Building Inspector
Manufactured Truth
Reputable Newsman
Jail
Spectral Aven
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Hire a Bluecoat Musketeer. - ($2)
Onimaru deals 2 points of damage through the armor to the Reputable Newsman.
Build Tech I. - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Bluecoat Musketeer 1/2
Lookout:
In Play:
Onimaru (1) 2/3
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 6
Thoughts
Hmmmm, I forgot that they had access to Zane again. That’s quite funny.
STARTING HAND
Lawful Search
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Traffic Director
Building Inspector
Manufactured Truth
WORKERS
Spectral Aven
Bluecoat Musketeer
NextHand
Detonate
Arrest
Porkhand Magistrate
Detonate
Jail
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Midband Zane - ($3)
Zane kills Musketeer, we both draw
Traffic Director - ($2)
Building Inspector - ($1)
Worker - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger: Building Inspector (1/1) Tax
Technician: Traffic Director (1/1) Untargetable, demolish
Lookout:
In Play:
L4 Captain Zane (3/2) Haste, greedy
Reputable Newsman (0/1) $2
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 2
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 7
Thoughts
I don’t want to waste the card draw after midbanding Zane, but that means delaying my Tech I and therefore my Tech II… but, I think I can make that work if I use Detonate to stall, and slowing the game down should work in my favor with the P2 gold advantage… theoretically.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Hire a Building Inspector. - ($5)
Onimaru kills your Traffic Director.
Hire a Reputable Newsman who opposes spells and upgrades that cost 2. - ($3)
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Detonate your worker - ($3)
Detonate your other worker - ($0)
Zane kills Building Inspector.
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Building Inspector (1/1A) Tax
Elite:
Scavenger: Reputable Newsman (0/1) $2
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L4 Captain Zane (3/1) Haste, greedy
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 2
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
Thoughts
I’m worried about MTruth/Aven now, but with this widened income gap, I’ll gain more of an advantage as the game drags on, so short-term setbacks are less of a concern. However, I want a way to push back against my opponent’s superior ability to deploy units, and Sharks seem to be the only option at the moment.
STARTING HAND
Tax Collector
Scribe
Lawful Search
Spectral Aven
Boot Camp
Bluecoat Musketeer
Elite Training
Manufactured Truth
WORKERS
Traffic Director
Bluecoat Musketeer
Next Hand
Boot Camp
Arrest
Spectral Aven
Elite Training
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - workers - ($8)
Onimaru sends the Building Inspector to Boot Camp and draws a card. - ($7)
Onimaru kills the Reputable Newsman; you gain a gold.
Hire a Tax Collector who steals your floating gold. - ($6)
Worker. - ($5)
Hire a Scribe and draw a card. - ($3)
Onimaru performs a Lawful Search of your hand and draws a card; oh no. - ($2)
Onimaru casts Manufactured Truth and transforms the Reputable Newsman into a Building Inspector. - ($1)
Manufactured Inspector trades with Zane; Onimaru gains 2 levels.
Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Tax Collector 2/3A
Elite: Scribe 2/3
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Onimaru (3) 2/2
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 6
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 6
Thoughts
Double Detonate? I do not love that for my ECONOMY.
Gunpoint Taxman
Lawful Search
Surprise Attack
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Tech I - ($5)
Tower - ($2)
Max Geiger - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Building Inspector (2/2A) [1+]
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: L1 Max Geiger (2/3) Sparkshot
Lookout:
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
A tough call here between the Magistrate and the Tower, but I don’t want to let his units survive attacking mine. As for tech choices… Taxmen are an obvious choice, but Injunction is tempting for reasons I can’t quite pin down. I know from past experience, Injunction creates econ problems because it’s fairly expensive and doesn’t actually cost the opponent any reasources, it just redirects their gold to heroes and infrastructure. Maybe I feel like I can leverage my worker advantage to pull off a tech lockdown? But even if I went that route, I don’t have an answer to the obvious counter of The Art of War exposing Bigby, so that seems like a dead-end. Guess I’ll just go for Taxmen after all.
STARTING HAND
Arrest
Spectral Aven
Boot Camp
Elite Training
WORKERS
Traffic Director
Bluecoat Musketeer
Spectral Aven
Next Hand
Reputable Newsman
Lawful Search
Boot Camp
Scribe
Discard
Elite Training
Arrest
Boot Camp
Justice Juggernaut
Justice Juggernaut
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Onimaru casts Elite Training on himself and the Tax Collector, granting them each +1 attack, +1 Armor, Sparkshot, and Anti-Air. - ($4)
Tax Collector kills the Building Inspector.
Onimaru trades with Geiger.
Summon Bigby Hayes. - ($2)
Float ($2)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Scribe 1/3A
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Bigby (1) 2/3
Lookout:
In Play:
Tax Collector 3/1 - Anti-air, Sparkshot
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 2
Disc: 5
Gold:
Gold: 2
Workers: 7
Thoughts
Double Detonate? I do not love that for my ECONOMY.
