a 4-player game where no one was paying attention through my long turns. I basically had to say "hey guys, pay attention this time" because I was going to do a bunch of Upgrade tricks and end the game (and no one else realized we were even close to that point yet).
I hate it when nobody pays attention.  Sucks the fun out of the game.

My dad asserts Scrying Pool turns aren't half bad if you bring along a book.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Cave-o-sapien on September 11, 2017, 05:22:30 pm
Donate games stress me out because they quickly expose my poor decisions.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Skumpy on September 11, 2017, 07:51:00 pm
I often open with Shanty Town as I tell myself, "But it could be a lab! How can it be a bad opening‽"
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ThetaSigma12 on September 11, 2017, 08:23:48 pm
Donate games stress me out because they quickly expose my poor decisions.
The poor stress me out because they quickly expose my donating decisions.

(sorry, I just like swapping words)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: markusin on September 14, 2017, 01:25:25 pm
I still haven't played with every card in Empires, let alone every card-shaped thing.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Commodore Chuckles on September 14, 2017, 06:21:19 pm
I often violate the Penultimate Province Rule because I think my opponent probably doesn't have 8 and I don't want to play through a dragged-out, increasingly sloggish game. I usually regret this.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: McGarnacle on September 14, 2017, 09:37:42 pm
I often violate the Penultimate Province Rule because I think my opponent probably doesn't have 8 and I don't want to play through a dragged-out, increasingly sloggish game. I usually regret this.

Death or Glory!
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: pacovf on September 14, 2017, 09:43:13 pm
Aside from the old days of BSW, pretty much all the dominion games I've played are 3p or more. Quite a few 5p, even.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: infangthief on September 15, 2017, 05:16:24 am
I never really know what's going on on Possession boards. I just buy cards and build a deck for a while, then kind of wing it.
I never really know what's going on on Procession boards. I just buy cards and build a deck for a while, then kind of wing it.

My confession: It took me quite a while to work out the difference between these two posts.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: crj on September 15, 2017, 12:30:25 pm
Will Nocturne have a Precession (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precession) card?

(Overlord, being generic, should clearly have been called Profession.)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: LastFootnote on September 15, 2017, 12:45:55 pm
(Overlord, being generic, should clearly have been called Profession.)

Genius!
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: weesh on September 20, 2017, 12:17:03 pm
I'm not trying (very hard) to get better.

I don't want my less serious play groups to feel like they can't win. And I don't want to handicap myself.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: MatthewCA on September 21, 2017, 09:18:42 am
I rarely post here because I don't think I'll add anything meaningful to the conversation.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ThetaSigma12 on September 21, 2017, 09:43:45 am
I rarely post here because I don't think I'll add anything meaningful to the conversation.
Don't worry, you'll get over it eventually.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on September 21, 2017, 09:44:40 am
I rarely post here because I don't think I'll add anything meaningful to the conversation.

Doesn't stop me from posting.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Águia Branca on September 21, 2017, 10:05:56 am
I have to confess I was unaware that Awaclus is capable of humor.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Dingan on September 21, 2017, 05:09:44 pm
I miss Stash
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: hypercube on September 25, 2017, 06:54:11 pm
I Inherited Treasure Maps, then thought I could fix the problem by buying a few real ones and trashing one with an Estate.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: werothegreat on September 25, 2017, 09:31:24 pm
I Inherited Treasure Maps, then thought I could fix the problem by buying a few real ones and trashing one with an Estate.

I mean, if it's the only way to trash Estates, maybe it's worth it
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: hypercube on September 25, 2017, 09:45:03 pm
I Inherited Treasure Maps, then thought I could fix the problem by buying a few real ones and trashing one with an Estate.

I mean, if it's the only way to trash Estates, maybe it's worth it


True, if I had cut my losses and trashed the Estates the game would probably still have been competitive. In fairness I can't think of another situation where Treasure Map saying "if you trashed two Treasure Maps" rather than "if you did" matters in gameplay terms.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Seprix on September 26, 2017, 08:45:56 pm
I hate Peasant because deep down...

...I'm not very good with it.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Chappy7 on September 26, 2017, 09:05:10 pm
Today was the first time I ever bought Artificer.  Not because I don't believe that it can be good, just because I am lazy and I haven't ever really thought about how to use it well.

On a similar note, I think I've only bought storyteller once for the same reason.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Roadrunner7671 on September 26, 2017, 09:31:10 pm
Today I wanted to use multiple Courtyards to make my Menagerie more viable. I realized my mistake when my deck was already pretty much built.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ConMan on September 26, 2017, 10:05:57 pm
I will pretty much always go for the neat interaction/apparent combo even if I strongly suspect that it will lose to any competently built money deck.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Jimmmmm on September 26, 2017, 10:14:20 pm
I have a big weakness for double Tactician decks. Whenever I see it on the board with pretty much any virtual money I'll go for it, and usually lose.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: LaLight on September 27, 2017, 01:51:09 am
I have a big weakness for double Tactician decks. Whenever I see it on the board with pretty much any virtual money I'll go for it, and usually lose.

