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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Most vp in 7 turns using only 2 Kingdom cards

« on: July 17, 2012, 08:15:05 am »

Using only 2 Kingdom cards, I can improve that to 40:

Open Chancellor/Tournament.
Turn 3: Draw Tournament, Chancellor and 3 Coppers. Play Tournament, drawing Copper. Play Chancellor (discarding deck) and 4 Coppers. Buy Gold.
Turn 4: Draw Tournament, Chancellor, Gold and 2 Coppers. Play Tournament, drawing Copper. Play Chancellor (discarding deck) and 4 Coppers. Buy Province.
Turn 5: Draw Tournament, Province, Gold and 2 Coppers. Play Tournament, gaining and drawing Trusty Steed. Play Trusty Steed, drawing 2 Coppers, gaining 4 Silvers and discarding deck. Play Gold and 4 Coppers. Buy Province.
Turn 6: Draw Tournament, Province, Trusty Steed, Chancellor and Gold. Play Tournament, gaining and drawing Princess. Play Trusty Steed for +2 Card and +2 Actions, drawing 2 Silvers. Play Princess, Chancellor (discarding deck), Gold and 2 Silvers. Buy Colony and Estate.
Turn 7: Draw Tournament, Province, Trusty Steed, Princess and Gold. Play Tournament, gaining and drawing Followers. Play Trusty Steed for +2 Card and +2 Actions, drawing 2 Silvers. Play Followers, drawing 2 Silvers and gaining Estate. Play Princess, Gold and 4 Silvers. Buy Colony and Duchy.

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Most VPs in 4 turns (again)

« on: July 17, 2012, 07:18:47 am »

theory, we need a new front page challenge, gain two Colonies in 4 turns. See if anyone can work out to replicate that. I'm mostly amazed that you managed to use every single kingdom card as well.

I could have got an 11th card in the Kingdom, but it turned out I didn't need it. The only reason I needed to gain every card in the Kingdom (and one from the Black Market deck) was to get up to 11 different cards in play for the Horn of Plenty to gain Colony.

And ended up with Fairgrounds almost worth 6 VPs in 4 turns (you could have course have gained a Fairgrounds/Province instead of a Colony, if you did want 6 VP Fairgrounds for some reason)

I only have 12 different cards in the deck after Turn 4, since I trashed my only Nomad Camp and Horn of Plenty to get Border Village and Colony.

Suboptimal solution, you have 1 copper left over.

If you look carefully at Turn 4 I also have one spare coin as well. Unfortunately, my solution has no +Buy on Turn 4, so even if I could somehow draw the last Copper, I couldn't buy a Tunnel or something anyway.

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Most vp in 7 turns using only 2 Kingdom cards

« on: July 17, 2012, 06:51:15 am »

I can get 36 using Chancellor and Contraband:

Open Chancellor/Silver
T3: Play Chancellor, Silver and 3 Coppers, buy Contraband
T4: Play Chancellor, Contraband, Silver and 2 Coppers, buy Platinum
T5: Play Chancellor, Platinum, Contraband, Silver and Copper, buy Colony and Estate
T6: Play Chancellor, Platinum, Contraband, Silver and Copper, buy Colony and Estate
T7: Play Chancellor, Platinum, Contraband, Silver and Copper, buy Colony and Estate

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Most VPs in 4 turns (again)

« on: July 16, 2012, 01:37:47 pm »

Another 21, but this time gaining two Colonies:

Kingdom: Crossroads, Hamlet, Black Market, Watchtower, Nomad Camp, Remake, Governor, Horn of Plenty, Border Village and Bank. Black Market deck contains Develop.

