Save, Cutpurse, Tournament, Bazaar, Library, Rogue, Soothsayer, Upgrade, Hireling, Hunting Grounds, PossessionWhy would anyone go for the crazy engine? Possession is on the board.
Q: Why would anyone go for the crazy engine?
A: Possession is on the board.
No, it was a rhetorical question. Why would anybody go for the mega engine when Possession is on the board?
Anyway, as usual, the most important Prize here is Princess. If you don't manage to get Princess, your best bet is probably using Possession as your payload. Going for Followers before Princess is an enormous mistake.
Anyway, as usual, the most important Prize here is Princess. If you don't manage to get Princess, your best bet is probably using Possession as your payload. Going for Followers before Princess is an enormous mistake.
What do you mean "as usual"? Princess is rarely the best prize.
Anyway, as usual, the most important Prize here is Princess. If you don't manage to get Princess, your best bet is probably using Possession as your payload. Going for Followers before Princess is an enormous mistake.
What do you mean "as usual"? Princess is rarely the best prize.
You are mistaken. It is, in fact, usually the best Prize.
It's considered third best by Qvist Rankings. I would put it at second, with TS ans Followers tied for first.
It's considered third best by Qvist Rankings. I would put it at second, with TS ans Followers tied for first.
The Qvist rankings are fun, but not very useful for practical purposes since a lot of people vote in them while only a small percentage of the voters are high level players.
I'm trying to work out how the possession mirror plays out here, but right now I'm feeling you want to skip tournament entirely. Pretty much the only prize that's going to help you more than your opponent is Trusty Steed, and I feel like if don't go straight for possession your opponent is more likely to grab it from under you by playing your tournament than you are to get it yourself.
If your opponent skips possession you just go for it and roll over them.
It's considered third best by Qvist Rankings. I would put it at second, with TS ans Followers tied for first.
The Qvist rankings are fun, but not very useful for practical purposes since a lot of people vote in them while only a small percentage of the voters are high level players.
Agreed. Why doesn't someone design a ranking where only high-level players can vote?
I'm trying to work out how the possession mirror plays out here, but right now I'm feeling you want to skip tournament entirely. Pretty much the only prize that's going to help you more than your opponent is Trusty Steed, and I feel like if don't go straight for possession your opponent is more likely to grab it from under you by playing your tournament than you are to get it yourself.
If your opponent skips possession you just go for it and roll over them.
But how likely is it that the other player skips possession once you go for it. In this game, neither of us went there, but I feel that if I (or they) had done so, it would probably have touched off an arms race. Since I was ahead in provinces early, and soon racking up duchies with tournaments after the good prizes were gone, I never had incentive to open that can of worms.
I'm trying to work out how the possession mirror plays out here, but right now I'm feeling you want to skip tournament entirely. Pretty much the only prize that's going to help you more than your opponent is Trusty Steed, and I feel like if don't go straight for possession your opponent is more likely to grab it from under you by playing your tournament than you are to get it yourself.
If your opponent skips possession you just go for it and roll over them.
But how likely is it that the other player skips possession once you go for it. In this game, neither of us went there, but I feel that if I (or they) had done so, it would probably have touched off an arms race. Since I was ahead in provinces early, and soon racking up duchies with tournaments after the good prizes were gone, I never had incentive to open that can of worms.
I think a well played possession-based strategy beats any strategy that skips it, so I'm considering the case w where both players go for it, and in the case I think detouring for prizes is a mistake
Agreed. Why doesn't someone design a ranking where only high-level players can vote?
It's considered third best by Qvist Rankings. I would put it at second, with TS ans Followers tied for first.
The Qvist rankings are fun, but not very useful for practical purposes since a lot of people vote in them while only a small percentage of the voters are high level players.
Agreed. Why doesn't someone design a ranking where only high-level players can vote?
I'm trying to work out how the possession mirror plays out here, but right now I'm feeling you want to skip tournament entirely. Pretty much the only prize that's going to help you more than your opponent is Trusty Steed, and I feel like if don't go straight for possession your opponent is more likely to grab it from under you by playing your tournament than you are to get it yourself.
If your opponent skips possession you just go for it and roll over them.
But how likely is it that the other player skips possession once you go for it. In this game, neither of us went there, but I feel that if I (or they) had done so, it would probably have touched off an arms race. Since I was ahead in provinces early, and soon racking up duchies with tournaments after the good prizes were gone, I never had incentive to open that can of worms.
I think a well played possession-based strategy beats any strategy that skips it, so I'm considering the case w where both players go for it, and in the case I think detouring for prizes is a mistake
I don't think there is a lot of opportunity cost to going for it, though. If you're doing a "draw your deck and play a bunch of Possessions" engine, you'll probably have a $4 turn at some point you can use for Tournament, and then it'll be pretty easy to connect the two. Followers seems like it helps you more than your opponent, because he would attack himself if he Possessed you (and he would gain both cards!). Princess could be too good though.