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Dominion => Puzzles and Challenges => Solo Challenges => Topic started by: majiponi on April 06, 2020, 12:12:05 pm
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Create an infinite loop with 4 Kingdom cards and a Landscape, or less.
You played 3 Captains to play Inventors with +1 Buy token as Way of the Horse on the previous turn.
Your deck is empty. You have 2 Captains and an Inventor in hand.
Play 3 Inventors to gain 3 Inventors.
Play 2 Inventors as Way of the Horse to draw all.
Play Captain to play King's Court
- play Captain to play Inventor to gain Captain
- play Captain (Way of the Horse)
- play Captain to play King's Court
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Ah. I almost got 3, but I think I need 4:
Kingdom:
Scrap, Rogue, Mandarin, Paddock, Capitalism
Loop:
Setup: Trash down to a deck of Scrap, Rogue, Paddock x 2, Mandarin, Horse x 4, (from Scrap or Paddock). Empty two piles for Paddock.
Play Horse x 2, drawing rest of deck.
Play both Paddocks (gain 4 Horses, and enough actions for the Rogue later).
Play Scrap, trashing Mandarin for all benefits except Silver. (gain 1 Horse, draw 1 Horse)
Play Rogue, gaining Mandarin from trash. Paddock x2, Scrap, and Rogue go onto deck.
Play Horse x 3. Draw Paddock x 2, Scrap, Rogue, Horse x 2.
Edit: this might require more than 4 Horses, but since I tested it multiple times and never ended with *exactly* 4 Horses (always more), it shouldn't be a problem.
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One-card solution: Moat.
Or 2 cards if you count any attack.
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Or if you want one that actually accomplishes something; here's one with just 4 Kingdom cards:
Goons and 5 Highways in play.
Purchase Forum, reveal Trader.
Repeat for infinite VP.
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My goal is ...
1. Earning infinite coins and infinite Buys;
2. Gaining all cards;
3. Earning infinite vps and end the game;
4. Playing any Action cards infinite times;
5. All of the above.
Is there any incredible way to make use of the new mechanic "way" to create the third way to loop?
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Draw deck
Play 3 highway
loop:
Buy stonemason, overpay for two cavalry
Play 2 cavalry with +$1 token on it using way of the horse
Play stonemason with +Action token on it using way of the horse
Repeat loop
Generates infinite coins, buys, and actions. You can empty the piles and play them all the same turn.
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Draw deck
Play 3 highway
loop:
Buy stonemason, overpay for two cavalry
Play 2 cavalry with +$1 token on it using way of the horse
Play stonemason with +Action token on it using way of the horse
Repeat loop
Generates infinite coins, buys, and actions. You can empty the piles and play them all the same turn.
Wow! Incredible! Maybe Talisman and Quarry makes this combo more practical...
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Can do 1 kingdom card a 2 landscapes:
KC-KC (way of the rat, way of the horse to draw new KC + treasure, play new KC, repeat)
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Can do 1 kingdom card a 2 landscapes:
KC-KC (way of the rat, way of the horse to draw new KC + treasure, play new KC, repeat)
Donald says we should avoid using 2 Ways. But sounds nice.
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Draw deck
Play 3 highway
loop:
Buy stonemason, overpay for two cavalry
Play 2 cavalry with +$1 token on it using way of the horse
Play stonemason with +Action token on it using way of the horse
Repeat loop
Generates infinite coins, buys, and actions. You can empty the piles and play them all the same turn.
Wow! Incredible! Maybe Talisman and Quarry makes this combo more practical...
3 Kingdom cards and the Way of the Horse create an almost-infinite loop. Practical as we use only 2 Expansions.
Kingdom: Cavalry, Quarry, Talisman
Landscape: Way of the Horse
Setup: Gain 2 Quarries and a Talisman.
Draw all.
Play 2 Quarries and a Talisman
Buy Cavalry (+1 Buy)
Play 2 Cavalries as Horse
Buy Copper, Cavalry
Play 2 Cavalries as Horse
Play 2 Coppers
Buy Talisman, Cavalry
Play 2 Cavalries as Horse
Play 2 Talismans
Buy Copper, Cavalry
Play 4 Cavalries as Horse
Play 4 Coppers
Buy Talisman, Cavalry
Play 4 Cavalries as Horse
Play 4 Talismans
Buy Silver, Cavalry
Play 8 Cavalries as Horse
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Buying Coppers and Silvers lets you gain anything without Potion or Debt costing cards.
EDIT: See game #39881835. 17 piles are empty after the turn 3.
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Can do 1 kingdom card a 2 landscapes:
KC-KC (way of the rat, way of the horse to draw new KC + treasure, play new KC, repeat)
Donald says we should avoid using 2 Ways. But sounds nice.
You can replace way of the rat with inventor.
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Can do 1 kingdom card a 2 landscapes:
KC-KC (way of the rat, way of the horse to draw new KC + treasure, play new KC, repeat)
Donald says we should avoid using 2 Ways. But sounds nice.
You can replace way of the rat with inventor.
No. It is a mere King's Court, can never gain itself without Way of the Rats.
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Can do 1 kingdom card a 2 landscapes:
KC-KC (way of the rat, way of the horse to draw new KC + treasure, play new KC, repeat)
Donald says we should avoid using 2 Ways. But sounds nice.
You can replace way of the rat with inventor.
No. It is a mere King's Court, can never gain itself without Way of the Rats.
Instead of playing king's court as way of the rat, you play it as itself and then play inventor 3 times. The first 2 plays are used to gain king's court and inventor, and the third play is way of the horse.
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Instead of playing king's court as way of the rat, you play it as itself and then play inventor 3 times. The first 2 plays are used to gain king's court and inventor, and the third play is way of the horse.
Some details: I think you need to King's Court (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/King's_Court) a KC, playing the second KC first as Way of the Horse (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Way_of_the_Horse), then KC'ing Inventor (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Inventor) (for KC, Inventor, horse), then KC'ing the regained KC, repeating the loop. And you need to sneak in a tripled Inventor first, for Inventor to be able to gain KC; that's easy, just add another KC.
I made a pretty basic loop over at http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=20927.0 (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=20927.0): 5xMerchant Guild (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Merchant_Guild), repeatedly bought Cavalry (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Cavalry), returned with Way of the Horse, netting a +buy from a Teacher (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Teacher) token. If you're willing to wait a while for the pieces to assemble, you're guaranteed to go off unless your opponent does more than nothing. It gets you infinite money and buys and doesn't require potion-cost cards so you can buy the entire kingdom. I don't know how to make it do more than that.