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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Interview with Donald X.

« on: September 14, 2019, 07:04:09 am »

Why does Dominion draw to 5, instead of to 4 or 6?

I think it's pretty obvious... my hand has five fingers, so my Dominion hand has five cards.

Only people with 15-finger hands can play engines.

Your ableism is transparent. You're completely overlooking people with three arms, or with particulary flexible feet.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: The dead can rise again

« on: July 11, 2019, 12:47:24 pm »

Please be more descriptive in the thread title. At first I thought they were bringing Scout back.

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: July 06, 2019, 12:24:17 pm »

Festivus Action

+2 Actions
+

Air your grievances

_________________
When you would gain this, if there are any cards from Dominion: Intrigue in the Kingdom or Black Market, gain a different card of the same cost and type instead.


(Because it's for the rest of us).

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: June 14, 2019, 12:03:59 pm »

But shouldn't the IPhone pile be graduated like Castles?

No. iPhone 6 had a headphone jack.

Fair enough, Opulent Castle has a nice on-play effect and doesn't force you to take a Duchy, so it's sometimes better than Sprawling. That doesn't change the fact that each generation (or half-generation) of iPhone is different and more expensive than the last.

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: June 14, 2019, 04:10:54 am »

But shouldn't the IPhone pile be graduated like Castles?

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: June 14, 2019, 04:10:06 am »

iPhone
Treasure
Cost: $3*

+$2
---------------
You may overpay for this.

If you didn't overpay for this by at least $3, reveal cards from your deck until you reveal a Treadure costing  $3 or more. Trash it and gain a card costing up to half of its cost.

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: June 08, 2019, 12:34:16 pm »

Famine Action $4

Trash this. Gain a card costing less than this.

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: June 08, 2019, 12:32:15 pm »

Internet Explorer
Action - Browser - $5
Trash this. Gain a Browser other than Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator.

They can't all be the best Browser ever.

Ftfy.

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: May 20, 2019, 07:19:47 am »

City Dollar Action <$32>

+8 Actions

Reveal your hand. +4 cards per Action card revealed.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Cards with the Best Flavour

« on: May 12, 2019, 12:20:15 pm »

Nobles. Nothing evokes a guy who's willing to be either a common villager or a humble smith, whichever you need most, while also being at least as valuable as a large hole in the ground (such as a Tunnel), than a card called Nobles--oh, wait, wrong thread.

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: April 03, 2019, 04:14:06 pm »

I'm pretty sure that the "don't urinate on the cards" rule would come into effect long before either of the others would ever apply.

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: April 02, 2019, 09:49:17 am »

Resemble Action

Trash a card from your hand. Gain a card with the same cost as the trashed card.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Scenarios where one could reasonably say they've already lost?

« on: April 02, 2019, 07:35:21 am »

This is exactly why Feast shouldn't have been cut.

But there's still Banquet, and if you're truly desperate you can eat Rats, Magpies, or even your Trusty Steed. If you have money, you can visit the Farmers' Market, and if you're willing to work, there are various Farm cards as well as Wild Hunt. It just depends on the kingdom.

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: April 01, 2019, 07:56:17 pm »

Sandinista Band Attack-Treasure $5

+

You may gain a Copper to your hand.

Each other player trashes a Contraband from their hand or reveals a hand with no Contrabands.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Scenarios where one could reasonably say they've already lost?

« on: April 01, 2019, 05:31:08 pm »

If you are starving to death and your opponent has food in front of him or her.

You could always cheat here...
If IRL, reach out and steal the food.
If online, pretend you're thinking about your next move and get food. They don't have to know you left...

If you're going to cheat, you can just grab all the Provinces yourself and walk away (or hack ShIT's code to let you win). I'm pretty sure that anyone who thinks resigning is a legitimate option has already decided not to cheat.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion song parodies

« on: March 30, 2019, 04:10:23 pm »

(Sung by a Cantrip)

My squire arrived just the other day
He came to my deck in the usual way
But there were golds to gain, and Chapels to play
He added a coin while I was away
And he was giving Actions 'fore I knew it, and in clean-up,
He said, "I'm gonna be like you, Dad, you know I'm gonna be like you."

