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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #75 on: September 06, 2012, 12:25:28 pm »
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I recently bought Crusader Kings II, and as one would expect from a game set in medieval Europe, there are Dominion terms all over the place.  Chancellors and Spies are really important and it's messing with my head. :\
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #76 on: September 14, 2012, 02:29:12 pm »
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There's a shop in Torrington called Scrying Oracle; I'm sure we can all come up with ideas for what such a card might do.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #77 on: September 15, 2012, 04:17:40 pm »
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I just learned of a condo called Kings Court.

It's also the name of a dorm at Penn.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #78 on: September 25, 2012, 09:20:41 pm »
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In the mall today, I noticed that 2013 calendars have started appearing, including an artsy one titled "Blue Dog". So if I buy the calendar, and then I take it for a walk ...
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #79 on: September 25, 2012, 10:03:33 pm »
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And I forgot to mention that I was thinking of taking a photo to post on these boards, but now if I go to take a photo of "Blue Dog", and it isn't there any more, do I still take the photo?
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #80 on: September 26, 2012, 09:18:18 am »
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I played a game a few days ago where I stupidly ignored witch on a board with TR and no reaction cards.

Trade Route? Throne Room? Tomb Raider? Teddy Roosevelt? Tyrannosaurus Rex???
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #81 on: September 26, 2012, 10:55:16 am »
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I played a game a few days ago where I stupidly ignored witch on a board with TR and no reaction cards.

Trade Route? Throne Room? Tomb Raider? Teddy Roosevelt? Tyrannosaurus Rex???
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It was Throne Room, and my GF never failed to match the witch with it, so I got all 10 curses pretty quick. Nowadays, my order of veto priority (after Grand Market) is King's Court, then Throne Room.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #82 on: September 26, 2012, 12:05:15 pm »
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But Throne Room is a trap SO MUCH of the time. I am always drawing them dead and it's the worst.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #83 on: September 26, 2012, 01:35:05 pm »
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It was Throne Room, and my GF never failed to match the witch with it, so I got all 10 curses pretty quick. Nowadays, my order of veto priority (after Grand Market) is King's Court, then Throne Room.

Err... not witch? Talk about shooting the messenger. You sir, hate fun.

My top vetoes are minion and IGG (minion takes the do out of dominion), then swindler, tournament, familiar, and anything else with a stupidly swingy amount of luck.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #84 on: September 26, 2012, 02:05:51 pm »
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It was Throne Room, and my GF never failed to match the witch with it, so I got all 10 curses pretty quick. Nowadays, my order of veto priority (after Grand Market) is King's Court, then Throne Room.

Err... not witch? Talk about shooting the messenger. You sir, hate fun.

My top vetoes are minion and IGG (minion takes the do out of dominion), then swindler, tournament, familiar, and anything else with a stupidly swingy amount of luck.
It's been my experience that Throne Room and Kings Court are swingy, because I draw them dead, she draws them perfect.  I'd rather leave the cursers in and take the curses than leave in TR or KC only to have mine be useless, which they almost always are.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #85 on: September 27, 2012, 03:15:09 am »
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I was working from a Workshop today and built a sort of Fortress with bricks around a compost bin to protect it from Rats, and I couldn't help but think, "Hey, that actually kind of works!"
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #86 on: October 09, 2012, 10:28:06 pm »
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The other weekend when I finished mowing the grass, I noticed that I'd ended up in a totally different place than I usually end up. Not only that, but the whole rhythm of the mow was off from my usual routine; I have a lot of trees in my yard, for example, and I noticed that I was getting to them at different points in my mow, creating different "islands" of unmowed lawn than usual.

Usually, I mow around the borders of the yard, slowly working my way in. I prefer this method because (like a Dominion game, in fact) you'll think you're nowhere close to being done but before you know it you realize that it's actually almost over. However, this particular day my neighbor was working on his fence and I didn't want to throw grass all over him, so I did two stripes up and down the far side of the yard. After that, he was done with the fence and I took up my usual mowing route, but as I explained it was totally different because of those two stripes.

When I was done, I realized that it reminded me of nothing so much as the beginning of a Dominion game: making a minor change right at the very start profoundly changed the rest of the experience. I know this is a lighthearted topic and I'm not trying to get too profound, but something I've always loved most about learning a new skill, whether it's been sleight of hand or web design or even Dominion strategy, is how learning that skill gives me another way of looking at the world. It's always fascinating how one discipline can inform and enrich other, completely unrelated, aspects of your life, and I hope I never stop learning new things and having these sorts of insights.