Ditto! Once I played double Tac with Squire being the only virtual money, god that was awful
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on September 27, 2017, 05:49:14 am
I recently bought a Jester when my opponent already had Champion in play.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: infangthief on September 28, 2017, 03:39:28 am
1a. I haven't played IRL in the last year.
1b. IRL, I only own Dominion Base (1st ed).
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: KingPeter on September 28, 2017, 02:41:15 pm
I miss Isotropic.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: 2.71828..... on September 28, 2017, 08:41:49 pm
I miss Stash

I miss stache
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Puk on September 28, 2017, 08:46:54 pm
today i called duplicate after i bought the last border village
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: cascadestyler on September 29, 2017, 05:35:48 pm
This is my first week as a gold subscriber.
Today I opened Steward/Baron then wrote "ah damn - shelters' into the chat
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ThetaSigma12 on September 29, 2017, 05:39:00 pm
Today I opened Steward/Baron then wrote "ah damn - shelters'
Good thinking, that way you can trash the Baron with Steward!
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Titandrake on September 29, 2017, 10:20:17 pm
I've never owned a physical copy of Dominion. I last played IRL over a year ago. I never paid for sets on Making Fun. I didn't buy a gold subscription until the ShuffleIT tournament required it. Bureaucrat is one of my favorite cards. I have never bought Miser because I was too lazy to figure out how to use it.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ackmondual on September 29, 2017, 11:34:01 pm
I miss 1E cards... especially Scout!
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on October 04, 2017, 03:40:46 am
This just happened in a championship match. (not the Discord chat, the chat happened afterwards)

(http://i3.aijaa.com/b/00679/14463863.jpg)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Doom_Shark on October 05, 2017, 10:10:38 pm
I bought a Wild Hunt when my opponent had already been going for it instead of a second Patrol while Mill was on the board. (I won anyway, but that doesn't change the fact that I should have bought a second Patrol)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on October 06, 2017, 05:06:28 am
I bought a Wild Hunt when my opponent had already been going for it instead of a second Patrol while Mill was on the board. (I won anyway, but that doesn't change the fact that I should have bought a second Patrol)

You have to buy Wild Hunt every time. With the second Patrol, it's pretty likely you would have lost instead.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Doom_Shark on October 06, 2017, 05:16:02 pm
I bought a Wild Hunt when my opponent had already been going for it instead of a second Patrol while Mill was on the board. (I won anyway, but that doesn't change the fact that I should have bought a second Patrol)

You have to buy Wild Hunt every time. With the second Patrol, it's pretty likely you would have lost instead.

I respectfully disagree. The Patrol would have made my engine more consistent, and my opponent would have had to spend more time building up the (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/thumb/9/92/VP.png/16px-VP.png). He only ever bought one Wild Hunt, which was a mistake on his part, which probably helped some (a lot) as well
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on October 06, 2017, 06:11:33 pm
I bought a Wild Hunt when my opponent had already been going for it instead of a second Patrol while Mill was on the board. (I won anyway, but that doesn't change the fact that I should have bought a second Patrol)

You have to buy Wild Hunt every time. With the second Patrol, it's pretty likely you would have lost instead.

I respectfully disagree. The Patrol would have made my engine more consistent, and my opponent would have had to spend more time building up the (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/thumb/9/92/VP.png/16px-VP.png). He only ever bought one Wild Hunt, which was a mistake on his part, which probably helped some (a lot) as well

If you don't get a Wild Hunt, your opponent can just get 203947852039487520394875209348750239486709246790 tokens on the pile while nothing is junking his deck or limiting his potential VP gain. Just a single Wild Hunt is enough to prevent that from happening; then he has to use his last Wild Hunt to gain an Estate every turn.

Of course it helped a lot that he didn't buy more than one Wild Hunt (he should have bought 9 of them), but you can't really count on that.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: jonaskoelker on October 08, 2017, 10:53:04 am
I once tried building an engine payloading mass Bridge off of Shanty Town and Patrol.

The math: playing Shanty Town plus Patrol nets one card. To play n Bridges I need to play n-1 villages; for n=5 I need to draw 4 cards, for which I need 4xShanty+4xPatrol (and I need to not draw whatever trasher is stuck in my deck). Note that n=6 requires 5xShanty for the payload and 6xShanty to draw all that with Patrol; only cheaters buy 11xShanty.

