Rather than comparing Orchard to Fairgrounds, I think a much more instructive comparison is with the thematically twinned Vineyard.
Orchard is 1.33 VP/action for the first three actions; Vineyard is 1/action.
vineyard is 1/3 per action per vineyard.Rather than comparing Orchard to Fairgrounds, I think a much more instructive comparison is with the thematically twinned Vineyard.
Orchard is 1.33 VP/action for the first three actions; Vineyard is 1/action.
Uhhh Vineyard is 0.33/action
vineyard is 1/3 per action per vineyard.Rather than comparing Orchard to Fairgrounds, I think a much more instructive comparison is with the thematically twinned Vineyard.
Orchard is 1.33 VP/action for the first three actions; Vineyard is 1/action.
Uhhh Vineyard is 0.33/action
My point is that you can have more than 1 vineyard.vineyard is 1/3 per action per vineyard.Rather than comparing Orchard to Fairgrounds, I think a much more instructive comparison is with the thematically twinned Vineyard.
Orchard is 1.33 VP/action for the first three actions; Vineyard is 1/action.
Uhhh Vineyard is 0.33/action
1/3 = 0.33__
Well, turns out Orchard is amazing. I just played a game where my opponent opened 5/2 on a Cultist board, and I think I ended up with 8 Ruins. Now, it helped a ton that it was a University board and I picked up plenty of Action cards even though my deck was terrible, but I ended up with 36 points on Orchard and won the game.
Well, turns out Orchard is amazing. I just played a game where my opponent opened 5/2 on a Cultist board, and I think I ended up with 8 Ruins. Now, it helped a ton that it was a University board and I picked up plenty of Action cards even though my deck was terrible, but I ended up with 36 points on Orchard and won the game.
Did you get super lucky and have 1 or 2 sets of 3 of a kind in those 8 Ruins?
I was the opponent who got beat up in the Cultist vs Orchard game, and the Ruins counts didn't matter at all, it wasn't a close thing where 4 or 8 VP mattered. It was just (in hindsight (probably in foresight too :)))) clearly better to play with Uni and pursue Orchard points.
Makes Pearl Diver actually attractive (if you have the spare$ and buy to reduce opportunity cost).