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[ashersky]

I also had a version of Pearl Diver that had you look at the bottom and choose to put it on top or not.

This is the published version of Pearl Diver. Or by "or not" you mean something else? Like, the option of discarding instead of leaving on the bottom, would be too powerful? It would self-synergize a lot more.

Or maybe put it on top before the draw.

[liopoil]

It's possible that he means the published version, i.e., he's saying he already made pearl diver.

In any case, I think a version of pearl diver that can discard the bottom card of your deck or put it on top would probably not be too powerful. Did you ever test that, Donald?

[Donald X.]

I also had a version of Pearl Diver that had you look at the bottom and choose to put it on top or not.

This is the published version of Pearl Diver. Or by "or not" you mean something else? Like, the option of discarding instead of leaving on the bottom, would be too powerful? It would self-synergize a lot more.

Oops sorry, I meant the other way. Look at top, may put it on bottom. I also had, take the top and the bottom, put one on top and one on the bottom. I did not test versions that involved discarding one of the cards.

There's probably room there for another card, but I had Pearl Diver, and it's no star, so it's not like I was looking to do something especially similar.

[ta56636]

I was just being hilarious dude. If you spelled apologize with a z you would never think I'd been offended there. (I am saying that Americans are rude (it's either that, or I'm some kind of monster).)

Oh - that's good

Hopefully one last less controversial question.  Which do you think is more skilful 2 player or 3 player dominion?  Do you ever think people get a bit blinkered by only considering cards in the 2 player game?

[Donald X.]

Hopefully one last less controversial question.  Which do you think is more skilful 2 player or 3 player dominion?  Do you ever think people get a bit blinkered by only considering cards in the 2 player game?

Well skill matters more with 2 players, obviously. That doesn't mean there's less skill with 3 players, it just matters less - more games will be decided (relative to you) by luck. This may be tricky but you know, skill and luck aren't opposed, as previously discussed somewhere.

I don't know if uh, if the amount of things to learn to be maximally good at 3-player Dominion is more or less than that for 2-player Dominion (I hope that's a clear enough way to put it). I would guess that it's more.

There's no concern with only looking at cards as they play in 2-player games, if you only play 2-player games. For sure many cards play differently as you vary the number of players.

[Ozle]

Do you ever feel like one of those 80s bands that attempts a come back tour in the 2000's and go through their new album.

But really everyone just wants them to play thier classics.

[Donald X.]

Do you ever feel like one of those 80s bands that attempts a come back tour in the 2000's and go through their new album.

But really everyone just wants them to play thier classics.

I don't. And for the record I like Indie Cindy. Greens & Blues and What Goes Boom are both great. I think way too many people are rating their disapproval of Black Francis using the band name rather than judging how good the music is. I don't mind what he calls the band. Doolittle is one of his best albums, but not the best; that's easily Teenager of the Year. And the idea that Indie Cindy is somehow embarrassing next to Bossanova is preposterous.

[Ozle]

Sorry, I could google the reference but I only listen to Bon Jovi or Prince

[Donald X.]

Sorry, I could google the reference but I only listen to Bon Jovi or Prince

And Prince only listens to Prince. But what does Bon Jovi listen to?

[Ozle]

Sorry, I could google the reference but I only listen to Bon Jovi or Prince

And Prince only listens to Prince. But what does Bon Jovi listen to?

¥

[Burning Skull]

Donald, do you ever play Dominion on Goko?

[Donald X.]

Donald, do you ever play Dominion on Goko?

Yes, there were a couple months when I stopped due to it no longer working on my system except in Firefox, but it's reverted to being what would be my go-to small-amount-of-time diversion on the computer except that after one game I am usually sick of the lag.

[Burning Skull]

Is it possible to know your username then?

So that thing could happen one day:

[Kirian]

Is it possible to know your username then?

So that thing could happen one day:

Last I saw him on, he had the very boring "Donald Vaccarino" as his username.  I mean, I suppose that could have been an imposter, but I don't think so.

[Ozle]

Is it possible to know your username then?

So that thing could happen one day:

Last I saw him on, he had the very boring "Donald Vaccarino" as his username.  I mean, I suppose that could have been an imposter, but I don't think so.

That could have been me....

[Kirian]

Donald X and Ozle being the same person would actually explain a lot.

[jsh357]

Donald X and Ozle being the same person would actually explain a lot.

http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5014.msg121140#msg121140

[Donald X.]

Is it possible to know your username then?

On online Dominion I am Donald X., and I have already played AdamH due to him asking in this thread, so your chances aren't bad.

[GeoLib]

Donald X and Ozle being the same person would actually explain a lot.

http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5014.msg121140#msg121140

Makes sense given that we're all actually WanderingWinder

[StrongRhino]

Donald X and Ozle being the same person would actually explain a lot.

http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5014.msg121140#msg121140

Makes sense given that we're all actually WanderingWinder

We are actually all /u/karmanaut oops wrong website

[eHalcyon]

Donald X and Ozle being the same person would actually explain a lot.

http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5014.msg121140#msg121140

Makes sense given that we're all actually WanderingWinder

Speak for myself.

[LastFootnote]

While waiting for Piña Pirata, I picked up The Dwarf King by Bruno Faidutti. It seems like the kind of game you would make if you were to make a trick-taking card game. It has quite a bit of variety, using 1 out of 14 special cards and 1 out of 40 scoring goals each hand.

Have you ever made a trick-taking game, or are they not really your thing?

[Donald X.]

While waiting for Piña Pirata, I picked up The Dwarf King by Bruno Faidutti. It seems like the kind of game you would make if you were to make a trick-taking card game. It has quite a bit of variety, using 1 out of 14 special cards and 1 out of 40 scoring goals each hand.

Have you ever made a trick-taking game, or are they not really your thing?

I've made a dozen or so simple ones. I haven't seriously pursued any of them. The one I remember as the most interesting was Rook to King's Five. You deal 8 cards to each player and 8 cards face up, from a 40-card deck. You take turns; on your turn you play onto one of the cards as if playing on a trick. The face up card is the led card. If you are now winning the trick you played on, you move it to in front of you to track that. You can play on any trick with less than 5 cards, but once you've picked a trick to play on you have to follow suit if possible. And there's uh a trump suit and it's a normal trick-taking game otherwise. I only played that one twice but it sounds worth pursuing. You can also have people lead tricks that are resolved right then the normal way, but you lead your choice of one of 8 face up cards. Those are both pretty unusual; the others were more conventional.

[LastFootnote]

Have you made any games other than Piña Pirata that use the "Suit Deck"? Seems like it could be an interesting deck for a poker-style game.

Some 5-card hands, almost certainly not in order of rarity:

Pair (the same suit twice)
Two pair
Triplets (the same suit three times)
Three pair
3-Cycle (1-2, 2-3, and 3-1)
Four-of-a-kind
Four pair
Two triplets
Five-of-a-kind
4-Cycle
Family (no suit appears in your hand exactly once)
Loners (5 solitary cards)
Grand Cycle (1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-1)
Menagerie (all 10 suits appear in your hand)

[Donald X.]

Have you made any games other than Piña Pirata that use the "Suit Deck"? Seems like it could be an interesting deck for a poker-style game.

I had big plans to but never did. It seems like it has potential. Of course some people do play versions of traditional card games using dominoes.