And the Action and the Buy and the Clean-Up Phase
Sometimes a Night and an Outpost play
"When you gonna draw me, Dad," "I don't know when
But we'll gain some Silvers then,
You know we'll gain some Silvers then."

My squire added Buys just the other day
He said "Thanks for the gains Dad, come on let's play.
Can you teach me to draw?" I said "Not today,
I've got a lot to do" he said "That's okay"
And he got discarded, and got shuffled too,
But said "I'm gonna be like you, Dad,
You know I'm gonna be like you."

And the Action and the Buy and the Clean-Up Phase
Sometimes a Night and an Outpost play
"When you gonna draw me, Dad," "I don't know when
But we'll gain some Silvers then,
You know we'll gain some Silvers then."

He got Remodeled just the other day
So much a Wandering Minstrel I just had to say,
"Squire, I'm proud of you, can add to my coins?"
He shook his head, and so gently rejoined,
"What I'd really like, is to discard some estates
Can I do it fast before it's too late?"

And the Action and the Buy and the Clean-Up Phase
Sometimes a Night and an Outpost play
"When you gonna draw me, Dad," "I don't know when
But we'll gain some Silvers then,
You know we'll gain some Silvers then."

I've started greening and my Squire got Remade
I checked to see what his loss had gained.
I said, "I'd like a silver, if you don't mind"
He said "I'd love to Dad, but I'm a Scrying Pool"
You I don't like Treasures and I'm non-terminal
But it's sure nice Spying for you, Dad.
It's sure nice Spying for you.

As he went into play it occurred to me
My Squire, was just like me.

And the Action and the Buy and the Clean-Up Phase
Sometimes a Night and an Outpost play
"When you gonna draw me, Dad," "I don't know when
But we'll gain some Silvers then,
You know we'll gain some Silvers then."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Scenarios where one could reasonably say they've already lost?

« on: March 30, 2019, 03:08:54 pm »

If you are starving to death and your opponent has food in front of him or her.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Interview with Donald X.

« on: March 14, 2019, 02:57:00 pm »

A related concept to Inheritance could be a card that trashed itself. That way it could be Heir today, gone tomorrow.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Kingdom that makes use of all game mechanics

« on: March 02, 2019, 01:33:41 pm »

As an alternate exercise, what is the expected number of games (full random setup) you would play in order to encounter every mechanic?

It depends. Are we considering only full-time repairmen, or part-time ones? What about people who fix things at home with their own tools? Also, for the purposes of this question, are we limiting ourselves to mechanics who are already Dominion players, or one have to visit every single repair shop in the world?

It really depends on the kingdom/republic/empire/Arab Jamahiriyeh.


(Edited to reflect the fact that Libya is no longer a Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya but is now just a state).

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: February 28, 2019, 10:15:21 am »

Re Action Reaction

When you or another player plays an Action, you may reveal this, to cause that player to play the same Action again.

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: February 24, 2019, 12:58:51 am »

Or  it's a colony game and your opponent has been buying Colonies while you've been going for a Chuck Norris engine.

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: February 23, 2019, 07:24:08 am »

You win the game when you play Chuck Norris, not when you gain him. So with 7 cost reducers in play, Chuck would only cost $5 and I could in theory play an Overlord as Chuck to automatically win the game, correct?

Shouldn't it be impossible for anyone else, even an Overlord who owns 7 Bridges, to be Chuck Norris?

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Really bad card ideas

« on: February 22, 2019, 03:49:56 pm »

With enough cost-reducers in play, can you play Overlord as Chuck Norris?

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Interview with Donald X.

« on: February 21, 2019, 03:23:41 pm »

Sir Bailey had the second copy of Dominion, and took the name Castle Builder to heart, changing Curse to Rubble and having those attacks be siege weapons. I considered Rubble but stuck with Curse.

Well, Catapult came out eventually

And it Rocks.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Shitty Rules Questions

« on: February 06, 2019, 02:09:39 pm »

In a 2p game, if the players are married to each other and live in a jurisdiction with community property, how can a hand/deck/discard pile belong to only one of the players?  (I guess this would also be true under a fully Marxist state).