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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Whats missing thread

« on: September 21, 2011, 10:58:03 pm »

Also Province

Actually, I don't think that belongs...

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Whats missing thread

« on: September 21, 2011, 10:32:01 pm »

Possession, Golem, Trusty Steed, Followers, Diadem, Princess, Bag of Gold

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Game Reports / Re: Let's give Chancellor some love

« on: September 21, 2011, 10:14:55 pm »

Feeling puzzled at Epoch's second game... Hunting Parties by themselves cycle the deck and pretty much don't need Chancellor's power, no...? *reads on* Especially if the first two uses of the Chancellor don't discard the deck...? *reads on* *KC-Chancellor* *looks at rest of board* Fine, Chancellor has a use there, but he just got lucky that he's the only $-action besides Bishop in this treasure-heavy kingdom.

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Dominion Isotropic / Re: Bias selection towards

« on: September 21, 2011, 04:23:43 am »

Thanks. I was wondering why Cornucopia cards show up so often for me, when they should be lagging far behind the other expansions in terms of # games with.

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Dominion Isotropic / Re: Bias selection towards

« on: September 20, 2011, 10:39:50 am »

104 views and no replies. Anybody? 

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: NQ: What kind of lame card is Remodel, anyway

« on: September 19, 2011, 07:08:52 am »

Seriously though, remodelling the other way - Peddlers into Grand Markets - sounds like a good move, if you can't find other $4+ cards in hand...

I'd guess by the time you've used GMs to get Peddlers, you're probably in a position where you don't need any more GMs and are ready to Remodel the Peddlers into Provinces...

This is starting to depend on what else is on the board.

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Dominion Articles / Re: Ranking the opening terminals (for 4/3 splits)

« on: September 19, 2011, 06:54:05 am »

Late to the party, but:

ChaosRed: Monument's Victory tokens are just like the tokens you get from Bishop, minus the density aspect. If you're the kind who likes to put yourself 7VP in the lead with one Province remaining, I'm surprised that this isn't one of your favourite cards!

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: NQ: What kind of lame card is Remodel, anyway

« on: September 19, 2011, 06:09:13 am »

Seriously though, remodelling the other way - Peddlers into Grand Markets - sounds like a good move, if you can't find other $4+ cards in hand...

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Game Reports / Re: Masq-Bm strategy beats mine

« on: September 19, 2011, 04:04:50 am »

It's always hard to tell because you don't see the masq passings, but you should've either passed or trashed the baron on turn 10, as most estates had already been trashed then. I would've gone the pass, as it would just gum up the other deck.

It lulled you into hanging on to an estate long after you should have, and also lulled you into buying a walled village which should never have been bought. It's not clear if the baron was a bad idea, but the way it messed with your thought process really bogged you down. If I was going to get a second terminal here, it would probably be a second masq.

This. The baron per se doesn't seem to be a bad mistake; after all, if it hits once and whiffs once, it's netted you $4, same as a silver. But after getting two chances with it, you should be thinking about passing it esp. if both of you have been trashing estates. The only time it could conceivably come into use again is the late late game for duchy dancing (or province dancing in this case); in the midgame you want the Baron in the other guy's deck.

That said, Baron + Masq has a higher than normal chance of collision, because Masq. draws cards.

Still, to me, the more glaring mistake is Walled Village. It's doing nearly nothing at all.

Against other (lesser?) opponents your Baron hitting the first time may make them second-guess themselves on passing Estates (reason being they don't want to pass an Estate into your hand; they'll pass a copper and trash their own estate). Clearly WW has no such misgivings.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: NQ: What kind of lame card is Remodel, anyway

« on: September 19, 2011, 03:44:35 am »

Hmm... Remodel, a $6 action, and a $8 action... lemme guess...
ksf plays a Remodel.
  ... trashing a Grand Market.
  ... gaining a Peddler.

I'd say more along the lines of using a string of GMs to buy a bunch of Peddlers, and converting the Peddlers into Provinces.

