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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Let's Discuss Base Set Cards: Bureaucrat
« on: April 01, 2016, 12:25:23 pm »
My very first game of Dominion was with the Recommended Set "Village Square".  My brother bought a lot of Bureaucrats, and it became very obvious that there was no better card in Dominion.  Not only is he forcing me to draw my victory cards twice, but he is getting a free SILVER.  And he gets it right on top of his deck, as if the card wasn't unfair enough already.  He ended up having a deck full of silvers and Golds and easily rode his bureaucrats to victory. 

The next day my sister and I played the "Big Money" recommended set, and I beat her handedly by opening with Bureaucrats, Mining my silvers into Golds, and then playing Adventurers to scoop the golds up.  I won fairly easily (and my sister was mad at me because in this 2P game, I was keeping track of the points in my head, which she thought was unfair).  I had pretty much figured Dominion out:  Bureaucrat is great and should be bought always. 

The attack is hit-and-miss (literally).  You could consider that it gives your opponent their -1 card token, but only if they have a victory card in their hand.  If you miss the first couple times you play Bureaucrat, congratulations, you've just paid $4 to gain a couple silvers.  If there's Estate Trashing, you'll probably avoid Bureaucrat. 

I like playing Bureaucrat in games where my opponent is buying lots of Nobles or Harems; losing that Harem/Nobles turn after turn hurts a lot more.

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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Let's Discuss Base Set Cards: Adventurer
« on: March 31, 2016, 11:54:40 pm »
Adventurer is a card that I'll never buy when I'm playing online, but it's a card I buy a lot when I'm playing IRL, because mostly my IRL games are with people who don't play Dominion as much as me.  "Hey, Adventurer is on the board, I'll see if I can make it work this game".  Usually it doesn't.  The first time I did this my opponents followed suit and bought Adventurer over Gold, because "hey, he's buying Adventurer, he must know something we don't".  Ya, I do know something you don't:  Adventurer is really bad, and I'm buying it to handicap myself.  The next time I bought it, I would tell everyone "this card sucks, but I'm going to try and make it work".

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion Cards You Hate
« on: March 24, 2016, 09:24:45 pm »
It's incredibly swingy. I could have a great turn, do all this stuff an get a nice shiny Wharf for my effort. Well, darn it, you Smuggled that Wharf and you get something else too. It's not that much of a fun card.

"Man, they're your opponent, they've gotta do something to bother you." - Donald X.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion Cards You Hate
« on: March 24, 2016, 04:27:26 pm »
Why would anyone hate Smugglers?  It's fun.  It's like a fun Workshop+.  Maybe you don't get what you want, but you still get something.  In games where you're playing a mirror, it can be great.  You buy a Wharf, I Smuggle a Wharf and buy a village. 


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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Let's Discuss Adventures Events: Training
« on: March 24, 2016, 12:27:21 pm »
For $6, all your Markets can become Grand Markets.  Hey, and they'll even let you use your coppers to pay for it too. 

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Today I Learned...
« on: March 23, 2016, 03:30:26 pm »
I played with Graverobber many, many times online before I realized the cards were going to the top of my deck.

You have got to be kidding me.  I had no idea the GraveRobbered card went on top of my deck either. 

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Dominion General Discussion / Today I Learned...
« on: March 23, 2016, 03:23:09 pm »
Develop doesn't just trash a card and gain you two cards, one costing one extra and one costing one less, but it also topdecks the two cards

A little perspective:  I don't own Hinterlands IRL, but I do have the online cards and have played some 783 online games, not including playing through the Hinterlands campaign.  Several of those games have obviously had Develop in them, and I buy it all the time, I like the card.  Somehow though, I had no idea it topdecked the cards.  And I've somehow never noticed "hey, why did I already draw my new Silver, I wasn't close to a reshuffle...".  This has just blown my mind. 


Anybody else have any stories of playing cards wrong for a long time, or not realizing the extra effects that some cards might have?  Having never actually playing Develop IRL, I've never actually played it incorrectly, I just never realized the cards were appearing on top of my deck. 

