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Unstoppable Torturer Chain
« on: September 01, 2015, 06:04:34 pm »
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Forager, Market Square, Shanty Town, Swindler, Urchin, Feodum, Scavenger, Scout, Duke, Torturer
I love games where my opponent goes for the tried-and-true strategy and it loses to an unconventional counter. It's easy to build a Torturer engine here, but I realize that Curses gained to your hand are just Forager food. So I ignore Torturer and instead buy 8 Foragers. My favorite part is when my opponent trashes Gold for me. Pure gravy.
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Re: Unstoppable Torturer Chain
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2015, 06:06:57 pm »
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I have a vague memory of a multiplayer IRL game where the only +buy was salvager, and I was drawing my deck every turn.  I was happy when I got some curses, otherwise I'd have to trash something useful to get the +buy.  Seems like the same story.
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Re: Unstoppable Torturer Chain
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2015, 06:11:16 pm »
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I don't know if it could really get rolling, but Torturer-blasting, and then playing a Mercenary could be pretty devastating.

EDIT: or even just an Urchin instead of a Merc would be easier to do, and almost just as good.
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Re: Unstoppable Torturer Chain
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2015, 06:12:17 pm »
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I don't know if it could really get rolling, but Torturer-blasting, and then playing a Mercenary could be pretty devastating.

Very true! Even a single Urchin would have been great for him.
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Re: Unstoppable Torturer Chain
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2015, 06:21:16 pm »
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It seems like this should be an Urchin opening. Given the Shelters, I am unsure whether it should be double Urchin or Swindler-Urchin, though without Shelters you'd want the Swindler. Mercenary handles incoming curses from Torturer well, and Urchin/Mercenary combine well with a Torturer chain as previously noted.
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Re: Unstoppable Torturer Chain
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2015, 06:31:39 pm »
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Man, the Swindler/Urchin vs double-Urchin debate comes up a lot lately. :P
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