If any of you lack the capacity to solve problems involving infinitely countable hats (I know I do), here's one of my favourite puzzles (this one is by Raymond Smullyan; I had to retranslate the version I have, so sorry if the English is wonky):
In 1918, the day the First World War armistice was signed, three married couples celebrated the occasion dining together. Each husband is the brother of one wife, and each wife is the sister of one husband; that is, there are three brother-sister pairs in the group. We know the following:
-Helen is exactly twenty-six weeks older than her husband, who was born in august.
-The sister of Mr. White, who is married to the brother-in-law of Helen’s brother, got married to him on her birthday, which is in January.
-Marguerite White isn’t as tall as William Black.
-Arthur’s sister is taller than Beatrice.
-John is fifty years old.
What is Mrs. Brown first name?
I don't know if anyone will try to solve this one or not, but just in case, here's a hint that normally should get you to the answer:
The date is relevant.
Coppersmith
All six cards reduce your hand size. However, if you have no treasure in hand and no remaining actions, none of them give any other benefit.
The second set of cards listed can reduce hand size with no benefit, but under conditions that have nothing to do with treasure: KC and TR provide no benefit if you have no other actions; Shanty Town provides no benefit if you have exactly one terminal non-draw in hand (really borderline?); Crossroads provides no benefit if you have only Treasure in hand; Ruined Village provides no benefit but it doesn't matter what's in your hand.
All of that said, though, I don't know how Ruined Market and Abandoned Mine would fit, because each provides a (small) benefit.
I think I've got it now.
Adventurer
Another Throne variant in Dark Ages didn't work out, and I thought of that old card and made this one. It does not go so crazy but can still facilitate a cool transforming engine.
For the second adventure you apparently get a free zap too. It can be used to turn one of your coppers to silver, estate to duchy, or opponents estate to curse. Just 2 cards changed though
Just completed one game in adventure mode!
Pretty boring so far but I guess it could get interesting.
I hear Celestial Chameleon is designing these adventures. If so, we are all doomed.
Nooo, there's no new "X Village" card?
I know a couple of the cards have village effects, but their names are different. I really wanted to build an all-village kingdom sometime once all the expansions are out, and we're missing two ... and I doubt Guilds will have two in it.
Village
Mining Village
Native Village
Fishing Village
Native Village
Farming Village
Border Village
Walled Village
We have Ruined Village.
You know what? I think I've identified the source of the confusion here between my interpretation of the card and your intention for it (the same confusion has manifested both in this question and in my Conspirator question).
I'm interpreting "Play this as if it were..." as the on-play instructions for the card, similar to Throne Room's. So for instance when you play a Throne Room, here's what happens:
- I put the Throne Room card in play. "I play a Throne Room!" What do I do now? I read the instructions on the card. Oho, it tells me to choose an Action in my hand and play it twice. I'll do that! Let's play that Smithy from my hand! Twice!
In other words, playing the Smithy is a separate event from, and a consequence of, playing the Throne Room itself. In the same way, I was visualizing Band of Misfits as this:
- I put the Band of Misfits card in play. "I play a Band of Misfits!" What do I do now? I read the instructions on the card. Oho, it tells me to play it as another Action in the supply. I'll do that! Let's play it as a Smithy!
So in this reading, playing the Band of Misfits as a Smithy is a separate event from, and a consequence of, putting the Band of Misfits in play to begin with. But that's not the interpretation I infer that you're intending for the card text. What you're implying, if I follow, is that "Play this as if it were..." isn't instructions to execute as a result of playing the card, the way Throne Room's text is; it's instructions on what playing the card actually consists of. So the interpretation you're telling me is this:
- I put the Band of Misfits card in play. "I play this as a Smithy!" What do I do now? Oho, I draw three cards. Okay.
Right?
Oh my gosh, Chapel/Squire or Remake/Squire with Possession on the board... talk about your degenerate games.
Squire + Watchtower?
Any attack you want...for 2! (As long as you have Watchtower in hand.)
Whoa, yeah. Watchtower definitely boosts some cards in Dark Ages. At minimum it opens up tons of new options (like gaining 3 Silvers instead of Feodum).
I'm incredibly pleased by the way this puzzle turned out. It turns out that a potential "opening", which could technically appear on councilroom.com/openings, is:
Jester/Colony/Colony/Colony/Colony/Colony/Colony/Province/Province/Province/Province/Province/Province
or
Jester/Province/Province/Province/Province/Province/Province/Province/Province/Province/Province/Province/Province,
ending the game. (Would all the gains in between show? This isn't actually clear from what we can observe...)
A corollary of this is that it's possible to end the game (on Provinces) on turn two!!! Who would've thought...
I am reading peoples posts on the forum (always a bad thing) that its very very short. Does that ring true to any of you guys?
