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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #75 on: April 04, 2013, 09:20:03 am »
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Mm.  Not sure that passes the "Fluxx" test.
Fluxx test?

Edit: NVM I've got it.
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« Reply #76 on: April 04, 2013, 09:41:24 am »
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So…have we changed the abbreviation from f.ds to f.bgs?

If you visit the site via boardgamestrategy.net/forum, it will display as the Board Game Strategy Forum.  If you visit via forum.dominionstrategy.com, it will display as the Dominion Strategy Forum.  All the same to me :P
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« Reply #77 on: April 04, 2013, 09:42:13 am »
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As it's pretty popular here and has online playing: Through the Ages

I want to second myself, especially after it won mith's "Best Board Game" challenge. Not that I want to write there, I want to read strategy articles. I nominate Watno to write some articles. I think he knows the game pretty decent.  :P

Jack Rudd also started a blog on this, a long time ago.  I would encourage him to restart it (with any assistance) if he wants.
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #78 on: April 04, 2013, 09:59:41 am »
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I think there are some games that deserves strategy articles but not enough to create another website.
For example, 7 Wonders : you can write articles about each wonder, and articles about each color of cards (blue, green, red), I guess some leaders too. And that's enough.
7 Wonders seconded, it's a highly probabilistic game, but that means there's lots of room for strategy to improve your odds.

I like to spread my chances and be able to buy lots of stuff (a broad strategy) but you could also specialize in green or blue and go with a #1 or last (depth) strategy.
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #79 on: April 04, 2013, 12:33:16 pm »
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As it's pretty popular here and has online playing: Through the Ages

I want to second myself, especially after it won mith's "Best Board Game" challenge. Not that I want to write there, I want to read strategy articles. I nominate Watno to write some articles. I think he knows the game pretty decent.  :P

Jack Rudd also started a blog on this, a long time ago.  I would encourage him to restart it (with any assistance) if he wants.
Ah yes, the blog I started at http://throughtheagesstrategy.wordpress.com/. I'm probably not going to restart it, but feel free to use it as a resource, or lift my articles with proper attribution.
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #80 on: April 04, 2013, 04:44:39 pm »
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I would definitely help with a TtA strategy blog. Maybe try and get people from BGO to share words of wisdom?
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #81 on: April 04, 2013, 04:46:40 pm »
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I would like Galz to write an article entitled "How to draw all of the defense cards every single game".
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #82 on: April 04, 2013, 04:49:28 pm »
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For games that already have established/active communities (like Chess and Magic) would it make any sense to link to them? Something like an "other" page that could have a bunch of links to those other forums/blogs? Then maybe someone who finds bgs.net discovers sites for other board games they hadn't heard about, even if those games aren't really featured by bgs.
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #83 on: April 04, 2013, 07:07:04 pm »
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Nah. Chess forums are about as rare as rocks.
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #84 on: April 05, 2013, 10:59:17 am »
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As more non-Dominion boards get added (Innovation, Treasure Hunt, Power Grid) it is a minor nuisance to update my Ignore Board List each time.  Is there any way to set these new boards to Ignore by default?
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #85 on: April 06, 2013, 04:43:13 pm »
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I really don't have the time or patience to helm an entire blog, but if enough people are interested in RftG strategy then I'd happily write some guest articles.

I could probably write one or two articles covering the entirety of San Juan strategy, too.  It wouldn't take very long.  :P
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #86 on: April 06, 2013, 06:50:06 pm »
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Hmm.

As long as no one objects: theory! I'm interested in running the 7 Wonders strategy blog thing.

I only own the base set (and have played it 20+ times) so I'll only be reviewing those, but if I ever get the expansions, I can cover a few things there too.
I'll take brokoli's advice and write:

- 1 Article for each Wonder
- 1 Article about each of the 3 general strategies (Blue, Red, Green)
- Some General Strategy/Prioritizing Picks/etc.


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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #87 on: April 06, 2013, 06:55:44 pm »
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I would like Galz to write an article entitled "How to draw all of the defense cards every single game".

Who? Me? I'm sure I've no idea what you're talking about.
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #88 on: April 06, 2013, 08:17:03 pm »
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Hmm.

As long as no one objects: theory! I'm interested in running the 7 Wonders strategy blog thing.

I only own the base set (and have played it 20+ times) so I'll only be reviewing those, but if I ever get the expansions, I can cover a few things there too.
I'll take brokoli's advice and write:

- 1 Article for each Wonder
- 1 Article about each of the 3 general strategies (Blue, Red, Green)
- Some General Strategy/Prioritizing Picks/etc.

Have you read this?

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/691370/some-complex-strategies-for-7-wonders

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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #89 on: April 06, 2013, 10:44:10 pm »
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Hmm.

As long as no one objects: theory! I'm interested in running the 7 Wonders strategy blog thing.

I only own the base set (and have played it 20+ times) so I'll only be reviewing those, but if I ever get the expansions, I can cover a few things there too.
I'll take brokoli's advice and write:

- 1 Article for each Wonder
- 1 Article about each of the 3 general strategies (Blue, Red, Green)
- Some General Strategy/Prioritizing Picks/etc.

Have you read this?

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/691370/some-complex-strategies-for-7-wonders
No, but I don't think I could write anything quite as complete as that.  ;D
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #90 on: April 07, 2013, 03:04:36 pm »
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Im sure some of the BGG fans could be enticed to switch over to here if we get these up and running. A bit like the Dominion players find this place a lot better...
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #91 on: April 07, 2013, 06:06:02 pm »
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Hmm.