So that's a deck of 8xShanty, 4xPatrol, 5xBridge, a trasher, and probably an extra Shanty/Patrol pair to draw past the trasher, which is obviously super fast to build. Note that this is enough to single Province. I can probably add in a Gold if I add an extra Shanty/Patrol pair to draw it, to double Province.

Of course, you should continue adding Shanty/Patrol pairs as you green to draw past your green cards.

That was an unmitigated disaster, but it's great fun retrospectively ;D
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: dedicateddan on October 11, 2017, 02:04:25 pm
Today is just not my day

(https://i.imgur.com/7IdYnyU.png)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on October 11, 2017, 02:09:04 pm
Today is just not my day

(https://i.imgur.com/7IdYnyU.png)

Was that t3/4?
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: dedicateddan on October 11, 2017, 02:20:35 pm
 Turn 3 :'(
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: pacovf on October 11, 2017, 02:44:56 pm
Odds of that happening on either turn 3 or turn 4 are 1/396, so roughly 0.25%.

You're welcome!
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Dingan on October 11, 2017, 03:02:59 pm
Odds of that happening on either turn 3 or turn 4 are 1/396, so roughly 0.25%.

You're welcome!
(https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/500x/59592679/way-to-rub-it-in.jpg)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: J Reggie on October 11, 2017, 04:20:22 pm
Well, that's the mathematical odds. The actual odds are more like 50%.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Cave-o-sapien on October 11, 2017, 06:01:58 pm
Odds of that happening on either turn 3 or turn 4 are 1/396, so roughly 0.25%.

You're welcome!

Strictly speaking that's a probability, not an odds. :)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: pacovf on October 11, 2017, 09:47:53 pm
Odds of that happening on either turn 3 or turn 4 are 1/396, so roughly 0.25%.

You're welcome!

Strictly speaking that's a probability, not an odds. :)

I don't know if this is a problem with my English or with my Maths, can you illuminate me?
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: AJD on October 11, 2017, 10:09:18 pm
Odds of that happening on either turn 3 or turn 4 are 1/396, so roughly 0.25%.

You're welcome!

Strictly speaking that's a probability, not an odds. :)

I don't know if this is a problem with my English or with my Maths, can you illuminate me?

The probability of something happening is represented as a ratio of two numbers that represent the likelihood of the event vs. all possibilities. The odds is a ratio of two numbers that represent the likelihood of the event vs. all other possibilities.

So, if you flip two coins, the probability of getting two heads is 1/4: 4 possible outcomes, one of which is the one you want.
The odds of getting two heads is 1/3: 1 outcome you want, and 3 outcomes you don't want.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: AJD on October 11, 2017, 10:11:38 pm
(Which means that probability is a number between 0 and 1, and odds is a number between zero and infinity, which means they're useful for different sorts of calculations.)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Cave-o-sapien on October 12, 2017, 02:05:20 am
Odds of that happening on either turn 3 or turn 4 are 1/396, so roughly 0.25%.

You're welcome!

Strictly speaking that's a probability, not an odds. :)

I don't know if this is a problem with my English or with my Maths, can you illuminate me?


AJD nailed the explanation.

Only pedants, statisticians and gamblers really care about the difference.

In day-to-day usage, most people use the terms "odds" and "probability" interchangeably.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Sidsel on October 12, 2017, 03:52:56 am
Odds of that happening on either turn 3 or turn 4 are 1/396, so roughly 0.25%.

You're welcome!

"Never tell me the odds"
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Marcory on October 12, 2017, 08:30:11 am
Odds of that happening on either turn 3 or turn 4 are 1/396, so roughly 0.25%.

You're welcome!

"Never tell me the odds"

That's probably a good idea.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ycz6 on October 12, 2017, 06:22:19 pm
The odds of getting two heads is 1/3: 1 outcome you want, and 3 outcomes you don't want.
A small but important correction: Odds are notated with a colon, not a slash. So the odds of getting two heads are 1:3 (pronounced "one to three"). Also, "odds" is plural, you say "the odds are" rather than "the odds is". Both of them do sound kind of weird though.

Traditionally, odds are worded as being "against" the less likely outcome, so that the first number is larger than the second. So in this case, you'd say that the odds against getting two heads are 3:1. As for why this is the case... my best guess is that odds are most often used for betting, and in that context you can then interpret the odds as a fraction that indicates how much of your bet you get back if you win. For instance, if I put up $100 on a 3:1 bet and won, I would get $400 back, resulting in a net gain of $300, which is 3/1 times the amount I paid.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: AJD on October 13, 2017, 12:20:15 am
The odds of getting two heads is 1/3: 1 outcome you want, and 3 outcomes you don't want.
A small but important correction: Odds are notated with a colon, not a slash. So the odds of getting two heads are 1:3 (pronounced "one to three").

