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[SirPeebles]

Universal edge case

[GeoLib]

Good time to buy scout

[SirPeebles]

trashed survivors

[Jimmmmm]

Depends on the Base Cards.

[terminalCopper]

Ambassador war.

[faust]

Embargoed Contraband.

[BraveBear]

King a Begger

[Witherweaver]

Mint a Harem.  (Not quite an oxymoron, but still nonsensical.)

[SCSN]

A weak engine.

[Witherweaver]

King a Begger

Viserys disagrees!

[SirPeebles]

Mint a Harem.  (Not quite an oxymoron, but still nonsensical.)

I'm more concerned with Counterfeit Harems.

[dominator 123]

Your Mine

[Witherweaver]

Mint a Harem.  (Not quite an oxymoron, but still nonsensical.)

I'm more concerned with Counterfeit Harems.

I believe you.  You definitely want the authentic thing.

[werothegreat]

Prince of Princesses.

[Stealth Tomato]

Dead-drawing Ghost Ship is kind of the opposite of this.

[Marcory]

Bishops destroying a Chapel.  Also, Counts, who are lower-ranking nobility than Dukes, somehow have Duchies to distribute.

[scott_pilgrim]

Fun Rebuild game

[Marcory]

Fortress is a great defense against individual enemies--the Knights, Swindler, Saboteur, Rogue--but not against massed enemies--Goons, Militia, Mercenary, Followers. You'd think that the reverse would be true, where a lone spy could sneak into a fortress but a large army could not.

(Yeah, I know the edge cases: it actually makes sense that a Fortress can't stop magic attacks (Witch etc), and it also can't protect against Cutpurse--but throw me a bone here).

[A Drowned Kernel]

"I'll just play one game"

[Axxle]

Strictly better including edge cases.

[werothegreat]

Get rich by throwing away your bad money and buying good money.

[markusin]

Tactician strategy.

[enfynet]

Fortress is a great defense against individual enemies--the Knights, Swindler, Saboteur, Rogue--but not against massed enemies--Goons, Militia, Mercenary, Followers. You'd think that the reverse would be true, where a lone spy could sneak into a fortress but a large army could not.

(Yeah, I know the edge cases: it actually makes sense that a Fortress can't stop magic attacks (Witch etc), and it also can't protect against Cutpurse--but throw me a bone here).

Library beats Militia?

[markusin]

Fortress is a great defense against individual enemies--the Knights, Swindler, Saboteur, Rogue--but not against massed enemies--Goons, Militia, Mercenary, Followers. You'd think that the reverse would be true, where a lone spy could sneak into a fortress but a large army could not.

(Yeah, I know the edge cases: it actually makes sense that a Fortress can't stop magic attacks (Witch etc), and it also can't protect against Cutpurse--but throw me a bone here).

What if it's like an Ocean's Eleven kind of thing? Or some kind of siege?

With one person, the operation is over once they are caught and killed. Just consider how many respawns B.J. Blascowitz needed to escape/raid Castle Wolfenstein. However, Spy is covert enough to do his job on the Fortress.

[DG]

Discard treasure

[Polk5440]

Revealed Secret Chamber.

[Burning Skull]

More fool's gold for village idiot

[Donald X.]

[GendoIkari]

Goko programmer.

[Witherweaver]

The king of your rival kingdom branded that province as contraband, rendering you unable to purchase it.

[A Drowned Kernel]

Thread that stays on topic.

[ConMan]

Valuable trash

[DG]

Developed Farmland

[dominator 123]

Bad Advisor

[BadAssMutha]

For those playing with Alchemy the first time - unfamiliar Familiar.

Reliable Mountebank

Oasis pile running dry

Trashed Bishop

10 Hermits in one place

[Awaclus]

A Band of Misfits that fits in

A Nomad Camp that still does make me mad every time I buy it just to collide it with another terminal

[-Stef-]

At BGG you can get a microbadge that says you don't think I exist. Or one that says you think I do; they don't play favorites (they're too busy with the cult of the new).

Donald X. getting a badge stating "I don't think I exist".

[Awaclus]

At BGG you can get a microbadge that says you don't think I exist. Or one that says you think I do; they don't play favorites (they're too busy with the cult of the new).

Donald X. getting a badge stating "I don't think I exist".

[PitzerMike]

Possess Harems
Upgrade Masterpiece
Pillage Embassy

Edit - on a more serious note:
Salvage Goko

[Kirian]

[Dominion Comix]

Oxymoron:  Funny comic strips about Dominion.

[Awaclus]

[Dominion Comix]

Oxymoron:  Funny comic strips about Dominion.

Is this the "writing about music is like stripping about Dominion" thing?

