BomberMouse
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I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing in Luna despite having seen a few videos :/
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platypotamus
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Glad I'm not the only one. Kinda get the islands, don't understand the temple thing at all.
superrobot
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Re Luna: I'm trying to boot the Apostate on to the shrine Isle to screw someone over.
narcosis219
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Just played about 7 games of Innovation. It's the perfect "work with what you got" type of game. Kinda sucks that it's hard to plan anything out though.
superrobot
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superrobot said:
This is my only strategy.
superrobot
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you want the most novices on the isle with the Priestess when scoring happens (no candles left). You score some points if you have the most.AstroLad said:those words . . . they mean nothing to me
i was just mostly copying platy's moves b/c i thought he knew what he was doing hahah
been a busy couple of weeks for me i'll get to the rules one of these days
You don't want your novices on the isle with the Apostate - grumpy looking monk - you lose points when scoring happens.
choodi
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AstroLad said:those words . . . they mean nothing to me
i was just mostly copying platy's moves b/c i thought he knew what he was doing hahah
been a busy couple of weeks for me i'll get to the rules one of these days
I am just moving my mouse around until it becomes a hand and I know I have a valid move. The I click until it says finish your turn.
Unfortunately I am doing this in too many games at the moment. Need to find time to read the rules.
Maybe someone can help me. I just received Dominion:intrigue, and was curious about throneroom+mining village.
I KNOW you can only trash it once, an I understand why. My question is, can you choose either use of the mining village after throneroom to trash it?
That is, can you trash it on the second use, so you get to draw two cards and see before deciding to trash it?
Also, a question about throneroom in general, I'm guessing the use of the throneroom itself costs an action, but neither use of the "play action twice" uses any actions? I was confused because, the rules talk about how first use of 'the' action counts, but not second use, and I was confused if these two referred tot he action BEING throneroomed - I don't think so, but was just thought I'd clarify.
I KNOW you can only trash it once, an I understand why. My question is, can you choose either use of the mining village after throneroom to trash it?
That is, can you trash it on the second use, so you get to draw two cards and see before deciding to trash it?
Also, a question about throneroom in general, I'm guessing the use of the throneroom itself costs an action, but neither use of the "play action twice" uses any actions? I was confused because, the rules talk about how first use of 'the' action counts, but not second use, and I was confused if these two referred tot he action BEING throneroomed - I don't think so, but was just thought I'd clarify.
UpperCaseN
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it gets more fun the more familiar you are with the roles. 1st game I knew numerically which cards were missing but not which cards they were exactly. 2nd game I knew everything and fell in love with the game, went out and ordered a copy for myselfsoldat7 said:
The guy that I know who owns that should play a deck with some of the expansion cards I know I've seen in the box. Only ever played the base set and even though it plays similarly every time, it's a pretty good staple game to have around.soldat7 said:
I think Ticket to Ride is a great fun game until you figure out that hoarding cards is the key to victory.
UpperCaseN
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we play the big game rules, I forget what the expansion calls it but you get 5 tickets and 4 train cards to start, and has all tickets in the deck. I've found that the initial tickets you get and choose can win or lose the game for you. usa versionBernbaum said:
edit: it's called Mega Game
Gryphter said:
Mega Game sucks for that reason
I've played Ticket To Ride 1910 a *bunch* of all the different rule sets in the box, and Mega Game is the one I dislike the most. It's all down to the luck of the tickets you draw, and the winner is frequently just the person fastest to build a decent network - start pulling routes & you'll often already have a card completed because there's /so/ many tickets. Bah. Big Cities FTW for 2/3 players.
platypotamus
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AstroLad said:those words . . . they mean nothing to me
i was just mostly copying platy's moves b/c i thought he knew what he was doing hahah
been a busy couple of weeks for me i'll get to the rules one of these days
You fool! What have you done?!?
traveler said:
1. You get 3 levels of complexity decks of cards for the improvements. DEFINITELY start with just the basic deck. Not only are they a little simpler, but you're more likely to get cards that (obviously) work well together.
2. You won't be able to do nearly as many things as you hope to do in a given game, so prioritize well. Have back up plans though, because someone will screw you out of the action you want/need.