Yeah, true, fair enough. But the logarithm of it is still –1.1, so mathematically it's the same as the fraction 1/3.

(uhhhh log-odds are the context in which I'm most likely to interact with odds in my day-to-day life, see)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ackmondual on October 14, 2017, 03:45:05 am
I've used Overlord to copy Reserve cards.   Plural.. I've done it more than once :(
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Commodore Chuckles on October 15, 2017, 12:55:06 am
If there's no other +buy on the board, I sometimes get Death Cart in the desperate hope there's Ruined Market somewhere in there.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: AJD on October 15, 2017, 05:47:14 pm
I've used Overlord to copy Reserve cards.   Plural.. I've done it more than once :(

I just used Overlord as Ratcatcher deliberately: Ratcatcher was the only (remaining) cantrip in the supply, and I was desperately hoping to draw a Treasure so I could play my other Overlord as Stables. (It worked!)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: teamlyle on November 25, 2017, 11:36:44 am
Last night I had a dream that I was playing Dominion. Mandarin and Capital were both on the board, but I missed the combo completely. I only realized it when my opponent took half the Provinces  :(
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ackmondual on December 31, 2017, 03:16:30 am
Scout isn't up there in my personal rankings for the cards, but it's also nowhere near the lowest either!
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: infangthief on January 03, 2018, 04:26:26 am
I was quite far behind against Lord Rattington, but confident that I could catch up using Torturer chains (he always discards).
Then one turn I only managed to play 2 Torturers, and his remaining card was... Lighthouse.
Hmm, so my Torturer plan might not work. Tell you what, I'll buy some Rabbles and get him with those instead.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: infangthief on January 03, 2018, 07:53:58 am
I was quite far behind against Lord Rattington
Apologies for the self-quote, but maybe I should have stopped right there.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Eran of Arcadia on January 03, 2018, 09:08:37 am
I've been too sick to muster the energy to play with Nocturne since I got it for Christmas.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: teamlyle on January 03, 2018, 11:06:46 am
Masterpiece and Feodum were literally right next to each other on the board, and I didn't see it.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: weesh on January 05, 2018, 11:47:58 am
I trashed a ghost because what's the point if you have drawn your whole deck every turn and can't find anything with it?

ugh

SMH

Worst part is, it was DAYS later that I realized you could buy an action, and THEN play the ghost, and hit exactly the action you want to double.


Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Simon Jester on January 19, 2018, 06:20:27 am
My favorite card was Harem for so long.

Can't really accept that it actually sucks :'(
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on January 19, 2018, 07:53:48 am
My favorite card was Harem for so long.

Can't really accept that it actually sucks :'(

Well, I wouldn't say that it sucks. It's pretty much on par with the basic supply cards. Usually there's something better in the kingdom, but Harem is strong enough on its own that you just need a weak kingdom and then you buy Harem, it's not like Bureaucrat etc. where you need a crazy edge case for the card to be good.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: teamlyle on January 19, 2018, 06:40:44 pm
I always make the implicit assumption that everyone here looks like their F.DS avatar in real life.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on January 20, 2018, 12:53:43 am
I always make the implicit assumption that everyone here looks like their F.DS avatar in real life.

Here's a picture of me irl:
(http://i.imgur.com/iSSRPrMl.jpg)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: LostPhoenix on January 20, 2018, 09:08:01 am
I've played about 3 games of Dominion in the past 6 months, yet still visit this forum multiple times a day.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Eran of Arcadia on January 20, 2018, 09:41:23 am
I always make the implicit assumption that everyone here looks like their F.DS avatar in real life.

Well, I sure do.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Dingan on March 07, 2018, 03:11:54 pm
I still don't know the Knights names off the top of my head, other than Dame Anna cus that's the best one. I just think of them as "the +2 cards Knight", "the +2 Actions Knight", etc. I suspect the same thing will happen for Boons and Hexes. "The trashing Boon", "The +card Boon", etc. And I just had to Google for 'Bag of Gold'.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: AJD on March 07, 2018, 04:03:52 pm
I still don't know the Knights names off the top of my head, other than Dame Anna cus that's the best one. I just think of them as "the +2 cards Knight", "the +2 Actions Knight", etc. I suspect the same thing will happen for Boons and Hexes. "The trashing Boon", "The +card Boon", etc. And I just had to Google for 'Bag of Gold'.

There are a few mnemonics. Dame Sylvia is a terminal silver. The Forest's Gift is the Woodcutter effect. War has the same effect as Warrior.

