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Plays that just feel so wrong.
« on: June 17, 2014, 10:41:43 am »
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Even if they're the correct play!

I just had Mercenary with $7 and two Provinces, so I trashed those Provinces to afford the last and get the win.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2014, 12:02:53 pm »
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I once trashed a Fool's Gold to Spice Merchant so that I would have +buy to use on my 5 other Fool's Golds.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2014, 12:14:28 pm »
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I once bought a second Silver.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2014, 12:27:47 pm »
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I once bought a second Silver.

I'm disappointed that you bought a first Silver. :'(
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2014, 12:35:26 pm »
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Really, any time you spend $8 or more on a +Buy card because there was never a good hand to pick one up earlier and now you have too much money.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2014, 01:09:45 pm »
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I'm waiting for AdamH to reply, because you know what he always says.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2014, 01:25:53 pm »
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I remember one of AdamH's games where he trashed a platinum with spice merchant for plus cards and it won him the game.

Sadly I only do things in dominion that feel good so I don't have an example of my own.  Maybe that's why I'm mediocre....
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2014, 02:00:45 pm »
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I can never bring myself to buy a Duchy over a Province in a Duke game...
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2014, 03:28:10 pm »
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I can never bring myself to buy a Duchy over a Province in a Duke game...
I do it a lot in regular Province games. Especially if Rebuild is involved.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2014, 03:52:43 pm »
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I remember one of AdamH's games where he trashed a platinum with spice merchant for plus cards and it won him the game.

I remember that game

It is true that "If it feels good, do it;" but the inverse ("If it doesn't feel good, don't do it") is NOT true. Sometimes you have to do painful things, like buy a Duchy (It's one of those painful dukeys).

I remember a BM-ish game where I bought a Duchy at the top of my shuffle with 8 Provinces still left in the supply because I was certain the rest of my draws that shuffle would give me Province that shuffle and I'd wish I had the Duchy. Turns out that play won me the game.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2014, 04:03:56 pm »
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I think I gave my opponent a free Province with Ambassador on more than one occasion.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2014, 04:13:29 pm »
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I can never bring myself to buy a Duchy over a Province in a Duke game...
I do it a lot in regular Province games. Especially if Rebuild is involved.

Is that actually the right move?  The goal is to get Duchies and Rebuild them into Provinces.  If you can afford a Province outright, it should be better to just get that instead of a Duchy.  Skip a step, be one Province closer to ending the game, and your Rebuild play can hit one of your other Duchies instead.

For regular Province games, I suppose you are talking about PPR.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2014, 04:22:50 pm »
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I can never bring myself to buy a Duchy over a Province in a Duke game...
I do it a lot in regular Province games. Especially if Rebuild is involved.

Is that actually the right move?

No.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2014, 04:38:11 pm »
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Is that actually the right move?
If you win the Duchy split because of it, sometimes (for example, if your opponent still has Estates, Feasts or other stuff that is almost useless with the Duchies gone).
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2014, 11:22:05 pm »
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The first time I Remodeled a Province into a Province felt weird.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2014, 04:06:58 am »
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I remember one of AdamH's games where he trashed a platinum with spice merchant for plus cards and it won him the game.

I remember that game

It is true that "If it feels good, do it;" but the inverse ("If it doesn't feel good, don't do it") is NOT true. Sometimes you have to do painful things, like buy a Duchy (It's one of those painful dukeys).
I remember you said that in one of your videos, too ;)

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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2014, 10:15:24 am »
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It felt weird when I had $23 and two buys on a colony board, and bought a throne room and a curse for the 3-pile win.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2014, 10:30:08 am »
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It felt weird when I had $23 and two buys on a colony board, and bought a throne room and a curse for the 3-pile win.

I feels even more weird when I buy 10 curses to win a game.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2014, 10:40:40 am »
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Mining treasures into lower cost cards.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2014, 11:49:08 am »
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Buying a Potion.
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2014, 01:27:49 pm »
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It felt weird when I had $23 and two buys on a colony board, and bought a throne room and a curse for the 3-pile win.

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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2014, 01:28:09 pm »
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It felt weird when I had $23 and two buys on a colony board, and bought a throne room and a curse for the 3-pile win.

Lio, what did you do to the chapel?!?
revealed watchtower and trashed it
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2014, 01:32:25 pm »
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It felt weird when I had $23 and two buys on a colony board, and bought a throne room and a curse for the 3-pile win.

Lio, what did you do to the chapel?!?
revealed watchtower and trashed it
Are you playing on Goko? Because it took you a while before you could trash it after gaining it...
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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2014, 01:59:23 pm »
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It felt weird when I had $23 and two buys on a colony board, and bought a throne room and a curse for the 3-pile win.

Lio, what did you do to the chapel?!?
revealed watchtower and trashed it
Are you playing on Goko? Because it took you a while before you could trash it after gaining it...

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Re: Plays that just feel so wrong.
« Reply #24 on: June 18, 2014, 02:00:35 pm »
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It felt weird when I had $23 and two buys on a colony board, and bought a throne room and a curse for the 3-pile win.

Lio, what did you do to the chapel?!?
revealed watchtower and trashed it
Are you playing on Goko? Because it took you a while before you could trash it after gaining it...

It should be forbidden to change your picture after you used one for a while. I totally associate cards with people on f.ds.
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