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Dominion General Discussion / Re: What is Your Rule of Thumb for Comparing VP Tokens to Victory Cards

« on: February 18, 2017, 12:55:56 pm »

Here is what I am getting at:

Are you finding that you view landmarks as more important or less important than you did when Empires first came out? I can say for certain that I have found them to be more important than I originally thought. For example, a landmark like Labyrinth, which gives 2 VP if you gain a 2nd card in a turn, means that I will gladly use an extra buy to take an unwanted copper to get those 2 VP. The fact that I can trash the copper, keep the 2 VP, is very nice.

The other thing I am finding the more I play Empires, is that Temple is a really strong card. Its #20 on Qvist, and it would be one of the cards that I predict moves up on that list in the future. Do you have a number of tokens that gather on Temple before it is a must buy?

Thanks

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Dominion General Discussion / What is Your Rule of Thumb for Comparing VP Tokens to Victory Cards

« on: February 17, 2017, 11:33:36 pm »

Looking for some strategy guidelines for comparing Victory Tokens to Victory Cards. Obviously the tokens are more valuable in most situations, since Victory cards often take space without providing other value. This depends on what stage you are in the game, because the penalty of having a Victory card in your deck depends on how many times you draw it into your hand. I think in most games I would rather have 3 Victory Tokens instead of a Province if its early on in the game. Thoughts? (Obviously late game you just care about maximizing VP)

In general I am finding that Landmarks are extremely important, and that maximizing VP Tokens with cards like Temple is crucial.

What are your rules of thumb for comparing Victory Tokens with Victory Cards?

Thanks

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Dominion General Discussion / What Questions Do You Ask Yourself To Analyze a Board?

« on: February 16, 2017, 02:08:29 pm »

Hello All, I'm new to the forum. I want to find out what questions you ask yourself to come up with your strategy for a given board. I am also very interested in the order of the questions, so please number them instead of just listing them. I do not believe it is possible to have an exhaustive list, but I would like to see what you all can come up with!

My list goes like this:

1) Are there are any cards that allow for multiple terminals to be played in the same turn? (Villages, but also cards like Throne Room)
2) What are the trashers?
3) What are the Alt VP?
4) What are the attacks?
5) What are the + Buys?
6) What are the Gainers?

Then there are a few other questions that I am not sure where they should go (from an order standpoint)
- What are the Specific card combos / cards that go together well?
- Will this be a slow/medium/long game?
- What are ways to end the game quickly once ahead?

Here is the logic behind why I ordered the 6 numbered questions in the order above:
A lack of villages means I need to be very careful of not buying too many terminals, and so that is what i look for first. I put trashing as #2 because I have trouble creating engines without strong trashing (I might be in the over-trashing stage of the game ). Depending on the answer of those first two questions, I then look for other options such as Alt VP, Gardens rush etc. I have found that in general Attacks are more important than either +buys or gainers so I put it 4th, and then I put +buy slightly ahead of gainers because sometimes I see engines get overbuilt but without a +buy to take advantage of it.

Thanks!