Post by thest4lker on Mar 20, 2012 2:46:59 GMT -5
Ok, first post in the forum, so hopefully it's not total rubbish.
Something I haven't seen discussed before is the issue of having patience. I have won loads of games by NOT reacting to everything my opponent is doing immediately, but rather waiting.
Case in point, today: Opponent plays Carlo Grimaldi. I have 12 income, a daring experiment, 2 sudden exhaustion in my hand. I also have 3 change of plans in my deck.
He puts Carlo into play, and uses militia training. I do nothing. When my gold gets to 12, I use daring experiment. Carlo is resting, he's 4/6 and my opponent plays just cause (no other nobles or soldiers in play). So now Carlo is 6/8. I don't draw change of plans, but I do draw controlled arson, and I kill him before he scores again.
The point is if I played sudden exhaustion as soon as Carlo came into play, my opponent still has two ways to up his stats. By waiting, he scores 2 points in a region, but those two points cost him 13 gold (Carlo, militia and just cause), and 3 cards. In the meantime, in my worst case scenario, I spent 6 gold on controlled arson, and drew 3 other cards. Even if I don't draw controlled arson, I still have sudden exhaustion, and again, he has wasted all those resources for 2 points, a Carlo with no attack, and (most likely) no other beefing up cards. In a best case scenario I would have spent 6 gold to gain a 6/8 Carlo, which he has to spend more on to neutralize, or else loose to his own card
There are so many times when I think of my opponent, "If only you had patience." You used mob justice on a 1 scoring site, in a region where I have yet to score, one second before I launched San Gimignano. etc. etc.
Thoughts?
Something I haven't seen discussed before is the issue of having patience. I have won loads of games by NOT reacting to everything my opponent is doing immediately, but rather waiting.
Case in point, today: Opponent plays Carlo Grimaldi. I have 12 income, a daring experiment, 2 sudden exhaustion in my hand. I also have 3 change of plans in my deck.
He puts Carlo into play, and uses militia training. I do nothing. When my gold gets to 12, I use daring experiment. Carlo is resting, he's 4/6 and my opponent plays just cause (no other nobles or soldiers in play). So now Carlo is 6/8. I don't draw change of plans, but I do draw controlled arson, and I kill him before he scores again.
The point is if I played sudden exhaustion as soon as Carlo came into play, my opponent still has two ways to up his stats. By waiting, he scores 2 points in a region, but those two points cost him 13 gold (Carlo, militia and just cause), and 3 cards. In the meantime, in my worst case scenario, I spent 6 gold on controlled arson, and drew 3 other cards. Even if I don't draw controlled arson, I still have sudden exhaustion, and again, he has wasted all those resources for 2 points, a Carlo with no attack, and (most likely) no other beefing up cards. In a best case scenario I would have spent 6 gold to gain a 6/8 Carlo, which he has to spend more on to neutralize, or else loose to his own card
There are so many times when I think of my opponent, "If only you had patience." You used mob justice on a 1 scoring site, in a region where I have yet to score, one second before I launched San Gimignano. etc. etc.
Thoughts?
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