Drew Hoskins

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May 30	revised	Would this potential Saint Petersburg house rule work? added 12 characters in body
May 30	asked	Would this potential Saint Petersburg house rule work?
May 30	answered	Is there much strategy and planning in 7-Wonders or is mostly luck?
May 30	comment	Is there much strategy and planning in 7-Wonders or is mostly luck? -1 for bad advice about trading posts. The "yellow card" strategy is fairly underappreciated. I scored 68 once by playing no resources, only yellow cards. Don't forget that there are cards later that get you VPs and money for every gold card you have. What's wrong with generating cash plus buying all your resources from your neighbors?
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May 30	comment	Is there much strategy and planning in 7-Wonders or is mostly luck? Strongly disagree about ignoring warfare. In addition to being able to net 20-24 points, often with only 4 (or even 3 with the right wonder) red cards, there is the "twist the knife" guild which gives you a point per -1 chip of your neighbors. While I don't generally play them early in the round of turn 1, it could work as an intimidation tactic if you've already got the resource to play one.
May 8	answered	How does Rook compare in difficulty to other trick-taking games?
Mar 14	answered	What are great gamer games that are still great for uncompetitive groups.
Mar 14	comment	What are great gamer games that are still great for uncompetitive groups. Yeah, Agricola is the game I most enjoy losing. The sense of building something is there even if you are behind the other players. I think part of the magic is that you don't keep score as you go along, so it isn't in everyone's face.
Mar 10	answered	Good Introductory Strategies for Steam
Feb 18	awarded	Nice Question
Feb 17	awarded	Nice Question
Dec 8	answered	Examples of board games with good/interesting rules for trading?
Nov 10	awarded	Nice Question
Nov 10	comment	What are good strategies involving Remodel? This sounds right to me. When I was trying out the Remodel strategy in the base set, I don't think I was being ruthless enough.
Nov 10	accepted	What are good strategies involving Remodel?
Nov 10	comment	What are good strategies involving Remodel? @Alex, agreed in general. Keep in mind, however, that curses are often present in lengthy and low-scoring games. Remodeling curses (to estates, even) might make a lot of difference. If you have cards like Baron and Scout, remodeling into estates might actually be useful as well as get you two VPs.
Nov 10	comment	What are good strategies involving Remodel? Discounting curses because that's a pretty obvious reason to get remodel.
Nov 9	asked	What are good strategies involving Remodel?
Nov 8	comment	How can I effectively use the Coppersmith? Like the idea but disagree that it's the "only circumstance" where it will work, as others have pointed out.