well, imo the problem was starting with orpal (that tbh doesn’t do much, had I summoned mox i would understand but otheriwse…) then investing so much gold on him for tbh little effect. Imo delaying tech too didn’t help, exp cuz stewardess. Question: why didn’t you summon somethin and sacrifice it with orpal midband to defuse the glaxx? Should have avoided the tech I destruction.
As for the next game, sure. I’ll play red^^ your time to start
I played Orpal because I usually play either Vandy or Garth first (because they are better) and I wanted to try doing something different. I also just lost a game (partially) because I failed to deal with a Mox and really, really wanted not to lose for the same reason twice. Turn incoming… !
Opening Hand
- Summon Skeletons
- Skeleton Archery
- Pestering Haunt
- Poisonblade Rogue
- Skeleton Javelineer
Player 1, Turn 1
Workers make 4g. (4g)
Hire 5th worker. (3g, 4 cards)
- Skeleton Archery
Pay 2g to recruit a Poisonblade Rogue. She patrols in squad leader. (1g, 3 cards)
Discard 3, draw 5.
Patrols:
Squad Leader: Poisonblade Rogue (2 
, 1 
, 1 , venomous attacks)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
Board:
Base: 20
1g banked, 5 workers.
5 cards in hand
- Sacrifice the Weak
- Deteriorate
- Jandra, the Negator
- Graveyard
- Thieving Imp
0 cards in deck
3 cards in discard
- Summon Skeleton
- Pestering Haunt
- Skeleton Javelineer
Thoughts
Blockers beat haste. Firehouse (and Bloodburn) beat skeletons. Rambaster 1-shots Graveyard. Red starter has no patrollers that can survive 2/1 armorpiercing, but I don’t want to trade down attacking into patrollers. Jandra is probably my best play next turn; I’ll also probably have Deteriorate. Twilight Baron beats everything Red has except Kidnapping. Tech Twilight Baron + Bone Collector, maybe going into Carrion Curse?
edit: remembered Pillage can steal my gold. I think I’m okay spending 1g to lock you into a hero early + go down a card?
edit: never mind. let the play stand as originally posted.
edit2: incorrectly listed worker’d card in discard.
"P2T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Nautical Dog
Scorch
Charge
Mad Man
Bloodburn
WORKERS
Scorch
NextHand
Bombaster
Careless Musketeer
Bloodrage Ogre
Makeshift Rambaster
Discard
Charge
Bloodburn
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Mad Man - ($3)
Nautical Dog - ($2)
Drakk - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: -
Elite: -
Scavenger: Mad Man 1/1 -
Technician: Nautical Dog 1/1 -
Lookout:
In Play:
- Drakk 1/3
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 1
- Disc: 2
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 6
"
Tech two cards (5 discards)
- Bone Collector
- Bone Collector
- Summon Skeletons
- Pestering Haunt
- Skeleton Javelineer
Player 1, Turn 2
1g from last turn. (1g)
Workers make 5g. (6g)
Hire 6th worker. (5g, 4 cards)
- Graveyard
Begin constuction of Tech I for 1g. (4g)
Summon 
Vandy Anadrose, Queen of Demons for 2g. Pay 2g more to midband her. (0g)
She Deteriorates Nautical Dog, killing him. You draw a card. (3 cards, 6 discards)
Vandy Anadrose, Queen of Demons patrols in Squad Leader.
Discard 3, shuffle 9, draw 5.
Patrols:
Squad Leader: Vandy Anadrose, Queen of Demons, Lv. 3 (3 , 4 , 1 , Sparkshot, Resist 1, demonic tutor)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
Board:
Poisonblade Rogue (2 , 1 , venomous attacks)
Base: 20
Tech 1 (5 )
0g banked, 6 workers.
