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Dominion => Dominion General Discussion => Topic started by: greybirdofprey on December 09, 2017, 07:51:19 am

Title: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: greybirdofprey on December 09, 2017, 07:51:19 am
Which cards do you enjoy so much that you'll sometimes go for them even when you know it's not the best play?

I can think of:
-Embargo. Burn the kingdom. (I'm sorry)
-Masterpiece. A $17 masterpiece buy just feels nice. Destroys my engine though.
-Pirate ship. There's something really satisfying about collecting those coin tokens (while, sadly, trashing opponents' coppers).
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: Commodore Chuckles on December 09, 2017, 10:56:45 am
Miser and Poor House. Really satisfying payload if you can get them to work.
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: crj on December 09, 2017, 12:04:28 pm
I buy normally-vicious discard attacks, even when Tunnel is in the Kingdom.

I've also managed to get the stars aligned so I could Prince King's Court... only for the game to end before my next turn.
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: Cave-o-sapien on December 10, 2017, 12:12:24 am
Double Tactician.
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: popsofctown on December 10, 2017, 12:49:56 am
Double Witch is a powerful BM strategy because Witch is sufficiently powerful, Double Jack is a powerful BM strategy, because Jack is sufficiently powerful, and Double Margrave is a powerful BM strategy, for the same reason.  I've heard around that Tactician is more powerful than any of those cards.  And Tactician can meaningfully be played as your only terminal for the term.  Therefore, Double Tactician is a powerful BM strategy.
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: Jimmmmm on December 10, 2017, 03:18:51 pm
Double Tactician.
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: Kirian on December 10, 2017, 07:03:23 pm
Double Witch is a powerful BM strategy because Witch is sufficiently powerful, Double Jack is a powerful BM strategy, because Jack is sufficiently powerful, and Double Margrave is a powerful BM strategy, for the same reason.  I've heard around that Tactician is more powerful than any of those cards.  And Tactician can meaningfully be played as your only terminal for the term.  Therefore, Double Tactician is a powerful BM strategy.

Logic checks out.  Also, all men are Aristotle.
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: Awaclus on December 10, 2017, 07:14:48 pm
Double Witch is a powerful BM strategy because Witch is sufficiently powerful, Double Jack is a powerful BM strategy, because Jack is sufficiently powerful, and Double Margrave is a powerful BM strategy, for the same reason.  I've heard around that Tactician is more powerful than any of those cards.  And Tactician can meaningfully be played as your only terminal for the term.  Therefore, Double Tactician is a powerful BM strategy.

Logic checks out.  Also, all men are Aristotle.

And all f.dsers are Wandering Winder.
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: Dylan32 on December 11, 2017, 02:07:52 am
Double Witch is a powerful BM strategy because Witch is sufficiently powerful, Double Jack is a powerful BM strategy, because Jack is sufficiently powerful, and Double Margrave is a powerful BM strategy, for the same reason.  I've heard around that Tactician is more powerful than any of those cards.  And Tactician can meaningfully be played as your only terminal for the term.  Therefore, Double Tactician is a powerful BM strategy.

Logic checks out.  Also, all men are Aristotle.

And all f.dsers are Wandering Winder.

And if Wandering Winder is a man, Wandering Winder is Aristotle.

And if Wandering Winder is Aristotle, all f.dsers are Aristotle.
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: MatthewCA on December 11, 2017, 08:50:13 am
Double Witch is a powerful BM strategy because Witch is sufficiently powerful, Double Jack is a powerful BM strategy, because Jack is sufficiently powerful, and Double Margrave is a powerful BM strategy, for the same reason.  I've heard around that Tactician is more powerful than any of those cards.  And Tactician can meaningfully be played as your only terminal for the term.  Therefore, Double Tactician is a powerful BM strategy.

Logic checks out.  Also, all men are Aristotle.

And all f.dsers are Wandering Winder.

And if Wandering Winder is a man, Wandering Winder is Aristotle.

And if Wandering Winder is Aristotle, all f.dsers are Aristotle.

Even the women?

I will always go for hireling if it's in the kingdom. Its as sure as death and taxes.
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: JThorne on December 11, 2017, 09:50:11 am
Estate rush in a Battlefield game with a cheap +buy or gainer.

I'm pretty good at two-piling.
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Post by: JThorne on December 11, 2017, 09:53:04 am
Procession.
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Post by: JThorne on December 11, 2017, 09:56:25 am
Horn of Plenty
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Post by: weesh on December 11, 2017, 03:18:34 pm
Jester
It's maybe my favorite card, and I pretty much always overbuy, because pulling the slot machine is more fun than winning.
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Post by: Commodore Chuckles on December 11, 2017, 05:26:05 pm
I will always go for hireling if it's in the kingdom. Its as sure as death and taxes.

Is there a reason you always go for Tax?
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: KingPeter on December 11, 2017, 10:18:21 pm
I will always go for hireling if it's in the kingdom. Its as sure as death and taxes.

Is there a reason you always go for Tax?

Well, when Tax is on the board, the starting taxes are pretty sure.
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: MatthewCA on December 13, 2017, 09:09:15 am
I will always go for hireling if it's in the kingdom. Its as sure as death and taxes.

Is there a reason you always go for Tax?

Well, when Tax is on the board, the starting taxes are pretty sure.

Not really sure where you are from, but in the U.S. we have saying. "The only certain things in life are death and taxes." I was trying to make a joke like this saying that I go for Hireling when it's on the board because it worked really well for me once.
Title: Re: "I couldn't help myself"
Post by: Commodore Chuckles on December 13, 2017, 03:11:42 pm
I will always go for hireling if it's in the kingdom. Its as sure as death and taxes.

Is there a reason you always go for Tax?

Well, when Tax is on the board, the starting taxes are pretty sure.

Not really sure where you are from, but in the U.S. we have saying. "The only certain things in life are death and taxes." I was trying to make a joke like this saying that I go for Hireling when it's on the board because it worked really well for me once.

I was trying to make a joke too.