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Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« on: November 16, 2017, 07:48:51 am »
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Bard
Types: Action, Fate
Cost: $4
+$2. Receive a Boon.

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Blessed Village
Types: Action, Fate
Cost: $4
+1 Card, +2 Actions.
When you gain this, take a Boon. Receive it now or at the start of your next turn.

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Cemetery
Types: Victory
Cost: $4
2VP
When you gain this, trash up to 4 cards from your hand.

Heirloom: Haunted Mirror
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Haunted Mirror
Types: Treasure, Heirloom
Cost: $0
$1.
When you trash this, you may discard an Action card, to gain a Ghost from its pile.

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Changeling
Types: Night
Cost: $3
Trash this. Gain a copy of a card you have in play.
In games using this, when you gain a card costing $3 or more, you may exchange it for a Changeling.

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Cobbler
Types: Night, Duration
Cost: $5
At the start of your next turn, gain a card to hand costing up to $4.

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Conclave
Types: Action
Cost: $4
+$2. You may play an Action card from your hand that you don't have a copy of in play. If you do, +1 Action.

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Crypt
Types: Night, Duration
Cost: $5
Set aside any number of Treasures you have in play, face down (under this). While any remain, at the start of each of your turns, put one of them into your hand.

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Cursed Village
Types: Action, Doom
Cost: $5
+2 Actions. Draw until you have 6 cards in hand.
When you gain this, receive a Hex.

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Den of Sin
Types: Night, Duration
Cost: $5
At the start of your next turn: +2 Cards.
This is gained to your hand (instead of your discard pile).

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Devil's Workshop
Types: Night
Cost: $4
If the number of cards you’ve gained this turn is:
2+, gain an Imp from its pile;
1, gain a card costing up to $4;
0, gain a Gold.

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Druid
Types: Action, Fate
Cost: $2
+1 Buy. Receive one of the set-aside Boons (leaving it there).
Setup: Set aside the top 3 Boons face up.

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Exorcist
Types: Night
Cost: $4
Trash a card from your hand. Gain a cheaper Spirit from one of the Spirit piles.

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Faithful Hound
Types: Action, Reaction
Cost: $2
+2 Cards.
When you discard this other than during Clean-up, you may set it aside, and put it into your hand at end of turn.

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Fool
Types: Action, Fate
Cost: $3
If you aren’t the player with Lost in the Woods, take it, take 3 Boons, and receive the Boons in any order.

Heirloom: Lucky Coin
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Lost in the Woods
Types: State
At the start of your turn, you may discard a card to receive a Boon.
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Lucky Coin
Types: Treasure, Heirloom
Cost: $4
$1. When you play this, gain a Silver.

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Ghost Town
Types: Night, Duration
Cost: $3
At the start of your next turn, +1 Card and +1 Action.
This is gained to your hand (instead of your discard pile).

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Guardian
Types: Night, Duration
Cost: $2
Until your next turn, when another player plays an Attack card, it doesn’t affect you. At the start of your next turn, +$1.
This is gained to your hand (instead of your discard pile).

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Idol
Types: Treasure, Attack, Fate
Cost: $5
$2. When you play this, if you then have an odd number of Idols in play, receive a Boon; if an even number, each other player gains a Curse

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Leprechaun
Types: Action, Doom
Cost: $3
Gain a Gold. If you have exactly 7 cards in play, gain a Wish from its pile. Otherwise, receive a Hex.

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Monastery
Types: Night
Cost: $2
For each card you’ve gained this turn, you may trash a card from your hand or a Copper you have in play.

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Necromancer
Types: Action
Cost: $4
Play a face up, non-Duration Action card from the trash, leaving it there and turning it face down for the turn.
Setup: Put the 3 Zombies into the trash.
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Zombie Apprentice
Types: Action, Zombie
Cost: $3
You may trash an Action card from your hand for +3 Cards and +1 Action.
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Zombie Mason
Types: Action, Zombie
Cost: $3
Trash the top card of your deck. You may gain a card costing up to $1 more than it.
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Zombie Spy
Types: Action, Zombie
Cost: $3
+1 Card, +1 Action. Look at the top card of your deck. Discard it or put it back.

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Night Watchman
Types: Night
Cost: $3
Look at the top 5 cards of your deck, discard any number, and put the rest back in any order.
This is gained to your hand (instead of your discard pile).

