Technician: Traffic Director (1/1) Untargetable, demolish
Lookout:
In Play:
L1 Max Geiger (2/3) Sparkshot
Reputable Newsman (0/3) $2
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 7
Thoughts
Okay… I’ve got a Taxman now, but keeping it alive long enough to fight the Aven is going to be a challenge… Onimaru can midband and kill it, even in SQL… in which case maximizing retaliatory damage is probably the way to go, and I’ll need to block Elite Training and Arrest… hopefully, he won’t use Boot Camp. But, to patrol as SQL or Elite? Can he afford to maxband Oni next turn? Yes, in which case I should be prepared to deal 5 total damage in response. As for tech choices… I’m not likely to draw both teched cards next turn, and there’s a fair chance I won’t draw either, so I’ll be optimistic and assume I’ll have a chance to build my Tech II next turn.
Arrest
Traffic Director
Tax Collector
Reputable Newsman
Lawful Search
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Hire a Brave Knight. - ($5)
Onimaru casts Manufactured Truth on the Reputable Newsman to turn it into a Brave Knight. - ($4)
Manufactured Knight trades with the Gunpoint Taxman and then returns to my hand.
Spectral Aven kills the Traffic Director.
Onimaru midbands and destroys the Tower. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Brave Knight 3/3A
Elite:
Scavenger: Onimaru (5) 3/3
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Spectral Aven 2/1
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
Thoughts
The Tower is a bane to me so let’s get rid of that over Geiger, especially since Nekoatl might still have Manufactured Truth around to pull some of the same shenanigans I did.
This is getting dicey… I’m not sure I have enough leeway to aim for Sanatorium now, but I feel like stalling tech progress to shore up my defense is going to be a losing proposition, so I’ll just have to try to create some leeway later… and to do that, I should probably need something with more aggressive potential than a building… Chameleons seem like a good option, considering they can bounce back to hand between the reshuffle/draw and ephemeral’s trigger. I’ll also likely need the Newsman to protect me from Art of War, in which case I need it to be killed and replayed.
Lawful Search
General’s Hammer
Building Inspector
Manufactured Truth
The Art of War
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Brave Knight and Spectral Aven suicide against the Gunpoint Taxman; Brave Knight returns to my hand.
Onimaru kills the Reputable Newsman.
Hire a Tax Collector who steals your Scavenger gold. - ($6)
Maxband Onimaru. - ($3)
Hire a Brave Knight. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Brave Knight 3/3A
Elite: Tax Collector 3/3
Scavenger: Soldier 1 1/1
Technician: Soldier 2 1/1
Lookout: Soldier 3 1/1
In Play:
Onimaru (8) 4/5
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
I’m unlikely to get my only Tech II unit so I’m okay with delaying building it.
This is getting really dicey… my defense has collapsed, but I can at least provide a variety of targets to choose from, at least, I’m pretty sure my base isn’t about to take a hit… and at least I don’t have any immediate concern of giving away free levels from hero kills. I’m really not sure what I should be teching right now, but Jurisdiction offers flexibility, at least…
STARTING HAND
Building Inspector
The Art of War
Manufactured Truth
General’s Hammer
Lawful Search
Reputable Newsman
WORKERS
Jail
Bluecoat Musketeer
Porkhand Magistrate
Arrest
Building Inspector
Next Hand
Dreamscape
Traffic Director
Reteller of Truths
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Spectral Aven
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + Scavenger - ($10)
Worker - ($9)
Onimaru casts General’s Hammer on your Tech II. - ($6)
Tax Collector destroys your Tech II.
Onimaru destroys your Tech I.
Build Tech II - Truth. - ($2)
Hire a Reputable Newsman who opposes spells and upgrades that cost 5. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger: Reputable Newsman 0/3 [5]
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Onimaru (8) 4/5
Tax Collector 2/3
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 6
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
Thoughts
We may lose Onimaru here, but I’m okay with that, honestly.
