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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.
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.