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Pixie
Types: Action, Fate
Cost: $2
+1 Card, +1 Action. Discard the top Boon. You may trash this to receive that Boon twice.

Heirloom: Goat
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Goat
Types: Treasure, Heirloom
Cost: $2
$1. When you play this, you may trash a card from your hand.

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Pooka
Types: Action
Cost: $5
You may trash a Treasure other than Cursed Gold from your hand. If you do, +4 Cards.

Heirloom: Cursed Gold.
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Cursed Gold
Types: Treasure, Heirloom
Cost: $4
+$3. When you play this, gain a Curse.

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Raider
Types: Night, Duration, Attack
Cost: $6
Each other player with 5 or more cards in hand discards a copy of a card you have in play (or reveals they can’t). At the start of your next turn, +$3.

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Sacred Grove
Types: Action, Fate
Cost: $5
+1 Buy, +$3. Receive a Boon. If it doesn't give +$1, each other player may receive it.

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Secret Cave
Types: Action, Duration
Cost: $3
+1 Card, +1 Action. You may discard 3 cards. If you did, then at the start of your next turn: +$3.

Heirloom: Magic Lamp
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Magic Lamp
Types: Treasure, Heirloom
Cost: $0
$1.
When you play this, if there are at least 6 cards that you have exactly 1 copy of in play, trash this. If you do, gain 3 Wishes from their pile.

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Shepherd
Types: Action
Cost: $4
+1 Action. Discard any number of Victory card, revealing them. +2 Cards per card discarded.

Heirloom: Pasture
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Pasture
Types: Treasure, Victory, Heirloom
Cost: $2
$1.
Worth 1VP per Estate you have.

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Skulk
Types: Action, Attack, Doom
Cost: $4
+1 Buy. Each other player receives the next Hex.
When you gain this, gain a Gold.

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Tormentor
Types: Action, Attack, Doom
Cost: $5
+$2. If you have no other cards in play, gain an Imp from its pile. Otherwise, each other player receives the next Hex.

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Tracker
Types: Action, Fate
Cost: $2
+$1. Receive a Boon.
While this is in play, when you gain a card, you may put that card onto your deck.

Heirloom: Pouch
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Pouch
Types: Treasure, Heirloom
Cost: $2
$1, +1 Buy.

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Tragic Hero
Types: Action
Cost: $5
+3 Cards, +1 Buy. If you have 8 or more cards in hand (after drawing), trash this and gain a Treasure.

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Vampire
Types: Night, Attack, Doom
Cost: $5
Each other player receives the next Hex. Gain a card costing up to $5 other than a Vampire. Exchange this for a Bat.
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Bat
Types: Night
Cost: $2*
Trash up to 2 cards from your hand. If you trashed at least one, exchange this for a Vampire.
(This is not in the Supply)

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Werewolf
Types: Action, Night, Attack, Doom
Cost: $5
If it's your Night phase, each other player receives the next Hex. Otherwise, +3 Cards.

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Ghost
Types: Night, Duration, Spirit
Cost: $4*
Reveal cards from your deck until you reveal an Action. Discard the other cards and
set aside the Action. At the start of your next turn, play it twice.
(This is not in the Supply.)

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Imp
Types: Action, Spirit
Cost: $2*
+2 Cards. You may play an Action card from your hand that you don't have a copy of in play.
(This is not in the Supply.)

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Wish
Types: Action
Cost: $0*
+1 Action. Return this to its pile. If you did, gain a card to your hand costing up to $6.
(This is not in the Supply.)

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Will-o'-Wisp
Types: Action, Spirit
Cost: $0*
+1 Card, +1 Action. Reveal the top card of your deck. If it costs $2 or less, put it into your hand.
(This is not in the Supply.)