3. Remember, suffering can be fun too!
Agyar said:
Thanks. I now understand that you CAN trash mining village the second time, thus allowing to draw two cards before making the decision to trash, right?
Also, I didn't ask bout throne-rooming a throne room, I was just asking what the rules explanation meant about first and second actions, specifically, the first one using up your action count t the second one not. I'm pretty sure we're doing it right, but just thought the explanation was worded weirdly.
platypotamus
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mrkgoo said:
Yup, the throne room is a single action. AS a single action, you get to do the text of a single (other) action card twice. So it sounds like you are playing it right.
StoOgE said:
Well, I was mostly wondering if you can also trash the FIRST time only, thus only drawing one card before making the decision to trash (as that,s the example in the rules for mining village).
I assume when you throne room an action, you do both instances of the action, fully resolving one before moving on to the next.
It creates a sort 'copy' of the card being used, without actually needing the card being played (and why the mining village can only be trashed once).
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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Played Through the Ages last night. Yo, games good. I really dug it and while I thought I'd miss a map in a Civ game it totally didn't need one. We played a three player Advanced game and I killed it. I got into an early lead with Homer and was able to build Knights and upgrade to Genghis Khan before the first age was up. I ended up dumping a ton of men into knights and building the Taj Mahal which gave me a comfortable lead throughout the entire game. I was able to pull all this off with only one upgraded building and very limited resources. It was really tight resource wise but I was able to make it work.
mrkgoo said:
yeah, it's probably the 2nd most confusing card combo out there. The ones that require you to trash the card are simple.. you *cant* play those twice because you can't trash a card twice. This one is just confusing becuase it gives you the option to.
Throne room with throne room is the most confusing for new players... everything tries to play tha single card 4x. Every time throne room comes up I explain exactly how that would work.
Steve Youngblood
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Just got back from a Border's I've gone to about five times since the going out of business liquidation sale started, and for the first time since I've been checking it out, they actually had a game I wanted. Finally, something other than Vampire Diaries themed games: Dominion Prosperity. I'm actually excited to have a reason to revisit Dominion, as I quite liked the base game but never picked up any of the expansions.
Anyhoo, as an aside, though I'm sure the sales at Border's are no secret to anyone here, it's worth mentioning that stores appear to still be getting new merchandise. I've seen Dominion merchandise at this location before, but not since the liquidation process began. So, take that as a heads up to anyone who hasn't ventured to their local Border's store in a while.
Anyhoo, as an aside, though I'm sure the sales at Border's are no secret to anyone here, it's worth mentioning that stores appear to still be getting new merchandise. I've seen Dominion merchandise at this location before, but not since the liquidation process began. So, take that as a heads up to anyone who hasn't ventured to their local Border's store in a while.
AstroLad said:
Bummer, I hate a mechanic similar to that when it shows up in small ways in games like RFTG or Catan Card Game. A game that uses it centrally probably isn't for me.
How do you keep track of the numbers of each others icons? Do you just constantly have to ask each other how many of the icons you have?
yep! it's not that bad imo but it's just something you have to keep an eye out for. basically the card effects in the game are called dogmas and there are associated icons that you have x# of across your cards. and when you activate when those who are equal or greater than you w/r/t icons either share in your dogmas or are not hurt by them. those who have less don't share or are hurt. so you don't have to know each one exactly, just who you have equal to or more than on the icons you or they care aboutYaboosh said:
One of the beauties of Innovation is you an often force your opponent to do something he or she doesn't want to because they have more of a resource than you.Yaboosh said:
It's not complicated at all. The icons are big and designed so you can literally look at an opponent's board and know fairly quickly whether or not they have more of something than you. I tend to keep up on symbol count during turn downtime.
You can't pass up a gem like Innovation. I'd be surprised if the icons became an issue for you.
superrobot
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Last Item: "Playdek is pleased to announce that Agricola will be the first game released under this partnership, and will be developed as a universal iOS application. Agricola will be released under the Playdek mobile brand, in Winter 2011"
More ways to lose!
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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Fuck yes.superrobot said:
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