STARTING HAND
Spore Shambler
Rich Earth
Ironbark Treant
Merfolk Prospector
Young Treant
WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
NextHand
Verdant Tree
Rampant Growth
Tiger Cub
Forest’s Favor
Playful Panda
Discard
Young Treant
Merfolk Prospector
Spore Shambler
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Play Rich Earth - ($1)
Worker
Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Rich Earth (Upgrade)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 3
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 1
Workers: 5
Thoughts
This has to be the greediest opening ever, but I know I’m going to want to tech quickly and my guess is that his strategy is a control one with ““everyone is an illusion but me”” and spreading fire damage spells, with some frog tokens thrown in for fun.
I won’t be putting on board pressure yet but I hope to with Rook and such next turn.
STARTING HAND
Young Treant
Merfolk Prospector
Tiger Cub
Rich Earth
Playful Panda
WORKERS
Playful Panda
NextHand
Ironbark Treant
Spore Shambler
Forest’s Favor
Verdant Tree
Rampant Growth
Discard
Young Treant
Tiger Cub
Merfolk Prospector
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Enrich the earth - ($2)
Summon Calamandra - ($0)
Worker
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Calamandra(2/3+A)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Rich Earth
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 3
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 6
Thoughts
So for some reason my original thoughts were open to the world and I don’t feel like retyping it all. Matched rich earth + first body on the board = muy bueno. Rampent growth online next turn for potential hero kill. Cala stealth worth???
Verdant Tree
Young Treant
Blooming Ancient
Spore Shambler
Plague Spitter
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker
Cast Bird’s Nest - ($4)
Level Rook to Midband ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]: Bird (1/1), Flying
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Bird (1/1), Flying
[I]Technician[/I]: Wisp (0/1)
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Rich Earth (Upgrade)
Playful Panda (2/2), Exhausted
Rook lvl5 (3/5)
Bird’s Nest (Channeling)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 4
Workers: 7
Thoughts
I probably should have tried to get a more aggressive early game going here. I wanted to go t2 but I’m only at 7 workers. I’ve test-played by myself trying to do some sort of truth/fire shinanegans in the past and it felt awkward when I tried to do it, so hopefully I come online first. I figure blooming ancient will be better first with bird’s nest… next tech will be plague lab and the like.
STARTING HAND
Rampant Growth
Spectral hound
Young Treant
Merfolk Prospector
Spore Shambler
WORKERS
Playful Panda
Verdant Tree
Spore Shambler
NextHand
Young Treant
Forest’s Favor
Huntress
Tiger Cub
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($8)
Worker
Calamandra kills wisp, you draw.
Cast rampant growth on ironbark treant, now (5/4) - ($6)
Treant kills Rook, discard birds nest & calamandra to midband
Summon spectral hound - ($5)
Build tech II, truth - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]: Spectral hound(3/3)
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Rich Earth
Calamandra lvl 3(3/4, gives units resist 1)
Ironbark Treant(3/1)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 4
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 1
Workers: 8
Thoughts
Things looking pretty ok. First time going truth tech II so I don’t know how best to tech things since EVERYTHING has great synergy. I want it all! Unfortunately I didn’t draw any of my tech II’s despite opting for it this turn over a tower. Although this might give me a chance to setup Quince.
STARTING HAND
Plague Spitter
Spore Shambler
Verdant Tree
Young Treant
Blooming Ancient
Forest’s Favor
WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
Tiger Cub
Merfolk Prospector
Verdant Tree
NextHand
Sickness
Spreading Plague
Forest’s Favor
Blooming Ancient
Rampant Growth
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($7)
Draw from Technician
Worker
Tech 2 - ($3)
Play Plague Spitter - ($0)
Bird attacks Ironbark Treant, kills it
Panda attacks hound, dies
Bird attacks hound, hound dies, you draw 1
Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 3
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Plague Spitter (3/3+1A)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Rich Earth (Upgrade)
Bird (1/1), Flying, exhausted
Bird (1/1), Flying, exhausted
[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: 5
Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
Thoughts
I have totally shit the bed with my teching this game. also, obvious blunder thinking birds could chump block ground, I would have just put Rook in squad leader had I realized he was going to get attacked through 3 chumps.
Worst case scenario I see how cool truth/fire can be- I hadn’t thought of using Cala for resist.
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Total blunder with the birds, I thought they could chump ground attackers!
STARTING HAND
Huntress
Tiger Cub
Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
Merfolk Prospector
WORKERS
Playful Panda
Verdant Tree
Spore Shambler
Tiger Cub
NextHand
Spectral roc
Rampant Growth
Discard
Spectral hound
Ironbark Treant
Forest’s Favor
Merfolk Prospector
Young Treant
Reteller of truths
Free speach
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker
Summon huntress - ($7)
Cast forest’s favor on calamandra - ($5)
Max calamandra - ($3)
discard 2 cards, calamandra gains stealth
calamandra kills your tech II, 2 base damage
Build tower - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 0, draw 2
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Huntress(3/3+A)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Rich Earth
Calamandra lvl 5(5/6[1 rune], gives units resist 1)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
Tower HP: 3
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 2
Deck: 1
Disc: 7
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
Decided to double down on the “fuck your birds” with tower in case he has some sneaky way of dealing with huntress. Might be valuing birds too much but with growth tech II, probably not.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Worker
Rebuilding T2
Summon Orpal - ($6)
Level to maxband ($1)
Sacrifice Bird, put -1/-1 on Huntress ($0)
Attack huntress with Plague Spitter, they trade. Activate Orpal’s maxband, -1/-1 on Calamandra cancels with her +1/+1 (she is now 4/5)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Orpal lvl6 (2/5+1A)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Bird (1/1), Flying
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Rich Earth (Upgrade)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 18
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 6
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
Resist is good, would have been an easy board wipe if he didn’t have it.
WORKERS
Playful Panda
Verdant Tree
Spore Shambler
Tiger Cub
Spectral roc
NextHand
Liberty Gryphon
Macciatus
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker
Summon Quince - ($7)
Cast rampant growth on calamandra - ($5)
Calamandra kills orpal, Quince to midband
Build tech III - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 0, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 1
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Mirror(0/1+A)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]: Quince lvl 3(1/4)
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Rich Earth
Calamandra lvl 5(4/5, gives units resist 1)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
Tech III HP: 5
Tower HP: 4
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 2
Deck: 10
Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
Thoughts
Liberty Gryphons to the rescue. Had to worker a Roc for that and I’m still down to a 2 card hand. Put mirror in squad so it doesn’t just die to bird. I want that mirror next turn for a potential hasty spectral tiger from Calamandra’s maxband. The fact that I actually drew a Gryphon right away is gratuitous overkill.
Plague Lab
Plague Lab
Spreading Plague
Young Treant
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker
Play Blooming Ancient - ($5)
Summon Arg (+2 on Ancient) - ($3)
Play Playful Panda (+2 on Ancient) - ($1)
Move 3 +1/+1 counters to Bird
Attack Quince with Bird, he dies, it takes 1 damage from tower
Arg to Midband
Techlab- Disease ($0)
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
Base HP: 20
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
Base HP: 20