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Dominion => Puzzles and Challenges => Topic started by: AJD on July 21, 2013, 09:27:43 pm

Title: Spot the theme
Post by: AJD on July 21, 2013, 09:27:43 pm

Let's say I were to build a Kingdom consisting of the following ten cards:

City
Explorer
Farmland
Fishing Village
Hermit
Knights
Merchant Guild
Mine
Nobles
Worker's Village

What is the unifying theme that guided my choice of cards here? I.e., what do they have in common?
Hints, in order of increasing helpfulness:

• This set of ten is not totally unique for the theme, but it's close to unique; in a few cases I got to choose which to include out of two or three possible cards.
• You have to look outside of Dominion to spot the theme—but not very far beyond Dominion.
• There is a third hint, but this isn't it. Can you find it?

Title: Re: Spot the theme
Post by: UmbrageOfSnow on July 21, 2013, 11:52:44 pm

Is it Kingdom Builder?

Title: Re: Spot the theme
Post by: AJD on July 22, 2013, 12:52:50 am

Be more specific!  :)

Title: Re: Spot the theme
Post by: UmbrageOfSnow on July 22, 2013, 01:29:36 am

There are 10 Kingdom Builder cards

Citizens = City
Discoverers = Explorer
Farmers = Farmland
Fishermen = Fishing Village
Hermits = Hermit (This one's a pretty big stretch, I don't know...)
Knights = Knights (Only got this one by process of elimination)
Merchants = Merchant Guild
Miners = Mine
Lords = Nobles
Workers = Worker's Village

Title: Re: Spot the theme
Post by: AJD on July 22, 2013, 02:13:55 am

Thank you!

The similarity of the names was one of the first things I noticed the first time I played Kingdom Builder—actually not just the similarity of the names, but how many of them specifically correspond to Dominion villages: Farming and Mining, of course, in addition to the ones I used as clues.

Title: Re: Spot the theme
Post by: UmbrageOfSnow on July 22, 2013, 02:17:52 am

Do I get to do one now?!

I need a minute to think.

Title: Re: Spot the theme
Post by: AJD on July 22, 2013, 02:19:36 am

Go for it!

Title: Re: Spot the theme
Post by: UmbrageOfSnow on July 22, 2013, 03:03:01 am

What theme unites this kingdom of 10 cards?

Governor
Chapel
University
Library
Market
Militia
Horn of Plenty
Crossroads
Black Market
Develop

Hints
1. This is also a game-inspired theme.
2. The first 5 came very easily, as a subset.
3. One card name contains a hint, not to the game itself, but to the specific element of a game I'm using here here.

Title: Re: Spot the theme
Post by: Kirian on July 22, 2013, 08:15:31 am

Quote from: UmbrageOfSnow on July 22, 2013, 03:03:01 am

What theme unites this kingdom of 10 cards?

Governor
Chapel
University
Library
Market
Militia
Horn of Plenty
Crossroads
Black Market
Develop

Hints
1. This is also a game-inspired theme.
2. The first 5 came very easily, as a subset.
3. One card name contains a hint, not to the game itself, but to the specific element of a game I'm using here here.

That looks like Catan

Title: Re: Spot the theme
Post by: hsiale on July 22, 2013, 09:29:06 am

Quote from: UmbrageOfSnow on July 22, 2013, 03:03:01 am

What theme unites this kingdom of 10 cards?

Governor
Chapel
University
Library
Market
Militia
Horn of Plenty
Crossroads
Black Market
Develop

Hints
1. This is also a game-inspired theme.
2. The first 5 came very easily, as a subset.
3. One card name contains a hint, not to the game itself, but to the specific element of a game I'm using here here.

Puerto Rico

Title: Re: Spot the theme
Post by: UmbrageOfSnow on July 22, 2013, 11:02:22 am

Kirian has it!

Specifically a certain deck of cards from that game, which is named Development cards.

Funny how all these games have so many names in common.
You going to go, Kirian?

Title: Re: Spot the theme
Post by: UmbrageOfSnow on July 22, 2013, 11:03:22 am

Also, this morning, I'm thinking I should have used Embargo instead of Black Market.

Oh, I guess I should ask someone to see if the can match them up 1-to-1.