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« on: February 01, 2018, 12:27:05 pm »
For what it's worth, I'll rank the expansions. I will not rank the ones I have not played.
1. Adventures- adds the most to the game imo and just gives you so many options on a given turn.
2. Intrigue 2e- this is a close second for me. Fixing this set was such a good idea.
3. Prosperity- yes it's good, but I see this as the real power creep expansion (instead of Seaside), and kind of over rated. What it does well, it does really well, but it has a lot of duds.
4. Dark Ages- it's probably only in this position on my list because I haven't played many games with it.
5. Base set 2e- same as Intrigue 2e, remove the boring, introduce new cards that are actually fun.
6. Seaside- I give this set props for introducing some of the best mechanics in the game, durations, mats, and tokens. I do see it's flaws though, and for everything Seaside does right, I feel it does something wrong. I just like the things it does right more than I hate what it does wrong.
7. Hinterlands- good set that doesn't really have a standout card or cards imo. I feel strongly that each set should have a big powerful game warping card or two, and I don't feel that Hinterlands has one. Kind of like the opposite of Seaside in that the good is really good but the bad is really bad. I just feel like Hinterlands is kinda meh.
8. Guilds- again, have not played much with Guilds, would probably go up with more play, but what I have played I feel was not as good as other sets.
9. Alchemy- everyone has already pointed out the problems with Alchemy, you don't need to read it again.
Unranked (because I haven't played them)
Empires- I could have gotten this for my birthday last year, instead I got Stone Age. I think I made the wrong decision. (Stone Age is good, don't think I'm knocking it, its just that everything I've seen says Empires is better)
Nocturne- I'm excited to try the heirlooms, and see how the night phase and cards change the game, but thus far, I have not been able to try it.
Cornucopia- sounds good, for a small set. Just have not played it at all, so I'm not gonna comment on it.