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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Tag-lines for cards
« on: April 04, 2013, 10:00:57 pm »
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Tag-lines for cards
« on: April 03, 2013, 09:10:18 pm »
Harvest: You don't need to be an adventurer to get $4.
Abandoned mine: Better than mine in a treasure-less hand.
Governor: Turn 15? not gonna happen.
Abandoned mine: Better than mine in a treasure-less hand.
Governor: Turn 15? not gonna happen.
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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Break all the rules
« on: March 30, 2013, 05:55:18 pm »
Garbage Man - Action - Reaction - 4
+1 action
+2 coins
When you play this, you may immediate buy the top card in the trash pile.
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When another player plays an attack card, you may reveal this from your hand
or from the trash pile. If you do, select one player. If the game ends at the end
of his turn, every island is worth 4vp and every province in his deck is worth 4vp.
I can't say I'm comfortable using the sexist notation "he" and "his", but that's how Dominion cards are written and I'd rather keep things consistent.
+1 action
+2 coins
When you play this, you may immediate buy the top card in the trash pile.
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When another player plays an attack card, you may reveal this from your hand
or from the trash pile. If you do, select one player. If the game ends at the end
of his turn, every island is worth 4vp and every province in his deck is worth 4vp.
I can't say I'm comfortable using the sexist notation "he" and "his", but that's how Dominion cards are written and I'd rather keep things consistent.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Homage to the Best Card
« on: February 18, 2013, 12:41:09 pm »Also, there may be a card in Guilds like:
Am I the only one who didn't realize that when I first saw the card?
Wrong. This is not the case when you've drawn your deck.
[/edgecase]
Awesome silver
Treasure - 4
Worth 2$
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When you reveal or discard this (other than during your clean-up phase), put it into your hand.
Alternatively there could be a Guilds card that is a downgraded but somewhat DA-friendly gold.
Fragile Cargo
Treasure-5
worth 3$
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When you reveal or discard this (other than during your clean-up phase), trash it.
[edit] That's still too strong for a 5-cost gold. There would need to be some additional limitation that applies regardless of the kingdom, like an inability to purchase treasure cards or something else that is not at all like Quarry.
As it stands now though, if you guessed incorrectly with a Mystic, the top card that was revealed is still on top and so you now know for certain what the top card is(at least you do if you were paying attention of you have the goko log). What you do after that is up to you.
It's kinda cool that Mystic can get its extra benefit from a few cards that Wishing Well can't get its extra benefit from such as Lookout, or possibly Spy and Iron Monger.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Homage to the Best Card
« on: February 17, 2013, 08:28:52 pm »
"...failed to draw the top card".
That makes the assumption that there was a top card to guess incorrectly
That makes the assumption that there was a top card to guess incorrectly
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Homage to the Best Card
« on: February 17, 2013, 05:41:42 pm »
Am I the only one who didn't realize that when I first saw the card?
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Dominion Isotropic / Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« on: February 11, 2013, 11:22:57 pm »
Strange. I recently got to level 30 on Isotropic yet I still feel like such a noob. There is so much I have yet to learn. Maybe I'll start to learn something now I have a better chance of playing against level 40 something players that will just straight up beat me.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Homage to the Best Card
« on: February 08, 2013, 11:38:44 am »
Silk roads here I come!
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Homage to the Best Card
« on: February 05, 2013, 09:32:32 pm »
I was thinking about dominion interactions that would be funny in real life and somehow got inspired to do this:
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Term for when cards "miss a shuffle"
« on: February 04, 2013, 06:50:27 pm »
In honour of Bureaucrat, you can call it "red taped" or some other expression with red and/or tape. "lagged" also came to mind
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Scout in Envoy-BM Games
« on: February 04, 2013, 06:23:13 pm »General rule of thumb: Never buy Scout. Ever.
That's the obvious answer...and for a reason I guess. I don't think I've ever bought scout and not regretted it.
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Dominion General Discussion / Scout in Envoy-BM Games
« on: February 03, 2013, 09:15:34 pm »
I wanted to know what your thoughts are about sneaking in a Scout or two when you're trying to go for BM-Envoy. I figured that later on in the game when you have lots of green cards in your deck, you can use the Scout to draw the victory cards before playing the Envoy so that you have less chance drawing a set of 5 like Province/Province/Estate/Gold/Copper. But is it really worth the attempt, or should the buy of Scout have just been another Silver buy?
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Pet tricks you haven't tried yet
« on: January 19, 2013, 11:30:39 am »
I hope to one day manage to play Salvager on a Province to get $8 and +buy, then reduce the cost of Province with Highway/Bridge/Princess to get the province back for less that $8.
At least I've already managed to use a Knight/Princess combo to trash an opponent's Province.
At least I've already managed to use a Knight/Princess combo to trash an opponent's Province.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: What is your favorite expansion?
« on: January 18, 2013, 12:05:14 pm »
My favourite expansion is Cornucopia. The variety theme is neat and it's got some really cool cards in there such as menagerie, hunting party, horn of plenty, remake, hamlet. Even fairgrounds has a certain charm to it. There's also tournament. whether you like it or not, it usually has such a dramatic impact that it's almost like you are playing a different game.
EDIT: I would say Dark Ages is not far behind, but I'm not familiar with it enough yet. It'd be nice to get to play Dark Ages IRL some time soon.
EDIT: I would say Dark Ages is not far behind, but I'm not familiar with it enough yet. It'd be nice to get to play Dark Ages IRL some time soon.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Evaluate your best and your worst board
« on: January 10, 2013, 12:11:10 am »If I'm lucky, I can use Haven to time Possession so it's played when Lighthouse defense is not in effect. It's too bad the only card that can discard Tunnel is Noble Brigand and this would be a pretty good board for a Scrying Pool engine if a trasher was present.
