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Dominion => Variants and Fan Cards => Topic started by: MattLee on January 01, 2017, 11:49:14 am

Title: Paying VP tokens?
Post by: MattLee on January 01, 2017, 11:49:14 am
I'm thinking of trying out a card like this:
__________
Conqueror
Action

+1 Card
+1 Action
+ 1VP

If you have 4VP or more,
pay 4VP and gain a Provence
__________
I don't think there's a precedent for this so how would you word it? Pay sounds weird. Do you remove them? Loose them? Any thoughts on the card?
Title: Re: Paying VP tokens?
Post by: Jack Rudd on January 01, 2017, 01:04:05 pm
Probably not a good card; if it's worth buying, everyone will buy it en masse and the Province pile will empty quickly as people play cantrips. (See innumerable discussions about why Rebuild is annoying; same dynamic.)
Title: Re: Paying VP tokens?
Post by: MattLee on January 01, 2017, 03:42:29 pm
Probably not a good card; if it's worth buying, everyone will buy it en masse and the Province pile will empty quickly as people play cantrips. (See innumerable discussions about why Rebuild is annoying; same dynamic.)

You're probably right that putting a cantrip on it is a bad idea. Would the 2nd half of the card be interesting enough though?
Title: Re: Paying VP tokens?
Post by: Jack Rudd on January 01, 2017, 04:33:33 pm
Probably not a good card; if it's worth buying, everyone will buy it en masse and the Province pile will empty quickly as people play cantrips. (See innumerable discussions about why Rebuild is annoying; same dynamic.)

You're probably right that putting a cantrip on it is a bad idea. Would the 2nd half of the card be interesting enough though?
It might. If I were you, I'd test it out in Goons games to see how it plays there.
Title: Re: Paying VP tokens?
Post by: Kirian on January 01, 2017, 05:21:21 pm
I think the second half is certainly an interesting thought.  A cantrip+VP token probably needs a cost in the $7-$9 range though.
Title: Re: Paying VP tokens?
Post by: Violet CLM on January 02, 2017, 02:09:21 pm
I think the second half is certainly an interesting thought.  A cantrip+VP token probably needs a cost in the $7-$9 range though.
oh hey I've seen this discussion before (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=13522.0)
Title: Re: Paying VP tokens?
Post by: weety4 on January 03, 2017, 02:38:58 am
I'm thinking of trying out a card like this:
__________
Conqueror
Action

+1 Card
+1 Action
+ 1VP

If you have 4VP or more,
pay 4VP and gain a Provence
__________
I don't think there's a precedent for this so how would you word it? Pay sounds weird. Do you remove them? Loose them? Any thoughts on the card?
This is far too cheap. Also, unless the game is close to the end I wouldn't really want to gain a 2 VP card. And if it is close to the end gaining such a card for free is kinda strong.
Title: Re: Paying VP tokens?
Post by: ThetaSigma12 on January 03, 2017, 08:33:39 am
I'm thinking of trying out a card like this:
__________
Conqueror
Action

+1 Card
+1 Action
+ 1VP

If you have 4VP or more,
pay 4VP and gain a Provence
__________
I don't think there's a precedent for this so how would you word it? Pay sounds weird. Do you remove them? Loose them? Any thoughts on the card?
This is far too cheap.
Ironically he didn't actually set a price.