There's nothing like that sinking feeling when you think the round is over... only to remember somebody used one of the union cards earlier in the hand, and you watch as initiative and your plans g away...
14:08 we found Gatekeepers to be a very very good card for its prelude action it basically blocks easy movement for a while in a moment when you need to delay your opponents reacting to what you are doing ... much of the fast catapult movement is slowed to a crawl.
Great list! I think you undervalue Loyal Engineers abilities in a combat focused strategy. The repair action can be hard to do without having Material since it depends on Construction cards.
I still think it is too context dependent but it probably should just be a B tiered card. The three keys make it very safe and reliable. Material can often be the final thing to push you to victory in building your last city or repairing a ship to gain control of a gate.
I agree with all of these but with an asterisk next to the two Interest cards. They're both very strong for countering the cartels and they especially shine with high-combat + low-city strategies since taxing will be hard and getting a flood of items all at once can take a mediocre turn and turn it into a game defining one - especially if you have a couple loyal cards to give you more action options. They also have some very strong synergies with specific fates in the campaign that need lots of moves or builds. Also any "New Actoions" on guild/lore cards that use move or build pips can synergize well with the influx of resources
correction: I suppose a low city count wouldn't synergize with these cards because you wouldn't have enough item slots open to use them effectively. Regardless their non-prelude action could help in low-city scenarios
That is a good point about countering the cartel cards! I hadn't thought of it that way but it does make it easier to counter them when both are in play.
Yes and, Shipping Interest is quite ahead of Mining Interest, because if you squint at it you can convince yourself it adds the text "or move" to every construction card. Fuel in city slots constricts your opponent's moves without even being spent. Mining Interest changes the timing of builds, but not the overall menu of moves you can order up. Synergy with Loyal Whatevaiwannabes is high in both cases, since you suddenly have good ways to "construct" dual use resources. It's also notable how these cards are not "tax" actions, and so don't synergize with leaders with the text "When you copy or pivot to tax ...". Living Structures gets to do this, these cards do not.
I think the vox cards should be in this list, since they compete for influence with the other cards. In the headspace of this list, the ranking is probably about like: S: Outrage Spreads, Call to Action A: Guild Struggle (you can't lord it over people for multiple turns like Silver Tongues, and it only works on guild cards not resources) B: Populist Demands, Mass Uprising C: Song of Freedom
It is still off at the factory being made but it is available on Tabletop Simulator. You can check it out here: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2787734760&searchtext=Arcs
When do we get more of this?
There's nothing like that sinking feeling when you think the round is over... only to remember somebody used one of the union cards earlier in the hand, and you watch as initiative and your plans g away...
14:08 we found Gatekeepers to be a very very good card for its prelude action it basically blocks easy movement for a while in a moment when you need to delay your opponents reacting to what you are doing ... much of the fast catapult movement is slowed to a crawl.
Great list!
I think you undervalue Loyal Engineers abilities in a combat focused strategy. The repair action can be hard to do without having Material since it depends on Construction cards.
I still think it is too context dependent but it probably should just be a B tiered card. The three keys make it very safe and reliable. Material can often be the final thing to push you to victory in building your last city or repairing a ship to gain control of a gate.
Would love more tier lists now that it is out!
I agree with all of these but with an asterisk next to the two Interest cards. They're both very strong for countering the cartels and they especially shine with high-combat + low-city strategies since taxing will be hard and getting a flood of items all at once can take a mediocre turn and turn it into a game defining one - especially if you have a couple loyal cards to give you more action options. They also have some very strong synergies with specific fates in the campaign that need lots of moves or builds. Also any "New Actoions" on guild/lore cards that use move or build pips can synergize well with the influx of resources
correction: I suppose a low city count wouldn't synergize with these cards because you wouldn't have enough item slots open to use them effectively. Regardless their non-prelude action could help in low-city scenarios
That is a good point about countering the cartel cards! I hadn't thought of it that way but it does make it easier to counter them when both are in play.
Yes and,
Shipping Interest is quite ahead of Mining Interest, because if you squint at it you can convince yourself it adds the text "or move" to every construction card. Fuel in city slots constricts your opponent's moves without even being spent. Mining Interest changes the timing of builds, but not the overall menu of moves you can order up.
Synergy with Loyal Whatevaiwannabes is high in both cases, since you suddenly have good ways to "construct" dual use resources.
It's also notable how these cards are not "tax" actions, and so don't synergize with leaders with the text "When you copy or pivot to tax ...". Living Structures gets to do this, these cards do not.
Make one for the vox cards
I think the vox cards should be in this list, since they compete for influence with the other cards. In the headspace of this list, the ranking is probably about like:
S: Outrage Spreads, Call to Action
A: Guild Struggle (you can't lord it over people for multiple turns like Silver Tongues, and it only works on guild cards not resources)
B: Populist Demands, Mass Uprising
C: Song of Freedom
Wait, you guys have Arcs already!?!?
It is still off at the factory being made but it is available on Tabletop Simulator. You can check it out here: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2787734760&searchtext=Arcs
love these vids man i hope you never stop