Possession isn't an attack.
Scrying Pool can also discard Tunnel. (Not a good strategy, though.)
Shows how much I know about Possession. It's crazy enough that you can even use KC on it. Not that Possession is truly a great card otherwise. It's just so costly to get.
You're also right about Scrying Pool, but it could only discard a Tunnel if Tunnel is on top. I would think multiple Tunnels in the deck would just mess up scrying pool too much overall.
Now that I'm playing on goko, I'm starting to get a better feel for how to use the cards on my worst list. Actually, I'm curious to know if Goko ever plans on implementing a statistics record similar to Council Room in the future.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Evaluate your best and your worst board
« on: January 09, 2013, 06:46:33 pm »
So I actually haven't played that many games on Isotropic, making for a relatively small sample sizes, but I still feel like
my list does a good job of reflecting what kind of Dominion player I am.
My best board:
$5: Jester, Apprentice, Explorer, Mint, Embassy
$4: Trader, Nomad Camp
$3: Great Hall, Lookout
$2P: University
So I noticed that a lot of these cards can prove to be liabilities when gained. I have a lot of fun with these cards though, so I'm eager to get them if doing so is justified. There's a sense of satisfaction knowing that the card I have the highest effect with is Explorer.
As for this board, I'd try my hand at opening with Potion/Lookout, getting 2 or 3 Universities. I'd use the University to get a Jester, an Embassy, an Apprentice, and an Explorer, probably in that order. Any Excess terminals or Apprentices received from Jesters or Universities can just be used as fodder for the trashing-like-crazy Apprentices. Embassy, Apprentice, and lookout combined provide really good deck cycling while Jester and Explorer hopefully get my deckup to speed with their card gaining. I'd get a Province at the first opportunity for Explorer's sake since I have powerful draw capabilities. With the ability to gain and immediately top-deck Nomad Camp with University, I have easy access to +buy at the moment where my deck is strong enough to make good use of it. And who knows, Great Hall might even come into the picture at the end. Now does it beat BM+X?
Edit: with 5/2 opening I'd get the Jester and try to get Lookout and Potion on my second shuffle. Beyond that, a lot of my decisions will depend on what happens with the Jester.
My worst board:
$8*: Peddler
$6P: Possession
$5: Wharf
$4: Treasure Map, Noble Brigand
$3: Tunnel
$2P: Scrying Pool
$2: Haven, Lighthouse, Duchess
Most of these cards give me a headache, especially Haven and Scrying Pool when my opponent gets like 8 of them. These cards are ones where I often try to prove something by beating a deck with them without getting said card myself. That hasn't worked so well for these cards.
Given the opportunity to man up and play these cards well, I'd open Haven/Treasure Map. I'll get a couple of Wharfs use them to pick up some $2 cards and peddlers. I'd get a potion at some point too so that I can get Scrying Pool and possibly Possession. If I'm lucky, I can use Haven to time Possession so it's played when Lighthouse defense is not in effect. It's too bad the only card that can discard Tunnel is Noble Brigand and this would be a pretty good board for a Scrying Pool engine if a trasher was present.
my list does a good job of reflecting what kind of Dominion player I am.
My best board:
$5: Jester, Apprentice, Explorer, Mint, Embassy
$4: Trader, Nomad Camp
$3: Great Hall, Lookout
$2P: University
So I noticed that a lot of these cards can prove to be liabilities when gained. I have a lot of fun with these cards though, so I'm eager to get them if doing so is justified. There's a sense of satisfaction knowing that the card I have the highest effect with is Explorer.
As for this board, I'd try my hand at opening with Potion/Lookout, getting 2 or 3 Universities. I'd use the University to get a Jester, an Embassy, an Apprentice, and an Explorer, probably in that order. Any Excess terminals or Apprentices received from Jesters or Universities can just be used as fodder for the trashing-like-crazy Apprentices. Embassy, Apprentice, and lookout combined provide really good deck cycling while Jester and Explorer hopefully get my deckup to speed with their card gaining. I'd get a Province at the first opportunity for Explorer's sake since I have powerful draw capabilities. With the ability to gain and immediately top-deck Nomad Camp with University, I have easy access to +buy at the moment where my deck is strong enough to make good use of it. And who knows, Great Hall might even come into the picture at the end. Now does it beat BM+X?
Edit: with 5/2 opening I'd get the Jester and try to get Lookout and Potion on my second shuffle. Beyond that, a lot of my decisions will depend on what happens with the Jester.
My worst board:
$8*: Peddler
$6P: Possession
$5: Wharf
$4: Treasure Map, Noble Brigand
$3: Tunnel
$2P: Scrying Pool
$2: Haven, Lighthouse, Duchess
Most of these cards give me a headache, especially Haven and Scrying Pool when my opponent gets like 8 of them. These cards are ones where I often try to prove something by beating a deck with them without getting said card myself. That hasn't worked so well for these cards.
Given the opportunity to man up and play these cards well, I'd open Haven/Treasure Map. I'll get a couple of Wharfs use them to pick up some $2 cards and peddlers. I'd get a potion at some point too so that I can get Scrying Pool and possibly Possession. If I'm lucky, I can use Haven to time Possession so it's played when Lighthouse defense is not in effect. It's too bad the only card that can discard Tunnel is Noble Brigand and this would be a pretty good board for a Scrying Pool engine if a trasher was present.