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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #700 on: February 18, 2013, 09:24:43 pm »
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The answer to this was yes. Game in progress. GL HF everyone!


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« Reply #701 on: February 18, 2013, 10:58:53 pm »
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Perhaps I should have phrased the question better: Did you ever try to use this mechanic in playtesting? In that spirit, were there any basic mechanics you tried that really did not work at all?
I will probably give theory a bunch of images of endless outtakes, most of which you can read about in secret histories already, after Guilds is out. I mean if I say I tried something and it didn't work out, that's me saying it's not in Guilds. For the moment you will have to settle for all the things the secret histories already tell you about what's not in Guilds.
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #702 on: February 18, 2013, 11:05:20 pm »
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Have you ever had one of these moments? If so, what is it? if not, why not?!?
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=254.0
"If not why not," wtf. I have not really had those moments. I could be feasting on a militia or hanging out at the bureaucrat festival and I don't even notice. The cards are named with words, they are not all Frobb of Grubnatz or Sword of the Glivivi or whatever, so of course they come up.
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« Reply #703 on: February 18, 2013, 11:05:49 pm »
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Would you be interested in playing a recorded game with me for my YouTube channel?  I've got my 100th Dominion video coming up.
Only if you record at least 3, and we play with 1-2 other guys.
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #704 on: February 19, 2013, 01:53:12 am »
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The cards are named with words, they are not all Frobb of Grubnatz or Sword of the Glivivi or whatever, so of course they come up.

Despite Donald's best intentions, we now know there is NOT a card in Guilds named "Frobb of Grubnatz." ;D
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #705 on: February 19, 2013, 02:37:27 am »
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Will we ever see a PBF hosted by you?

I recall you expressing some interest in doing this earlier. Any idea on a format?
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« Reply #706 on: February 19, 2013, 04:54:15 am »
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Will we ever see a PBF hosted by you?

I recall you expressing some interest in doing this earlier. Any idea on a format?
It would probably need to be a game that wasn't published that I felt I wasn't going to try to get published unless it got some encouragement. I mean if it's got a publisher then I'm not showing anything off, that's up to the publisher. If it's published then what's the point, you can run those if you want. And if it doesn't have a publisher then probably I don't want it quite so public on the grounds that maybe I will find a publisher and maybe they won't like that. At the same time I have to like the game, it's not like I want to show off something awful. So, it could happen, but the situation is kind of narrow.
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« Reply #707 on: February 19, 2013, 05:30:16 am »
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Will we ever see a PBF hosted by you?

I recall you expressing some interest in doing this earlier. Any idea on a format?
It would probably need to be a game that wasn't published that I felt I wasn't going to try to get published unless it got some encouragement. I mean if it's got a publisher then I'm not showing anything off, that's up to the publisher. If it's published then what's the point, you can run those if you want. And if it doesn't have a publisher then probably I don't want it quite so public on the grounds that maybe I will find a publisher and maybe they won't like that. At the same time I have to like the game, it's not like I want to show off something awful. So, it could happen, but the situation is kind of narrow.

You can rest assured you'd have plenty of people lining up to play.
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #708 on: February 19, 2013, 10:22:16 am »
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Frobb of Grubnatz ... Sword of the Glivivi

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« Reply #709 on: February 19, 2013, 10:31:10 am »
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Will we ever see a PBF hosted by you?

I recall you expressing some interest in doing this earlier. Any idea on a format?
It would probably need to be a game that wasn't published that I felt I wasn't going to try to get published unless it got some encouragement. I mean if it's got a publisher then I'm not showing anything off, that's up to the publisher. If it's published then what's the point, you can run those if you want. And if it doesn't have a publisher then probably I don't want it quite so public on the grounds that maybe I will find a publisher and maybe they won't like that. At the same time I have to like the game, it's not like I want to show off something awful. So, it could happen, but the situation is kind of narrow.

You can rest assured you'd have plenty of people lining up to play.
So basically we can play a game which wasn't good enough to become an actual game?

