For an upcoming trip I need a travel set that I can store in the box for Seaside that has mostly simple cards in case I’m playing with beginners. I’d also like to have some Adventures cards in there. Tokens/mats should be kept to a minimum.
Possible set, updated:
$2: Chapel, Courtyard, Lighthouse (3)
$3: Fortune Teller, Menagerie, Village, Warehouse, Workshop (5)
$4: Conspirator, Cutpurse, Remodel, Smithy, Treasure Map, Worker’s Village (6)
$5: City, Council Room, Duke, Festival, Giant, Junk Dealer, Laboratory, Soothsayer, Tactician, Treasure Trove (10)
$6: Altar, Hireling (2)
The set is engine friendly, but has mostly simple cards. I avoided the more brutal attacks, and beginners like Gold so there are 3 Gold gainers. It may need another $5 card in place of a $4 card. Smugglers could be another non-attack player interaction, but Workshop is simpler.
I should be able to add Events in the randomizer slots though I'd just use the simpler ones (not involving tokens). Thoughts? Has this topic come up before?
Update: removed Fool's Gold for Courtyard as Fool's Gold is too complicated. Removed Dungeon for Warehouse (Warehouse is very similar and simpler), changed Trading Post to Altar (less outclassed by other trashers), changed Gardens to Duke (more interesting Alt-VP card), changed Fishing Village to City (helps people learn to pay attention to piles, removed Fishing Village to avoid increasing number of + Actions cards).
Possible set, original:
$2: Chapel, Fool’s Gold, Lighthouse (3)
$3: Dungeon, Fishing Village, Fortune Teller, Menagerie, Village, Workshop (6)
$4: Conspirator, Cutpurse, Gardens, Remodel, Smithy, Treasure Map, Worker’s Village (7)
$5: Council Room, Festival, Giant, Junk Dealer, Laboratory, Soothsayer, Tactician, Trading Post, Treasure Trove (9)
$6: Hireling (1)