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Bad Omens
Types: Hex
Put your deck into your discard pile. Look through it and put 2 Coppers from it onto your deck (or reveal you can't).
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Delusion
Types: Hex
If you don't have Deluded or Envious, take Deluded.
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Deluded
Types: State
At the Start of your Buy phase, return this, and you can't buy Actions this turn.
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Envy
Types: Hex
If you don't have Deluded or Envious, take Envious.
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Envious
Types: State
At the start of your Buy phase, return this and Silver and Gold make $1 this turn.
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Famine
Types: Hex
Reveal the top 3 cards of your deck. Discard the Actions. Shuffle the rest into your deck.
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Fear
Types: Hex
If you have at least 5 cards in hand, discard an Action or Treasure (or reveal you can't).
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Greed
Types: Hex
Gain a Copper onto your deck.
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Haunting
Types: Hex
If you have at least 4 cards in hand, put one of them onto your deck.
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Locusts
Types: Hex
Trash the top card of your deck. If it's Copper or Estate, gain a Curse. Otherwise, gain a cheaper card that shares a type with it.
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Misery
Types: Hex
If this is your first Misery this game, take Miserable. Otherwise, flip it over to Twice Miserable
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Miserable
Types: State
-2VP.
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Twice Miserable
Types: State
-4VP.
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Plague
Types: Hex
Gain a Curse to your hand.
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Poverty
Types: Hex
Discard down to 3 cards in hand.
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War
Types: Hex
Reveal cards from your deck until revealing one costing $3 or $4. Trash it and discard the rest.

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The Earth's Gift
Type: Boon
You may discard a Treasure to gain a card costing up to $4.
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The Field's Gift
Type: Boon
+1 Action, +$1.
(Keep this until Clean-up.)
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The Flame's Gift
Type: Boon
You may trash a card from your hand.
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The Forest's Gift
Type: Boon
+1 Buy, +$1.
(Keep this until Clean-up.)
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The Moon's Gift
Type: Boon
Look through your discard pile. You may put a card from it on top of your deck.
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The Mountain's Gift
Type: Boon
Gain a Silver.
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The River's Gift
Type: Boon
+1 Card at the end of this turn.
(Keep this until Clean-up.)
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The Sky's Gift
Type: Boon
You may discard 3 cards to gain a Gold.
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The Sun's Gift
Type: Boon
Look at the top 4 cards of your deck. Discard any number of them and put the rest back in any order.
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The Swamp's Gift
Type: Boon
Gain a Will-o'-Wisp from its pile.
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The Wind's Gift
+2 Cards. Discard 2 cards.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2017, 08:12:38 am »
+4

About the remaining revealed cards.

Bard: Simple and probably fine. I'm surprised we didn't get this as a preview. Very soft introduction to Boons.

Changeling: It's confusing and hard to evaluate. There is probably a neat Trader combo hidden in this. In fact, any card that makes you gain Silvers gets a lot more interesting with this present. I like it.

Cobbler: Like a less powerful cheaper nonterminal Artisan, or something. Seems good.

Conclave: It's a Silver-Village! It calls for variety, which is always nice.

Den of Sin: Quite a bit less exciting than the name suggested. An Expedition on-play, but the actual effect is a lot weaker than its counterparts Wharf and Haunted Woods. I expect you'll only get it if you need the extra +cards for the next turn.

Guardian: This I don't get at all. It's a lame reprint of Lighthouse, and that wasn't the most exciting card to begin with. Okay, I guess you can get it just when you're scared of being attacked, but still I think this is my least favorite Nocturne card.

Monastery: I have no idea how this will play, which is a good thing.

Night Watchman: Another gain-to-hand effect. I guess the main use is slogs and maybe setting up a megaturn. Otherwise, the effect seems pretty weak (see Navigator).

Sacred Grove: Feels like it's a bit unbalanced because the +coin option is just much better. But then, maybe it's fine because generally speaking the +coin Boons are on the weaker side.

Secret Cave: Neat, and probably useful for spiking high price points early.

Magic Lamp: I guess here is the Reason we need more Wishes. It's quite nice, though I would have expected something that interacts with being discarded to go with Secret Cave.

Tormentor: The Imp thing is weird and I don't really get it.

Tracker: An action Royal Seal, huh? It seems way less useful and versatile than Watchtower, but then again, it only costs $2.

Pouch: Well. They can't all be super exciting. Though I guess this can be one of the more impactful Heirlooms on boards with no other +buy.

Tragic Hero: Huh. I like that it does the same thing Hero does, but the Tragic Hero dies in the process. Very neat flavor tie-in. It seems like a solid card, though what's a bit strange is that in an engine it is more likely to give Treasures and you don't want them, and in BM it is more likely to stick around when you'd want Treasures.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2017, 08:31:12 am »
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2017, 09:10:13 am »
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Bard
Types: Action, Fate
+$2. Receive a Boon.

Bard: Simple and probably fine. I'm surprised we didn't get this as a preview. Very soft introduction to Boons.

