#196 - InnThere is something about the shading and style of this art. It's so simple yet effective. I'd easily rank this in my top 10.
This is a nice, rustic piece of art. I hope this Inn has another source of revenue. That road doesn't look very heavily traveled.
Fairgrounds still beats over half of these cards.Fairgrounds beats every card listed so far.
#302 - DoctorThat dutch angle.
Doctor, doctor, give me the news....
I know you're sick, but let me autograph this ball for you.
This guy has the worst beard in all of Dominiondom. The scene is tilted funny and the doctor got all he wanted for Christmas, his two front teeth. Too bad those are his only teeth.
Settlers/Bustling Village's picture is beautiful. What the heck? How did it end up this low?Jessi J isn't doing as well as she should. Fairgrounds and Settlers/Bustling Village randomizer are fantastic. It doesn't seem like the kids are rating her very well.
The closest Dominion has ever gotten to lowering in quality is when Adventures released with those awful cheap cards.And the cardboard tokens. I would pay extra for separate metal tokens.
I don't know how much longer Donald can make great Dominion sets, but he is still going strong so far.
Sure, but that far fetched moment could be Villa or Mountain Pass to some (the latter actually matches your Charades example, though an auction is a lot less ridiculous). I don't think Dominion has jumped the shark, but I can see why some might feel that way and it's a reasonable question to consider for any game that has as many expansions as Dominion does.I'm not even disagreeing with you. It is certainly reasonable to question whether the game has become too gimmicky or has declined in quality. My point about jumping the shark was more pedantic than substantive.
Yes, and my point was that a mere decline in quality is not jumping the shark. As the original definition applied to TV and movies states, there needs to be a far-fetched event or events that is indicative of the decline in quality. I already agreed the definition has been expanded to encompass basically anything that is far fetched and signals a decline in quality.Running out of ideas, or a mere decline in quality, is not "jumping the shark."The phrase "jumped the shark" simply makes no sense in this context.If Donald ever runs out of good ideas but continues to release sets, then people would agree that the game had jumped the shark.
However, the phrase has been stretched far beyond its original meaning over time, so I'll let it go. Obviously I understand what Tom was driving at and I disagree with his reasoning.
Definition from Google:QuoteJump the Shark
Informal
(of a television series or movie) reach a point at which far-fetched events are included merely for the sake of novelty, indicative of a decline in quality.
Isn't that the original meaning as well? Knowing the origin of the phrase, that's how I've always understood it. It applies to board games just fine, especially if there are a large number of expansions. The premier example is Carcassonne: Catapult, which adds a dexterity element to a game that nobody played for dexterity. If Catapult in Dominion involved tossing cards at the table (note: this has previously already been posted to the RBCI thread) then it might be a reason to apply the phrase to Dominion.
As it is, we've even seen experienced players get this feeling from Empires, e.g. during previews, Asper said that there were new elements that no longer felt like Dominion to him.
Running out of ideas, or a mere decline in quality, is not "jumping the shark."The phrase "jumped the shark" simply makes no sense in this context.If Donald ever runs out of good ideas but continues to release sets, then people would agree that the game had jumped the shark.
Well, at least 2.Perhaps a family with the last name Farmer.
Both Borrow and Navigator could have easily been in group Z, but at least they are at the bottom of the next group.Navigator would be last if I made a list, just barely edging out Harem on account of that card being so hilariously bad that I actually like it more over time.
Though there are plenty of cards I would put below Disciple (I can think of 3 just from the base set), I agree with much of your assessment. The predominant brown theme is quite overwhelming. It must be quite boring to be a disciple of whatever group he has joined. I'm not sure why he is wearing a shower cap. I agree his eyes are creepy, like he is either in some kind of trance or just discovered something surprising.
How did the FDA let you get away with not printing the nutritional value of the cards on the box?I can't believe they changed the recipe for the Adventures cards.
One of the best shows on right now. No surprise, but Will Arnett is made for voice acting. Second half of first season is incredible and the second season is even better.Otter in the court!
This show is fantastic.
What is it?
Bojack Horseman!
So my local game shop said they'd get it last Friday. They didn't. Then they said they'd get it yesterday or today. They didn't. Now they're saying this Friday. I don't know what the deal with all that is, but I've been getting a bit angry and twitchy.I fully support buying from your FLGS, but Amazon and Cool stuff Inc both have it in stock last I checked and can likely ship it to you before the end of the week.
Oh, and I called another game shop not too far from me in Connecticut and they don't have it either. All I want to do is play this freaking expansion. So, I guess, all you forum goes will just have to tell me how awesome it is while I wait a year for either of the two game shops near me to get it.
Honestly, I find Royal Carriage to be the worst of Kelli Stakenas' art - it looks like it was drawn in crayon. Her other stuff is fine.The legs on the horse in Royal Carriage always crack me up. Looks like it's rolling an ankle (hoof).
I completely agree. I strongly suspected that it wouldn't be contractually possible. I haven't played online since isotropic so what's wrong with waiting just a little longer.Man. I want to purchase the entire set for Making Fun but it hardly seems worth it at this point with the change in pricing. If even contractually possible, I would love to see a drop in the rate as we get closer to next year. Hardly seems worth it to pay essentially $60 for the next 6 months ($100-$36 fee waiver next year).
Donald X has said this isn't possible because all of the contracts are already negotiated. Which makes sense: MF shouldn't be able to get paid for promising that ShuffleIT will provide a product to you in the future.
That MF can still sell the sets and ShuffleIT will honor those purchases for a year is already nicer to MF than it deserves. MF should never have been allowed to imply that people were getting "perpetual ownership of sets" when MF only had the license through the end of 2016 in the first place. I'm happy that the new Dominion Online will have a much more transparent pricing structure.
#378 - MasterpieceI always interpreted this as the Candlestick Maker's Masterpiece. You'll note that both cards have the same artist and are from the same set.
"Where's the Masterpiece?" asked one daughter. Another wondered if that might be Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast. If you look close, it could be a little face there on the candlestick.
I think here again we have an expectation problem. When I think of masterpieces, I would think of a painting or a sculpture or perhaps even a vase. Candlestick? Really? It's not even symmetrical. Then you have that weird curvy thing going on with the window next to it. I've seen curves like that at the top of windows but never at the bottom.
Not to mention reading "F bomb" is essentially the same thing as reading the actual word. You acknowledge the actual word and probably say it in your head as well.I've seen a few F bombs that I would have preferred not to see.
Well, if we go by movie rating logic, we can have one F bomb in the thread and it'll still be PG-13.
That said, she's 13, she almost certainly hears and/or uses "inappropriate" language every day at school. I certainly did. At home, too, for that matter.
Edge case. That's what he wants me to do so that I clean my deck up for him.Good guy possessor. Takes 8 debt tokens and let's me trash whatever cards I want.Oh my. Surely somebody has said it already, but I just realized: Possession+Donate is going to be so degenerate.
It shouldn't be a problem. Donate takes place after your turn, so if the Possessor has the Possessed player buy Donate, the Possessed player gets to decide what to trash.