STARTING HAND
Spectral Aven
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Traffic Director
Dreamscape
Reteller of Truths
WORKERS
Jail
Bluecoat Musketeer
Porkhand Magistrate
Arrest
Building Inspector
Traffic Director
Next Hand
Eyes of the Chancellor
Manufactured Truth
General’s Hammer
Discard
Reputable Newsman
Tax Collector
Spectral Aven
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Summon Sirus Quince and his Mirror Illusion. - ($8)
Quince creates a Dreamscape. - ($5)
Hire a Reteller of Truths. - ($3)
Hire Macciatus, the Whisperer. - ($1)
Worker. - ($0)
Maximum Anarchy
Traffic Director
Jurisdiction
Injunction
Reputable Newsman
Pirate Gunship
Pirate Gunship
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($12)
Traffic Director pings your Tech II
Maximum Anarchy kills everyone, Reteller and Macciatus return to hand - ($9)
Rebuild Tech II
Bigby Hayes - ($7)
Jurisdiction: Injunction, disable your Tech II - ($2)
Gunpoint Taxman - ($0)
Float ($0)
Stash 1, discard 1, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L1 Bigby Hayes (2/3) Stash
Gunpoint Taxman (3/3) Anti-air, robber
Buildings:
Base HP: 14
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Anarchy)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 5
Disc: 7
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
Thoughts
Guess I should take this opportunity to lock down his Tech II, both to prevent a replay of the bounced units and to prevent his Tech III from going up next turn. So long as he doesn’t build a Tower (and so long as I don’t get hit by Injunction myself), the Lizzo I’m stashing should allow me to break his Tech II next turn. Now, the question is, do I drop the Taxman, or do I drop the Newsman (and if so, with what value)? Hmm… I think being able to punch through his patrol in case a Tower catches the Lizzo is more important right now, as spells are sometimes not in hand, but the Tower is always an option.
STARTING HAND
Chameleon Lizzo
Jurisdiction
Lawful Search
Chameleon Lizzo
WORKERS
Spectral Aven
Bluecoat Musketeer
Arrest
Jail
Building Inspector
Manufactured Truth
NextHand
Porkhand Magistrate
Maximum Anarchy
Sanatorium
Chameleon Lizzo
Chameleon Lizzo
Discard
Maximum Anarchy
Traffic Director
Jurisdiction
Injunction
Reputable Newsman
Pirate Gunship
Pirate Gunship
Jurisdiction
Injunction
Gunpoint Taxman
Lawful Search
Judgment Day
Judgment Day
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Jurisdiction: Injunction, disable Tech I - ($5)
Taxman trades with Bigby and steals $1 - ($6)
Chameleon Lizzo breaks Tech II - ($2)
Bigby damages Tech I
Chameleon Lizzo returns to hand after draw/discard
Float ($2)
Stash 1, discard 1, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L3 Bigby Hayes (2/3) Stash, sideline
Buildings:
Base HP: 14
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Anarchy)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 2
Disc: 13
Gold:
Gold: 2
Workers: 10
Thoughts
Guess I should take this opportunity to lock down his Tech II, both to prevent a replay of the bounced units and to prevent his Tech III from going up next turn. So long as he doesn’t build a Tower (and so long as I don’t get hit by Injunction myself), the Lizzo I’m stashing should allow me to break his Tech II next turn. Now, the question is, do I drop the Taxman, or do I drop the Newsman (and if so, with what value)? Hmm… I think being able to punch through his patrol in case a Tower catches the Lizzo is more important right now, as spells are sometimes not in hand, but the Tower is always an option.
STARTING HAND
The Art of War
Lawful Search
Tax Collector
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Reteller of Truths
Reputable Newsman
Eyes of the Chancellor
WORKERS
Jail
Bluecoat Musketeer
Porkhand Magistrate
Arrest
Building Inspector
Traffic Director
General’s Hammer
Next Hand
Dreamscape
Manufactured Truth
Spectral Aven
Macciatus, The Whisperer
The Art of War
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - Theft - ($13)
Worker - ($12)
Summon General Onimaru. - ($10)
Onimaru performs a Lawful Search of your hand and draws a card. - ($9)
Rebuild Tech II.
Hire a Reputable Newsman who opposes spells and upgrades that cost 2. - ($7)
Maxband Onimaru. - ($0)
By “T8” I meant “P1T8”, that is to say, my most recently posted turn. It’s the second line from the bottom in the list of turn events: “Bigby damages Tech I”.
Squad Leader:
Elite: Gunpoint Taxman (4/3) Anti-air, bandit
Scavenger:
Technician: Traffic Director (1/1) Untargetable, demolish
Lookout:
Base HP: 20