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Innovation General Discussion / Re: Trying to make sense of Innovation
« on: March 26, 2013, 09:53:49 am »
Stranger things have happened. I've recently played a game (don't have the log), which went as follows:
I grabbed an early 1, but got stuck (admittedly, due to several misplays) in age 5. My opponent spammed Industrialization and then was able to splay all of his, by this time, considerably deep (7+) piles, which gave him lead on every icon. Additionally, he was into age 10 while I was still drawing 5's.
Okay, before my last turn, he's got Empire and Wonder, I've got "1", he leads on all icons. The only lead I have is a pathetic 5-0 in score. But I have Physics, and the 6-9 piles are empty. I share Physics, and by a quirk of probability both my opponent's and my three drawn cards don't have duplicate colours. I draw an extra 10 for sharing, and all of a sudden the "10" pile is just 2 cards deep. I repeat Physics and win.
That, admittedly, was much more luck than skill, yet it shows that, sometimes, you can win even if your board is no match to your opponent's. I guess the ultimate Innovation lesson is "Never quit until the game's over".
I grabbed an early 1, but got stuck (admittedly, due to several misplays) in age 5. My opponent spammed Industrialization and then was able to splay all of his, by this time, considerably deep (7+) piles, which gave him lead on every icon. Additionally, he was into age 10 while I was still drawing 5's.
Okay, before my last turn, he's got Empire and Wonder, I've got "1", he leads on all icons. The only lead I have is a pathetic 5-0 in score. But I have Physics, and the 6-9 piles are empty. I share Physics, and by a quirk of probability both my opponent's and my three drawn cards don't have duplicate colours. I draw an extra 10 for sharing, and all of a sudden the "10" pile is just 2 cards deep. I repeat Physics and win.
That, admittedly, was much more luck than skill, yet it shows that, sometimes, you can win even if your board is no match to your opponent's. I guess the ultimate Innovation lesson is "Never quit until the game's over".