Turn 1: Draw 4 Coppers and Estate. Play 4 Coppers and buy Nomad Camp, putting it on top of deck.
Turn 2: Draw Nomad Camp, 3 Coppers and Estate. Play Nomad Camp and 3 Coppers, and buy Watchtower and Hamlet.
Turn 3: Draw Estate, (reshuffle), Copper, Hamlet, Nomad Camp and Watchtower. Play Hamlet, drawing Copper and discarding Estate and Copper for +1 Action and +1 Buy. Play Nomad Camp then Watchtower, drawing 5 Coppers. Play 6 Copper, buying Crossroads and Border Village, gaining Governor.
Turn 4: Draw Estate, Estate, (reshuffle), Estate, Crossroads and Watchtower. Play Crossroads, drawing Governor, Nomad Camp and Hamlet. Play Governor, trashing Nomad Camp, gaining Border Village*, gaining Remake*. Play Hamlet, drawing Remake and discarding Estate for +1 Action. Play Remake, trashing 2 Estates and gaining Black Market* and Watchtower*. Play Watchtower, drawing Watchtower, Black Market, 2 Border Villages and 2 Coppers. Play Black Market, playing 2 Coppers, buying Develop*. Play Border Village, drawing Develop. Play Develop, trashing Border Village, gaining Horn of Plenty and Bank on top of deck. Play Watchtower, drawing Bank, Horn of Plenty and 4 Coppers. Play 4 Coppers and Bank (worth $7). Play Horn of Plenty, gaining Colony. Buy Colony.

*Revealing Watchtower and putting it on top of deck.

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Most VPs in 4 turns (again)

« on: July 11, 2012, 07:13:06 am »

Looking at ways to improve Kelume's solution, I haven't been able to beat 19, but I have been able to buy both Colony and Province on Turn 4:

Turn 1: Draw 4 Coppers and Estate. Play 4 Coppers and buy Nomad Camp, putting it on top of deck.
Turn 2: Draw Nomad Camp, 3 Coppers and Estate. Play Nomad Camp and 3 Coppers, and buy Watchtower and Hamlet.
Turn 3: Draw Estate, (reshuffle), Copper, Hamlet, Nomad Camp and Watchtower. Play Hamlet, drawing Copper and discarding Estate and Copper for +1 Action and +1 Buy. Play Nomad Camp then Watchtower, drawing 5 Coppers. Play 6 Copper, buying Crossroads, Copper and Border Village, gaining Develop.
Turn 4: Draw Estate, Estate, (reshuffle), Crossroads, Hamlet and Watchtower. Play Crossroads, drawing Develop and Border Village. Play Hamlet, drawing Nomad Camp and discarding 2 Estates for +1 Action and +1 Buy. Play Nomad Camp. Play Develop, trashing Border Village and gaining Council Room and Bank on top of deck. Play Watchtower, drawing Council Room, Bank and 4 Coppers. Play Council Room, drawing 4 Copper. Play 8 Copper and Bank (worth $9). Buy Colony and Province.

Incidentally, this also takes the record for this challenge, with $19 in play by the end of Turn 4.

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Most VPs in 4 turns (again)

« on: July 08, 2012, 07:12:49 am »

Actually, I can get a score of 18.

Open Library/Hamlet
Turn 3: Draw Library, Hamlet, 2 Estates and Copper. Play Hamlet, drawing Copper and discarding 2 Estates for +1 Action and +1 Buy. Play Library, drawing 5 Copper. Play 7 Copper and buy Develop and Peddler.
Turn 4: Draw Estate, (reshuffle), Estate, Hamlet, Develop and Library. Play Hamlet, drawing Peddler and discarding 2 Estates for +1 Action and +1 Buy. Play Develop, trashing Peddler and gaining Platinum and Bank on top of deck. Play Library, drawing Platinum, Bank and 5 Coppers. Play 5 Coppers and Bank (worth $6). Buy Duchy and Farmland, trashing Platinum and gaining Colony.

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Most VPs in 4 turns (again)

« on: July 08, 2012, 04:37:21 am »

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Open Haggler/Crossroads
Turn 3: Draw Haggler and 4 Coppers and play them all. Buy Border Village, gaining Embassy and Salvager.
Turn 4: Draw Crossroads, 3 Estates and Copper. Play Crossroads, drawing 2 Coppers (reshuffle) and Embassy. Play Embassy, drawing Salvager, Border Village, Haggler and 2 Coppers and discarding 3 Estates. Play Salvager, trashing Border Village. Play Haggler and 5 Coppers. Buy Colony, gaining Border Village, gaining Duchy; and Estate, gaining Copper.

I suspect going above 15 is impossible without Hinterlands cards, and I can't really see any room for improving my solution with all the current cards.