Bard seems both weak and uninteresting. If it was the only terminal action that gave coin(s) and a Boon, this would be easier to forgive, but with Sacred Grove and Tracker in the set it feels very uninspired as well.

Having now seen Exorcist, I'm not sure why there are 12 Wishes for Leprechaun but only 6 Ghosts for Exorcist (obviously there's no need for more than 6 Ghosts with Haunted Mirror). Wish is an action that is hard to gain, gives +1 Action when played (so it's easy to play), and returns itself to its pile. I assume with 12 Wishes they are much less likely to run out than the Ghosts. Why not, say, 10 Wishes and 8 Ghosts?

I should have guessed that there was a card that gained multiple Wishes at a time (Magic Lamp)!
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2017, 09:18:20 am »
+1

Guardian is a Lighthouse you can't ever draw dead. It seems almost strictly better, except for cards that care about if something is an Action.

Not that anyone was clamoring for a strictly better Lighthouse, I guess.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2017, 09:19:44 am »
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Guardian is a Lighthouse you can't ever draw dead. It seems almost strictly better, except for cards that care about if something is an Action.

Not that anyone was clamoring for a strictly better Lighthouse, I guess.

Lighthouse gives a coin this turn and the next. Guardian gives a coin only on the next turn.
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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2017, 09:23:07 am »
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I must say that after playing one game with it (bad sample size, I know :P), I really, really like Den of Sin. Also, the Cursed Village seems to be worth the hex you get when you gain it, and in my opinion Cursed Village is probably one of the better villages in the game, second only to Fishing Village probably.

EDIT: I really like Cemetery, too.
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« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2017, 09:27:35 am »
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Lighthouse gives a coin this turn and the next. Guardian gives a coin only on the next turn.

Ah, so it does. I had forgotten. So it's an almost strictly worse version of a card I rarely use. Okay then.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2017, 09:28:43 am »
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Guardian is a Lighthouse you can't ever draw dead. It seems almost strictly better, except for cards that care about if something is an Action.

Not that anyone was clamoring for a strictly better Lighthouse, I guess.

Lighthouse gives a coin this turn and the next. Guardian gives a coin only on the next turn.
Guardian will make starting 2/5 very good in some kingdoms. Turn 2 Goons. Turn 2 BV + Power 5.
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« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2017, 09:34:15 am »
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Bard
Types: Action, Fate
+$2. Receive a Boon.
Bard seems both weak and uninteresting. If it was the only terminal action that gave coin(s) and a Boon, this would be easier to forgive, but with Sacred Grove and Tracker in the set it feels very uninspired as well.

Yeah, absolutely ditto, especially since SG and Tracker are both better and more interesting in contrast. It would have been cool if it did something different and unique with the Boon pile. Off the top of my head "Look at the top 2 cards of the Boon deck. Receive one." seems more powerful but not ridiculously so for a $4 terminal.

Ah, so it does. I had forgotten. So it's an almost strictly worse version of a card I rarely use. Okay then.

Well it can be played without actions left and you gain it to hand; I'd give that at least equal status. Also the opening mixups it enables are potentially cool.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2017, 09:35:39 am »
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Guardian is a Lighthouse you can't ever draw dead. It seems almost strictly better, except for cards that care about if something is an Action.

Not that anyone was clamoring for a strictly better Lighthouse, I guess.

Lighthouse gives a coin this turn and the next. Guardian gives a coin only on the next turn.
Guardian will make starting 2/5 very good in some kingdoms. Turn 2 Goons. Turn 2 BV + Power 5.

Okay, the real lesson is that Lighthouse and Guardian aren't really the same and also that I don't know the cards nearly as well as I thought, even Seaside, which was my first expansion.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2017, 09:35:49 am »
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I was waiting for a card that gave boons to other players, but wondering how it would work with the ones you have to keep. Sacred Grove is a great solution to this!

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« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2017, 10:19:48 am »
+2

Great work on all of the new cards. Looking forward to playing with them and providing a wildly short-sighted write up when I have time.

I will say this now though. Seeing the latest revealed cards, I maintain that the backlash to hexes was overblown. Only four cards give out hexes to other players. And all of them are mitigated to some extent: Skulk (terminal/clog deck with gold), Vampire (alternates with Bats/slow hexing), Werewolf (choice between hexes and draw), and now Tormentor (terminal/to hex, it cant be the first card played/prevents early hexing).

