[details=Tech StartingHand Workers][spoiler]
TECH
Blooming Ancient
MoLaC
STARTING HAND
Rampant Growth
Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
Tiger Cub
Merfolk Prospector
WORKERS
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
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[details=NextHand][spoiler]
Tiger Cub
Spore Shambler
Rampant Growth
Young Treant
MoLaC
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Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Panda trades with Traffic Director
Cal kills Building Inspector
Cal to mid - ($3)
Merfolk Prospector - ($2)
Tech1 - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Merfolk Prospector (1/1)
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Calamandra lvl 3 (3/4)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 1
Workers: 7
[details=Thoughts][spoiler]
He skipped Tech1 build, so can’t put anything too scary down next turn, nor play a Tax Inspector to steal my float. Since Green has decent Tech0s to block, let’s try teching Ancient+MoLaC rather than Tech1s, see if I can get one of them down T4 after a T3 Tech2 build, and before Bigby starts handing out Injunctions.
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Well my techs split across the T3/T4 hands, so T4 Ancient play could be on.
[details=Tech StartingHand Workers][spoiler]
TECH
Blooming Ancient
Murkwood Allies
STARTING HAND
Tiger Cub
Young Treant
MoLaC
Spore Shambler
Rampant Growth
WORKERS
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
Spore Shambler
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[details=NextHand][spoiler]
Young Treant
Blooming Ancient
Playful Panda
Verdant Tree
Ironbark Treant
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Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float + scav - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Cal to max, kills Newsman - ($6)
Tiger Cub - ($4)
Tech2 Growth - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Tiger Cub (2/2 + 1)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Calamandra lvl 5 (4/4)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
[details=Thoughts][spoiler]
Big float + stash – maybe Injunction stashed to play along with Tech2 build. In which case my front-loading of Tech2s will have been a waste of time, and prevented me getting down some good Tech1s. We’ll see, maybe just a Tech1 unit stashed, as Injunction seems pretty expensive to play this early as T1.
Reputable Newsman
Community Service
Overeager Cadet
Flagstone Garrison
Manufactured Truth
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($10)
Worker - ($9)
Community Service! Oh hey, a Blooming ancient in hand, that’s better than I had hoped for… also no molac, that’s good… for now - ($4)
Scribe, draw 1, BA+1 - ($2)
Building Inspector, BA+1 - ($1)
Traffic Director, BA+1 - ($0)
Move a rune
Think this will be over quickly. Even if I can play MoLaC next turn (avoid Injunction or Newsman naming 3), I’ll be overrun and not be able to land any attacks.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Community Service, checking discard for anything interesting… the other Blooming ancient? thats some mighty fine luck! - ($4)
1st BA gets +1 Rune
Tech 2 Peace - ($0)
Bigby taps to move Water Elemental
Bigger Scribe kills Arg, Bigby to max
Aven kills Treant
TD and BI kill wisps
BA and 2nd Scribe break Tech 2, base to 18
Move rune
Float ($0)
Stash 1, Discard 0, draw 2
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Blooming Ancient #2 3/5+A
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Scribe #2 2/4, +1 Rune
Blooming Ancient #1 2/3
Bigby 3/4, lvl 5
Building Inspector 1/1
Traffic Director 1/1
Scribe 5/1, +4 Rune
Spectral Aven 2/2
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tower HP: 4
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 3
Deck: 4
Disc: 3
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
I am definintely going to lose my second BA if I break his tech 2. and if he has rampant growth, i lose both BAs, probably. without rampant growth, I lose my big scribe and maybe something else, or he just tanks with the other stuff. Even with rampant growth, that would mean only 1 thing actually survives killing the BA’s. I definitely get down flagstone next turn and flood the board with the benefit of a surviving BA. I should even be able to injunction if necessary.
[details=NextHand][spoiler]
Moment’s Peace
Playful Panda
Tiny Basilisk
MoLaC
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Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + scav, tech draw - ($10)
Worker - ($9)
Elemental, Panda and a Frog trade with BA#2, it returns to its verdant home discard pile
Ironbark Treant - ($6)
Midori - ($4)
Moment’s Peace - ($2)
Float ($2)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Midori lvl 1 (2/3 + 1)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Frog (1/1)
Frog (1/1)
Ironbark Treant (3/2)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 4
Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 4
Deck: 6
Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 2
Workers: 10
[details=Thoughts][spoiler]
Last chance saloon – but expect Newsman is coming in to name 3 and spoil the MoLaC party.
Sigh, moment’s peace, at least I can make sure he doesnt do it twice I can’t stop him from flying over, assuming he can target aven after targeting the flagbearer, which is actually not likely…
GG, WP !
I’ve another MP in hand, but no prospects once the thumbs stop twiddling. Aven ties things up nicely against Midori flying.
Spectacularly effective use of Community Service. I’d teched MoLaC+Ancient T2, as an early Tech2 build looked on the cards again. Could have whiffed, as you say, but a real game winner here, and not something I’d have considered you’d play so early, credit to you!
Newsman was blocking a second moment’s peace, so yea, you could ahve killed 3 of my patrollers, at most, and then been hit with everything hiding in the back.
Blues ability to win seems very much tied to betting on the odds, or using information to improve the odds. A P2 tech 2 play seems pretty reasonable, but if, for example, you had teched two molacs instead, I would not have found anything. I was actually thinking a centaur was my best bet, imagine my surprise!
Yes, so far seems quite an even matchup overall, but more demanding on the Blue side to be ingenious. That’s a good characterization, using information to improve the odds. From the Green side, MoLaC-or-bust is a pretty straightforward plan to go for, though I could do with thinking of some alternatives and/or ways to make this less predictable.
I’ll be away a fair bit in the next couple weeks, so would be a good time to take a break, and look forward to continuing the series in the new year.
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Merfolk Prospector (1/1)
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
Base HP: 20
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Merfolk Prospector (1/1)
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
Base HP: 20