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Help! / Re: Treasure Map
« on: December 17, 2012, 10:10:10 pm »
TM is a "trap card" unless there are strong enablers and/or there are no other good strategies, and in this case, an engine like your opponent made is probably the strongest option. Additionally, your Treasure Maps don't collide until your turn 14 which is TERRIBLE luck. But, it could've been prevented. You should actually be getting more than 2 T-Maps in your deck... 3 or 4 I believe? I'd pick up a couple Silvers, in order to afford more TMs, before buying Cellar with $3 to spend. Another thing to note is that you should keep track of every time you reshuffle... your TMs never collide because one is always stuck in the discard when the other one is in your hand. What I'm trying to say is Cellar wisely by lining them up with reshuffles in order to increase your chances of both TMs winding up in your hand at the same time. Don't just Cellar everything all the time.

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Help! / Re: No offense to my opponent but how the F did I lose?
« on: December 15, 2012, 12:44:47 am »
4/3 looks like a much more favorable opening than 5/2 here, and you got stuck with the 5/2. Remake or Steward trashing would help Explorers line up with Provinces I imagine, and like the guys above me said, you need to go more "big money" for the purchasing power, especially when there's no engine potential.

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General Discussion / Re: Goodbye all!
« on: December 15, 2012, 12:26:04 am »
Morgrim7, more like Lessgrim7, am I right? ::)

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Another Incredibly stupid play on words challenge!
« on: December 14, 2012, 11:37:09 pm »
33. Wishing Well                     

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Interview with Donald X.
« on: December 13, 2012, 12:08:18 pm »
Haha. But to clarify, I was asking for personal opinion, nothing to do with strategy; he doesn't have to divulge any strategy secrets, that is. I was also gonna ask since he told us the first 5 cards he created, if he could tell us the most recent, say, 13 cards he made, but that would've been crossing the line. :P

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Interview with Donald X.
« on: December 13, 2012, 10:29:34 am »
What do you think are the most overrated and underrated kingdom cards (using our card rankings as a reference)?

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Help! / Re: I opened 5/2, bought a Witch, and still ended up getting outcursed
« on: December 12, 2012, 11:02:56 pm »
Quote from: Dsell on December 12, 2012, 10:57:01 pm
Not sure if this holds true universally, though.

It does hold true university though! ::)

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Solo Challenges / Re: KC-Wharf tactics: pile drive colonies
« on: December 12, 2012, 12:04:32 am »
Quote from: Powerman on December 11, 2012, 08:34:48 pm
Probably can be 13 easily if I haggle better.

http://www.rd.com/advice/how-to-haggle-like-a-pro/

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Another Incredibly stupid play on words challenge!
« on: December 11, 2012, 05:40:17 pm »
18. Fairgrounds     
20. Spoils             
22. Lighthouse       

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Another Incredibly stupid play on words challenge!
« on: December 11, 2012, 12:30:01 am »
1. Peddler       
6. Highway       
8. Procession   
9. Baron           
12. Potion         

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Another Incredibly stupid play on words challenge!
« on: December 11, 2012, 12:13:36 am »
Quote from: Dsell on December 10, 2012, 11:14:24 pm
5: Poor House
13: Horse Traders

#5 is close but no cigar... it's actually Counting House! including = counting ;)

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: What helps you play?
« on: December 10, 2012, 10:42:03 pm »
Quote from: sparky5856 on December 10, 2012, 07:32:19 pm
Quote from: thirtyseven on December 09, 2012, 07:27:07 pm
Oh yeah, and to give another answer my original question, playing with point tracker (or at least tracking points in your head) helps. I insist on playing with point tracker, which unfortunately makes me a worse player when I play in real life. Most games are so close that you have to ask yourself "Can I end the game or do I have to delay?" and point tracker answers that question for you.

Does keeping track of your opponent's score withOUT the point tracker make you a better player in any way? (And I mean in your head, not with pen and paper.) I mean, you need to be able to keep track of everything your opponent buys to tweak your strategy accordingly. Point tracker is nifty, but if I'm relying on it, I really haven't been paying attention to what my opponent has bought have I.

I just played a game where I my opponent bought the first 4 provinces and kept all his estates; I trashed all of mine. I built a double-Province engine and calculated by victory to be by one point, and I was right. Would it had mattered if I wasn't keeping track of the VP? I would think absolutely. But, would it have mattered if I used the point tracker instead of keeping track of the scores in my head? Is there any preference between one or the other? That's my question.

(You can always use pen and paper as a point tracker IRL if you want.)

