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Dominion: Dark Ages Previews / Best set to mix with DA?

« on: August 23, 2012, 03:26:30 am »

Played a couple DA-only games, and they're quite... complex.

Still want to see a good density of DA cards, so I was thinking of maybe picking it and one other set to mix randomizers with.  Any thoughts on what would work well?

Hinterlands is an obvious choice because it's one of my favorite sets, but it tends to favor large decks and DA seems to want trashing.

Base would certainly dilute the complexity, but maybe too much.

Intrigue by itself is not one one of my favorite sets.

Seaside has some interesting possibilities, I'd love to try ambassadoring rats...  haha.  Band of Misfits + Treasure Map would make for a fast game...

My first choice to try is prosperity though I think.  DA certainly changes the complexion of bishop (although may make it totally not worth it), KC is always fun, and a game with Mint/Counterfeit has serious possibilities.

Cornucopia gets an honorable mention.  Probably a fun combination, but I was thinking more of using a full-size expansion.  DA seems to reward diversity, so it's a natural fit.


Anyone else have thoughts?

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Game Reports / IRL nombo? Counting House + Goons + Inn

« on: May 05, 2012, 06:54:29 pm »

Played an IRL 2 player colony game where (unfortunately) we both chose the same strategy.  Play goons, buy copper, use Inn to avoid reshuffles, and use counting house to pull all the coppers out of the discard.  The only other relevant card was Market to support goons with extra buys and a few coin.

It fizzled for a couple reasons:
-No card drawing
-Inn is a disappearing village.
-Harder than we guessed to avoid reshuffling, and then you're stuck drawing hands of five coppers.  Buying Inn lets you shuffle cards back in, but actually playing them burns through your deck faster.

Getting to play a max of 3 goons (inn, inn, goons, goons, goons) or two and a counting house was a huge drawback and ended up with not outstounding VP counts.

I did manage to hit the combo once perfectly and pull off a two colony turn, but other than that it was nothing spectacular.