But that's so boring.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: NQ: What kind of lame card is Remodel, anyway

« on: September 18, 2011, 11:55:44 pm »

Hmm... Remodel, a $6 action, and a $8 action... lemme guess...
ksf plays a Remodel.
  ... trashing a Grand Market.
  ... gaining a Peddler.

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Dominion Isotropic / Bias selection towards

« on: September 18, 2011, 06:27:11 am »

When choosing auto-match, there is an option to bias the selection towards any of the sets present.

Does this show up when auto-match is trying to match players? Or will it just say "Default card selection chosen" without showing which sets the selection was biased towards?

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Simulation / Re: Help decide on a TR/KC priority list

« on: September 18, 2011, 03:49:38 am »

Before you make throne-throne a priority, remember that the throne forces you to play an action card in hand. Throne, throne, wooductter, ambassador, colony might be a bit embarrassing.

In which case, play the Ambassador first, returning 0 woodcutters each time (hi opponent, would you like these 2 lovely terminal silvers?), and *then* play your woodcutter.

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Dominion Isotropic / Re: Any interest in Isotropic tournaments?

« on: September 16, 2011, 03:00:14 am »

I'm interested. I'm not that good, but I'm interested. I would suggest each round is best of 3, to avoid freak victories.

How does best of 3 avoid freak victories better than the originally-suggested best of five or nine?

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Return of What's Missing?

« on: September 15, 2011, 09:59:45 pm »

So indeed this puzzle has been posted before. Oops.

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Return of What's Missing?

« on: September 15, 2011, 09:32:42 am »

Secret Chamber was indeed what I was thinking of, with DStu's reasoning. The exact phrase I have in mind is that the second copy does nothing that the first can't do.

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Return of What's Missing?

« on: September 15, 2011, 08:52:23 am »

This seems too obvious but
Library?

Feels like fishing a red herring.

Not quite... close, but it doesn't quite work...

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Puzzles and Challenges / Return of What's Missing?

« on: September 15, 2011, 08:30:37 am »

Apologies if this has been posted before.

What one card is missing from this list?

Tactician
Counting House
Watchtower

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Game Reports / Re: Competing Strategies

« on: September 14, 2011, 11:00:17 am »

His Warehouse also missed the crucial last reshuffle, i.e. the one that's likely to discard 3 greens. Your Rabble also discarded his $4 Trade Route. I don't know man, this could have gone either way I feel.

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Dominion Articles / Re: Ranking the opening terminals (for 4/3 splits)

« on: September 12, 2011, 09:05:31 pm »

I'm puzzled why Baron didn't make the list. High variance sure, but high reward too.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Cards You (Don't) Buy When They're Embargoed

« on: September 11, 2011, 08:52:08 pm »

From the top of my head there are only a few $5 trashers: Apprentice, Trading Post and Upgrade.
And then there are the $7's Expand and Forge.

Mint.

Given Hinterland's new theme, Embargo is set to become most interesting.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Was this game over by turn 7?

« on: September 09, 2011, 01:47:49 am »

And I want to point out that witch is probably better here.

As an opening 5/2, or as a defence against an opponent who opened 5/2 Mountebank?

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Compare the Single-Card Engines

« on: September 08, 2011, 11:34:10 pm »

I was pretty confused by this thread, until I realised that "single-card engine" to the OP means "play a lot of this card to draw (or go through and selectively draw) your whole deck". I thought "single-card engine" meant "I will buy a lot (3+) of this card, some money, and VP cards, and nothing else".

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Game Reports / Re: Pick my game-winning card.

« on: September 06, 2011, 05:22:12 am »

A kingdom where every card comes into play. Perhaps we should store this one away for the next time someone asks for a suggested set?

I don't see any use for Royal S***...

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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Another What's Missing? puzzle

« on: September 03, 2011, 10:40:34 pm »

Some really gory Possession      interactions would accomplish that.