As long as no one objects: theory! I'm interested in running the 7 Wonders strategy blog thing.

I only own the base set (and have played it 20+ times) so I'll only be reviewing those, but if I ever get the expansions, I can cover a few things there too.
I'll take brokoli's advice and write:

- 1 Article for each Wonder
- 1 Article about each of the 3 general strategies (Blue, Red, Green)
- Some General Strategy/Prioritizing Picks/etc.




I'd help with 7W. I'm confused by you listing red as a basic strategy - military is never a strategy on it's own, it can only be a complement (assuming you want to win that is). If I had to identify basic strategies in 7 Wonders it'd be more like: Resource heavy (browns leading into red/blue/purple), Resource light (yellows & complement greens with chains), Science (grays leading into green & chains). But really no matter what path you take, there's going to be overlap.
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #92 on: April 07, 2013, 06:29:36 pm »
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I was thinking more of how you'd play each Age with that color, rescources you'd need, but the combination strategies like Red/Green, Trading for rescources, etc. Would be good too.

And of course you could help!
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« Reply #93 on: April 07, 2013, 07:11:31 pm »
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The point I'm making is, those colours on their own aren't a single strategy. In particular I think red is something everyone should be considering. I guess if you wanted to you could call the three strategies I listed above "blue" (big resource), "yellow" (small resource (this one doesn't really have a huge economy focus, it's just hard to identify a colour it's really interested in especially) and "green" (science).
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« Reply #94 on: April 18, 2013, 08:56:24 pm »
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I would be super pumped to see a Race for the Galaxy blog pop up here...
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« Reply #95 on: April 19, 2013, 04:04:19 am »
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Hmm.

As long as no one objects: theory! I'm interested in running the 7 Wonders strategy blog thing.

I only own the base set (and have played it 20+ times) so I'll only be reviewing those, but if I ever get the expansions, I can cover a few things there too.
I'll take brokoli's advice and write:

- 1 Article for each Wonder
- 1 Article about each of the 3 general strategies (Blue, Red, Green)
- Some General Strategy/Prioritizing Picks/etc.




I'd help with 7W. I'm confused by you listing red as a basic strategy - military is never a strategy on it's own, it can only be a complement (assuming you want to win that is). If I had to identify basic strategies in 7 Wonders it'd be more like: Resource heavy (browns leading into red/blue/purple), Resource light (yellows & complement greens with chains), Science (grays leading into green & chains). But really no matter what path you take, there's going to be overlap.
I think it's probably better to generalize some strategies.

A good article would be: Diversify or specialize? With good pros and cons for both.
Diversifying makes sure you have the most options available to you in the later Ages.
Specializing means going full green for instance or trying to build through chaining rather than with the resources.
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« Reply #96 on: April 24, 2013, 09:07:11 pm »
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There is actually quite a bit to mine with 7 Wonders particularly with the expansions (Cities is great, Leaders is ok to play but offers additional diversity).

Different ideas for articles other than what has been mentioned include:

- Basic articles for different numbers of player as what's available changes quite a bit and changes the game quite a bit. For example Marketplace-based/Olympia B side strategies are a ton more powerful in 3-player than in larger games where your neighbor has a huge influence.
- Card articles for the Leaders and Cities expansions as those are all unique and not in every game and often change the entire game quite a bit.
- How to best inhibit others strategies without turning your own game into a mess (this happens quite often amongst average players)
- Recognizing when it is best to abandon your wonder and change to another strategy

I would be willing to contribute if this gets started as well.
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« Reply #97 on: April 24, 2013, 10:07:43 pm »
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It's currently in the infancy stages. I think Arch and I have been given edit access, but neither of us have done anything on it yet. eHalc is probably the best person at it on this site, I'd say, at least that I've seen.

I'm going to a 7 Wonders tournament in a few weeks (er, if I actually sign up), if I do well in that, then maybe I'll feel I understand the game well enough to write some stuff :P.
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« Reply #98 on: April 24, 2013, 11:13:17 pm »
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It's currently in the infancy stages. I think Arch and I have been given edit access, but neither of us have done anything on it yet. eHalc is probably the best person at it on this site, I'd say, at least that I've seen.

I'm going to a 7 Wonders tournament in a few weeks (er, if I actually sign up), if I do well in that, then maybe I'll feel I understand the game well enough to write some stuff :P.

Whoa now, I really doubt it.  I came in like third or fourth in 7WII?  I just wrote a LOT when I was spectating 7WI, that's all.  Does not indicate skill in the slightest!
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Re: Board Game Strategy
« Reply #99 on: April 25, 2013, 12:16:44 am »
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It's currently in the infancy stages. I think Arch and I have been given edit access, but neither of us have done anything on it yet. eHalc is probably the best person at it on this site, I'd say, at least that I've seen.

I'm going to a 7 Wonders tournament in a few weeks (er, if I actually sign up), if I do well in that, then maybe I'll feel I understand the game well enough to write some stuff :P.

Whoa now, I really doubt it.  I came in like third or fourth in 7WII?  I just wrote a LOT when I was spectating 7WI, that's all.  Does not indicate skill in the slightest!
I think you're good enough. I understand the mechanics of the game very well, but when it comes time to play I don't do so hot. So if you want to help out (or anybody, for that matter) just talk to theory, Tables, or myself and you could definitely star writing some articles. Especially those who've played with the expansions/Bonus Boards. I don't know about Tables, but I've personally only used the cards in the expansions a couple times each and have never tried any other board outside of the base 7 ones.
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