That said, I mistook Magic Lamp for Haunted Mirror last night and was surprised I didn't get a Ghost.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Cave-o-sapien on March 07, 2018, 04:41:09 pm
Knights are less of a problem for me because you are rarely presented with just the card name, and rarely do you need to care about more than which one is on top. They also spend time in your deck and in your hand, so you have more opportunities to associate what they do with the name and image.

Boons, on the other hand, are trickier. The art is no help, since they are seen for such a brief moment and depict landscapes rather than people. Some of the names provide hints, as AJD pointed out, but I still have trouble with about half of them.

Here's the best I can do:

Mountain - gives a Silver, like from a dwarf mine or something
Flame - fire destroys your stuff, except your fortress of fortitude
Wind - blows some cards into your yard, then blows some cards out
Forest - you find the old Woodcutter in the forest, but he's old and depressed so he's not as good
Sea - the waves wash a soggy card to your feet
River - the river floods, but when the waters recede, a soggy card is left at your feet
Moon - it's dark but then the moon rises and you find that crappy card you were looking for
Sky - uhh.. it starts raining gold and you drop everything else you had to pick it up
Swamp - you tap one swamp and summon a flying, regenerating chump blocker
Sun - in the light of day you see how crappy your future is and decide to do something about it
Field - This one is just bazaar
Earth - umm, it's like a plein air workshop or something. I don't know. This one doesn't make much sense.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: crj on March 07, 2018, 05:30:37 pm
This is beginning to sound like the sales pitch for one of those improve-your-memory self help books. (-8
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Cave-o-sapien on March 07, 2018, 05:36:11 pm
This is beginning to sound like the sales pitch for one of those improve-your-memory self help books. (-8

The sad thing is that shitty post will probably help me remember them.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: markusin on March 07, 2018, 05:45:13 pm
Sea: Sea-side has some good draw cards like Ghost Ship and Wharf
River: Related to Sea's Gift though common water theme, so remember that this is the draw boon that isn't Sea's Gift
Moon: Scavenger works in the moonlight
Sky: Where the rainbows leading to a pot of Gold can be seen
Field: that boon which starts with an 'F' but isn't Forest's Gift (that maps to Woodcutter), so it's the one that gives +1 Action instead of +Buy, and it also reminds me of the Farming Village art
Earth: Salt the Earth is a 4-cost event, and this gains a 4-cost card
Sun: uhh, well that Cartographer might be happier working under the sunlight instead of by candlelight.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ehunt on March 07, 2018, 06:42:40 pm
Forest - you find the old Woodcutter in the forest, but he's old and depressed so he's not as good

what a downer. he's been discontinued. he was taught to tie his identity to his profession.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: FemurLemur on March 07, 2018, 06:49:53 pm
Forest - you find the old Woodcutter in the forest, but he's old and depressed so he's not as good

what a downer. he's been discontinued. he was taught to tie his identity to his profession.
He used to make money. He used to be able to buy so many nice things
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on March 07, 2018, 07:50:23 pm
Forest - you find the old Woodcutter in the forest, but he's old and depressed so he's not as good

what a downer. he's been discontinued. he was taught to tie his identity to his profession.
He used to make money. He used to be able to buy so many nice things

I thought ehunt was replying to himself at first.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: FemurLemur on March 07, 2018, 09:00:51 pm
Forest - you find the old Woodcutter in the forest, but he's old and depressed so he's not as good
what a downer. he's been discontinued. he was taught to tie his identity to his profession.
He used to make money. He used to be able to buy so many nice things
I thought ehunt was replying to himself at first.
I should probably switch my pic but... I love the Farmland so much... So I'm kinda torn
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: terminalCopper on March 08, 2018, 07:26:40 am
I should probably switch my pic but... I love the Farmland so much... So I'm kinda torn

Farmland is weak. There‘s absolutely no reason to pick such a weak card as avatar.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: FemurLemur on March 08, 2018, 08:48:34 am
I should probably switch my pic but... I love the Farmland so much... So I'm kinda torn
Farmland is weak. There‘s absolutely no reason to pick such a weak card as avatar.
I won't lie, I was proofreading my serious reply when I finally caught the joke.

You one-upped us though. You've got the username to boot
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: michaeljb on March 08, 2018, 11:14:54 pm
I should probably switch my pic but... I love the Farmland so much... So I'm kinda torn

Farmland is weak. There‘s absolutely no reason to pick such a weak card as avatar.

I concur.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ThetaSigma12 on March 09, 2018, 09:14:20 am
I should probably switch my pic but... I love the Farmland so much... So I'm kinda torn
Farmland is weak. There‘s absolutely no reason to pick such a weak card as avatar.
I concur.

Are we getting upvotes just for using weak cards as our avatars? I'm in.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Simon Jester on March 09, 2018, 09:20:35 am
I should probably switch my pic but... I love the Farmland so much... So I'm kinda torn

Farmland is weak. There‘s absolutely no reason to pick such a weak card as avatar.

