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I enjoy Harbinger but I never include it in a first time kingdom for noobies. Since it only costs $3 people tend to buy a lot of them and then half the game is them looking through the discard pile figuring out what to topdeck.

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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Let's Discuss Renaissance Cards: Inventor
« on: November 13, 2018, 05:39:03 pm »
It plays nicely with the Night gainers from Nocturne. One Inventor allows your Devil’s Workshop to gain Duchies and your Vampires to gain Grand Markets and such.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Can't Stop Playing Spooky Kingdoms
« on: November 02, 2018, 05:48:49 pm »
Maybe Castels to not miss out on Haunted castle.

Torturer, Rogue is maybe other choices I couldn't find in the list.

Yeah Torturer needs to be there for sure. I think the solution to Haunted Castle is to throw it on the very top of the castle pile for maximum spookiness.

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Dominion General Discussion / Can't Stop Playing Spooky Kingdoms
« on: November 02, 2018, 12:55:30 am »
For Halloween our game night made a randomizer deck with just the 35 spookiest cards. Did we forget anything?

Witch
Graverobber
Necromancer
Haunted Woods
Scrying Pool
Laboratory
Butcher
Masquerade
Tormentor
Lurker
Rats
Crypt
Count
Cemetary
Cultist
Death Cart
Altar
Young Witch
Dungeon
Ghost Ship
Exorcist
Vampire
Werewolf
Pooka
Den of Sin
Devil's Workshop
Ghost Town
Procession
Sacrifice
Jester
Familiar
Golem
Cursed Village
Tomb
Ritual

Should Leprechaun be in there? He has his own horror movie after all.

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Counterfeit does not trash cards from your hand. Counterfeit plays the card, then trashes it afterward. Since the spoils returns to its pile, Counterfeit loses track of it, and therefore cannot trash the spoils.

Yup. It's fine online, but it's one of those things I always get into an argument about when playing IRL with casual Dominion players. After explaining the lose track rule, it sometimes starts an argument about if the Spoils can even be played a second time. After all, it's been returned to the pile and Counterfeit has lost track of it, so how can it be played again?

Fortunately saying "well Donald X says so" eventually wins the argument, even though I still don't fully get it.

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Silk Merchant + Procession was lots of fun.

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Counterfeit Spoils returning to the pile instead of going into the trash.

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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Let's Discuss Base Set Cards: Mine
« on: September 18, 2018, 06:57:23 pm »
If there's no other trashing and Throne Room is on the board I might pick one up. Turning two Coppers into two Silvers is nice, or turning one Copper into a Gold.

Turning Silvers into Idols is pretty nifty too. Or at least it was in the Recommended Kingdom I played it in when I first picked up Nocturne.

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monastery/delve

even the angriest big-money hater can see that turning a copper into a silver is better than buying nothing

Monastery is so good. Recently played a game with Monastery, Cache, and Council Room. So much money so fast, and Monastery's ability to let you spend the Coppers before trashing them is ridiculous.

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It's nice having victory cards for Oasis to discard but not when you also need them for Shepherd.

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Envoy + Cemetary: get a big hand with Envoy, then trash stuff. It helps that your opponent will want to let you keep the bad cards when you play Envoy, which you then trash.

Just played a similar game with Advisor + Count. Played multiple Advisors, opponent discarded all my power cards leaving me with a handful of junk to trash.

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Fool/Diplomat Lost in the Woods turns your Diplomat into a Lost City.

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or even when you draw an Exorcist dead with Gear (save Exorcist and an Estate)

What would it mean to draw a Night card dead?

I meant that because Night cards can't be drawn dead, it's often better than opening Gear + terminal action. With Gear + terminal action you have to set the terminal aside and play it next turn. With Exorcist, it's likely to line up with Estate right away and if it doesn't you can just set your Estates aside for the next turn.

Of course you'll still probably set the Exorcist aside if Gear draws it with 5 Coppers, but buying a $5 and guaranteeing a Wisp on your next turn is better than buying Silver, trashing the Copper with Exorcist for no benefit, and having to wait to draw it again. Copper is pretty useful in the early game, especially if you've quickly turned all 3 Estates into Wisps.

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Gear / Exorcist may be my new favorite opening. Exorcists always seem to collide with a handful of Coppers but Gear fixes that right up.

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Dominion Articles / Re: Settlers/Bustling Village
« on: June 13, 2018, 10:35:58 pm »
It's a good way to make sure your Moneylender connects with a Copper. Same goes for Junk Dealer, Spice Merchant, Bats, and anything where you need something crappy in your hand to trash.

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Turns out Tracker is a wonderful target for Prince. An extra $1, a Boon at the start of each turn, and top-decking ability for the rest of the game is all very handy.

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Pasture/Hunting Grounds

3 Estates = 6VP so trashing your Hunting Grounds is as good as gaining a Province. Even better if you can Remodel it into a Province.

Well, it's as good as gaining a Province and 2 junk cards, which is actually far worse than gaining just a Province. Still a neat thing if you don't think you'll shuffle again this game.

In a Pasture / Shepherd game, green cards aren’t junk.

That said, it’s just weird to compare it to a Province - it’s obviously a far different outcome.

Aside from a few outlier situations I'm not going to trash HG until end of game unless I'm forced to. Still, it's pretty rad to get 12 VP by remodeling one $6 card. It's not an official double Province but 12 points is 12 points.

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Pasture/Hunting Grounds

3 Estates = 6VP so trashing your Hunting Grounds is as good as gaining a Province. Even better if you can Remodel it into a Province.

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My opponents hate playing with Rats but I love them to the point of irrationality. I usually waste extra buys on Copper to keep them from eating my deck but on a board where my opponents went for a moneyish strategy I double-embargoed the Province pile right away. It slowed them down and provided free rat food on a board without extra buys.

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That actually is a really good way, because jester is the most powerful gainer in the game.

Changeling can gain Potion cards too, along with Victory/Action and Victory/Treasure cards. It's also cheaper and way better at copying the card you want.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Being sneaky
« on: April 15, 2018, 01:36:29 am »
There's also the fact that sometimes people make mistakes. If you're trying to play super quickly to conceal which cards you're buying, there's a chance you could accidentally miscount or misread something and get away with it.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Being sneaky
« on: April 14, 2018, 11:41:32 am »
I have the exact opposite problem with my girlfriend. She gets annoyed that I announce whatever cards I'm buying/playing, but it's to make sure everyone in the game has the same information about what's happening.

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Squire and Donate are a lot of fun together, especially when Relic or Idol are on the board. Spend your first two or three turns buying Squire, then Donate for instant economy.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Post Your Fun Kingdoms to Play Vol.2
« on: April 10, 2018, 09:25:34 pm »
I edited the OP to allow for comments, if placed in spoiler tags.

Definitely going to try this one...

Dungeon looks SWEET with cursed village.  And there are some super situational cards that you don't want in your deck (ranger/leprechaun) that you can get access to with BoM!  I've also remarked before about the fun of settlers and discard.

Oh good! This was actually a randomized set but I just love it for so many reasons.

I definitely took an early Hex with BoM as Leprechaun so my Exorcist could get me a Ghost. Ghost is so good with BoM here, especially because the Ranger pile is never going to run out so you can always start your turn by flipping the journey token twice for +5 Cards and a Buy.

Also Wishes are stupidly easy to get. Between Dungeon, Settlers, BoM, and Necropolis it's real easy to get 7 cards in play and keep your combo going, which helps for the Museum gaining.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Post Your Fun Kingdoms to Play Vol.2
« on: April 10, 2018, 05:11:52 pm »
This was the most fun kingdom I've played in weeks.


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