I don't think it makes you play better, but when I play IRL I never manually keep track of points, because I'm usually just playing casually with beginners and might not have pen & paper around anyway, so I think it would just be overkill to manually track points. If I were playing a serious game, though, maybe I'd request point tracker. It just seems more awkward to use IRL though. That's why part of me doesn't like that I've grown complacent with Iso's point tracker.

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Solo Challenges / Re: Copper... or not?
« on: December 09, 2012, 08:59:07 pm »
After many tries, I can't even come close. :-[

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: What helps you play?
« on: December 09, 2012, 07:27:07 pm »
Oh yeah, and to give another answer my original question, playing with point tracker (or at least tracking points in your head) helps. I insist on playing with point tracker, which unfortunately makes me a worse player when I play in real life. Most games are so close that you have to ask yourself "Can I end the game or do I have to delay?" and point tracker answers that question for you.

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Game Reports / Re: Confused - Weak Bridge Megaturns or Golden Deck?
« on: December 09, 2012, 06:07:07 pm »
I'm not a top-tier player, but here are my thoughts:

You going Golden Deck helps your opponent because of the Bishop trashing. I think your opponent had the better strategy, but what about just going Chapel/Vault straight up? I tried it and got to 4 Provinces in 10 turns (note in the log I waited for your opponent's 5/2 split which "cost" me 4 turns; I get my 4th Province on turn 14 and because of my limited Vaults/Golds I choke on green pretty hard after that): http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/09/game-20121209-150053-8504a918.html Again, I'm not as good as many here, so this answer is incomplete and possibly flawed. FWIW I do like the idea of a FV/Br/Vault megaturn...

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: What helps you play?
« on: December 09, 2012, 03:30:22 pm »
More questions about what helps you play:

How many games per "session" is ideal? I'm guessing it varies per person, and that there's a happy middle between "just warming up" and "ok I'm getting fatigued/unfocused enough that I should stop." And I know the "Should I keep playing until I win?" question has been debated before with arguments on both sides..

Does who you play matter? I almost always play without regard to level. I don't seek out high level, low level, or closest-level-to-me opponents, I just play whoever I get automatched with. Is this okay or would I improve better faster if I only played opponents within 5 or 10 levels of me?

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Game Reports / Re: Humiliation
« on: December 07, 2012, 11:12:53 pm »
Because of his username.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Interview with Donald X.
« on: December 07, 2012, 11:09:46 pm »
Do you open double Ambassador or Ambassador/Silver?

What is your favorite beer? If you don't drink beer, favorite alcoholic drink? If you don't drink alcohol, favorite drink?

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Homage to the Best Card
« on: December 06, 2012, 11:55:28 pm »
I will never ever be as good as the best...


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Game Reports / Re: When you buy too many King's Court's and not enough Adventurer!
« on: December 06, 2012, 11:28:02 pm »
Really weak board, besides KC... best you could possibly do is KC-Adventurer or KC-Coppersmith... no attempt at the latter? :D

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Game Reports / Re: Was this "too smooth"?
« on: December 06, 2012, 07:50:54 pm »
Quote from: eHalcyon on December 06, 2012, 07:46:10 pm
Quote from: thirtyseven on December 06, 2012, 07:37:33 pm
Would verikt's strategy beat Bishop/Steward into Golden Deck, though?

Steward isn't that great for Golden Deck...

It trashes two cards... are you saying Chapel (and possibly Forge) is the only good enough trasher for a Golden Deck?

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Game Reports / Re: Was this "too smooth"?
« on: December 06, 2012, 07:37:33 pm »
Would verikt's strategy beat Bishop/Steward into Golden Deck, though?

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Dominion General Discussion / What helps you play?
« on: December 06, 2012, 06:36:42 pm »
What helps you improve as a Dominion player? Besides studying the game (reading this forum, watching videos...) and playing more games, I mean.

For example, I think providing my own commentary out-loud as I'm playing (imitating WW, Qvist, Robz88, etc. when they record games) helps me analyze boards better and keeps me focused on the game better. I've only done this a couple of times though. Have you tried this, and if so do you find it helps?

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: A few card ideas
« on: December 04, 2012, 10:14:46 pm »
Ah, right. Dang, wanted to be clever.

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: A few card ideas
« on: December 04, 2012, 08:46:10 pm »
Quote from: sudgy on December 02, 2012, 07:44:54 pm
Medium:
Type: Action - Attack
Cost: 4
+1 Card
If there are Curses in the supply, choose one: +1 Action, +1VP, and gain a Curse, putting it into your hand; or each other player gain a Curse and +1VP.  If there are no Curses in the supply, +1 Action, +$1.

There are always Curses in the supply! Haha, I don't think anyone's mentioned that yet, and I'm surprised no one has.... ;)

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