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Dominion => Dominion General Discussion => Topic started by: samath on March 26, 2018, 11:48:08 am

Title: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: samath on March 26, 2018, 11:48:08 am
To celebrate what Christians call Holy Week (Palm Sunday through Easter), here's a kingdom you can play, in order of appearance in the Gospel of Matthew, chapters 21 and 26-28.

(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/7/7a/Procession.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/7/70/Moneylender.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/8/8d/Scheme.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/b/b9/Baker.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/b/b2/Wine_Merchant.jpg)
(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/3/3a/Sacred_Grove.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/f/f1/Rabble.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/9/91/Crown.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/5/51/Sacrifice.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/8/8d/Secret_Cave.jpg)
(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/c/c9/Triumph.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/7/71/Tomb.jpg)
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: weesh on March 26, 2018, 12:20:16 pm
Nice

Secret Cave and Tomb seem a bit repetitive, is there something else important in the story to include?  Maybe temple?  Or Courtyard for where the Jewish Leaders had the trial?

I probably would have used garden, but sacred grove is a nice touch.

Edit: oooh, what about ill-gotten gains instead of moneylender?
legionary, replace, prince are also thematic.
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: werothegreat on March 26, 2018, 12:35:51 pm
I like Ill-Gotten Gains.
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: Gazbag on March 26, 2018, 12:38:24 pm
I misread this as holy weak kingdom at first and was expecting Transmutes and Harvests!
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: samath on March 26, 2018, 12:52:09 pm
Secret Cave and Tomb seem a bit repetitive, is there something else important in the story to include?  Maybe temple?  Or Courtyard for where the Jewish Leaders had the trial?

I mostly liked Secret Cave because the art depicts the stone being rolled away. :) And then I saw "Triumph over the Tomb" as a nice synopsis of Easter.
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: weesh on March 26, 2018, 02:38:09 pm
Secret Cave and Tomb seem a bit repetitive, is there something else important in the story to include?  Maybe temple?  Or Courtyard for where the Jewish Leaders had the trial?

I mostly liked Secret Cave because the art depicts the stone being rolled away. :)

Oh man, i never noticed that in the art before!
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: GendoIkari on March 26, 2018, 05:04:32 pm
I misread this as holy weak kingdom at first and was expecting Transmutes and Harvests!

Another 8 cards as bad as those, and you'd have a wholly weak kingdom.
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: Marcory on March 26, 2018, 05:45:11 pm
First of all, a Kingdom like this should only have 30 Silvers.

Second, there are other possibilities: perhaps Governor and King's Court/Throne Room, to represent Pilate and Herod? (Unless Pilate was a Patrician). And surely you need a Temple?

Judas was the Treasurer of the 12 disciples. Barabbas could be a Noble Brigand. The angel was a Herald. The empty tomb could be an Abandoned Mine, and the temple after the money-changers were turned out would be a Ruined Market. Of course Dominion no longer has Thieves, but the other men crucified could be Bandits. And the Sanhedrin met in a Council Room, and they relied on Legionaries to do their dirty work.

There's enough to have at least 20 Kingdom cards; could you do 10 split piles?

Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: iguanaiguana on March 28, 2018, 08:57:06 am
Baker?
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: pacovf on March 28, 2018, 10:29:12 am
Baker?

Baker + Wine Merchant: Bread + Wine (Last Supper)
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: crj on March 28, 2018, 05:51:49 pm
(Unless Pilate was a Patrician)
He was a Prefect. Which is quite a cool card name waiting to be used some day. (-8
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: jonaskoelker on April 12, 2018, 03:43:32 pm
[something something] 30 Silvers.
I was about to suggest that Masterpiece (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Masterpiece) might be a good fit for exactly this reason.

Samath, would you mind explaining your thought process to the Sunday school drop-outs?

Secret Cave is the resurrection.
Sacrifice is the crucifixion. Also, to a minor extent, some general Jesus-ness?
Crown is... uh, there's an xmas song that goes "[...] new king born today", but this is for Easter. Do I remember correctly that there's a wreath of thorns involved in his execution?
Rabble is the crowd who would rather execute the thought criminal for wrongthink and release the all-round scoundrel Barabbas (murderer, thief?) than the other way around.
Sacred Grove?
Pacovf explained Baker and Wine Merchant already (last supper).
Is Scheme Judas' betrayal? Moneylender is Judas, yeah?
Procession? They're chronological, so it's not the condemned carrying their crosses to the place of execution...
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: pacovf on April 12, 2018, 04:20:30 pm
Crown is... uh, there's an xmas song that goes "[...] new king born today", but this is for Easter. Do I remember correctly that there's a wreath of thorns involved in his execution?

Jesus was crucified for calling himself the King of the Jews/Judaeans. He's also the King of kings, etc. But considering where that card is, I assume it's a reference specifically to the crown of thorns, yes.

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Sacred Grove?

The mount of olives / Gethsemane, I assume. It's right after the Last Supper, and where he was betrayed.

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Moneylender is Judas, yeah?

I think it's the cleansing of the Temple.

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Procession? They're chronological, so it's not the condemned carrying their crosses to the place of execution...

Palm Sunday.
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: samath on April 12, 2018, 04:41:51 pm
Samath, would you mind explaining your thought process to the Sunday school drop-outs?
Probably the easiest way to tell what I'm referring to is to read the chapters of Matthew I referenced, or at least to skim the section headers. :) pacovf is right with all of those corrections, though.
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: ackmondual on June 09, 2018, 08:59:00 pm
Methinks width=160 would work better to fit "5-to-a-row"....

To celebrate what Christians call Holy Week (Palm Sunday through Easter), here's a kingdom you can play, in order of appearance in the Gospel of Matthew, chapters 21 and 26-28.

(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/7/7a/Procession.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/7/70/Moneylender.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/8/8d/Scheme.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/b/b9/Baker.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/b/b2/Wine_Merchant.jpg)
(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/3/3a/Sacred_Grove.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/f/f1/Rabble.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/9/91/Crown.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/5/51/Sacrifice.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/8/8d/Secret_Cave.jpg)
(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/c/c9/Triumph.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/7/71/Tomb.jpg)
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: Awaclus on June 10, 2018, 05:27:30 am
Methinks width=160 would work better to fit "5-to-a-row"....

It fits with 200 too.
Title: Re: Holy Week Kingdom
Post by: ackmondual on June 10, 2018, 05:34:08 pm
Methinks width=160 would work better to fit "5-to-a-row"....

It fits with 200 too.
Yeah, problem is, too many monitors and resolutions to contend with.