A week ago some people were asking why there hasn't been a simulation tournament. It was a fair question so I'll open one up. Hopefully the winning scripts will be interesting as well.
The challenge is to find a script that wins matches against other competitors only referencing two kingdom cards and basic cards. This will be, in other words, a challenge to find the strongest two card combination.
- Competition is to be run on Geronimoo's simulator (currently v 1.2.0).
- 2 player games only.
- No colony. No platinum. Potion is a legal basic card.
- No attack cards. No possession, ill gotten gains, masquerade, bishop, vault, embargo, or black market.
- Tournament can be used. Prize cards can be referenced without counting towards the two card limit but followers are prohibited.
You can set the starting hand in the simulator by clicking the start state tab and, for example, adding a line for the start state of "Copper, Copper, Copper, Copper, Estate" and the starting draw deck as "Copper, Copper, Copper, Estate, Estate". If you are using this feature then tick shuffle draw deck and make sure you do start with the required 7 copper and 3 estates. Any script without this feature will have a random starting hand.
Please send entries to DG through the Dominion Strategy Forum mail. Closing date for entries March 2nd. Each person is allowed up to two entries but the second entry must reference different kingdom cards from the first. Please title your scripts using your forum name and kingdom cards.
I will use my own judgement to decide the finalists and run these as a mini-league against each other. In each league game two points will be awarded to the script with the higher win rate, or 1 point each if the win rates differ by less than 1%. The overall winner will be the script with the most points. The tiebreaker will be highest aggregate win rate in the mini-league. The prize is ... nothing. It's all for fun.
Rules may change as feedbacks come through. I have already removed the restriction on the PPR.