Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[shark_bait]

Everyone has had games where they look at a set of 10 kingdom cards and decide that they want to do something rather unconventional right from the beginning.  It's another matter to see a strategy like this turn out exactly as you envisioned it. 

In a recent game, I started out ironworks / chapel in a colony game much to the surprise of my opponent.  I used the ironworks to gain a conspirator and a haven and worked toward getting a kings court.  Kings court / conspirator / ironworks was able to fuel my engine, while using salvager to deplete the colony's before my opponent could do anything.

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20110604-162340-9d4e5552.html

[Stoc]

That is a pretty impressive game. Kudos!

[painted_cow]

Well, is there any other good strategy on this board than Conspirator Chapel? The use of Salvager is nice though to speed things up.

[theory]

That's actually one of my big weaknesses: I tend to write off University, Workshop, and Ironworks, but sometimes they prove critical (like here).  I should focus more often on when such cards are essential to maintaining an engine: kudos!

[Jack Rudd]

That's actually one of my big weaknesses: I tend to write off University, Workshop, and Ironworks, but sometimes they prove critical (like here).  I should focus more often on when such cards are essential to maintaining an engine: kudos!

Well, here is a good example of an engine that relied on University to build it up. Multiple spammables at the £5 level, yum.

[Richard]

Everyone has had games where they look at a set of 10 kingdom cards and decide that they want to do something rather unconventional right from the beginning.  It's another matter to see a strategy like this turn out exactly as you envisioned it. 

In a recent game, I started out ironworks / chapel in a colony game much to the surprise of my opponent.  I used the ironworks to gain a conspirator and a haven and worked toward getting a kings court.  Kings court / conspirator / ironworks was able to fuel my engine, while using salvager to deplete the colony's before my opponent could do anything.

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20110604-162340-9d4e5552.html

Woah! That game was against me. Shark_bait tells the truth: I was very much surprised by ironworks/chapel opening. When I saw his opening I did not properly consider the presence of King's Court, and simply assumed that he would build up a conspirator chain with haven + ironworks. I thought it would be annoying but too slow in a colony game. As you can see in the log, I was not able to consistently buy colonies, and once I lost the lead, my opponent used his incredible drawing and King's Court + Salvager to run out the colonies.

I will readily admit that this was definitely one of the largest "misreads" I have made in a long time. I have learned from my mistake (hopefully).

[Stoc]

That's actually one of my big weaknesses: I tend to write off University, Workshop, and Ironworks, but sometimes they prove critical (like here).  I should focus more often on when such cards are essential to maintaining an engine: kudos!

University/Wharf is one of my all-time favorite catalysts.

[drg]

That's actually one of my big weaknesses: I tend to write off University, Workshop, and Ironworks, but sometimes they prove critical (like here).  I should focus more often on when such cards are essential to maintaining an engine: kudos!

Writing off university when there are very good, spammable 5's is incredibly dangerous(wharf, lab, hunting party etc) - especially if there are no other +2 action cards.  I've written off ironworks more than once to my chagrin though, especially when bridge is in play.