I'll see what I can do. Will probably meet up with the aforementioned friend next Wednesday, and then I can ask him whether he plans on buying Dutch Nocturne. If so, we'll move from there.
http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/List_of_cards_in_other_languages
In theory they could also be gotten by no card at all if the take-this-Artifact trigger were on the Artifact itself (e.g. something like, when you have 12 or more Coins, take this).
But I guess that anything beyond one Artifact, one card would be too complex for this intentionally simple expansion.
Lackey sounds akin to Minion.
Looking forward to German translation here, as Minion has already been translated as "Lakai".
As it happens, I've been teaching a lot of new people Dominion in the past week or four. A deck-and-discard mat would actually help a lot, given how easy people find it to get the discard pile confused with in-play. And you have to wait until someone plays a gainer then draw which triggers a reshuffle before it's even apparent to them why it can matter.
Border Guard sounds like some sort of reaction to attacks.
I'm probably not going to buy it myself - I just don't like it enough, honestly, and I prefer to wait for Renaissance which seems a LOT better at first glance - but a friend of mine is probably going to buy it.
Is there anything specific you have in mind for the Wiki? Just Dutch card names or something else?
Was Nocturne designed especially with full random in mind? To me it's felt like, these are some of my favorite mechanics but it gets a bit overwhelming when you're playing with lots of Nocturne cards. It solves the issue that Dark Ages and Prosperity have of having a really fun mechanic that only 3 cards use, so I can see that being a consideration. But I know you've said you mostly play with two or so expansions at a time.Yes I playtest mostly with two expansions at once - 5 cards from the new set, 5 from a single older set. So, no, it was not designed for full random specifically.
I think it would be worth it to include a list of draw-to-x cards, since really only 4 cards say "draw until you have x cards in your hand" (and Jack isn't that great of an engine card). I mean, at this point we all probably know, but for newer players it's good to mention that Minion, Menagerie, and Scholar are lumped in with the other cards.
Menagerie, Minion, Tactician, Library, Watchtower, Jack of all Trades, Guide, Cursed Village, Scholar. Did I miss any?
Tactician doesn't work more than once each turn and double Tactician is its own strategy altogether.
Jack of all Trades is hard to make work because it only gives you five cards and it gives you a Silver on each play.
Guide doesn't work, as you can only play it at the start of your turn, before any actions. Although it synergizes well with start-of-turn trashers (but how many of those are there? Amulet... Ratcatcher... Transmogrify not so much... Prince...)
I think based on the way the article is written, we're effectively really only talking about Library, Watchtower, and Cursed Village. You mentioned the issues with Tac, Jack and Guide, but Menagerie is not at all Draw to X (although some of the same principles apply), and the discarding with Scholar and Minion are large enough wrinkles that they'd need their own subsection.
I think it would be worth it to include a list of draw-to-x cards, since really only 4 cards say "draw until you have x cards in your hand" (and Jack isn't that great of an engine card). I mean, at this point we all probably know, but for newer players it's good to mention that Minion, Menagerie, and Scholar are lumped in with the other cards.
What's your main misgiving about working with big data from the online implementation?When did you stop beating your wife? I don't have misgivings about working with data from the online implementation.
You just don't seem to do it despite having plenty of good opportunities and reasons to do so.
What data are you referring to even? And heh, isn't those tasks something for, you know, the forum dedicated to the game rather than the creator himself? If we found something worth noting he will notice, but otherwise digging through those kind of things isn't something I would want DXV doing if he isn't enjoying it for some reason. He has more important tasks to do. Like, you know, creating more cards and games..
Two of the things I noticed was how low Raider is listed (I've always thought it very nasty) and that SCOUT ISN'T THE LAST CARD!!!!!
How exactly is Transmute under scout?
People voted it worse.