(In less of a "that heavy, bro" vein: I also realized the other day that Bryan Ferry was trying to teach me a Dominion combo!)
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #87 on: October 13, 2012, 08:38:47 pm »
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It was Throne Room, and my GF never failed to match the witch with it, so I got all 10 curses pretty quick. Nowadays, my order of veto priority (after Grand Market) is King's Court, then Throne Room.

Err... not witch? Talk about shooting the messenger. You sir, hate fun.

My top vetoes are minion and IGG (minion takes the do out of dominion), then swindler, tournament, familiar, and anything else with a stupidly swingy amount of luck.
It's been my experience that Throne Room and Kings Court are swingy, because I draw them dead, she draws them perfect.  I'd rather leave the cursers in and take the curses than leave in TR or KC only to have mine be useless, which they almost always are.
I like King's Court and Throne Room.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #88 on: October 13, 2012, 11:02:43 pm »
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It was Throne Room, and my GF never failed to match the witch with it, so I got all 10 curses pretty quick. Nowadays, my order of veto priority (after Grand Market) is King's Court, then Throne Room.

Err... not witch? Talk about shooting the messenger. You sir, hate fun.

My top vetoes are minion and IGG (minion takes the do out of dominion), then swindler, tournament, familiar, and anything else with a stupidly swingy amount of luck.
It's been my experience that Throne Room and Kings Court are swingy, because I draw them dead, she draws them perfect.  I'd rather leave the cursers in and take the curses than leave in TR or KC only to have mine be useless, which they almost always are.
I like King's Court and Throne Room.

King's Court is hands down my favourite card. I actually tend to like swingy cards that make the game more unpredictable. I also really like Swindler. And Cursers.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #89 on: December 10, 2012, 12:40:19 am »
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Our bathroom is getting remodelled.  My first thought: "The new bathroom is costing $2 more than the previous one!"
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #90 on: December 10, 2012, 02:44:17 am »
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Our bathroom is getting remodelled.  My first thought: "The new bathroom is costing $2 more than the previous one!"

If only it cost that little to Remodel a bathroom...
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #91 on: December 10, 2012, 09:43:00 am »
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Our bathroom is getting remodelled.  My first thought: "The new bathroom is costing $2 more than the previous one!"

Do you live near any highways or bridges?!?  If so, you could be getting even MORE value!
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #92 on: December 12, 2012, 10:19:29 pm »
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Our bathroom is getting remodelled.  My first thought: "The new bathroom is costing $2 more than the previous one!"

Do you live near any highways or bridges?!?  If so, you could be getting even MORE value!

There is a bridge down the street, but we only had one action.  We decided to use the remodel instead.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #93 on: February 18, 2013, 12:27:14 pm »
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I was told to go to the Market, my first thought was to bring a Pawn with me and get +$1 and a +buy.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #94 on: February 19, 2013, 06:23:19 am »
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The other day someone mentioned Judas selling Jesus out for 40 pieces of silver. I find hitting $11 for a Colony hard enough. If I want to buy Jesus I need to hit $40? Seems pretty expensive just to trash him with Trader. Imagine trashing him with an apprentice...
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #95 on: February 19, 2013, 07:05:48 am »
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Silver is worth $2.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #96 on: February 19, 2013, 09:56:01 am »
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Silver is worth $2.

Judas sold Jesus to a Trader, and gained 40 Silver. Therefore, Jesus's cost in coins is $40.
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #97 on: February 19, 2013, 10:44:02 am »
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Wasn't it 30 pieces?
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #98 on: February 19, 2013, 10:56:59 am »
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Maybe there were 10 Highways involved in the version you know?
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Re: Dominion intrudes on real life
« Reply #99 on: February 19, 2013, 12:51:43 pm »
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Yesterday while I was teaching one of my lab sections I heard a student say to another student something along the lines, "You gonna be a Cartographer someday?" 

I couldn't help but think that this student was going to be spending much of his life rearranging (reorder clause) some things and completely dropping (discard clause) other things while only doing one (+Card/+Action clause) thing at a time.
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