[Witherweaver]

Upgrade to a Scout

Pillage a Ruined Village

[Robz888]

Win against Cultist.

[Marcory]

Embassies help your opponents, but Ambassadors hurt them.

[liopoil]

Embassies help your opponents, but Ambassadors hurt them.

sorry, Embassies hurt your opponents too.

[Flip5ide]

Not sure if Thief or Dumpster Diver.

[GwinnR]

Winning against Stef

[silverspawn]

Ambassador war.

can someone explain this to me? it's not an oxymoron, it's not uncommon, why is it funny?

[Witherweaver]

Ambassador war.

can someone explain this to me? it's not an oxymoron, it's not uncommon, why is it funny?

Ambassadors are generally diplomats for peace.

[SirPeebles]

Ambassador war.

can someone explain this to me? it's not an oxymoron, it's not uncommon, why is it funny?

It's not quite an oxymoron, but it is an ironic phrase since one typically expects ambassadors to seek peaceful diplomatic resolutions to conflict, in contrast to war.

[silverspawn]

Ambassador war.

can someone explain this to me? it's not an oxymoron, it's not uncommon, why is it funny?

Ambassadors are generally diplomats for peace.

hm i see i always thought ambassador = fancy word for messanger

[SirPeebles]

Among the true oxymorons posted, DG's "discard treasure" is one of my favorites, but I'm the only one who has upvoted it.  Treasure is also a verb, you guys.

[markusin]

Among the true oxymorons posted, DG's "discard treasure" is one of my favorites, but I'm the only one who has upvoted it.  Treasure is also a verb, you guys.

Ooh, now I get it *goes to upvote DG's oxymoron post*.

[amalloy]

Among the true oxymorons posted, DG's "discard treasure" is one of my favorites, but I'm the only one who has upvoted it.  Treasure is also a verb, you guys.

Discard is a noun, too. A discard treasure could mean something you really value but threw away. Kinda.

[silverspawn]

Useful Chapel

[ashersky]

Want Silver

[Witherweaver]

Procession of Hermits.

[DG]

Embargo supply
Empty pile

[simval]

Not really an oxymoron, but an ironic phrase :

Prince of witches.

[Flip5ide]

Helpful Thief
Trash for Benefit
Wishing Well.. At least I never do.

[GwinnR]

Paying nothing for some Coppers.

Never cleaning your Cache.

[heron]

relevant edge cases.

[Kirian]

Good Mine/Mint joke

[Flip5ide]

relevant edge cases.

Can someone enlighten me? I don't get what so +5 about this post

[Awaclus]

relevant edge cases.

Can someone enlighten me? I don't get what so +5 about this post

The point is that edge cases aren't usually relevant by definition.

[pacovf]

relevant edge cases.

Can someone enlighten me? I don't get what so +5 about this post

Most of the edge cases described in this forum are extremely contrived and rarely found in normal play. Heron is making fun of this... feature... by drawing your attention to the fact that we have to point out when an edge case is actually relevant. Some members found the level of self-awareness funny enough to upvote heron's post.

Of course, there are edge cases to everything I just described, but they are probably not relevant to my point, nor your enjoyment of the joke, which I just increased for you and everybody else for that matter.

PPE: ah, ninja'd. Woe is me.

[sudgy]

relevant edge cases.

Can someone enlighten me? I don't get what so +5 about this post

Most of the edge cases described in this forum are extremely contrived and rarely found in normal play. Heron is making fun of this... feature... by drawing your attention to the fact that we have to point out when an edge case is actually relevant. Some members found the level of self-awareness funny enough to upvote heron's post.

Of course, there are edge cases to everything I just described, but they are probably not relevant to my point, nor your enjoyment of the joke, which I just increased for you and everybody else for that matter.

Edge case: this post.

[pacovf]

relevant edge cases.

Can someone enlighten me? I don't get what so +5 about this post

Most of the edge cases described in this forum are extremely contrived and rarely found in normal play. Heron is making fun of this... feature... by drawing your attention to the fact that we have to point out when an edge case is actually relevant. Some members found the level of self-awareness funny enough to upvote heron's post.

Of course, there are edge cases to everything I just described, but they are probably not relevant to my point, nor your enjoyment of the joke, which I just increased for you and everybody else for that matter.

Edge case: this post.

I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym

[StrongRhino]

Good Mine/Mint joke

I dunno, mint was pretty good if I do say so myself.

[DG]

Upgrades spoils.

[Burning Skull]

Mediocre Great Hall

[shark_bait]

Upgrades spoils.

Into a Poor House?!?!?!

[silverspawn]

Upgrades spoils.

Into a Poor House?!?!?!

you can upgread spoils into a colony

[pacovf]

Upgrades spoils.

