As you could probably tell from my previous post, I'm very interested in how other people process information and learn. So I'm curious to know, when you see a kingdom, what actually goes through your mind as you process it? For example: Do you look at the whole thing and just see the interactions between the cards? Or do you look at each individual card first? Or do you look for particular "classes" of cards, etc. etc. etc.
For me, I'm basically scanning through and determining what "type" of game I'm going to be playing. I start by scanning for obvious power cards/combos/strategies. If I don't see any, then I scan for attacks/trashing and determine if the game is going to be a slog-fest. If not, then I scan through to see if there's enough pieces to put together an engine. If not, then I sigh and start playing Big Money. Regardless of what I'm playing, I then try to do a quick evaluation of gameplans. I start by asking myself, "How do I plan on winning and is that realistic?" e.g. three-pile, mega-turn, buy X provinces a turn, etc. Then, I ask myself what pieces I would buy in a perfect world to make that happen. Finally, I make a few contingency plans if things don't go according to plan. From my discussion in that other thread with Mic Qsenoch, it sounds like I am probably putting a bit too much faith in "the plan" and as such I'm not as adaptable when things go "off the rails", as they usually do.
How about you all? When you see a kingdom for the first time, how do you go about processing it and figuring out your gameplan?
