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How do you track your Duration cards?
« on: March 31, 2016, 12:55:25 pm »
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I made a poll over on BGG to find out what people do in order to track when to resolve Duration cards. My IRL playgroup uses several different methods, and I'm wondering what's the most common.

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1552019/how-do-you-track-your-duration-cards-poll

I posted the poll there instead of here, since I figured there are lots of people here that only play online. But if you do play (or have played) Seaside and/or Adventures in real life, what's your favorite method for keeping track?
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2016, 01:14:41 pm »
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For most duration cards, I tap them at the beginning of the last turn they are in effect. Tapping also reminds me to do what they say, i.e. draw cards.
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2016, 01:16:05 pm »
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I put Duration cards up on a higher row from the other cards, then pull them down at the start of the next turn.  I just keep Hirelings and Champion tucked under my Tavern mat.
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2016, 01:41:23 pm »
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I play the cards on my left side and move the duration cards to the right at the end of the turn. That way there is always a gap between the cards.
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2016, 01:47:49 pm »
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I tap them and mail an explanation to wotc immediately explaining my infringement.

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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2016, 02:04:43 pm »
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I play them tapped™, and then untap when the duration effect occurs. I like this option because I can just clean up all untapped cards.

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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2016, 02:42:59 pm »
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I generally rely on memory and wind up cleaning up my just-played Duration cards half of the time.
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2016, 05:36:02 pm »
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I do it like your 2nd option  :)
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2016, 05:57:30 pm »
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I turn the ones that I'm cleaning up this turn to the side. I thought this was common practice.
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2016, 04:12:31 pm »
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Well, I used to play them regularly and then tap them at the end of the first turn, but then everyone explained to me why it makes more sense to tap them when you play them and untap on the second turn, so now I kind of just tap and untap randomly while using this method:

I generally rely on memory and wind up cleaning up my just-played Duration cards half of the time.
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2016, 04:26:02 pm »
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I generally rely on both memory and where the cards are.  For instance, if there are a bunch of Haunted Woods in play under all my Villages, I know they're getting discarded.  Turning them sideways or keeping them in a different row just seems like it would make me miss them at the end of the turn. 

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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2016, 08:27:53 pm »
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When playing Duration cards, I always place them over to the left, next to the deck. At the beginning of the next turn, I slide them over to the right, next to the discard pile, making sure to point out to newbies for the hundredth time that they are NOT in the discard pile yet. Yes it matters. And keep your damn green cards in your hand until clean up! Yes, that also matters!! Don't get me started. Anyway, all other actions/treasures get played in the middle.

This makes sense to me because so many durations do something at the beginning of the turn, including many that draw cards, so putting them by the draw pile seems logical. Likewise, the ones near the discard pile are "on their way" to being discarded and will get cleaned up with everything else.

Of course, Hireling and Champion hang out ABOVE the draw pile.

It's interesting what players see as logical ways to play out cards. I always play things left-to-right, but I've known players that, when they play +action cards, play their other actions below them like a binary tree so that they can visually see which actions have been used up, rather than counting. Fascinating.
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2016, 08:30:32 pm »
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2016, 07:20:57 am »
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Tracking is too hard. We use a house rule : we toss a coin for each Duration card in play and discard it on Heads.
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2016, 07:32:27 am »
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Tracking is too hard. We use a house rule : we toss a coin for each Duration card in play and discard it on Heads.

How does that work for Champion?
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2016, 08:56:08 am »
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i just kinda remember usually
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Re: How do you track your Duration cards?
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2016, 09:31:35 am »
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I put them on my Tavern Mat when I play them, then put them into play next turn. Kinda like a Reserve that's mandatory to call next turn.

(I never played Seaside IRL)
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