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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Why did I do that?: The Self Deprecating Thread

« on: June 20, 2012, 04:32:32 pm »

A lot of times it's like: Why didn't I buy that Salvager earlier?

...in games when I always have $5+ from T3 on...

Happened to me way too many times, with Hamlet as well. Those cheap +Buys are tricky 

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Dominion Isotropic / Will the code be opened when isotropic retires?

« on: June 20, 2012, 03:27:22 am »

Not sure if this is already the plan, but if it's possible I - and lots of others here, I assume - would really appreciate it.
I suppose RGG might have an issue with it, but it's worth a try.

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Council Room Feedback / Re: Bug in Council Room logs with points for Fairgrounds

« on: June 06, 2012, 09:58:02 am »

Code: [Select]

def score_fairgrounds(deck_comp):
    return 2 * (len( [card for card in deck_comp.keys() where deck_comp[card]>0] ) / 5) * deck_comp['Fairgrounds']


Use if instead of where.
This is a bit more readable IMO:

Code: [Select]

def score_fairgrounds(deck_comp):
    return  2 * (len([count for count in deck_comp.values() if count>0] ) / 5) * deck_comp['Fairgrounds']

Sent a pull request: https://github.com/rrenaud/dominionstats/pull/25

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Help! / Re: Was it wise to open Masquerade-Potion?

« on: May 14, 2012, 08:05:03 am »

Why did you want to trash your masquerade?

I trashed it when I only had 4 coppers left, taking two along with it. I figured keeping it so I can slowly pass four coppers to him wasn't worth the risk of having to pass the accidental good card or not getting enough coins to start getting provinces.

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Help! / Was it wise to open Masquerade-Potion?

« on: May 14, 2012, 03:01:19 am »

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201205/13/game-20120513-220823-4addb027.html

I didn't really have a solid strategy. At first I though I'd buy lots of Alchemists and add a Masquerade, but at turn 3, not having enough money for an Alchemist, went for a Chapel which was probably a wise choice. I only had one $3p hand which caused me to give up on Alchemists after the first one.

I didn't have much use for the Masquerade, using it only twice to trash two estates and passing junk to my opponent which might have stalled him a bit.

I trashed the Masquerade on turn 9, and by turn 11 I got rid of all my estates and coppers, leaving my deck with an Alchemist, 2 Cartographers, 2 Golds, a Silver, a Potion and a Chapel. I used the Cartographers to sift through my decks, moving away the Provinces and Chapel so that every turn I'll have $8p for buying a Province and keeping my Alchemist. I ended up buying 6 Provinces from turn 11 to 16, winning the game.

Was the Masquerade necessary? Should I have opened Silver-Potion? Chapel-Potion? Silver-Chapel and ignore Alchemist?

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: The order you aquired the Dominion expansions.

« on: May 01, 2012, 03:40:28 pm »

Base
Intrigue
Seaside
Cornucopia
Hinterlands (not two hours ago)

* though I had played with all available extensions prior to buying each one

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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Dominion: Enterprise (Beta)

« on: April 01, 2012, 04:40:36 am »

Great cards and lovely artwork! I wish this was an official expansion.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Let's talk about - the most difficult card in Dominion

« on: April 01, 2012, 04:26:00 am »

My current new favorite way to use apothecary is the apothecary/bishop golden deck variant. Pretty much need 3 apothecaries and a bishop to be able to trash a province/gain one every turn.

Then there are also variants of the apothecary/Native village combo that Mean Mr. Mustard pioneered. The general idea is to use apothecary to look ahead and use a single native village to trap only the provinces on the mat for a super reliable deck. I am sure searching the forums for apothecary will get you all sorts of info.

And these are just scratching the surface of combos that make apothecary a good buy. Actually playing it has some interesting interactions with the reshuffle and your next hand that I certainly have yet to master.

Thanks, that was very enlightening

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Let's talk about - the most difficult card in Dominion

« on: March 30, 2012, 06:21:54 pm »

Apothecary, yay.  Even now, when many many people have gotten very good at Dominion, I feel really confident that I can outplay most with this card.  So I guess it gets my vote.

How do you use Apothecary well? Unless you have a specific need for coppers/potions (Alchemist, Coppersmith) or just need any kind of treasures in hand (Stables, Bank), are there other good reasons to use it?