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[Hydralisk]

Just wanted to share  Dunno how common those wins by cube are, but I never saw it before.
http://innovation.isotropic.org/gamelog/201405/05/game-20140505-060800-74f0c9ca.html

[ipofanes]

I have never seen it. The thing is, it shouldn't be too hard to pull off, but late age Echoes is going to end in a matter of few turns, and aligning all the card rows takes just too long. The one thing I like a lot better with base only is that there can be real, transpiration-inducing tugs-of-war in ages 8-10 which can last quite a bit.

[TrojH]

The thing is, it shouldn't be too hard to pull off, but late age Echoes is going to end in a matter of few turns, and aligning all the card rows takes just too long.

Unless, of course, you never splay... 

[markusin]

The thing is, it shouldn't be too hard to pull off, but late age Echoes is going to end in a matter of few turns, and aligning all the card rows takes just too long.

Unless, of course, you never splay... 

But, like, it's echoes.

[qdread]

I have never seen it. The thing is, it shouldn't be too hard to pull off, but late age Echoes is going to end in a matter of few turns, and aligning all the card rows takes just too long. The one thing I like a lot better with base only is that there can be real, transpiration-inducing tugs-of-war in ages 8-10 which can last quite a bit.

Yeah I agree - I had a fun one with base-only the other day that lasted 4 or 5 rounds and ended with Bioengineering melded out of nowhere when I had a 17-0 leaf lead 

The puzzle cube win is super cool, I'd never seen it either! I have little experience with the late-age Echo cards since the game rarely gets there. I guess I should play with an extra achievement required.

[markusin]

I have never seen it. The thing is, it shouldn't be too hard to pull off, but late age Echoes is going to end in a matter of few turns, and aligning all the card rows takes just too long. The one thing I like a lot better with base only is that there can be real, transpiration-inducing tugs-of-war in ages 8-10 which can last quite a bit.

Yeah I agree - I had a fun one with base-only the other day that lasted 4 or 5 rounds and ended with Bioengineering melded out of nowhere when I had a 17-0 leaf lead 

The puzzle cube win is super cool, I'd never seen it either! I have little experience with the late-age Echo cards since the game rarely gets there. I guess I should play with an extra achievement required.

Yeah, with base-only, you might even get a shot at winning by using a Dogma Action on A.I.. I don't think it gets anymore satisfying than winning with A.I.'s dogma.

Overall, base-only is really intense at the later ages if you actually get there.

[Hydralisk]

I'm twice as happy to got that win after reading all the comments here 
Overall, special wins are more satisfying then "draw 11 with measurement". Even more so - hard to achieve wins (as A.I. is, not as Globalization or Empricism that are pretty fair). I am collecting such wins, already have Kim Yu-Na, Pele and Roddenberry  And now this

[markusin]

I'm twice as happy to got that win after reading all the comments here 
Overall, special wins are more satisfying then "draw 11 with measurement". Even more so - hard to achieve wins (as A.I. is, not as Globalization or Empricism that are pretty fair). I am collecting such wins, already have Kim Yu-Na, Pele and Roddenberry  And now this

I was playing a game with all the expansions the other day. I had never played with cities, and so had NO IDEA what I was doing. With the help of some figures, I ended up winning with Social Networking. Clearly, some higher power was at work there.

[ipofanes]

My nicest loss was drawing Software with H.G. Wells, which drew and melded Robotics (uh oh) and A.I. The chances of that are a million to one, he said (ok more like 720 to 1).