I concur.

Curses are great. Almost every time I buy it I win..
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Cave-o-sapien on March 09, 2018, 11:59:51 am
I should probably switch my pic but... I love the Farmland so much... So I'm kinda torn
Farmland is weak. There‘s absolutely no reason to pick such a weak card as avatar.
I concur.

Are we getting upvotes just for using weak cards as our avatars? I'm in.

I'm half in. So give me like, half an upvote.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Eran of Arcadia on March 09, 2018, 02:37:05 pm
I'm just here to celebrate my favorite mid-to-late-aughts serial TV drama.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: SCSN on March 09, 2018, 02:45:30 pm
I should probably switch my pic but... I love the Farmland so much... So I'm kinda torn
Farmland is weak. There‘s absolutely no reason to pick such a weak card as avatar.
I concur.

Are we getting upvotes just for using weak cards as our avatars? I'm in.

You don't stand a chance against Mic.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: cascadestyler on March 09, 2018, 04:42:36 pm
This really confused me because I didn't remember commenting until I noticed it's just that SCSN and I have the same avatar. It's not even like it's that odd a choice.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: ThetaSigma12 on March 09, 2018, 05:37:59 pm
I thought ehunt was replying to himself at first.

This really confused me because I didn't remember commenting until I noticed it's just that SCSN and I have the same avatar. It's not even like it's that odd a choice.

Aaaaand it's come full circle!
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Simon Jester on March 09, 2018, 05:53:02 pm
This really confused me because I didn't remember commenting until I noticed it's just that SCSN and I have the same avatar. It's not even like it's that odd a choice.

Do you really hate silver as much as SCSN? Really?

(cue "It's such a goood card" in Adams voice..)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: FemurLemur on March 09, 2018, 07:54:56 pm
I really appreciate Awaclus' dedication to the joke (https://imgur.com/NZWxIhJ)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on March 09, 2018, 10:47:05 pm
I really appreciate Awaclus' dedication to the joke (https://imgur.com/NZWxIhJ)

I keep fooling myself for a few seconds every time I see a post I made.  "Wait, didn't I write that.  Oh, yes I did."
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Commodore Chuckles on March 10, 2018, 09:40:31 am
What have you done Awaclus
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on March 10, 2018, 10:47:32 am
What have you done Awaclus

Just following the latest avatar trend, FemurLemur.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Seprix on March 10, 2018, 11:45:30 am
You all could have picked a better avatar art to do this joke on.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on March 10, 2018, 11:50:34 am
You all could have picked a better avatar art to do this joke on.

Yeah man, it's such a weak card.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: FemurLemur on March 10, 2018, 12:11:30 pm
When talking about an avatar, there are 2 things that matter to me more than how viable a card is:

1) How much fun I've had with the card
2) How much I like the artwork

The artwork is my favorite in the game, and an On-Buy Remodel is a fun concept to me. Although I rarely buy Farmland, the games where I built decks around them when it was new were fun. I probably got my ass kicked, but I had fun, which is a primary goal of a game after all ;)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Seprix on March 10, 2018, 12:14:33 pm
You all could have picked a better avatar art to do this joke on.

Yeah man, it's such a weak card.

I said avatar art, not the strength of the card.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Cave-o-sapien on March 10, 2018, 01:57:52 pm
The best thing about avatar joke threads is how timeless they are.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: AJD on March 10, 2018, 02:30:17 pm
The best thing about avatar joke threads is how timeless they are.

But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Commodore Chuckles on March 10, 2018, 03:18:48 pm
The best thing about avatar joke threads is how timeless they are.

But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.

I believe you mean when the giant mystical tree was cut down.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Erick648 on March 12, 2018, 03:52:35 am
When talking about an avatar, there are 2 things that matter to me more than how viable a card is:

1) How much fun I've had with the card
2) How much I like the artwork

The artwork is my favorite in the game, and an On-Buy Remodel is a fun concept to me. Although I rarely buy Farmland, the games where I built decks around them when it was new were fun. I probably got my ass kicked, but I had fun, which is a primary goal of a game after all ;)
Of course, sometimes criteria #1 and #2 also align with a stronger card. ;D
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: McGarnacle on March 12, 2018, 01:53:15 pm
Avatars say a lot about you as a person.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Chappy7 on March 12, 2018, 05:49:27 pm
Avatars say a lot about you as a person.

What exactly are you trying to suggest about me?
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: teamlyle on March 12, 2018, 05:52:10 pm
I usually got really lucky in Possession games, so I liked playing with Possession. Then they removed it :(
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Doom_Shark on March 16, 2018, 06:50:48 pm
Avatars say a lot about you as a person.

