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Dominion => Puzzles and Challenges => Topic started by: rrenaud on June 27, 2011, 05:35:45 pm

Title: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: rrenaud on June 27, 2011, 05:35:45 pm: Here is a challenge: find a local business that has at least 3 dominion cards in its title.

I've seen one with two words, the lovely village bazaar in NYC. http://maps.google.com/maps/place?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=village+bazaar+nyc&fb=1&gl=us&hq=village+bazaar&hnear=0x89c24fa5d33f083b:0xc80b8f06e177fe62,New+York,+NY&cid=3391694604985307097

Alternatively, find a two card combo on a real business that is better than village bazaar ;P.
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Personman on June 27, 2011, 06:24:09 pm: Ahh, I sure do love me a good trip down t' Mountebank & Swindler's Antiques Warehouse... always a great bargain! Never know what you'll find!
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: theory on June 27, 2011, 07:50:05 pm: I've walked by Grand Bazaar (http://maps.google.com/maps/place?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=grand+bazaar&fb=1&gl=us&hq=grand+bazaar&hnear=0x89c25f64014d25f3:0x3f337fb5eda5f6b4,New+York+11105&cid=12023242141128078842) a couple of times. +1 Card +2 Actions +$2?
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Kirian on June 27, 2011, 09:22:48 pm: Three cards in the title was almost easy. Given we (used to) have National City Bank here in my town, I figured I'd throw "City Bank" into Google. Here we go:

http://bridgecitybank.com/
http://www.gardencitystatebank.com/
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Jack Rudd on June 27, 2011, 10:49:41 pm: I give you Welwyn Garden City Bridge Club (http://www.wgcbridge.org.uk).
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: rspeer on June 28, 2011, 01:57:08 am: I can get four if it can be an event instead of a registered business:
Garden City Literary Festival Workshops (http://www.gardencityfestival.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22%3Agclf-workshops&catid=5%3Apages&Itemid=6)

I wish it had been a Library Festival.
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: dougz on June 28, 2011, 09:49:21 am: But the card is "Gardens", not "Garden", right? Here's City University of Seattle Library (http://goo.gl/Z2NkR).
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: rspeer on June 29, 2011, 03:23:59 am: Eh, plurals are a fungible resource.

So here's one made entirely of victory: http://nobleestatevineyard.com
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Buttons on June 29, 2011, 09:51:39 am: If we're going with events, then perhaps the most famous is the Pawnee Harvest Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Festival_(Parks_and_Recreation)).

EDIT: (...which was known for its Curse.)
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Elysium on June 29, 2011, 10:55:59 am: Here (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=ambler+pa&hl=en&ll=40.077021,-75.159273&spn=0.018127,0.038624&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.365962,79.101563&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=40.076839,-75.159231&panoid=3JfDnZs1lHGOreU8PEaooQ&cbp=12,271.72,,0,-1.39) is a Pawn shop next to a King's Court Buffet
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: nemryn on June 29, 2011, 11:54:20 am: Quote from: Elysium on June 29, 2011, 10:55:59 am
Here (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=ambler+pa&hl=en&ll=40.077021,-75.159273&spn=0.018127,0.038624&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.365962,79.101563&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=40.076839,-75.159231&panoid=3JfDnZs1lHGOreU8PEaooQ&cbp=12,271.72,,0,-1.39) is a Pawn shop next to a King's Court Buffet
A buffet is kinda like a Feast, right?
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: rinkworks on July 19, 2011, 05:12:34 pm: Ran across this just now, quite by accident:

Old Dominion University Village - http://www.oduvillage.com/merchants.shtml

Bonus points for using the name of the game itself?
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: ehunt on July 19, 2011, 05:55:36 pm: There's a Village Apothecary in Ann Arbor.
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Jack Rudd on July 20, 2011, 01:49:30 pm: A related game is trying to see how many Dominion card names you can find among the London Underground station names:

Bank
Monument
White City
Canary Wharf
Ruislip Gardens
Shepherd's Bush Market
Baron's Court
London Bridge
Whitechapel

Any others?
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Donald X. on July 20, 2011, 03:23:42 pm: Quote from: Jack Rudd on July 20, 2011, 01:49:30 pm
A related game is trying to see how many Dominion card names you can find among the London Underground station names:

Bank
Monument
White City
Canary Wharf
Ruislip Gardens
Shepherd's Bush Market
Baron's Court
London Bridge
Whitechapel

Any others?
Mornington Crescent
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Thisisnotasmile on July 20, 2011, 03:44:46 pm: Mornington Crescent
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Axe Knight on July 20, 2011, 11:04:39 pm: Duke University Library
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: KMueller on July 21, 2011, 12:36:12 pm: How about Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts? It is in Dukes County.

