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[Jack Rudd]

So we've done all the Alchemy cards. What comments do we have on the expansion as a whole?

[werothegreat]

The single Adventures game I played after the release today was against some random schmuck - the board had Lighthouse (Bane), Scrying Pool, Scheme, Young Witch, Golem, Relic, Treasury, and Possesion (and other cards I ignored).  Golems and Possessions and Young Witches made my opponent resign at 21 points to -2, after I had about a couple Provinces using his deck.

Suffice to say, Alchemy is a bucket of fun. 

[amoffett11]

Suffice to say, Alchemy is a bucket of fun. 

I agree that Alchemy is lots of fun, and doesn't quite deserve its reputation as the worst expansion (although I guess something has to be the worst, and its probably alchemy).  That being said, fun as it is, it might be the expansion that can be the least fun when someone finds themselves on the wrong side of a blowout.  Case in point, your game above where you probably cursed, Possessed, and spied your opponent into absolute oblivion. 

[ConMan]

I agree that Alchemy is lots of fun, and doesn't quite deserve its reputation as the worst expansion (although I guess something has to be the worst, and its probably alchemy).  That being said, fun as it is, it might be the expansion that can be the least fun when someone finds themselves on the wrong side of a blowout.  Case in point, your game above where you probably cursed, Possessed, and spied your opponent into absolute oblivion.

I like Alchemy too, and I guess it's kind of fair to say that it's maybe the least fun expansion to play *against*. It's great when you're the one drawing your deck with Alchemists and Scrying Pools, and messing with your opponent via Possession and Familiar chains, but if you have to sit there with the top card of your deck guaranteed to be junk, only actually benefiting from half of "your" turns, and waiting for your opponent to count their deck for every PStone, it's a little less pleasant.

[Jack Rudd]

I like Alchemy too, and I guess it's kind of fair to say that it's maybe the least fun expansion to play *against*. It's great when you're the one drawing your deck with Alchemists and Scrying Pools, and messing with your opponent via Possession and Familiar chains, but if you have to sit there with the top card of your deck guaranteed to be junk, only actually benefiting from half of "your" turns, and waiting for your opponent to count their deck for every PStone, it's a little less pleasant.