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Dominion League / Re: Season 13 - Results
« on: March 21, 2016, 10:17:43 pm »
D2

amoffett11 vs Roadrunner7671 3-3

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Rules Questions / Soothsayer and Reaction Cards
« on: March 16, 2016, 03:01:03 pm »
Short version:  Can you reveal a Reaction Card you draw after being attacked by Soothsayer?

Long version:  I encountered situation playing an IRL game yesterday, I would play a Soothsayer, my opponent would take his curse and draw his card, and would draw Horse Traders.  He asked if he could then reveal the Horse Traders, and I wasn't sure.  We went with not revealing the Horse Traders. 

Thinking about it now, I don't see how you could reveal a reaction card.  What if you draw Moat?  It's not like it can prevent an attack, you've already taken your curse and you've already drawn a card; it's a bit of a Catch-22.  Horse Traders is a situation though where if you can get away with this, you definitely want to for that +1 card next turn, so I said I would check. 

I apologize if this has been asked and answered before, I looked through the forums a bit and couldn't find anything.  I know for example that you reveal reaction cards you draw with a revealed Secret Chamber, but I think that's a different situation.

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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Let's Discuss Adventures Events: Pilgrimage
« on: March 08, 2016, 09:18:59 am »
After watching the King's Court Cagematch yesterday, I imagine Pilgrimage being crazy in games like that:  Pay 4, Grab a KC and a Market and a Wharf.  Even if they're wasn't any other way to flip the Journey Token over in the game, I imagine it would worth buying Pilgrimage every turn. 

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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Let's Discuss Adventures Events: Mission
« on: March 06, 2016, 10:52:53 pm »
I just played a game today with this and Alms. Man, these two combo amazingly well with each other.

As in, you can use Alms on your extra Mission turn to . . . gain the card you could have bought instead on Mission on your regular turn?

(Okay, I know that's not exactly how it works, but that's the first thing I thought.)

That's exactly it. Outside of edge cases, Alms completely eliminates the opportunity cost of buying Mission.

That's not really true; by buying Mission and then gaining the card using Alms, you've cycled your deck an extra turn. 

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Dominion League / Re: Season 13 - Results
« on: March 05, 2016, 11:12:11 pm »
D2:      amoffett11 3 - Microman 3

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Dominion Articles / Re: Concealing Information
« on: March 02, 2016, 09:42:59 am »
If you don't bother to play your coppers individually when you have 5c and want to buy a lab, playing them individually when you have 6c and want to buy a lab doesn't really conceal any information.

Sometimes I like to play $5 individually when I actually only have $5 and then buy a Lab, just to mess with my opponent. 

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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Let's Discuss Adventures Cards: Guide
« on: February 24, 2016, 02:40:50 pm »
All these daily articles on the Adventures cards; I can't decide whether to just wait until April when Adventures is supposed to hit online (we hope) or just break down and head to my local Games store. 

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Dominion Articles / Re: Wandering Winder's new Gardens article
« on: February 24, 2016, 10:55:01 am »
I thought of this game when I read this article.  I thought about going gardens myself with candlestick maker, but in the end decided to try and build some kind of engine with nobles  I also thought about trying to do something with Gardens and Death Cart, but by the time you've trashed death cart you've only gained one extra card and not two.  I eventually panicked though and just started grabbing as much Green as I could. 

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Dominion League / Re: Season 13 - Results
« on: February 19, 2016, 05:01:55 pm »
D2
aku chi 3:3 amoffett11

It looks like this game was incorrectly entered into the standings as 3.5-2.5

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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Let's Discuss Adventures EVENTS: BALL
« on: February 19, 2016, 12:28:18 pm »
OK, so in this case I guess you've already played your 5 gold producing 15 coins so you buy your 3 Balls.  The -1 coin will be removed on your next turn when you play a Gold or an Peddler or whatever, and will just count for 2 or 0 instead of 3 or 1 or whatever the case may be. 

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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Let's Discuss Adventures EVENTS: BALL
« on: February 19, 2016, 12:23:54 pm »
Ball's gaining isn't conditional on taking the -$1 token, so you can buy multiple Balls on the same turn without taking the -$1 token after the first purchase of the event.