Edit: I'll admit, I was kind of hopeful there would be a fate-doom-action-night card (such as Den of Sin) that dished out boons during the day and hexes at night.
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« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2017, 10:21:33 am »
+5

You can also see card images by downloading the rulebook from Rio Grande.

This set sure is heavy on the new mechanics!  Among the kingdom cards, we have:
8 Fates
6 Dooms
13 Nights
7 Durations
7 that add Heirlooms
7 cards that include spirits/zombies/wishes besides Will-o'-wisp

13/33 cards are Night cards!  If you think back, Seaside only had 8/26 duration cards, Prosperity had 8/25 treasure kingdom cards, Dark Ages had 3/35 looters, Adventures had 8/30 reserve cards, and Empires had 6/24 that used debt.  This was clearly a very productive design space.

I love the new cards, even the ones other people are complaining about.  :P
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« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2017, 10:46:15 am »
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You can also see card images by downloading the rulebook from Rio Grande.

This set sure is heavy on the new mechanics!  Among the kingdom cards, we have:
8 Fates
6 Dooms
13 Nights
7 Durations
7 that add Heirlooms
7 cards that include spirits/zombies/wishes besides Will-o'-wisp

13/33 cards are Night cards!  If you think back, Seaside only had 8/26 duration cards, Prosperity had 8/25 treasure kingdom cards, Dark Ages had 3/35 looters, Adventures had 8/30 reserve cards, and Empires had 6/24 that used debt.  This was clearly a very productive design space.

I love the new cards, even the ones other people are complaining about.  :P

Lots of Duration cards here, too!

I also like seeing the additional gain-to-hand Night cards. It wasn't clear after the Previews that that would be a theme. It's an ability whose value is hard to gauge, and that's a good thing.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2017, 11:14:42 am »
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You can also see card images by downloading the rulebook from Rio Grande.

This set sure is heavy on the new mechanics!  Among the kingdom cards, we have:
8 Fates
6 Dooms
13 Nights
7 Durations
7 that add Heirlooms
7 cards that include spirits/zombies/wishes besides Will-o'-wisp

13/33 cards are Night cards!  If you think back, Seaside only had 8/26 duration cards, Prosperity had 8/25 treasure kingdom cards, Dark Ages had 3/35 looters, Adventures had 8/30 reserve cards, and Empires had 6/24 that used debt.  This was clearly a very productive design space.

I love the new cards, even the ones other people are complaining about.  :P

Lots of Duration cards here, too!

I also like seeing the additional gain-to-hand Night cards. It wasn't clear after the Previews that that would be a theme. It's an ability whose value is hard to gauge, and that's a good thing.

Donald did say there would be a lot of those when he previewed Ghost Town, but it wasn't entirely obvious what he meant.

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« Reply #16 on: November 16, 2017, 01:29:32 pm »
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Changeling: It's confusing and hard to evaluate. There is probably a neat Trader combo hidden in this. In fact, any card that makes you gain Silvers gets a lot more interesting with this present. I like it.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2017, 02:02:35 pm »
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Den of Sin: Quite a bit less exciting than the name suggested. An Expedition on-play, but the actual effect is a lot weaker than its counterparts Wharf and Haunted Woods. I expect you'll only get it if you need the extra +cards for the next turn.

It's a next-turn Wharf that doesn't take an action to play.  I think it'll end up a power 5.

Guardian: This I don't get at all. It's a lame reprint of Lighthouse, and that wasn't the most exciting card to begin with. Okay, I guess you can get it just when you're scared of being attacked, but still I think this is my least favorite Nocturne card.
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Night Watchman: Another gain-to-hand effect. I guess the main use is slogs and maybe setting up a megaturn. Otherwise, the effect seems pretty weak (see Navigator).

It's much closer to Cartographer, as you can discard any number.

Both of these felt quite powerful playing with them.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2017, 02:11:12 pm »
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Den of Sin: Quite a bit less exciting than the name suggested. An Expedition on-play, but the actual effect is a lot weaker than its counterparts Wharf and Haunted Woods. I expect you'll only get it if you need the extra +cards for the next turn.

It's a next-turn Wharf that doesn't take an action to play.  I think it'll end up a power 5.

