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Dominon analogies
AJD:
Not really a puzzle so much as a game. I occasionally enjoy constructing analogies based on Dominion cards, in the "A is to B as X is to Y" form. Sometimes this can be done through exact shuffling around of vanilla bonuses—the most trivial examples I can think of are
Village:Worker's Village :: Peddler:Market
Village:Bazaar :: Market:Grand Market
Similarly precise analogies are
Highway:Bridge :: Peddler:Woodcutter
Laboratory:Smithy :: Familiar:Witch
Laboratory:Caravan :: Bazaar:Fishing Village
Apprentice:Laboratory :: Salvager:Woodcutter (if you ignore Apprentice's effect on Potion costs)
Contraband:Gold :: Envoy:Smithy (think about it)
However, it's hard to come up with pairs of cards that match up quite so precisely as those. Are there any other good ones?
That said, there are some almost-perfect analogies that are pretty good:
Scheme:Golem :: Herbalist:Adventurer
Apprentice:Bishop :: Laboratory:Monument
Walled Village:Village :: Treasury:Peddler
For the following analogies to work, you have to ignore some of the details of the effects of the cards involved, but the analogies are based on the main interesting things about the cards:
Followers:Torturer :: Trusty Steed:Pawn
Silk Road:Scout :: Vineyard:Scrying Pool
Scrying Pool:Apothecary : Throne Room:Coppersmith
Minion:Cellar :: Horse Traders:Secret Chamber
Crossroads:Menagerie :: Scout:Hunting Party :: Silk Road:Fairgrounds
Scout:Rabble :: Farming Village:Fortune Teller
Moat:Lighthouse :: Horse Traders:Caravan
Outpost:Possession :: Workshop:Smugglers
And here are a few card pairs that I think must have some other pair of cards with the same relationship, but I just can't think of any good comparisons. Thoughts?
Courtyard:Mandarin :: ??
Upgrade:Remake :: ??
Conspirator:Peddler :: ??
Border Village:Haggler :: ??
What good card analogies have I missed?
AJD:
(Maybe Border Village:Haggler :: Nomad Camp:Royal Seal?)
jonts26:
Margrave:Council Room::Goons:Grand Market
Almost perfect. If not for the goons VP chip gain.
Alternatively -
Margrave:Council Room::Militia:Grand Market
If militia had a +buy.
Edit: Militia and Goons are also missing the +action. So not quite almost perfect.
Edit2: Ghost Ship:Smithy works maybe a little better. Only difference is cards go on deck, not discard.
Jimmmmm:
Upgrade:Remake::Market:Woodcutter ?
AJD:
--- Quote from: Jimmmmm on October 25, 2011, 01:15:58 am ---Upgrade:Remake::Market:Woodcutter ?
--- End quote ---
Hmm, that's not bad. Another possibility I thought of is Upgrade:Remake::Spy:Oracle, though Oracle's +2 cards breaks it down.
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