Topic: Solo Challenge 5 - Time to Prosper! (Read 6731 times)

Ozle · « **on:** March 16, 2012, 08:55:22 am »

So, new round, new challenge!

Victory: Shortest Turns wins.
Criteria: End the Game by gaining the last Colony AND the Last Province on the same turn
Kingdom: Grand Market, Peddler, Expand, Quarry, Forge, Contraband, Venture, Worker's Village, City, Mint.
Colony and Platinum: Yes

Bonus point: For using no alternative trasure cards (Quarry, Venture and Contraband)

Deadline: Midnight Saturday, GMT.

Good luck Dominioneers!

P.S if anyone has any suggestions for new rounds let me know.

Magnetar · « **Reply #1 on:** March 16, 2012, 09:05:06 am »

Kingdom is only 9 cards, with quarry twice (so only 8 different cards).

For me personally a bit longer would be nice, like saturday midnight.

Davio · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2012, 09:16:19 am »

Do you really need to buy the Col and Prov or can you gain them too?

Ozle · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2012, 10:23:09 am »

One day ill learn to count!

Magnetar · « **Reply #4 on:** March 16, 2012, 12:14:24 pm »

Thanks for extending to midnight, now I at least try to get a competitive entry

. This seems like a tough one.

jotheonah · « **Reply #5 on:** March 16, 2012, 12:17:49 pm »

We are talking fewest turns, right? Technically (and I know I'm nitpicking) shortest turns would mean you do the fewest things on each turn...

Ozle · « **Reply #6 on:** March 16, 2012, 12:21:13 pm »

Boy is that being picky!

Think of its like the Kessel Run....

(although I may do a future one with shortest log! haha...no, not really)

Magnetar · « **Reply #7 on:** March 16, 2012, 01:26:58 pm »

Workers Village needs to be Worker's Village for anyone copy-pasting the restrictions

O · « **Reply #8 on:** March 16, 2012, 04:14:48 pm »

Contraband is a strictly-better-than-gold card in Solo games...

Ozle · « **Reply #9 on:** March 16, 2012, 04:15:51 pm »

Quote from: O on March 16, 2012, 04:14:48 pm

Contraband is a strictly-better-than-gold card in Solo games...

Yep it is indeed. intedned to make this a quick one.

However, it will mean you dont get a bonus point if you use it...

WanderingWinder · « **Reply #10 on:** March 16, 2012, 04:34:02 pm »

It's not strictly better than gold. You do have to proscribe something, so if you were planning on buying a copy of every different card on the board.........

GendoIkari · « **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2012, 04:58:43 pm »

Quote from: WanderingWinder on March 16, 2012, 04:34:02 pm

It's not strictly better than gold. You do have to proscribe something, so if you were planning on buying a copy of every different card on the board.........

That might be true on Iso, but I'm pretty sure the rules actually would allow you to name a card from outside the game. Same with Wishing Well.

Also, on Iso, I'm assuming you can proscribe a pile that's already empty?

Razzishi · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2012, 08:01:36 pm »

Could you possibly announce a week or so in advance when one of the challenges is going to be posted so that people who don't check the forums every day can participate? Certainly I could waste some of my time playing around with these after the time is up, but it's just not the same. I understand not wanting to give people a long time to try, but not even knowing when these are going to be posted makes it effectively impossible for me to participate.

Ozle · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2012, 09:14:12 pm »

Well, i sort of have been doing these every day and I have only been doing them a week, I think there has only been a couple where I have not had one going.

They will get spaced out a bit more this week, probably one tomorrow. One wednesday and a long one for the weekend.

Does that help?

Ozle · « **Reply #14 on:** March 18, 2012, 07:01:51 am »

Ok, here we go!

Looooot of entries for this one, so just doing the top 3 turns, and even thats a lot!

Innnnnn 17 turns, getting 3rd place and earning 1 prescious point is:
Titandrake: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201203/16/game-20120316-181231-a626b373.html
AND
WanderingWinder: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201203/16/game-20120316-084541-99929037.html

In 2nd, taking an impressive 16 turns:
Jonts26 http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201203/16/game-20120316-104359-f9263ead.html
DG http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201203/16/game-20120316-095445-7f4bf43e.html

And then we have first place, with 15 turns and a whopping 3 points.....
Fate http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201203/16/game-20120316-141133-968d132a.html
RisingJaguar http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201203/16/game-20120316-115503-705ef773.html
ChWhite http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201203/16/game-20120316-130556-c5f3045b.html
Magnetar http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201203/17/game-20120317-070111-a9e7b4c2.html

Bonus points for not using the alternatives go to....both 3rd place finishers! Titandrake and Wandering Winder!

So, here we go with the completely irrelevant points table!

Fate: 10
Jonts26: 8
CHWhite: 7
Magnetar: 7
DG: 6
Thisisnotasmile: 5
Wandering Winder 3
RisingJaguar: 3
Rabid: 2
jtotheonah 2
TitanDrake 2
Voltaire: 1
Lespute: 1
kn1tt3r 1

The next one will go up this evening and will run till tuesday evening and will be called 'Little and Often'

RisingJaguar · « **Reply #15 on:** March 18, 2012, 10:19:33 am »

ChWhite's log is much more cooler looking than the other top contestants. So efficient.

jotheonah · « **Reply #16 on:** March 18, 2012, 09:51:48 pm »

Unless I sent you the wrong log, I didn't use alt treasures!

Titandrake · « **Reply #17 on:** March 19, 2012, 02:56:49 am »

Oh, and now that I look at it I didn't get a bonus point either.

Ozle · « **Reply #18 on:** March 19, 2012, 10:03:35 am »

Both fixed, sorry.

Will clear out PMs before the next one as im getting swamped and confused, hehe

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