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Dominion => Puzzles and Challenges => Topic started by: Sakako on November 13, 2012, 11:57:49 am

Title: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: Sakako on November 13, 2012, 11:57:49 am

Alchemy has two.
Base set has (arguably) seven.
Cornucopia has five.
Dark Ages has nine.

How many do the other sets have?

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: ehunt on November 13, 2012, 12:21:31 pm

Guess: this is referring to new card types first introduced in the set. I didn't check this carefully; I'm pretty sure that alchemy doesn't fit the way I have this worded and I think the others do fit. If that's right, then seaside has just one (action-duration), intrigue has two (action-victory and treasure-victory), prosperity has zero, hinterlands has two (fool's gold, tunnel).

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: DStu on November 13, 2012, 12:42:51 pm

Quote from: ehunt on November 13, 2012, 12:21:31 pm

Guess: this is referring to new card types first introduced in the set. I didn't check this carefully; I'm pretty sure that alchemy doesn't fit the way I have this worded and I think the others do fit. If that's right, then seaside has just one (action-duration), intrigue has two (action-victory and treasure-victory), prosperity has zero, hinterlands has two (fool's gold, tunnel).

So Base would be
Action
Action-Reaction
Action-Attack
Treasure
Victory
Curse

and aguably
Reaction
Attack
not Curse

Alchemy was claimed to not fit
Cornucopia has
Action-Prize
Treasure-Prize
Action-Attack-Prize
??
??

and DA
Action-Looter
Action-Attack-Looter
Action-Ruins
Action-Attack-Knight
Action-Attack-Victory-Knight
Action-Shelter
Victory-Shelter
Reaction-Shelter
??

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: DStu on November 13, 2012, 12:57:53 pm

Something with non-kingdom cards?

Base: Estate,Duchy,Province,Curse,Copper,Silver,Gold.  Don't see where to argue there, but anyway
Alchemy: Potion. ... ... ... . . . .     .      .
Cornucopia: 5 Prizes
DA: 5 Ruins, 1 Spoils, 3 Shelters ...  and probably Madman and Mercenary .. .. ..

Ok, forget about this. How about Non-potion price points

Base: 0,2,3,4,5,6,8 Don't see where to argue there, but anyway...
Alchemy: 2,5  non-Potion is kind of artificial, but we need two of them
Corncopia: 2,3,4,5,6  ... and 0*, but those are not in the supply, can exclude them
DA: 1,2,3,4,5,6 ... .. .   .  0* ^^ .. .  ..    .

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: Sakako on November 13, 2012, 10:45:49 pm

Nope, you haven't got it yet.

As extra clues:

Hinterlands has 5.
The cards in Alchemy which are important are Golem and Herbalist.

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: ConMan on November 13, 2012, 11:42:37 pm

I think I have it, and I'm just trying to work out what the counts for the other sets are. Just to check, Promo Cards have one at best?

EDIT: Actually, scratch that. By the solution I thought I had, Alchemy has 4.

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: Sakako on November 15, 2012, 05:26:41 am

Another extra clue:

The promo cards have precisely 1.

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: dougz on November 19, 2012, 03:35:48 pm

So what is it?  I thought I had it, but by my count Cornucopia has 7 and the base set has 10, so that's not it...

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: Sakako on November 22, 2012, 12:11:36 pm

The puzzle was the number of cards in each set with people in the background. :3

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: dougz on November 27, 2012, 12:14:15 pm

Ah, I wasn't too far off then -- I thought it was number of cards depicting more than one person. 

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: Sakako on November 27, 2012, 03:39:59 pm

Yeah, very close, but for example, Militia doesn't count. Anyway. Good guesses all around. :)

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: Mr Anderson on November 27, 2012, 03:57:56 pm

Do you look for interactive cards?

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: Sakako on November 27, 2012, 04:36:30 pm

Interactive cards? What do you mean?

Title: Re: Set-based puzzle, for a change.
Post by: Mr Anderson on November 29, 2012, 10:54:36 am

I realized this was the wrong answer. Interactive cards affect the other players. But this cannot be the correct answer as the promos only have one, and Governor and Envoy would fit that category.