I've played games where Fairgrounds is one of the choices. Then (of course) you spend your money and your buy your card.
Here is my situation. I am playing the online game via Facebook. When I click on a particular level (I'm in Cornucopia, at the third skull icon on the FB site, if that makes any difference.), it shows the 10 cards that will be in play--in a few seconds--once the game is started. In the previous 200 different levels, what you see on this screen (ie, the 10 individual cards) is what you see at the next screen . . . the actual game. The 10 types of cards at the preview screen mirrors the cards that are available in the actual game. Duh. :-)
But here, in this one level, I'm getting something odd. When I'm at the "prior" screen, it shows Fairgrounds as the most expensive (ie, the only "6") card. (The other 9 cards: Young Witch; Harvest; Horn of Plenty; Jester; Fortune Teller; Menagerie; Horse Trader; Remake; and Tournament) BUT!!!!!, when I click on the 'start game' button, the Fairground card has disappeared!!! Instead, a 2-coin card is swapped in (this card varies...each game I lose, we get a new and different low-value card for the next game).
Now, through Tournament, if you put in a Province and no one else does, you can (well, you are forced to) swap your province for a prize. And, one of those prizes is a single Fairground card. BUT, in the 3 games I've played, one of the other players is always able to obtain multiple copies of Fairgrounds. And this is being done, somehow, though the playing of the Remake card. Huh?
I've tried buying and playing this Remake. But no "secret" purchase options opens up for me, allowing me to buy Fairgrounds. So far, in all 3 games, having these multiple Fairgrounds has been the difference in the game . . . so it's frustrating being prevented from buying this card, while all the other players have that option.
1. Any idea what I'm doing wrong / overlooking? (I did do a forum search here, but "Fairgrounds" yielded nothing remotely helpful.)
2. Any idea why a card that's shown in the "preview" screen suddenly disappears in the actual game. I'm assuming it's a bug in the Facebook software, but maybe not. Hmmm . . .
Any advice or feedback is appreciated.