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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames VIII

« on: May 18, 2020, 05:13:20 pm »

Hmm, Web and Spy seem likely.

3rd, not sure, something like police? or maybe pound (as a currency, ransomware you have to pay), or boot (reboot? but doesn't specifically fit maware, i don't think).

I don't know, I like the top 2, after that, meh.

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Decrypto 3

« on: May 18, 2020, 05:10:28 pm »

It does seem to get a little sluggish, and last round, but I would play again.

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Rules Questions / Re: Coffers Question

« on: May 18, 2020, 05:09:38 pm »

It seems like Gamble doesn't fit the 2 parts buy phase concept. After you buy it you can get more coins to spend.

It still fits - Gamble doesn't allow you to arbitrarily play Treasure cards from your hand; you can only play what it tells you to play. Similar to, for example, Scepter, which, if you use it to replay an Action that gave you +coins, would also get you more to spend.

The key is what you *can* do by virtue of the phase vs. following a card's instructions.

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Mafia Game Threads / Re: BM30: MacGuffin Mafia (Day 5)

« on: May 18, 2020, 02:31:03 pm »

Obvious how?

What else do we need to figure out?

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames IX

« on: May 18, 2020, 02:30:07 pm »

Huh, I also thought New York was Ball. Yay for us!

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Mafia Game Threads / Re: M127: Customer Service Hotline Mafia (Day 1)

« on: May 18, 2020, 02:13:12 pm »

Everyone game Joseph has referred to himself in the 3rd person, he's not town.

vote: joseph

Slightly scummy.

Vote: scolapasta

That's what I get for joining in the RVS!

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Mafia Game Threads / Re: BM30: MacGuffin Mafia (Day 5)

« on: May 18, 2020, 02:12:25 pm »

Joseph, you're still with us. which means you did not get all the owl pieces*. Did you get / try to get the rope?

* assuming you'd leave the day after you got them all

Not exactly.  Turns up I'm tied up with the rope, so couldn't do anything last night

Scum sailor (see: skip) doesn't want you figuring out he has the rope, I suppose. Who did you try to target?

I mean, this could be true of either of you, no?

I'd love to see skip and mail-mi each make the case for why they are town and the other is scum. (is there a scenario where they're both scum? - seems unlikely to me)

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Three card ideas

« on: May 18, 2020, 02:05:02 pm »

-- Majestic ring
So this needs an action or treasure gainer to be more than a copper?
This feels too abuse-able in some kingdoms.  You only need 3 rings and 2 gains for provinces to cost $2 and 3 gains for provinces to be
free.

This requires 4 (resp. 5) specific cards in your hand, and only the last gain could be a $2 (resp. $0) province. IMO this is much less of a problem than KC-KC-3*Bridge which gives you 8 provinces for free (with also just 5 specific cards in hand).
Fortunately, Ring can't even be throned, let alone KC'ed.

And it's just degenerate when combed with a muit-gainer like Trusty Steed.
Also, I don't like how this card is a $5 cost copper in a lot of kingdoms,
and this needs the text "but not less than $0".

I think the majority of kingdoms do have extra buys and/or gainers. Trusty Steed is hard enough to get that it's just a fine combo. Cheap multi-gainers like Beggar make for a far stronger combo, but since this requires two specific cards plus a spammable +buy card, it'll still very rarely come up in games.
Edit: You could prevent Beggar and mass-silver gainers from making Majestic ring too strong by changing it to "When this is in play, cards cost $1 less per non-Treasure card you gained this turn." There's very few cards that gain several non-Treasure cards at once, after all.

Fair points, The non-Treasure nerf while does stop a lot of the muit-gainers makes it lose synergy with so many single treasure and silver gainers. There is probably some wording to nerf muit-gainers.

How about "per differently named card you gained this turn."?

So this needs an action or treasure gainer to be more than a copper?

In case it wasn't clear from the other responses, +Buy also works, and there's almost always either a gainer or +Buy.

I thought "gained" would only take into account gains from when before the Majestic ring gets played. However the +Buys are still needed to make use of cost reduction

It's "while this is in play" not "when you play this", so I think costs would change dynamically, as you buy. (think about how Destrier changes cost as you keep gaining).

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Mafia Game Threads / Re: BM30: MacGuffin Mafia (Day 5)

« on: May 18, 2020, 12:30:22 pm »

Joseph, you're still with us. which means you did not get all the owl pieces*. Did you get / try to get the rope?