Not really worth spending the $7 on a surprise attack against those relatively unthreatening units, will take the chance to tech up free of Building Inspector interference instead.
STARTING HAND
Scribe
Boot Camp
Reputable Newsman
Lawful Search
Manufactured Truth
WORKERS
Traffic Director
Bluecoat Musketeer
Spectral Aven
Reputable Newsman
Next Hand
Elite Training
Scribe
Lawful Search
Building Inspector
Justice Juggernaut
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Hire a Scribe and draw a card. - ($7)
Worker. - ($6)
Build Tech II - Law. - ($2)
Midband Bigby Hayes. - ($0)
Bigby exhausts to sideline the Gunpoint Taxman.
Tax Collector and first Scribe trade with Bigby; my Bigby maxbands.
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Scribe 1/3A
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Bigby (5) 3/4
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Law)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 8
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
Thoughts
Double Detonate? I do not love that for my ECONOMY.
STARTING HAND
Building Inspector
Scribe
Lawful Search
Elite Training
Justice Juggernaut
Free Speech
Justice Juggernaut
Guardian of the Gates
WORKERS
Traffic Director
Bluecoat Musketeer
Spectral Aven
Reputable Newsman
Building Inspector
Next Hand
Boot Camp
Arrest
Justice Juggernaut
Manufactured Truth
Tax Collector
Discard
Lawful Search
Free Speech
Elite Training
Guardian of the Gates
Justice Juggernaut
Censorship Council
Injunction
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Exhaust Bigby to draw a card.
Hire a Scribe and draw a card. - ($5)
Bigby performs a Lawful Search of your hand and draws a card. - ($4)
Summon Sirus Quince and his Mirror Illusion. - ($2)
Quince casts Free Speech, removing your heroes’ abilities and preventing them from casting spells. - ($0)
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($14)
Worker - ($13)
Tech III - ($8)
Sanatorium - ($4)
Bigby Hayes - ($2)
Geiger and a Taxman kill SQL
Other Taxman kills Mirror Illusion
Float ($2)
Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: L1 Bigby Hayes (2/3A) Stash
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Reputable Newsman (0/3) $4
Lookout:
In Play:
Sanatorium (4)
L1 Max Geiger (2/2) Sparkshot
Gunpoint Taxman (3/2) Anti-air, robbery
Gunpoint Taxman (3/2) Anti-air, robbery
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Anarchy)
Tech III HP: 5
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 2
Workers: 12
Thoughts
Okay, my heroes are crippled, but that’s enhancing my econ advantage… just gotta leverage it to deploy strong, hasty units… I suppose I could steal the scavenger float gold, but the Mirror is potentially a much greater threat so I’ll prioritize taking it down.
Yeah, Blue doesn’t have great options for dealing with buildings and tech III units, aside from brute force, and brute force is hard to manage when at an econ disadvantage. After I got lucky with being able to fire off both Detonates right away, that was a very difficult situation to recover from, thought maybe Insurance Agents could counterbalance that if you could find a way to get some big payouts from them. GG WP!
P1T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Spectral Aven
Arrest
Lawful Search
Porkhand Magistrate
Building Inspector
WORKERS
Spectral Aven
NextHand
Traffic Director
Bluecoat Musketeer
Reputable Newsman
Jail
Manufactured Truth
Discard
Arrest
Porkhand Magistrate
Lawful Search
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Building Inspector - ($2)
Max Geiger - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L1 Max Geiger (2/3) Sparkshot
Building Inspector (1/1) Tax
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 3
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 5
Thoughts
I’ll prioritize Geiger’s sparkshot over Bigby’s spellcasting ability again, in part because it’s been working so far, and in part because spells and the Aven are less valuable with only 1 compatible hero and no access to Macciatus.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Tech I - ($2)
Traffic Director - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite: L1 Max Geiger (3/3) Sparkshot
Scavenger: Building Inspector (1/1) Tax
Technician: Traffic Director (1/1) Untargetable, demolish
Lookout:
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 6
Thoughts
I’m on the fence about whether or not to drop the Director here, but despite it not having any immediate utility, having more stuff on the board could lead to having more options later on, so I’ll give it a try.
STARTING HAND
Reputable Newsman
Bluecoat Musketeer
Lawful Search
Building Inspector
Arrest
WORKERS
Jail
Bluecoat Musketeer
Next Hand
Porkhand Magistrate
Arrest
Building Inspector
Manufactured Truth
Brave Knight
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Spectral Aven kills your Building Inspector.
Build Tech I. - ($4)
Hire a Reputable Newsman who opposes spells and upgrades that cost $1. - ($2)
Float ($2)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Onimaru (1) 2/3A
Elite:
Scavenger: Reputable Newsman 0/3 [1]
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Spectral Aven 2/2
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 2
Workers: 7
Thoughts
Okay, I was thinking we’d have to give Onimaru 2 levels to prevent Zane suicides, but having Geiger out AND no heroes’ hall means that what I’m expecting isn’t possible right now anyway.
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Bluecoat Musketeer 1/2
Lookout:
Base HP: 20