It has a Library http://www.vhlibrary.org (http://www.vhlibrary.org).

A puppet Festival. http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26334 (http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26334)

A Chapel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1900_SeamensChapel_VineyardHaven_MA_SeaBreeze_v13.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1900_SeamensChapel_VineyardHaven_MA_SeaBreeze_v13.png)

And who could forget the Vineyard Haven Wharf? http://history.vineyard.net/wharf.htm (http://history.vineyard.net/wharf.htm)

I wonder if there was ever a Pirate Ship nearby?
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Meej on July 21, 2011, 02:35:58 pm: Also, VH is officially a Village, municipally speaking!
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Thisisnotasmile on July 22, 2011, 04:01:00 am: Quote from: Zaphod on July 21, 2011, 10:37:55 pm
Quote from: KMueller on July 21, 2011, 12:36:12 pm
How about Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts? It is in Dukes County.

It has a Library http://www.vhlibrary.org (http://www.vhlibrary.org).

A puppet Festival. http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26334 (http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26334)

A Chapel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1900_SeamensChapel_VineyardHaven_MA_SeaBreeze_v13.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1900_SeamensChapel_VineyardHaven_MA_SeaBreeze_v13.png)

And who could forget the Vineyard Haven Wharf? http://history.vineyard.net/wharf.htm (http://history.vineyard.net/wharf.htm)

I wonder if there was ever a Pirate Ship nearby?

I checked its Wikipedia page. It refers to the community as a village, and also mentions that it's in Dukes County.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vineyard_Haven,_Massachusetts

Congratulations for repeating things that KMueller and Meej already said.
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Zaphod on July 22, 2011, 12:45:14 pm: Sorry, I walked away for awhile before posting and didn't check for new messages. Deleted.
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Kirian on July 22, 2011, 04:19:13 pm: Quote from: Donald X. on July 20, 2011, 03:23:42 pm
Quote from: Jack Rudd on July 20, 2011, 01:49:30 pm
A related game is trying to see how many Dominion card names you can find among the London Underground station names:

Bank
Monument
White City
Canary Wharf
Ruislip Gardens
Shepherd's Bush Market
Baron's Court
London Bridge
Whitechapel

Any others?
Mornington Crescent

Well played, Donald, though I'm unsure whether that's a legal play under the current rule system. With Whitechapel in play you need Marble Arch or St. Paul's in play as well. Maybe you're still playing under the 2008 Bethnal Green conventions?
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Tiger on July 27, 2011, 06:24:10 am: There's also the rap band Black Market Militia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Market_Militia)
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Slow Dog on August 01, 2011, 07:55:11 am: Quote from: Jack Rudd on July 20, 2011, 01:49:30 pm
A related game is trying to see how many Dominion card names you can find among the London Underground station names:

[...]

Any others?

Island Gardens is on the DLR.
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: theory on January 04, 2012, 07:38:52 am: Quote from: Buttons on June 29, 2011, 09:51:39 am
If we're going with events, then perhaps the most famous is the Pawnee Harvest Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Festival_(Parks_and_Recreation)).

EDIT: (...which was known for its Curse.)
Having just watched this episode, I remembered this quote and came back to upvote it.
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: GendoIkari on January 04, 2012, 09:58:04 am: Quote from: Axe Knight on July 20, 2011, 11:04:39 pm
Duke University Library

Don't forget Duke Gardens!
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: michaeljb on January 04, 2012, 11:18:34 pm: With the addition of Hinterlands, Village Inn now qualifies.
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: AJD on January 05, 2012, 12:59:20 am: There's a hotel I occasionally drive past called the Crossroads Inn. Last time I did, I thought, 'well, that's a pretty lousy combo'.
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: Jack Rudd on January 05, 2012, 07:21:58 am: Quote from: AJD on January 05, 2012, 12:59:20 am
There's a hotel I occasionally drive past called the Crossroads Inn. Last time I did, I thought, 'well, that's a pretty lousy combo'.
Eh, it's not bad if you've got Tunnels in hand with the Crossroads.
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: AJD on January 05, 2012, 09:10:01 am: Quote from: Jack Rudd on January 05, 2012, 07:21:58 am
Quote from: AJD on January 05, 2012, 12:59:20 am
There's a hotel I occasionally drive past called the Crossroads Inn. Last time I did, I thought, 'well, that's a pretty lousy combo'.
Eh, it's not bad if you've got Tunnels in hand with the Crossroads.

I guess Inn–Crossroads is a worse combo than Crossroads–Inn.
Title: Re: Places with Dominion card names
Post by: theory on March 20, 2012, 04:10:51 pm: I've decided that although this game is actually interesting in the US, playing this game in London is playing on easy mode.