My question was mostly because I assumed from that post that a "Theater" card had been revealed without me knowing.
I think the meat of that blue eyes / brown eyes island logic problem was why you need the Oracle to declare that at least one person has blue eyes.
Previous discussion: http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=18730.0.
Priest I haven't been impressed by, yet. It seems like you need a lot in place for its potential to be unleashed; it didn't do much on the boards I've played with it.
I managed a double tac engine where payload was 6 markets, 2 couriers and 2 priests. I was able to double province and didn't run out of fuel. I was actually surprised it worked, but it was fun to play.
What's a Courier?
Coup, a game that I might otherwise like, suffers from this greatly. After a player makes a play, any other player can challenge it. But there's no actual rule about whose turn it is to take the act of challenging it; it's just any opponent at any time.Wow! The stakes for challenging or for being challenged in Coup are so high that we've found people rarely do things that are going to be challenged, and rarely challenge. And different people know different things so have different willingness to challenge. I'm not sure I've ever seen two people want to challenge at once!
Now, the follow mechanic in Tiny Epic Galaxies. That's an entirely different kettle of fish...
In a 2-player game you should prefer to leave your opponent in the dark and only use the Villager after your opponent has discarded or not. That's similar to not playing all your Villages / other draw before playing the first Torturer.
So does "uses for tokens" just mean ways to get tokens? Because I guess 15 would be a large number for what I was thinking, which was things like Butcher where the tokens have their own use.
Yeah, that's how I interpreted "uses" also, but 15 would be a lot there. But it seems like "as a Villager" and "as a Coffer" could just be 2 uses.
For my count, I interpreted it basically anything that requires players to interact with tokens in any way; more precisely, any card-shaped thing with "Coffers" or "Villager" in its instructions. We'll see what revelations happen throughout the week!
Some cards are risky to put in a Golem/Herald deck. That's fine.You mean Trade Route, Forager and Rats?
Priest and Scholar should have “you may ... if you do ...”, because of Golem and Herold.
Why?
EDIT: Do you mean Harald?
I suppose you could play a Torturer, and then spend a Villager to increase the chances that your opponent takes a Curse rather than discards; because you're implying that another Torturer is coming. You could do this as a bluff if you didn't draw another Torturer.
Yes, this doesn't seem that far-fetched. We already have a situation where it matters that a Pirate Ship or Minion player chooses what to do after the other players choose their Reactions. In this case, it's clear that you can spend the Villager token before playing (or not playing) another Torturer. But you're not spending it in the middle of resolving an Action, so it doesn't really touch on my question, I think.
So when does it actually matter that you can spend Villager tokens even in the middle of resolving an Action card? I guess it has to be with Diadem being played with Black Market, since you don't know what you'll draw from the BM deck. With Storyteller + Diadem you can just spend the tokens before playing Storyteller. But with Storyteller + Venture hitting Diadem, it matters. I don't know if there are any other situations.
So, Coin of the Realm vs Villagers. They both save actions for later. I'm not really sure what my question is...
Could you just explain your design thoughts on this? If you were making CotR today, would it just be a Villagers card, or is it different enough to warrant being a Treasure-Reserve?
I feel like the difference of not being able to save up more than 1 action per card is a sufficient difference. (Along with it staying out of your deck until you use it).
You mean 2 Actions per card. Coin of the Realm gives +2 Actions.
So, Coin of the Realm vs Villagers. They both save actions for later. I'm not really sure what my question is...
Could you just explain your design thoughts on this? If you were making CotR today, would it just be a Villagers card, or is it different enough to warrant being a Treasure-Reserve?
I am guessing there will be some cards that hand out coffers and villagers; hence, the villagers being shown before coffers tomorrow even though we already know about coffers.
Also, dual functionability of tokens would make even more sense because you only need one set of tokens when using those cards. Simplicity and efficiency seems to be a theme in this set, which is welcome after Nocturne (a great set, but it can be fiddly IRL).
When specifically can you spend a Villager?
At any time during your Action phase. Any time. A-N-Y time!