Into a Poor House?!?!?!

you can upgread spoils into a colony

Technically, you could (EDIT: not) upgrade spoils into:

Super-Duper-Mega-Cool Planet of Doomy Doom Death
113$
--
Worth 741 VP

(Disclaimer: theoretical maximum, I haven't checked the viability of pulling it off in a single turn)

[sudgy]

Upgrades spoils.

Into a Poor House?!?!?!

you can upgread spoils into a colony

Technically, you could upgrade spoils into:

Super-Duper-Mega-Cool Planet of Doomy Doom Death
113$
--
Worth 741 VP

(Disclaimer: theoretical maximum, I haven't checked the viability of pulling it off in a single turn)

How is that the maximum?  I can only see KC + Bridge * 10 + Highway * 10 + Princess = $43.  If it was an action, you could also get ten Quarries to make it $63, but it's not an action (I think).  You can't use the Procession-Rogue/Graverobber trick here because Processioning a Bridge makes it cost $2.

[pacovf]

Upgrades spoils.

Into a Poor House?!?!?!

you can upgread spoils into a colony

Technically, you could upgrade spoils into:

Super-Duper-Mega-Cool Planet of Doomy Doom Death
113$
--
Worth 741 VP

(Disclaimer: theoretical maximum, I haven't checked the viability of pulling it off in a single turn)

How is that the maximum?  I can only see KC + Bridge * 10 + Highway * 10 + Princess = $43.  If it was an action, you could also get ten Quarries to make it $63, but it's not an action (I think).  You can't use the Procession-Rogue/Graverobber trick here because Processioning a Bridge makes it cost $2.

Agh, I knew there would be problems.
However, I can still see 74$ (325VP!)

EDIT: moving this to puzzles.

[Flip5ide]

relevant edge cases.

Can someone enlighten me? I don't get what so +5 about this post

Most of the edge cases described in this forum are extremely contrived and rarely found in normal play. Heron is making fun of this... feature... by drawing your attention to the fact that we have to point out when an edge case is actually relevant. Some members found the level of self-awareness funny enough to upvote heron's post.

Of course, there are edge cases to everything I just described, but they are probably not relevant to my point, nor your enjoyment of the joke, which I just increased for you and everybody else for that matter.

PPE: ah, ninja'd. Woe is me.

Im lost as to how a quoted joke from someone else gets so many +1s. My mind is boggled.

[navical]

relevant edge cases.

Can someone enlighten me? I don't get what so +5 about this post

Most of the edge cases described in this forum are extremely contrived and rarely found in normal play. Heron is making fun of this... feature... by drawing your attention to the fact that we have to point out when an edge case is actually relevant. Some members found the level of self-awareness funny enough to upvote heron's post.

Of course, there are edge cases to everything I just described, but they are probably not relevant to my point, nor your enjoyment of the joke, which I just increased for you and everybody else for that matter.

PPE: ah, ninja'd. Woe is me.

Im lost as to how a quoted joke from someone else gets so many +1s. My mind is boggled.

The original quote was using it seriously.

[DG]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Conqueror Bot as an oxymoron yet?

[ycz6]

Bishop a Pawn.

[ycz6]

Mint a Counterfeit.

Edit: Counterfeit a Fool's Gold. Funny that this actually works.

[ChocophileBenj]

Super-Duper-Mega-Cool Planet of Doomy Doom Death
113$
--
Worth 741 VP

-ChocophileBenj's completely mad brain-
2958812 $
Worth 486365735856 VP

(Note : 486365735856 = 2^4 * 11^3 * 7^2 * 3 * 13 * 17 * 19 * 37 = 1+2+3+...+986271 is my favourite number for several years)

Edit : NOOO I did a typo ! I such hurted a part of myself !

[Stealth Tomato]

Mint a Counterfeit.

Edit: Counterfeit a Fool's Gold. Funny that this actually works.

Is a Counterfeit Harem secretly men? Will a Counterfeit Potion kill you? What the hell is a Counterfeit Loan? (answer: better than Loaning a Counterfeit!) Can I Mine Counterfeits in a Counterfeit Quarry?

[Kirian]

Super-Duper-Mega-Cool Planet of Doomy Doom Death
113$
--
Worth 741 VP

-ChocophileBenj's completely mad brain-
2958812 $
Worth 486365735856 VP

(Note : 486365735856 = 2^4 * 11^3 * 7^2 * 3 * 13 * 17 * 19 * 37 = 1+2+3+...+986271 is my favourite number for several years)

Edit : NOOO I did a typo ! I such hurted a part of myself !

486365735856?  That's the sort of combination an idiot would have on his luggage!