So what does my avatar say about me?
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: McGarnacle on March 17, 2018, 01:27:43 pm
Avatars say a lot about you as a person.

What exactly are you trying to suggest about me?

Fortress is impossible to trash. You are a persistent and reliable person.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: McGarnacle on March 17, 2018, 01:28:47 pm
Avatars say a lot about you as a person.

So what does my avatar say about me?

You have a Star Wars avatar on a Dominion forum. It shows you don't like to play by the rules. You are independent and creative.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: McGarnacle on March 17, 2018, 01:29:20 pm
Stay tuned for: "What your post number says about you?"
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Burning Skull on March 17, 2018, 01:45:16 pm
I have a confession to make:
I've recently lost a game against someone who bought a potion with Transmute being the only potion-cost on the board.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: samath on March 17, 2018, 11:32:58 pm
I have a confession to make:
I've recently lost a game against someone who bought a potion with Transmute being the only potion-cost on the board.
Was it a Keep board?
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Burning Skull on March 18, 2018, 07:34:32 am
I have a confession to make:
I've recently lost a game against someone who bought a potion with Transmute being the only potion-cost on the board.
Was it a Keep board?

nope!
they've bought a transmute and used it rather effectively, to my surprise.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Chappy7 on March 18, 2018, 05:10:47 pm
Avatars say a lot about you as a person.

What exactly are you trying to suggest about me?

Fortress is impossible to trash. You are a persistent and reliable person.

Why thank you! I actually had switched my avatar to Harem when I made that post, but then I couldn't stand it and switched it back, ruining the joke. 
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Tombolo on March 22, 2018, 09:50:11 pm
hey man I had a weak card as an avatar before it was cool

Anyway I like Black Market so much that I force it in about half my games, and will buy it within the first few turns even when it's an obviously terrible idea
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: jonaskoelker on March 23, 2018, 02:34:46 pm
I like playing Big Money.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Commodore Chuckles on March 23, 2018, 10:55:31 pm
I like playing Settlers of Catan.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Dingan on March 28, 2018, 02:35:59 am
I feel a great deal of satisfaction when I get in a "gg" right before my opponent leaves the table

EDIT: I'm sad that "Necro" doesn't uniquely identify Necropolis anymore
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Aleimon Thimble on March 30, 2018, 03:42:38 am
I like playing Settlers of Catan.

Settlers of Catan is a good game. Not as good as Dominion, of course, but still. I like it as well.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Seprix on March 30, 2018, 10:00:59 am
I enjoy Yahtzee. I also enjoy Monopoly for like the first 10 turns.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Simon Jester on March 30, 2018, 02:17:15 pm
More of a "did you know".. but I don't want to create a new topic.

Haunted woods block night cards and force you to top deck them. Topdeck "whenever you buy a card".. It just kind of cost me a game. Ouch.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Puk on April 02, 2018, 11:08:27 am
i just lost to lord rattington, after breppert resigned on me
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: William Howard Taft on April 02, 2018, 12:31:16 pm
Shanty Town is my favorite Village.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: LostPhoenix on April 05, 2018, 01:39:22 pm
I liked the MF implementation of Dominion. I mean, ShuffleIt is an improvement, but I had zero issues with the old one.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on April 05, 2018, 02:13:02 pm
I liked the MF implementation of Dominion. I mean, ShuffleIt is an improvement, but I had zero issues with the old one.

I actually don't like ShiT. It's better than any other implementation we've seen so far, but Dominion is a very complex-to-play game and the client doesn't do enough to make it feel more effortless, and also the loading times are longer than they should be due to being a browser based client.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Aleimon Thimble on April 06, 2018, 06:23:40 am
I liked the MF implementation of Dominion. I mean, ShuffleIt is an improvement, but I had zero issues with the old one.

I actually don't like ShiT. It's better than any other implementation we've seen so far, but Dominion is a very complex-to-play game and the client doesn't do enough to make it feel more effortless, and also the loading times are longer than they should be due to being a browser based client.

I'm still not a fan of ShIT and I never had issues with MF (other than the fact it took them forever to get Adventures up and running).
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Dingan on April 13, 2018, 06:20:54 pm
In Donate games, I buy a Donate every time I end the game with an extra buy.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: teamlyle on April 15, 2018, 11:30:36 pm
I got out Dominion IRL for the first time in forever today, and I was like, "woah, they actually make physical Dominion cards??"
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: JW on April 16, 2018, 07:46:23 pm
I think that if Harbinger cost $2 instead of $3 and Bureaucrat and Mine were removed from 2nd edition Base Dominion, it would be the best Dominion set.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Dingan on May 04, 2018, 02:35:39 am
I feel a great deal of discomfort when I have an odd number of cards from an empty Duration pile. I'd basically rather just have 4 Den Of Sins than 5.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on May 04, 2018, 02:38:46 am
I feel a great deal of discomfort when I have an odd number of cards from an empty Duration pile. I'd basically rather just have 4 Den Of Sins than 5.