I've never played Adventures, so I'm not sure on how the rules of the -1 token actually work.  But my understanding would be this:  You buy a Ball for 5.  You take your -1 token, you grab your two Coppersmith.  You buy another ball.  Doesn't this Ball now cost 6?  Because you have your -1 token?  Then you remove the -1 token and activate the event again, and oh look, the first you do is take your -1 token again.  If you want a 3rd ball this turn, its costing 6 again, because you have your -1 token again. 

Again, I've never played Adventures, so I'm not sure on how exactly the -1 token works, but my understanding was that the next thing you buy you must overpay 1 for to remove it. 

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Accountability
« on: February 16, 2016, 10:29:30 am »
I'm new here, this will be my first season in the league, and I've never been on these forums at all until last week.  So on the one hand "Get out of here new guy, you don't know what you're talking about".  But possibly, on the other hand, I'm new and don't know anyone, and I have no dog in the fight.  "Adam Who?  He's done important things for the community?  Who cares?  Stef?  Who's that, is he supposed to be a big deal?  Who knows?".  I exaggerate a bit, but I have read through this thread (why is some new guy bothering to read this whole thing? - it's fascinating, that's why), and have been forming my opinions as I go, not reading anything through a lens of already existing opinions or biases. 

I would usually advise against posting PM's, unless both parties agree to it.  It seems like all the moderators have given a "go-ahead, post my PM's" (I could be wrong, I don't know who they all are); someone mentioned this already, but it seems to me that if the PM's were as bad as Adam says, we would have seen them by now.  We haven't seen them yet and probably never will at this rate. 

It's mentioned by Adam that he's been "shut out" of participation.  I'm assuming if he wanted to play in the league, he could.  It doesn't seem like that's important to him though, just the commentating.  Stef said that despite everything he still put Adam's name forward for the S12 championship, which I guess could be taken as he-said he-said thing if DXV hadn't already put out there that your name was among the options, and he picked someone else.  Is that the real problem here?  That someone else was picked (and someone that I've gathered Adam is not a fan of) and he missed this cool chance?  Adam mentioned he felt like he deserved it; that seemed strange to me but what do I know, maybe commentating Dominion matches is a high honour and not a service to the community.  Maybe that's what being forgetten here; the commentator is serving the community, not the other way around.  It seems clear that that was once his goal, but not right now. 

And the poll?  That doesn't give you any legs to stand on.  You created a poll that said "hey everyone, who should commentate?  cough cough I've commentated in the past cough".  Obviously you're going to get a high number of votes just from people who just like voting, and yours is the obvious answer.  You got the most votes, but did not get a majority, only 20ish% IIRC.  Given the way the poll was set up (mostly that it was set up by you yourself, and not by a third party), I'm actually surprised you didn't get more.  Sure you got more than any one person, but you could just as easily look at the pool and say "80% of people voted against him and want someone else.  They don't know who, just someone else".  What would the poll look like if it was run again today?  The support here for your commentating still seems strong, but then it seems you've burned some bridges as well.  Not knowing anything about who's best at this sort of thing, if I voted today I would not vote for you, based on nothing but what I've been reading here (I do plan to watch a few of the past championship matches to improve my own game, maybe I'll change my mind). 

You mentioned that you have no tools to fix the conflict?  That is incorrect.  You could apologize and move on.  Give it some time, and you'd probably be welcomed back in.  I find most times you actually apologize (and I'm not talking about an I'm sorry, but, I'm talking about an I'm sorry.), you receive one in return.  Are you interested in taking this road?  Probably not.  It's hard.  If not for this thread it probably would've been much easier.  I could be wrong, it could be impossible now.  Maybe you'd apologize and they'd still never let you back in.  Wouldn't that prove you right about their attitude though? 


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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Accountability
« on: February 14, 2016, 06:13:11 pm »
Is it possible that they already had the current #1 player (SCSN) and the creator of the game (DXV) lined up to commentate, and that's why they didn't need you this time around?

As for Accountability, you've kind of just dragged the names of some or all of the league moderators through the mud, without anything to really back it up.  For the record, I'm not suggesting that the PM's made public, because they shouldn't be.

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Dominion League / Re: Season 13 - Signups
« on: February 05, 2016, 11:57:02 am »
I'm new to the league and would like to sign up.  I own all the sets.

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