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How does Starfield of Nyx interact with the Theros Gods?
Starfield of Nyx has the ability
As long as you control five or more enchantments, each other non-Aura enchantment you control is a creature in addition to its other types and has base power and base toughness equal to its converted mana…
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Is "refund with discount" a valid move on Catan?
On her move, Alice trades with Bob: Alice gives 2 wheat, Bob gives 1 sheep.
Then Alice does her calculations again and decides it was a wrong move. She wants to trade her sheep back for one wheat, and Bob is willing to give her back 1 wheat for 1…
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When should Curses be used?
Should Curses always be laid out as a supply pile even when no kingdom cards give curses? Or should the only be available when a curse kingdom card is chose?
An extension of this question could be should Curses be able to be purchased without being…
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Dominion: what happens when I play Throne Room on a Feast since Feast gets trashed when played?
Throne Room: "Choose any action in your hand and play it twice"
Feast: "Trash this card and gain a card costing up to 5$"
So I use the Throne Room and play Feast twice. The first time it gets played it gets trashed and I gain a card up to five. The…
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Is it unsportsmanlike to concede when you believe you cannot win?
I've had a long running debate with some folks I play with regarding concession. Some argue that is it is unsportsmanlike to concede a game if you are not doing very well. I contend however, that if it often more frustrating to sit there and be…
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How can I play Pandemic with 6 players?
I've recently bought Pandemic, and really liked the game. But since the basic game is only 2-4 players, I ordered the expansion "On the Brink", which brings it up to 5 players.
Is there a rules variant that would let me play with 6 players?
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In Catan, can you continue a "circular" road?
If I have 6 roads that go all around a single hex tile, they are a continuous uninterrupted road (assuming none of my opponents interrupts it with their settlements/cities). But, can I continue this 6-piece road and create a 7-piece continuous road…
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What are the key strategy differences between Settlers of Catan and Seafarers?
Just starting out with Seafarers of Catan—what are the key strategy differences between Settlers of Catan and Seafarers?
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Unsporting trades in the end-game of settlers of Catan
Oftentimes in a big game of Settlers of Catan (4 or more players) it comes down to two or three players battling for the winning point and one or two players who have too few points to offer any realistic chance of victory.
Rather than just watch,…
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Strategies for Bob Jenkins
I'm playing Arkham Horror for the first time and I randomly drew Bob Jenkins as my investigator. With some of the other players' characters, their "purpose" is pretty clear. There's the guy with high fight who starts with a sweet weapon, the guy…
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What are good strategies involving Remodel?
A basic strategy of using Remodel to upgrade Estates to Remodels, Remodels to Gold, and using Gold to buy or upgrade to Provinces is a powerful but slow strategy, so I haven't been able to win with it.
Are there circumstances in which you would…
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How can I effectively use the Coppersmith?
I've been playing Dominion with the base + Intrigue sets for a while now, and one of the cards that I have trouble wrapping my mind around is the Coppersmith.
In theory, it seems like a great card - it allows you to make all of your Coppers into…
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When should I mulligan in Android: Netrunner?
I expect this is quite an open question, but I'll try to keep it on point:
I know it depends on specific deck tactics, but under what circumstances should I consider mulliganing?
My initial thoughts are that, as a Runner, I can be quite generous…
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How do I become a professional game designer?
How I can become a full- or part-time professional developing games? Are there specific courses? What specific knowledge should I be looking to learn? How do I enter the industry?
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Carcassonne -- problem telling the difference between the Big Meeple and regular Meeples
In our gaming group, we have a very hard time picking out the Big Meeple from the other Meeples on the board. While the Big Meeple certainly is bigger than the others, it's not by a significant factor, and most of our group (epsecially me) just…
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