Building Inspector (1/1, Your first building each turn costs $1 extra)
[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: 5
[details=Thoughts][spoiler]
I really wanted to play Porkhand to try for a bit of early lockdown, but he’s so expensive that if I built Tech I next turn I wouldn’t really be able to do anything else. If I’d had Building Inspector in my next hand, I might well have gone for it, but instead I went with the much more reliable hero+BI. I had a tough time deciding between heroes. I like Jaina’s attack progression, but getting her to 3ATK is only $1 cheaper than Bigby, and he has more HP, and he can cast the spells in my next hand at cost. Rook is a nice wall, but I likely won’t get him to midband anytime soon, and the spells are expensive.
I’m thinking early techs will be Injunction+Boulder, or maybe Firebat to have something that can trade with BCs.
I’m almost certainly going Strength here, because DeGrey is good against Skeletons, Wisps, Elementals, and Ninjas.
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I’m casting Lawful Search; I know it’s weird to do it this early, but my main plan involved having a spare gold, so I figured I could spend it on the search. (Depending on my draw and your hand, I might change my plan.)
STARTING HAND
Lawful Search
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Manufactured Truth
Reputable Newsman
Spectral Aven
WORKERS
Porkhand Magistrate
Bluecoat Musketeer
NextHand
Injunction
Traffic Director
Arrest
Reputable Newsman
Ardra’s Boulder
Discard
Lawful Search
Manufactured Truth
Building Inspector
Spectral Aven
Jail
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Bigby casts Lawful Search; I draw and look at your hand - ($3)
Bigby casts Manufactured Truth; Mr. Inspector becomes Brother Inspector, Respected Monk! - ($2) Brother Inspector hits Arg for 1 after armor, taking 1 in return Bigby kills Arg, takes 2, survives, midbands, and heals
Build Tech I - ($0)
Stash a card
Brother Inspector goes back to inspecting buildings and dies from a sudden lack of HP
Float ($0)
Stash 1, Discard 2, draw 4
[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]
Bigby Hayes, Lv. 3 (2/4)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 5
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 6
[details=Thoughts][spoiler]
I really wanted to just drop Newsman@$1+Tech I, but I was afraid of GHook+Arg Midband letting Monk kill Bigby. So this plan, which left $1, hence LSearch with the experimental futzing of draws. Turns out he would have been safe, and that plan would have prevented Safe Attacking, but c’est la vie. And I got lucky on draw, with both techs in my next hand. So I can’t complain.
He could Snapback Bigby, but at midband I don’t think it’s worth it. Hmmm. Might be for the hero kill to boost Sets or Garth. Ah well.
Lots of options for next turn: Injunction/Boulder/max Bigby/Newsman if Bigby’s still there. Boulder+Newsman+TD if not.
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STARTING HANDReputable Newsman
Injunction
Ardra’s Boulder
Traffic Director
Arrest
WORKERS
Porkhand Magistrate
Bluecoat Musketeer
Traffic Director
NextHand
Jail
Building Inspector
Spectral Aven
Manufactured Truth
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Recruit Ardra’s Boulder - ($3) Bigby casts Injunction, disabling your Tech I - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]: Ardra’s Boulder (0+1/6)
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Bigby Hayes, Lv. 3 (2/4)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 18
Tech I HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 4
Deck: 6
Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 7
[details=Thoughts][spoiler]
Maybe Newsman on $1 would have been better (or $2, given Sets), but I wanted some D in front of Bigby, and I wanted to lock down his Tech I just in case BC or IPN was coming out, and to delay Tech II. Of course, he’ll probably go heavy hero strat and I’ll die. (:
Was going to tech Injunction+DeGrey and try to maintain the lockdown, but then I realized that if DeGrey and Boulder are both in deck, Mythmaking should be, too.
After the draw… Pretty poor. Max Bigby and draw just to restock hand, and hope not to draw anything crucial; if I do it first, I have the option of skipping Tech II for Mythmaking or Injunction draws. Or just Aven+Tech II instead; I’m actually liking the odds of Aven surviving, with no Elemental or skeles. Or BI+Tech II and save some money. I almost wish I’d put the Boulder in Scav, so I’d have a chance of building Jail. But then I’d have nothing to protect it with except Bigby. Have I overextended?
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[details=Thoughts][spoiler]
Well, that sucked a bit, but I should have expected it. Newsman on $1 would have prevented it, but Newsman still would have died.
I thought about Colossus as a tech, but HE off max Garth seems like an easy answer. Doubling Barbarbarian is much cheaper. But with Mythmaking in the deck, and the likelihood of DeGrey dying, and the likelihood of hasty stealthy ninjas any moment, extra DeGrey seemed good. Earthquake to pair with the Aven he doesn’t currently have an answer to.
After the draw… Those 3 spells would be great if Bigby were going to survive. Maybe I should have gone with BI instead, but it wouldn’t have saved Bigby if Bob really wanted to kill him. Still, DeGrey to answer ninjas is good. I’d really like mythmaking. Maybe he’ll find a way to kill Aven?
Probably DeGrey+Rook+Jaina next turn. Except that now that I think on it, he’s going to kill Bigby with Sets and Smoker, and break Tech II with ninjas and monk. And even if I had played BI, Smoker+ninjas could break Tech II. Just heroes? I should have put something in scav. so I can afford max Rook. Blech. Ninja death.
Gold +ninjaninja (8)
Growth II (4)
FDS, it’s turtle time! ()
Mikey & Setsy > Biggy
Savior & the others > your Tech II, your base to 16
Smoker your base to 15
Yeah, I realized that was coming right after I took my turn. I’m pretty sure you have this, but let’s see if it gets at all interesting before I die.
P1T5
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Flame Arrow
Lobber
STARTING HAND
Lawful Search
Arrest
Jefferson DeGrey
Injunction
Mythmaking
WORKERS
Porkhand Magistrate
Bluecoat Musketeer
Traffic Director
Building Inspector
Arrest
NextHand
Manufactured Truth
Earthquake
Reputable Newsman
Injunction
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Summon Garus Rook - ($6) Rook casts Lawful Search; I draw and peak at your hand - ($4) Aven hits Sets for 2
Upgrade to Mythmaking - ($2)
Worker - ($1)
Rebuild Tech II
[details=Thoughts][spoiler]
My big mistake was teching Boulder instead of Firebat. If I’d gone the other way, I think some crucial turns would have gone differently.
Oh, I’m expecting him to bring in Arg+Stampede at this point, or just another FDS, maybe x2.
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New starting hand : Ancient, FDS, snap, cookie, Sensei .
Btw, your extra money would have to be used on paying the “you’re a monster for attacking Setsy” tax
T5:
Gold +ninjaninja (8)
Molac (5)
Wisp, Savior, Smoker , then Setsy slay Rook ,Molac @ 4
Raph your base to 14, MOLAC PARTY TIME ACTVATED
FDS, the fantastic four come to save the day! (1)
Leo, Don, Thing, Human Torch, Mr Fantastic, Invisible Woman hit your base for 36
Gg
I think my biggest error was teching Boulder instead of Firebat, which might have let me threaten your board a bit or force some trades… But ultimately I didn’t bring enough to combat Sets herself. An early Flame Arrow tech really would have helped there.
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]: Bigby Hayes, Lv. 1 (2/3, Resist 1 from Lookout)
Base HP: 20
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]: Bigby Hayes, Lv. 1 (2/3, Resist 1 from Lookout)
Base HP: 20