LOL at my final line-up:How many cupcakes were you expecting?
Obi Won Bonogi - Stealth Tomato - ednever - Eevee - Stef - JOG - Geronimoo
It's been an interesting challenge, to say the least.
Wow, I'm actually quite surprised by the range of response my card is getting. Some people say it's way too powerful, others that it's weak, some that it's interesting but unbalanced, and others that it is balanced but boring.Hey, are you sure, that you remember your card right and don't tell about my card? ;-) For my card it's the same.
I don't understand...
Not for my card. The response has been universally negative.
PS: "Dominionation" is my astonishingly clever and totally unique invention, and I've copyrighted it. I am prepared to fight in internet court.
I feel like there are already too many cards with synonymous names like Oracle, Fortune Teller, and Soothsayer. Is there something less confusing (and more Hinterlandsy) we can call this than "Diviner"?
Just throwing ideas until they stick. Most of these are bad. They come in 3 categories.
Ideas that capture the forecasting element of the card: Folksy Weatherman. Fertilizer. "See" Urchin. Forecaster.
Ideas that capture the buy element of the card: Salesman. Tradesman. Time Merchant.
Ideas that take inspiration from elsewhere: Time Lord. Consulting Detective (world's only). Man of Science. Man of Faith.
Or, we could just go with "Tweaking Diviner." I like that change.
Time Lord conflicts with Doctor, though.
I feel like there are already too many cards with synonymous names like Oracle, Fortune Teller, and Soothsayer. Is there something less confusing (and more Hinterlandsy) we can call this than "Diviner"?
So this one time, at Bandit Camp... someone possessed me.
(I feel old, there are people here too young to get the reference...)
(I feel old, there are people here too young to get the reference...)
You got that right.
A lot of my videos where I'm skypeing with my opponent are similar to the format you use here, though I liberally use the mute button on Skype so I can say things to my video that my opponents can't here. I've done some three-player games like this one and a whole bunch of two-player games like these
I think the ability to do this makes the videos more interesting to watch. Also, you can make split-screen videos where both players have the ability to talk to the video and merging both sides into one.
Is there a particular part of this format you want to explore? I noticed you posted in my looking for opponents thread too. I'm always up to try different formats.
Barn
Types: Action
Cost: $5
+1 Card. +1 Action. Discard a card. If you discarded a Victory or Curse card, gain a Treasure costing up to $4. Otherwise, +$1 and gain a Victory card costing up to $4. Put the gained card into your hand.
When you buy this, gain an Action card costing up to $4, putting it onto your deck.
Barn
Types: Action
Cost: $3
+2 Cards. +1 Buy.
While this is in play, when you buy a card, reveal the top 2 cards of your deck, discard any number, and put the rest back on top in any order.
Barn
Types: Action
Cost: $5
+1 Card. +1 Action. Discard a card. If you discarded a Victory or Curse card, gain a Treasure costing up to $4 to your hand. Otherwise, gain a Victory card costing up to $4 to your hand.
QuoteBarn
Types: Action
Cost: $5
+1 Card. +1 Action. Discard a card. If you discarded a Victory or Curse card, gain a Treasure costing up to $4. Otherwise, +$1 and gain a Victory card costing up to $4. Put the gained card into your hand.
When youbuygain this, gain an Action card costing up to $4, putting it onto your deck.
Autopile with one Bridge in play? I'll take 10 of these and rush Silk Roads, thanks. Broken.
Finally, Barn's on-gain clause has become on-buy to avoid piling issues.
My point here was that it doesn't feel like my kind of bm;td card.Also, any other cards people want to talk about?
Chapterhouse
Types: Action
Cost: $5
+1 Action. +$1. Draw until you have 6 cards in hand. Discard 2 cards.
When you buy this, each other player draws a card. When you gain this, each other player with at least 4 cards in hand discards a card.
Barn
Types: Action
Cost: $5
+1 Card. +1 Action. Discard a card. If you discarded a Victory or Curse card, gain a Treasure costing up to $4. Otherwise, +$1 and gain a Victory card costing up to $4. Put the gained card into your hand.
When youbuygain this, gain an Action card costing up to $4, putting it onto your deck.
Safe House
Types: Victory – Reaction
Cost: $3
Worth 2 VP.
When you gain a card costing $0, you may discard this. If you do, gain a Gold.
My point here was that it doesn't feel like my kind of bm;td card.
What does "bm;td" stand for? Big Money...?
On a different note -- is the voting period for this contest also extended? I haven't sent votes in for this one yet.
Also, any other cards people want to talk about?
If I'm going for BM-terminal draw, I like to get lots of money density. The fact that the "bonus" on the card hurts that objective makes this less interesting to me.If you're playing BM-terminal draw, your average hand (after playing the draw card) will be larger, so your money density can be lower than if you just played straight BM.
I think Fragasnap is probably right that ULS is practically unusable outside of BM, to the detriment of the game. The only exceptions I can think of are the obvious combo with Silk Road, and taking a free Great Hall or Island (or, when buying a Province, a free Nobles or Harem). Maybe you could play it with Watchtower trashing the Estates, just because you want the +4 Cards...
So from what I can see, this is a really simple card that is extremely interesting already because opinion on it is so divergent. There were people who thought it would be too strong in an engine, stacking like Goons or Bridge. There are people who think it is unusable for engines. There are people who think it is too good for BM -- and on this note, I will say that however strong it is, I'm pretty sure Wharf-BM is still better.
Ugh. I have no idea which cards to vote for.
Vote for mine.
Ugh. I have no idea which cards to vote for.
In addition to his decent but not great amount of treasure, he has 5 "dead" cards that will hurt him alot w.r.t. getting to Provinces: 2 Beggars, a Soothsayer (which b.c. of Hermit helps you more than it hurts you), a Workshop(?) and a Pirate Ship(?? this one also helps you a ton).
You were going to be playing 2-3 Pirate Ships per turn, with Scrying Pools ensuring that a Gold or Silver is on top at least once. It wouldn't take that long for you to Province every turn while he'd be praying to be able to afford a Duchy.
Have we actually found a spot where you would resign and i wouldn't??
I'm not sure that nopawns is really going to be playing 2-3 Pirates per turn. He still has 8 non-actions and no way to trash them. Seems like he'll need more than 4 Scrying Pools to pull it off, and there's no +buy.
His opponent already has 5 Silver, 2 Gold, 1 Harem, plus a Soothsayer and 2 Beggars, so his premium treasure is going to last for a while even if nopawns uses all his Pirate ships for attack. And no number of Pirate Ships can stop a horde of Beggars from picking up Duchies. Seems like nopawns is going to have to stop his opponent before he gets two more Provinces or plan to make up the difference in Harems.
