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[Donald X.]

I see. So there was a question, about what Dingan meant, but you weren't asking it.

I of course saw "Donald, or LF?" (note the question mark) and thought I was being asked something.

Ah, my meaning there was -- "Here's a playtesting anecdote I read recently, but I can't quite remember who was the one to provide that anecdote".  But hey, now you have confirmed the story here directly.

The important thing is that we're posting.

[Seprix]

...impossibru?

Okay, whatever. I'll say my solution because it may not be possible after all.

You have only $5 to spend with one buy, and you have to go ahead and buy a Province, right?

Here's what you have in hand: Silver, Silver, Quarry, Watchtower.

Play treasures, buy Traveling Fair, $3 left to spend. Quarry cheapens action cards, buy Cultist, trash with Watch tower, draw 3 Platinums, buy Province.

It's probably not possible because I don't know if you can play treasures once you actually buy something. I don't think I even need a Donald conformation, it doesn't work in MF or Goko now that I think about it. So yeah, not a real solution.

I'm not good at this puzzle thing at all.

[Elanchana]

...impossibru?

Okay, whatever. I'll say my solution because it may not be possible after all.

You have only $5 to spend with one buy, and you have to go ahead and buy a Province, right?

Here's what you have in hand: Silver, Silver, Quarry, Watchtower.

Play treasures, buy Traveling Fair, $3 left to spend. Quarry cheapens action cards, buy Cultist, trash with Watch tower, draw 3 Platinums, buy Province.

It's probably not possible because I don't know if you can play treasures once you actually buy something. I don't think I even need a Donald conformation, it doesn't work in MF or Goko now that I think about it. So yeah, not a real solution.

I'm not good at this puzzle thing at all.

Yeah you can't play treasures once you've bought something.

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[transportowiec96]

You are in your buy phase. You have $5 to spend and 1 buy. How do you get to buying a Province?

I spend my 3 coin tokens and buy a Province.

How about 2 Provinces?

I spend my 13 coin tokens, buy a Travelling Fair and Two Provinces.

[ThetaSigma12]

Might the solution involve princess and duplicate?

[Marcory]

Some simple easy puzzles:

You have a 1 card hand. How do you get to a 2 Province buy?

You are in your buy phase. You have $5 to spend and 1 buy. How do you get to buying a Province? How about 2 Provinces?

It is your opponent's turn. He has 1 more VP than you, and there is one Province left. He buys it... And loses. How?

1. Forager. 11 Treasures in the Black Market have been trashed, as have 1 each of Copper/Silver/Gold/Platinum/Potion.

2. 
A. 7 Embargo tokens on Province, or:

B. You have Fools Gold and Market Square in hand. FG lets you gain a Gold, then you gain more Gold by Reacting to the Fools Gold trashing, thereby gaining enough cards to boost your Gardens (alternately , you could reveal Trader to gain a Silver instead of Gold to boost Feoda)

C.  If you didn't previously have a Gold but had at least 2 FG in your deck, gaining Gold could boost your Fairgrounds.

[Dingan]

There is a pile from which, no matter what I do, I cannot gain all the cards from.  What pile is it?

Note: this happens in MF; I'm not sure how I would make the pile IRL.  I'd probably just not put them all out.  But I don't know what the rule is.

[Seprix]

There is a pile from which, no matter what I do, I cannot gain all the cards from.  What pile is it?

Note: this happens in MF; I'm not sure how I would make the pile IRL.  I'd probably just not put them all out.  But I don't know what the rule is.

I'd say Black Market with a Potion card, but then you have to put the Potion card out. I suppose if your opponent ran out all the Potion cards, you can't get a Potion Black Market card, but this feels like cheating.

It's not Spoils, it's not Madman. And while it feels like Highway, this is also not technically true.

I'd also joke it's the Randomizer deck.

A really clever answer is Copper, but all I'd have to do is buy Masquerade and Curse afterwards, passing the Curses for the opponent's copper.

[Dingan]

No, none of that.  And no, it's not something dumb like a randomizer card or the trash card or anything.

[Seprix]

No, none of that.  And no, it's not something dumb like a randomizer card or the trash card or anything.

The trash card. HAHAHA! I'll keep thinking.

[Awaclus]

A really clever answer is Copper, but all I'd have to do is buy Masquerade and Curse afterwards, passing the Curses for the opponent's copper.

Passing is not gaining.

[Seprix]

I would say a specific Ruins card, as there are tons of them and there's no real way to get all of that one card in any given game. I suppose oddswise, it's possible though, and of course, when we get to 6P games, then you can gain all of the Ruins. I am assuming a 2P game though.

[Dingan]

No.  There are 1 or more cards you actually put out that you can't gain.  So it's not like the extra Ruins or Curses or green cards that you don't put out.

EDIT: MF puts them out.  In IRL, I just wouldn't put them out.  Although like I said, I don't know what the ruling is.

[Seprix]

And you said it's a pile, so it's not Event cards. I have no clue.

[Dingan]

Hint 1: It's not a supply pile.

Hint 2: There are 10 of them, and I'm pretty sure you can only gain 1.

[J Reggie]

Hint 1: It's not a supply pile.

Hint 2: There are 10 of them, and I'm pretty sure you can only gain 1.

As far as I know, the only two piles that meet these conditions are Madman and Mercenary, and you can gain all of those if you want.  Maybe it's something from Empires.

[Seprix]

It could be Mercenary, but you can still gain all 10 over time, given there's another attack on the board. Nothing from Adventures comes to mind at all.

[Awaclus]

Is it Moat?

[Seprix]

Is it Moat?

No, it's
                                       
             
                  Moat         
                     
                                                     
             
...but there's some speculation on that.

[Witherweaver]

It could be Mercenary, but you can still gain all 10 over time, given there's another attack on the board. Nothing from Adventures comes to mind at all.

You don't need another attack since Mercenary is an attack itself, right?

[Seprix]

It could be Mercenary, but you can still gain all 10 over time, given there's another attack on the board. Nothing from Adventures comes to mind at all.

You don't need another attack since Mercenary is an attack itself, right?

You are right, of course.

[Deadlock39]

The Mercenary Pile when Urchin is in the Black Market, and there are no other attacks on the board or in the Black Market?

[Seprix]

The Mercenary Pile when Urchin is in the Black Market, and there are no other attacks on the board or in the Black Market?

BRILLIANT. There could even be attacks, as long as there isn't Graverobber/Rogue on the board.

Also, Pillage in Black Market is now just as much a solution for Spoils... Except Graverobber/Rogue spoil everything.

However,       moat       .

[Awaclus]

The Mercenary Pile when Urchin is in the Black Market, and there are no other attacks on the board or in the Black Market?

Well, there would have to be an Attack on the board because otherwise you can't even gain the first Mercenary.

[Witherweaver]

Throne Room or variant.