Guardian: This I don't get at all. It's a lame reprint of Lighthouse, and that wasn't the most exciting card to begin with. Okay, I guess you can get it just when you're scared of being attacked, but still I think this is my least favorite Nocturne card.
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Night Watchman: Another gain-to-hand effect. I guess the main use is slogs and maybe setting up a megaturn. Otherwise, the effect seems pretty weak (see Navigator).

It's much closer to Cartographer, as you can discard any number.

Both of these felt quite powerful playing with them.
For me, Conclave is the most boring. It's just a weird village that doesn't really do anything exciting.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2017, 02:27:52 pm »
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It's hard to judge how good a card like sacred grove can be, so I just quickly whipped up a little list of all the different possibilities it gives you.

+1 buy +$3
Each player may discard a treasure to gain a card costing up to $4

+1 Action +1 Buy +$4
(Keep this until Clean-up.)

+1 buy +$3
Each player may trash a card from their hand

+$4 +2 buys
(Keep this until Clean-up.)

+1 buy +$3
Each player may look through their discard pile and put a card on top of their deck.

+1 buy + $3 Gain a Silver. Each other player may gain a silver

+1 buy +$3
Each player gets +1 Card at the end of this turn.
(Keep this until Clean-up.)

+1 buy +$3
Each player may discard 3 cards to gain a Gold.

+1 buy +$3
Each Player: Look at the top 4 cards of your deck. Discard any number of them and put the rest back in any order.

+1 buy +$3
Each player may gain a Will-o'-Wisp from its pile.

+1buy +$3, +2 Cards. Discard 2 cards.
Each player may draw 2 cards and then discard 2 cards

Only 3 of the boons give you $1, so there's a good chance that you'll be helping your opponent by playing sacred grove. As for your bonuses, they seem decent at first glance, especially the more vanilla ones like +1 action, +1 buy, +$4. Of course these boons are like a box of chocolates and you never quite know what you're gonna get!
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2017, 02:59:26 pm »
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In general, my favorite kind of cards, are the ones that are really awkward to use, but sometimes necessary.  And this set has a lot of those.  For example...

What if the only draw is Imp?  Cursed Village?  Tragic Hero?  Shepherd?  Pooka?
What if the only village is Conclave?  Ghost?
What if the only buy is Pouch?  Forest's Gift?  Tragic Hero?
What if the only trashing/pseudotrashing is Crypt?  Bat?  Zombies?  Flame's Gift?  Pooka?

Another thing that the set pushes, is terminal draw.  I think with Night cards, it could be more viable and interesting.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2017, 03:02:23 pm »
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I too was a bit surprised in seeing that bard, tracker, and sacred grove are pretty much the same concept in three different formates. But hey, base Dominion had Moat, Smithy, and council room, and it still turned out pretty well. ;)
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #22 on: November 17, 2017, 05:58:40 am »
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The thing with boons is that (with a couple of exceptions) you're not buying cards to get boons- you're buying them for the other effect and boons are just like a new vanilla bonus type thing.

Den of Sin seems amazing to me so far, especially with Altar or Vampire makes them feel like Artisan!

The most interesting thing about Guardian is the next turn borrow type effect it has in the opening. After that it's just a Nighthouse.

Conclave is really fun.

Tragic Hero might be my favourite card in the set, I've already done a Horn of Plenty megaturn with it which was super cool.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #23 on: November 17, 2017, 01:16:06 pm »
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Nighthouse.

Upvoted.

Agree that the point of Tragic Hero seems to be the Megaturn. Gaining a Gold (or better) for each Smithy in your deck sounds pretty bananas, considering you will have the Buys to spend all that money.

Monastery will probably be a bit better than what people think now.

I am uncertain why some people think Conclave is so good. A conditional Festival (minus the buy) for 4$ is just ok.

Cobbler will be really, really good in kingdoms with multiple good 4$. Mark my words on this. Piles will run out fast, though.

Den of Sin will be better than people think, mainly due to the on-gain benefit, but no power 5$.

Magic Lamp being a Treasure (and needing 6, instead of 7 cards) means it will be way, way easier to activate than Leprechaun. You get to play it before, after, or in between your other Treasures.
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Re: Dominion: Nocturne Text Spoiler
« Reply #24 on: November 17, 2017, 04:39:40 pm »
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It's interesting that Guardian is "until your next turn" while Lighthouse is "while this is in play". I wonder why the difference.
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