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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #710 on: February 19, 2013, 06:48:27 pm »
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Would you please ask the CEO of Goko who put the word filter in and then ask to speak to the guy privately, and then call him a 'mustard encrusted rat fancier'? :)
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #711 on: February 19, 2013, 08:13:35 pm »
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When you playtested the cards, how much time did you spend testing them in 2 person games vs. 3-4 person games? Did you spend a significant amount of time testing cards for 5+ player games?
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« Reply #712 on: February 20, 2013, 02:25:58 am »
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Has it ever been asked what the X. stands for?

And why did you choose Donald X. Vaccarino as your main handle instead of simply Donald Vaccarino?
I'll agree that the X. is fun for marketing purposes as it adds something mysterious, but does it have a personal touch as well?
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #715 on: February 20, 2013, 03:12:40 am »
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When you playtested the cards, how much time did you spend testing them in 2 person games vs. 3-4 person games? Did you spend a significant amount of time testing cards for 5+ player games?
I have done more playtesting with three to five than with two.

Typically my goal for a game is to support three to five, and I focus on four because, that will be close. Four will tend to be in the middle of three and five, I mean this seems obvious but probably we could find counterexamples. Anyway I focus on four. And I go for three to five because that's how many people I'll have; I don't generally have just one other person there. Now it's great to support two if you can and I find out once it's working if it does support two. Other games I may aim for two to four or just two but normally I am aiming higher because I want to deal with the actual groups I am playing with. If six is no problem then I include it, but at the high end the game tends to get slower (even with simultaneous decisions) and you start having to include too many components.

For Dominion it was immediately clear it would work with two and so overall the game aims to support two to four, which means balancing it for three (though maybe a card will cause issues at one end and I will have to deal with that). But then there I am at a game night, I am setting up the game and people want to play. If the game handles them I let them play, I don't say, "no I really want to test three-player in particular." So I have played plenty of five-player Dominion even though I prefer three and then four and then two. I decided six was too many and wouldn't bring the cards for six, to make sure I didn't get suckered into it.

I have played a lot of two-player Dominion anyway, especially online. Online we wouldn't play with five; you aren't getting as much social aspect as irl and the slower play starts to bother you more. And it's easy enough to start two separate games and then see if someone leaves or shows up.
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« Reply #716 on: February 20, 2013, 03:19:32 am »
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Has it ever been asked what the X. stands for?
Yes, many times.

And why did you choose Donald X. Vaccarino as your main handle instead of simply Donald Vaccarino?
I'll agree that the X. is fun for marketing purposes as it adds something mysterious, but does it have a personal touch as well?
I like the X., I don't know what to tell you here. I'm not being blackmailed into using it; I didn't lose a bet. There isn't treasure buried in my name; stop after the second d. It's not a Malcolm X reference. I'm not Donald the 10th. It does distinguish me from other Donald Vaccarino's, that's nice.
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« Reply #717 on: February 20, 2013, 03:26:50 am »
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Fair enough, heck, if you used DXV as your main handle, people could think you're the 515th!
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« Reply #718 on: February 20, 2013, 03:55:29 am »
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t does distinguish me from other Donald Vaccarino's, that's nice.


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« Reply #719 on: February 20, 2013, 07:09:15 am »
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Four will tend to be in the middle of three and five, I mean this seems obvious but probably we could find counterexamples.

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« Reply #720 on: February 20, 2013, 08:44:47 am »
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Set of odd integers, set of primes, set of Fibonacci numbers. To name but a few.
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« Reply #721 on: February 20, 2013, 12:22:48 pm »
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also: geometric mean, harmonic mean...
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« Reply #722 on: February 20, 2013, 01:27:38 pm »
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #723 on: February 20, 2013, 05:31:37 pm »
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Who decides what color each expansion will be?  Is there any sort of discussion about this, or is just "eh, let's make it purple."?
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« Reply #724 on: February 20, 2013, 11:49:16 pm »
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Who decides what color each expansion will be?  Is there any sort of discussion about this, or is just "eh, let's make it purple."?
Jay decides. I don't think I've been in on any discussions there, although I've sometimes known what color it was going to be.
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