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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3375 on: September 23, 2016, 09:25:25 am »
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Were "strictly better" considerations a concern for the new cards in Base and Intrigue? As in, did you avoid doing SomeCard+X because it would be strictly better than the removed SomeCard?

Edit: You'll probably not answer to this, anyhow. Never mind.
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3376 on: September 23, 2016, 09:38:39 am »
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Will you update the secret history of the Promos to include Sauna and Avanto?
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3377 on: September 23, 2016, 09:40:02 am »
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Will you update the secret history of the Promos to include Sauna and Avanto?

I'm guessing that'll happen once English speakers are able to acquire them.
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3378 on: September 23, 2016, 09:42:15 am »
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Will you update the secret history of the Promos to include Sauna and Avanto?

I'm guessing that'll happen once English speakers are able to acquire them.
Ice hole just sounds so funny I couldn't resist saying it.
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3379 on: September 23, 2016, 09:43:42 am »
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Will you update the secret history of the Promos to include Sauna and Avanto?

I'm guessing that'll happen once English speakers are able to acquire them.
Ice hole just sounds so funny I couldn't resist saying it.
Is Ice Hole actually going to be the translation?
I'd think at least something like "Ice Bath" would be better.
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3380 on: September 23, 2016, 09:45:08 am »
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Will you update the secret history of the Promos to include Sauna and Avanto?

I'm guessing that'll happen once English speakers are able to acquire them.
Ice hole just sounds so funny I couldn't resist saying it.
Is Ice Hole actually going to be the translation?
I'd think at least something like "Ice Bath" would be better.

Don't be an ice hole about it.
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3381 on: September 23, 2016, 11:14:15 am »
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Will Sauna/Avanto ship with a FAQ, or will one be provided later, like with Summon?
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3382 on: September 23, 2016, 03:07:28 pm »
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Were "strictly better" considerations a concern for the new cards in Base and Intrigue? As in, did you avoid doing SomeCard+X because it would be strictly better than the removed SomeCard?
We tested a strictly better card that didn't make it; being strictly better than a removed card did feel like a point against it, though I don't know if that would have been enough to kill it by itself. None of the new cards are strictly better than another Dominion card (I use the term in the way most Magic players do, e.g. including cost).
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3383 on: September 23, 2016, 03:08:02 pm »
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Will you update the secret history of the Promos to include Sauna and Avanto?
Sure I can write something up.
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3384 on: September 23, 2016, 03:09:20 pm »
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Will you update the secret history of the Promos to include Sauna and Avanto?

I'm guessing that'll happen once English speakers are able to acquire them.
Ice hole just sounds so funny I couldn't resist saying it.
Is Ice Hole actually going to be the translation?
I'd think at least something like "Ice Bath" would be better.
The English cards are called Sauna and Avanto (and the randomizer Sauna / Avanto).

I don't actually know what the Finnish versions will be called. That's up to them, though I feel like I went the extra mile for them here.
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3385 on: September 23, 2016, 03:09:47 pm »
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Will Sauna/Avanto ship with a FAQ, or will one be provided later, like with Summon?
I haven't written a FAQ, so I don't think it will be provided with one.
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« Reply #3386 on: September 24, 2016, 12:38:13 am »
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I don't actually know what the Finnish versions will be called. That's up to them, though I feel like I went the extra mile for them here.

Finland will become Fanland. All according to plan.
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3387 on: September 24, 2016, 11:33:15 pm »
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Why did Mine get a "you may", but not Remodel?
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3388 on: September 24, 2016, 11:37:13 pm »
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Why did Mine get a "you may", but not Remodel?

Presumably because the old Mine is cheatable, but Remodel is not.  Specifically, you can play the old Mine and say "I don't actually have any treasure in hand"; there's no "or reveal a hand with no Treasure" clause to prove you right or wrong.  With Remodel, it's public knowledge that you do (or don't) have an additional card in your hand, so there's no way to cheat its play.  (I know you know this, but for newer players, this matters for things like Conspirator and Peddler that care about the number of actions/action cards played in a turn.)
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3389 on: September 24, 2016, 11:39:54 pm »
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Yeah, Magic does the same sort of thing with which deck searches are optional + revealed ("a creature") and which are hidden + mandatory "any card".
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3390 on: September 24, 2016, 11:47:09 pm »
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Why did Mine get a "you may", but not Remodel?

Presumably because the old Mine is cheatable, but Remodel is not.  Specifically, you can play the old Mine and say "I don't actually have any treasure in hand"; there's no "or reveal a hand with no Treasure" clause to prove you right or wrong.  With Remodel, it's public knowledge that you do (or don't) have an additional card in your hand, so there's no way to cheat its play.  (I know you know this, but for newer players, this matters for things like Conspirator and Peddler that care about the number of actions/action cards played in a turn.)
Correct. The entire point to the Mine change was to remove the potential to cheat (that in practice would never come up, but still).
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3391 on: September 26, 2016, 12:14:06 am »
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For cards that were removed from Dominion/Intrigue and didn't get an obvious analogue (e.g. Coppersmith), is it now more likely for those concepts to reappear sometime in the future?
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Re: Interview with Donald X.
« Reply #3392 on: September 26, 2016, 12:36:24 am »
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For cards that were removed from Dominion/Intrigue and didn't get an obvious analogue (e.g. Coppersmith), is it now more likely for those concepts to reappear sometime in the future?
Not really. They're not off the table, but it's not like I'm specifically trying to do them.

I did test new Coppersmiths for Intrigue. They did not work out.
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« Reply #3393 on: September 26, 2016, 06:18:22 pm »
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Dominion products used to say 8+ but now say 14+, including the base game. Why the change?
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« Reply #3394 on: September 26, 2016, 06:21:51 pm »
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Legal reasons I think. "Toys" need to be certified to not contain lead or something if they are supposed to be sold to kids I believe.
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« Reply #3395 on: September 26, 2016, 06:31:56 pm »
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Will the updated versions of later expansions be marked as such in any way?
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« Reply #3396 on: September 26, 2016, 06:37:29 pm »
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If the original Dominion is New York City and the last Dominion expansion you do is Los Angeles, where are we on the map?
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« Reply #3397 on: September 26, 2016, 06:37:49 pm »
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Dominion products used to say 8+ but now say 14+, including the base game. Why the change?
As I understand it, Mattel had some made-in-China toys that had lead in them. Congress sprang into action and got behind requiring lead testing in children's products, including ones that had never been suspected of lead and would have no reason to have lead, such as books. Your choices on a board game are to say 13+ or get lead testing on every batch. Hasbro or ELM however didn't want to risk that number (I don't know the precise phrasing of the laws) and required 14+.

And so where does Mattel get their lead testing done? In China of course, it's cheaper.
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« Reply #3398 on: September 26, 2016, 06:40:27 pm »
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Will the updated versions of later expansions be marked as such in any way?
Not with a big "second edition," but I think there will at least tend to be a way to distinguish them from the back covers.
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« Reply #3399 on: September 26, 2016, 06:41:22 pm »
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If the original Dominion is New York City and the last Dominion expansion you do is Los Angeles, where are we on the map?
My time machine appears to be broken.
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