5 cards in hand
- Bone Collector
- Deteriorate
- Bone Collector
- Jandra, the Negator
- Thieving Imp
4 cards in deck
- Pestering Haunt
- Summon Skeletons
- Skeleton Javelineer
- Sacrifice the Weak
0 cards in discard
Thoughts
Options: Lv. 3 Vandy + Deteriorate the dog. You can’t quite kill Vandy out of Squad Leader, because you can’t afford both Scorch and midband on Drakk. But you can make me spend a lot of resources protecting her for the rest of the game. We both stay at 5 cards, but I’m up a gold!
Jandra or Thieving Imp: leaves you with a gold to steal, and two units + midband Drakk for 7 total attack. Yeeeaah no.
Bone Collector is a more dangerous Kidnapping target than Hooded Executioner, but on the other hand it lets me attack while leaving a skeleton on defense. Vs Jaina would definitely take Twilight Baron instead.
edit: forgot to draw my hand!
edit2: forgot to update gold/worker counts + put tech building on board
"P2T2
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Chaos Mirror
Gunpoint Taxman
STARTING HAND
Bloodrage Ogre
Makeshift Rambaster
Bombaster
Careless Musketeer
Pillage
WORKERS
Scorch
Careless Musketeer
NextHand
Makeshift Rambaster
Bloodburn
Charge
Nautical Dog 1/1
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Tech I - ($4)
Bloodrage Ogre - ($2)
Bombaster - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Bloodrage Ogre 3/2
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Mad Man 1/1
-
Technician:
-
Lookout: Bombaster 2/2
In Play:
- Drakk 1/3
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 3
- Disc: 0
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 7
Thoughts
wow, whiffed both techs, this sounds terribad
"
Tech two cards (2 discards)
-
Hooded Executioner -
Hooded Executioner
Player 1, Turn 3
0g from last turn. (0g)
Workers make 6g. (6g)
Vandy Anadrose, Queen of Demons, exhausts and pays 1g to tutor and cast Dark Pact, dealing 2 damage to my base. (5g, 3 discards)
I draw two cards. (7 cards, 4 in deck)
- Sacrifice the Weak
- Summon Skeletons
Hire 7th worker. (4g, 6 cards)
- Jandra, the Negator
She Deteriorates Mad Man, killing him. You get a gold. (5 cards, 4 discards)
Poisonblade Rogue attacks and slays Bloodrage Ogre, piercing armor and dealing 2 damage. She takes 3 damage and dies. (5 discards)
Reanimate both Bone Collectors for 2g each. (0g, 3 cards)
Discard 3, draw 2, shuffle 8, draw 3.
Patrols:
Squad Leader: Bone Collector (3 , 3 , 1 , creates skeletons)
Elite:
Scavenger: Bone Collector (3 , 3 , creates skeletons)
Technician:
Lookout:
Board:
Vandy Anadrose, Queen of Demons, Lv. 3 (3 , 4 , Sparkshot, Resist 1, demonic tutor)
Base: 18
Tech 1 (5 )
0g banked, 7 workers.
5 cards in hand
- Pestering Haunt
- Skeleton Javelineer
- Hooded Executioner
- Thieving Imp
- Deteriorate
5 cards in deck
- Hooded Executioner
- Poisonblade Rogue
- Sacrifice the Weak
- Dark Pact
- Summon Skeletons
0 cards in discard
Thoughts
Slightly concerned that I may be drawing both Tech Is on turn 3 at higher-than-chance rates.
There’s not much I can do to play around Kidnapping, so let’s hope you don’t have it.
If I had teched Hooded Executioner (and still drawn Deteriorate) I could have killed Drakk. Something to think about for future games? (also if I had drawn Sacrifice the Weak in my original hand)
sorry for the late reply, thought about this a lot. your split is too good while mine sucked hard. I can’t stop you from wiping out my board and keep getting an advantage. I’ll resign here. GG mate, thank you for the games
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Good game, thanks for playing with me.
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Noting for reference: I forgot that Vandy’s tutor ability requires you to discard a card. I’d only have 4 cards in hand.