* assuming you'd leave the day after you got them all

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Mafia Game Threads / Re: M127: Customer Service Hotline Mafia (Day 1)

« on: May 18, 2020, 11:45:10 am »

Everyone game Joseph has referred to himself in the 3rd person, he's not town.

vote: joseph

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Decrypto 3

« on: May 18, 2020, 11:37:37 am »

I mean, I should have gotten Minutemen.

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames IX

« on: May 17, 2020, 06:10:58 pm »

Full Board:

Red goes first

TABLE	DECK	IVORY	STATE	CRICKET
PICK	HELICOPTER	DICE	CHINA	NET
PLOT	NEW YORK	PIANO	MEXICO	DOG
LASER	RABBIT	QUEEN	SEAL	SHIP
BRICK	SHOT	AFRICA	WINE	AZTEC

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames IX

« on: May 17, 2020, 06:10:08 pm »

Post mortem:

Lock (3): Pick, Steal, Laser
Animal (3): Dog, Rabbit, Cricket
Montezuma (2): Aztec, Mexico
Photons (1): Laser

Yes, you read that correctly! I thought our word was "Steal", not Seal. So we got pretty lucky there that Seal also worked for Lock!! (If I had noticed it was Seal, of course, it could just have been another animal)

I knew Lock was a stretch for Laser, but was trying to get something for all three of those (remember, I thought it was "Steal"), and was thinking about thieves, spies, traps, locks, etc... And I figured go with it before the more obvious ones so you could use extra guesses if you wanted.

Clearly, it also helped they guessed our "State", though I planned to tie that into Aztec and Mexico with something like "Guadalajara".

Our having Mexico hurt Blue, as they had China, New York, and Africa, but were blocked from simple clues like "Locations" or "Geography".

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames IX

« on: May 17, 2020, 03:07:13 pm »

Laser is red!

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames IX

« on: May 17, 2020, 12:25:36 pm »

PHOTONS: 1

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames IX

« on: May 16, 2020, 04:50:04 pm »

Aztec is red.
Mexico is red.

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames IX

« on: May 16, 2020, 03:04:00 pm »

MONTEZUMA: 2

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames IX

« on: May 16, 2020, 03:03:44 pm »

TABLE	DECK	IVORY	STATE	CRICKET
PICK	HELICOPTER	DICE	CHINA	NET
PLOT	NEW YORK	PIANO	MEXICO	DOG
LASER	RABBIT	QUEEN	SEAL	SHIP
BRICK	SHOT	AFRICA	WINE	AZTEC

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Decrypto 3

« on: May 16, 2020, 02:59:28 pm »

Should we still try to guess each other's words? I think we are fairly unsure of yours.

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames IX

« on: May 16, 2020, 02:55:57 pm »

State is red.

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames IX

« on: May 16, 2020, 01:43:13 pm »

Shot is blue.

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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames IX

« on: May 16, 2020, 12:31:08 pm »

Africa is blue.

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Mafia Game Threads / Re: BM30: MacGuffin Mafia (Day 4)

« on: May 16, 2020, 01:26:07 am »

Lol joth is dead, right?

Yup. Wanna confess, too?

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Mafia Game Threads / Re: BM30: MacGuffin Mafia (Day 4)

« on: May 16, 2020, 12:58:27 am »

Since Joseph has an owl piece and scum is about to lose their thief, we should be safe from scum getting all of the owl pieces.

To be clear, I wasn't saying that their plan is to get the pieces from Joseph, but to give them all to him.

Joseph, help us get the rope, then after we can block you can win. (scum can't risk NKing you, because they need to get rid of town, know that we know who they are).

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Mafia Game Threads / Re: BM30: MacGuffin Mafia (Day 4)

« on: May 16, 2020, 12:55:05 am »

My idea is to get us down to mail-mi, skip, and Joseph, then Joseph leaves, and who knows what happens next.

Actually, a much, much, better idea: Joseph, try to steal from mail-mi or skip.  If you get the Rope, give it to the other, and then once there's one mafia left, we can keep blocking kills with a couple town to spare, give you all of the owl pieces with all of the time in the world, you leave, and we still have a couple more people to lynch the last mafia with.

Nice, I was also thinking having joseph steal is the rope tonight is exactly right.