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[blueblimp]

I'm curious how people use the auto-match bias option (if they do at all).

A couple combinations I've found interesting:
Alchemy + Prosperity: This creates for really crazy, big games.
Intrigue + Hinterlands: This is a really good setting for hybrid VP cards. Crossroads becomes very nice and Scout is less terrible than usual.

[A_S00]

I used to go Base + Promo, because I was more familiar with the Base cards, and I really liked Chancellor/Stash .  Then I realized how much I hated Black Market, so I switched to just Base.  And then I really liked Hinterlands, so I added it.  But then I decided that bias is lame and I should just learn all the cards since I have to play them all sometimes anyway, so now I'm leaving all the boxes unchecked.

(cool story bro)

[Jorbles]

I've only used the bias with any regularity when a new set gets added to isotropic and I just want to play the new cards. Aside from that I tend to leave it untouched.

[Ozle]

I used to bias towards sets I own, because thats what I play with friends, but I have stopped doing it now because I feel it would give me a bigger advantage over them to do so, rather than play with all sets which adds in millions more combinations.

[^_^_^_^]

I've found cornucopia-seaside is good for 3+ player games
I've found hinterlands-cornucopia works interestingly as I end up with a lot of tournament-IGG games where we try to weigh the tournament's chances of hitting with curses in the deck against the IGGs value. Also makes you consider tons of factors for strategy. Is Young Witch on the board? How about Border Village? Very interesting.

Now I do those and un-checked. Both work fine for my purposes. Checked normally for when I feel I need more experience with a set or 2.

[Forge!!!]

Everything but Alchemy. Pretty self-explanatory.

[DJ]

I'll sometimes just go for prosperity because I like playing colony games better.  Lately, though, I've not used any bias at all.

[Kirian]

I've never clicked a bias button.

[LastFootnote]

When I play on isotropic, I usually bias the first few matches toward the Base Set, the next few toward Intrigue, the next few toward Seaside, etc. Occasionally I'll bias toward two sets. I almost never play completely unbiased. I enjoy the intra-set synergies.

[joel88s]

Question about this: It says in the FAQ that games using the 'require cards' box don't count toward leaderboard ranking. Can I assume that games with set bias still do count?

[^_^_^_^]

Question about this: It says in the FAQ that games using the 'require cards' box don't count toward leaderboard ranking. Can I assume that games with set bias still do count?

Yes, they do.

[sitnaltax]

I only use the bias buttons to try out a new set.

[ebEliminator]

I don't use it except to try out new sets. I'll play any ten or eleven.

[chogg]

I will decline if King's Court and Masquerade show up together.  Otherwise, I just prefer to play the set I'm given.  Each board has its own personality, and learning to play the different types is part of the fun.

[brokoli]

I like to play with all expansions, but I've tried auto-match bias option and found especially interesting :

- Seaside + Cornucopia : There is very nice interactions between cards like Menagerie, Hunting party, Horn of plenty... and cutpurse, ghost ship, lighthouse or tactician.

- Intrigue + Prosperity : Simply a nice mix between actions and treasures. There is also KC/bridge

- Hinterlands + Cornucopia : Hinterlands is nice for the variety theme (oasis+menagerie...). And tourney is fun to play with Inn or Silk Road.