You feel yourself becoming even more relaxed...What it was!Exactly.Which is exactly what it was!No, I thought it would be a game where Jack was a faliure.Hit the road, jackDid anyone else see this and expect some crazy unexpected crossroads/JoaT synergy?
We need to go deeper!
You can draw the silver later in the turn and use it as a different card to advance your horns of plenty.
You can play a harvest and know that the silver will be drawn for +1 coin.
You know that your opponent's deck + discard consists of two silvers and a gold, so removing a silver will improve the tributes you can play later in the turn.
You know that your opponent's deck + discard consists of a silver and two gold, so removing a silver will reduce the tributes your other opponent can play in their turn.
There are no gold cards left in the supply and the gold will be the only card in the opponent's deck+discard, so your swindler can trash the gold with no replacement.
You have foolishly played a golem to draw a noble brigand and masquerade in a situation where the stolen treasure will be drawn by the masquerade and become your worst card in hand, passed to your opponent.
I'd believe Navigator was a power 4 if WW said it was
Free Dominion just got more expensive, cause I'm gonna need a LOT more bourbon.
.....While I agree that there is a chaotic nature to most of his games, I very much disagree with the idea that there is a lack of elegance...
....-Edit- I should note, that I do have friends and family that find this style of chaotic play rather difficult. They love many other games, but enjoy being able to take their time and think about the why of an action. These games do not lend themselves to that. There is much strategy, but it is all on-the-fly. You need to focus on MANY different things, and make reaction based decisions within seconds of new information arriving. This mode of play can be really tough. I fully respect that there are people who just don't handle that style well. I personally find the rush part of the thrill. It keeps everyone on their toes and thinking. But yes, it can become overwhelming, ESPECIALLY to new players. For the record, Space Alert is no different. You need to think bilaterally (sometimes tri or quad) with 1001 things happening, and new information forcing you to make changes to previous plans within a 5-10 second span. Not for everyone, but I highly encourage everyone to at least try.
...one of my favorite (least favorite) misreads of the kingdom which I do a ton is not realizing it is a colony game until turn 6 or 7. This is usually not as bad as most of the others on this list, but I do it so often (like every other colony game it seems) that I have to hate it the most.This happens to me almost every colony game. I can't figure out what goes on that I can miss two additional cards in a stack of what is normally 7 or 8. Anybody have any idea how this happens?
...My degree was in mathematics and contrary to a lot of the mathematicians around here, I hate stats.
Jumping way over the gun...
I had a (very detailed) dream last night where I was playing Dominion - with the Guilds expansion that doesn't come out until next year. If my dream is true then I have a scoop for everyone.
Here is how the Guild expansion will work:
There is a new card called "guild" (cost $5, action). When you play Guild you get a new junior apprentice. There are a number of different types of apprentice, and a random set are chosen for each game where guild is in play.
Apprentice cards are very weak (ie +1 card +1 action, or +2$, or +1$ +1 buy, ect) - basically what you would think of as a $1 or $1.5 card.
Every time you play a junior apprentice it goes back to the suppy and you choose a senior apprentice to replace him (of the same type - ie +1 card +1 action turns into +1 card +2 actions, or +2$ turns into +$2 +1 buy, etc) and he new card goes in you discard.
When you play the junior apprentice it goes back to the supply and you gain in your discard a journeyman apprentice who is more powerful still.
Then a master apprentice then a full journeyman then a full master.
Since the cards go back to the supply and are only played once each you don't need very many of each type.
It adds a ton of variety to a game and allows for both very powerful cards ( the only way to get a master is to buy a guild, play the guild, play the ja, sa, ja, ma, and fj - 7 times through your deck!), and completely new strategies.
Sorry Donald for giving away the surprise. I learned from Cassandra you shouldn't keep future dreams secret.
Feel free to discuss.
(true story about the dream - detail was incredible. Only things that were unclear were if guild was a treasure or action, and how many steps to get to master...)
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I did this in the past, here it is again:
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/13/game-20111213-014547-4d8690ef.html
This board averages emptying the entire board (while gaining about 1000 VP) in 12 turns (I've done it in 10).
So I had been playing around with a variant of that; adding in Vineyards to give more points. I also found a way to get around trashing... Scheme. It doesn't empty the board as quickly, but it does get more points. Once you get your engine going, you can use Scheme to start every turn with KC, KC, KC, KC, Council Room; with many other KC, Grand Market, and Council Room on top of your deck. This allows you to draw your entire deck every turn even after you have a huge deck to deal with.
Even in just a two player game:This doesn't work. The Sabotuer would hit the Silver. You could just not buy the Silver...
Turn 1:
Player 1: Coppersmith
Player 2: Saboteur
Turn 2:
Player 1: Silver
Player 2: Nothing
Turn 3:
Player 1: {hand} Coppersmith, Copper x4: Buy Province
Player 2: Play Saboteur, hitting Province
However, from position 1, I don't believe you can hit your opponents Province until turn 4 in a two player game.
Turn 1:
P1: Baron/Coppersmith
P2: Sabotuer
Turn 2:
P1: Zilch
P2: Nada
Turn 3:
P1: Play Baron/Coppersmith Buy P
P2: Sabotuer P
Well, they're very different games, and I also wanted to feel out how I thought the ranking system matched up - whether it was easier/harder to get high in 3/4 than in 2p
MurpLekkit is my mother and purplekkit is my father. A few years back they moved away from Stockholm (capital of Sweden) but I stayed. A year or so back I went to visit them and got a present from them when I did. This was Dominion Base. Since we brought all the sets that was out at the time they got to keep base and it didn't take long before they also got all the expansions. They were introduced to isotropic and now they play.
My mother actually mentioned playing against you, but not knowing what StarCraft is she got your name really wrong ("Starbucks in Heaven or something like that..."), but when the CR-logs came in she told me it was you.Anyways, she said you were nice.
dougz rises to the top of the leaderboard with his patented Platinum/Platinum opening.
(Link may actually have nothing to do with doug, but it is the most bizarre Isotropic log I've ever seen.)
Hi. I've been around this forum for some months now...
Since you're in the area, I have to recommend paying a visit to Cafe Mox in Ballard
My name is theory and I work in New York City as a freshly-minted lawyer.
There is one name I really love - "Sadly, she". Things like "Sadly, she plays a Witch" or "Sadly, she reveals a Province" (to your tournament) and of course "Sadly, she wins!" are hilarious.
I just met a guy named "It is you who accidentaly" (and there is also a guy without the last word). Also funny, but "Sadly, she" is better
I let my 9 year old daughter, my primary Dominion play partner, pick out which expansion we were going to buy first. I gave her the card lists for Intrigue and Prosperity; she chose the latter.
