I love Silk Roads,
Silk Roads are cool.
When I buy Silk Roads
They make me.....drool!
I have been playing Dominion for about one and a half years now (and still loving it!), and have been playing Iso for just about as long. I just got Hinterlands this summer, but I can seriously not think of a single instance that I bought Silk Road. I knew it was a strong card, but I never knew how to use it right, so I just never bought it.
But last night, everything changed!
In the kingdom were Silk Road, Ironworks, and Woodcutter. I immediately saw the combo and started buying up all the Ironworks as well as a couple Woodcutters for +buy. At the end of the game I had all 8 Silk Roads, and 11 Estates. I thought my opponent had won for sure with his 5 Provinces. Imagine my surprise when I saw that I beat him 43 to 33! I did some calculations and found that buying one duchy would have given me 11 more points which he could have only matched with 9 Provinces. This changes my whole perspective of the card.
So I want to hear your thoughts on Silk Road. How would you use it without an enabler like Workshop or Ironworks. And what kind of huge odds have you overcome by buying them?