Now, for the real question on everyone's mind.
How Do These Cards Combo With Scout?
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Also, Scout is a $4 action card, like Magpie,
Maybe you really want that Hero (it's a Platinum game or something).
If your Warrior gets Swindled and you don't already have some other Travellers, you've been set back a few shuffles.
And all that upgradable cards don't look cool with Swindler around
Nobles, Harem, and Farmland can all be rebuilt into Provinces. Buying these is usually at least as good as buying Duchies, so the Duchy race becomes less important and finding $6 to buy these with becomes more important.
Lesson: Don't feed the trolls, ignore them. Nolifer wants to cheat to top a list of people who play a game, he's got issues. It's probably one of you just to get some laughs. Either way I don't care, except I care enough to post this. Once we've identified a person/account as a cheater, just ignore.
If you see something is amiss, please say something, because it might not be obvious to me.
we did tell people to do it. forcing them to do anything is difficult though, and i think is a potential source of too much drama.
I think you've done a great job setting this up. Regardless of how you do it there will always be complaints and opinions. Don't take it as personal criticism, because you absolutely don't deserve it.
We are playing by 'standard isotropic rules.' First player in the series is randomized, after which loser goes first. In the event of a draw, turn order is preserved from the previous game.
1. I've already stated that we are switching to a per round randomization.
2. What you are describing is not a change in the expectation, but a higher variance, as Fabian pointed out.
) I actually kind of implied it myself in the last-but-one paragraph of my posting... I guess I wanted to fire off that posting too quickly!
I'll include these instructions again when we announce brackets. You will have to play your first game in the tournament lobby, selecting who goes first. Then, both players can either manually set up each game, or head over to the Secret Chamber lobby where loser goes first will be preserved.
The expectation might be the same, but the variance certainly isn't. Definitely a new number each round please.
Point Counters and PCE: You are free to use them unless both players agree to not use them. If you use a PCE, it must be one of the scripts which makes all information public (eg Dr. Helds PCE).
As for who goes first overall, I would love to just be able to trust people to log out/in so it is completely random. I am willing to randomly generate first player advantage though if people feel it is necessary. What if, if either player wants me to pre-randomize first player for the series, I will do so. Otherwise trust each other to log out/in?
I couldn't find anything on my own or in the Iso FAQ.
Admin randomises start player when they do the pairings.
Play in the tournament lobby and alternate start player each game regardless of the result. (removing the loser starts next game rule). I think this is essentially the same expect if you have draws. And if you do have a drawn game it will now mean you both got to go first 4 times each. I think under the old rules with a drawn game a 5 / 3 split was possible. (results for P1 of: WLDWLWLW then they get to start games 1, 3, 4, 6,
Use of unofficial point counters, notepads, etc. is not prohibited.
This is very clear to me.
It means chrome point counter is allowed but not required.
I think the best solution is to meet in Secret Chamber, then both log off & on just before the match.
).- i believe the intent behind the point counter extension ruling was to allow it, largely because it is impossible to enforce. but at the same time, we didn't exactly want to encourage it's use either, or make players feel as if they are obligated to go obtain this extension. and as with any other variant, it is preferable if both players can reach an agreement on it's use for their set. i think that any potential confusion on the matter is likely due to our just copying the rules from last year and adding a few slight changes.
For #2, doesn't the Tournament lobby automatically take care of this?