But if you have 5, that means your opponent doesn't get to have an even number either.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Dingan on May 04, 2018, 03:23:24 am
I feel a great deal of discomfort when I have an odd number of cards from an empty Duration pile. I'd basically rather just have 4 Den Of Sins than 5.

But if you have 5, that means your opponent doesn't get to have an even number either.

True. I guess I'd almost rather have 4 if it meant my opponent having 6 than us both having 5.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Aleimon Thimble on May 04, 2018, 04:11:02 am
I think that if Harbinger cost $2 instead of $3 and Bureaucrat and Mine were removed from 2nd edition Base Dominion, it would be the best Dominion set.

Bureaucrat and Mine are fine. They're a bit on the weak side, but cool enough to get away with it. Especially Mine.

I also think 2nd edition Base Dominion is one of the better sets, just after my favorites, Adventures and Prosperity.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Obi Wan Bonogi on May 06, 2018, 02:58:42 pm
I began playing some 3-player and have made it to level 58 very quickly because I have never been third player.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: teamlyle on May 12, 2018, 12:41:49 pm
I woke up mumbling, "sure, I'll take a Hunting Party..."
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: DeepCyan on May 13, 2018, 02:56:36 am
Whenever there's a junker on the board, I will over-buy it to excess and build a deck around playing them as quickly as possible. Less because I think cursing itself is good, but more because I hate dealing with deck junking. After all, you don't have to worry about curses if you opponent has all 10 of them.

(Oh, and if there is rats + any trash-for-benefit on the board, I will buy rats. There is no exceptions to this rule. Anybody who forgoes rats in a set where rats can be used will be silently but sternly disapproved of. Cowards.)
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on May 13, 2018, 03:08:13 am
Whenever there's a junker on the board, I will over-buy it to excess and build a deck around playing them as quickly as possible. Less because I think cursing itself is good, but more because I hate dealing with deck junking. After all, you don't have to worry about curses if you opponent has all 10 of them.

But that's a completely valid strategy unless it's one of the weaker junkers like Sea Hag or Marauder.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: teamlyle on May 13, 2018, 12:31:25 pm
Whenever there's a junker on the board, I will over-buy it to excess and build a deck around playing them as quickly as possible. Less because I think cursing itself is good, but more because I hate dealing with deck junking. After all, you don't have to worry about curses if you opponent has all 10 of them.

(Oh, and if there is rats + any trash-for-benefit on the board, I will buy rats. There is no exceptions to this rule. Anybody who forgoes rats in a set where rats can be used will be silently but sternly disapproved of. Cowards.)

Isn't that just what you do? I think of giving an opponent a junk card as the same as trashing one of their Labs, so Witch is sort of like Sir Destry but it always hits a Lab.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: DeepCyan on May 13, 2018, 01:15:59 pm
Whenever there's a junker on the board, I will over-buy it to excess and build a deck around playing them as quickly as possible. Less because I think cursing itself is good, but more because I hate dealing with deck junking. After all, you don't have to worry about curses if you opponent has all 10 of them.

(Oh, and if there is rats + any trash-for-benefit on the board, I will buy rats. There is no exceptions to this rule. Anybody who forgoes rats in a set where rats can be used will be silently but sternly disapproved of. Cowards.)

Isn't that just what you do? I think of giving an opponent a junk card as the same as trashing one of their Labs, so Witch is sort of like Sir Destry but it always hits a Lab.

Most of the time, yeah. But I can think of several games I’ve lost where I’ve went all out for cursing on boards with amazing trash/defense, and end up essentially junking my deck with suboptimal cards whilst my opponent remains somewhat unaffected.

Really, I’ve only very recently learned that when there’s something like Chapel or the Sauna split pile in the game, immediately buying 3 cursers is just...not a good idea?
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Awaclus on May 13, 2018, 04:01:23 pm
Cursers are still good in Sauna  or Chapel games, unless the opponent is already overdrawing their deck. They'll get rid of the Curses eventually, but just having the Curse for one shuffle is already a strong attack and any more than that is just extra.
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: Doom_Shark on May 16, 2018, 06:50:39 pm
I tried to win with rats and vineyard....on a colony board....
Title: Re: Dominion Confessions
Post by: cascadestyler on May 18, 2018, 10:19:16 am
Witch is sort of like Sir Destry but it always hits a Lab.

This is why we're not supposed to say cards are like other cards