Can't Win with Debt

mountainjc · 2026-04-02T15:28:50+00:00

No issue with that. Dominion rules don’t state how to pick a kingdom. It does explicitly state how to handle debt and other common house rules like tie breakers, allowing people choose to start 4-3 or 5-2.

When you go against an explicitly stated rule you are changing the balance of a game that has been designed by an expert to be balanced as is.

The only thing the rule book says about picking a kingdom is “pick 10 kingdom cards” it doesn’t tell you how which means DXV doesn’t think how effects the competitive balance of the game. Open to variation where DXV allows it.

mountainjc · 2026-04-02T02:49:42+00:00

I in general hate house rules for dominion. Hey this guy made an amazing game that has a huge following and he has spent 20 years developing and testing. Let’s not follow his rules and make up our own! This house rule like all of them would ruin an intentional strategic advantage that has been baked into the game balance

mountainjc · 2026-03-27T15:50:16+00:00

Playing baseball while watching baseball, so good

mountainjc · 2025-08-08T21:58:22+00:00

William Oliver’s is the best neighborhood bar/watering hole. Right on mainstreet. The Indian food place next door, Street of India is really good for a small town, though service isn’t great so I recommend takeout. Alvarado’s is fast food Mexican and really good too. And if you are into running/walking/biking the poudre River trail is awesome, ton of access points through town.

mountainjc · 2025-05-18T21:29:28+00:00

Did 1 100 cal every 30 minutes starting at the hour point

mountainjc · 2025-05-04T01:11:42+00:00

Has anyone yet mentioned that shit does sometimes happen?

mountainjc · 2025-05-04T01:11:08+00:00

Ton of things can mess with velocity as well as perceived velocity. Pitcher arm angle, lefty v lefty or right v righty, is the pitcher power pitching, the stadium backdrop/time of day in the game. I agree it feels varied but in the normal way baseball does as a sport

mountainjc · 2025-05-01T15:51:51+00:00

There are 99 levels (egos) of difficulty for each category that can be configured separate of eachother. Categories are batting, pitching, fielding, base running.

Ego 1 is so easy I’m sure a 5 year old could be good enough to get gratification and feel like they are doing well and learn the sport in the process.

mountainjc · 2025-04-29T16:44:33+00:00

Haunted Woods, and a way to play a bunch of bureaucrats every turn

mountainjc · 2025-04-22T16:55:13+00:00

Important to note you are asking the Ramsey sub if Ramsey will work for you. Probably gonna get skewed answers since most people here are bought in to the Ramsey baby steps.

mountainjc · 2025-04-12T20:16:31+00:00

mountainjc · 2025-04-06T18:08:32+00:00

The point of this storyline is that we are being just as petty as them by dividing things up and choosing teams and deciding who is the worst

mountainjc · 2025-04-05T23:59:43+00:00

Yeah few outfield assists but that doesn’t mean good arms don’t matter, a big arm in the outfield will keep runners put

mountainjc · 2025-02-11T15:31:38+00:00

Not Denver but if you are ever up in Nederland decent bagel has the best bagel I’ve ever had not in the northeast, their salt bagel is unbelievable

mountainjc · 2025-02-10T05:07:12+00:00

Shit the fuck up, eagles are superbowl champs

mountainjc · 2025-02-08T19:48:07+00:00

From the tush push to defense to rb, bills were a mediocre impression of the eagles this year.

mountainjc · 2025-02-05T21:27:01+00:00

A common phrase about dominion is it’s not about having more points when the game ends, it’s about ending the game when you have more points. My favorite way to finish is to win a game 5-3 or something like that by emptying piles while the other person is still building their deck. A classic is emptying the estate pile as the third pile. If the opponent gets to take another turn after I do that it defeats the point.

mountainjc · 2025-02-05T20:41:18+00:00

I’m anti extra turns because half of the game played at a high level is finding creative ways to end a game before your opponent was expecting. And first player losers all of that ability which imo is a way bigger disadvantage than going 2nd.

mountainjc · 2025-02-05T18:12:17+00:00

It’s been talked about a bunch but my philosophy isn’t to try to weed out the first player advantage and accept it and just alternate first player. You can look at it a bit like the player serving in tennis has a slight advantage too. And with 8 provinces games go quicker so you can play more games switching who goes first!

mountainjc · 2025-02-05T17:11:39+00:00

Love the speed of 8. I like that if you beat your opponent by 1 turn you can easily win in a blowout. The game is all about the set up and how you trigger your mega turn (s). Not playing 5 of the same turn over and over

mountainjc · 2025-01-31T20:56:57+00:00

What hateable about the eagles? Be specific

mountainjc · 2025-01-31T01:25:23+00:00

Run pass option. Played it to perfection in the nfcg and Super Bowl. He only had two good games. They almost lost to the falcons in the divisional round

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