This video is honestly heartwarming. Evil Witch gets round 1 Gurney and round 2 Kwisatz Haderach and round 3 de Vries. Spends the rest of the game getting stomped on in battles and has her alliances stolen. Why can't the real world be this beautiful?
15:53 I feel a better play here would have been smuggling down with the ring, take solari and influence with the emperor and then using appropriate to buy shuttle fleet which will pay itself back.
Oh man, I had to pause the video basically at this exact moment as I was borderline screaming at my monitor to do this... I can't even watch the rest of the video knowing this opportunity is missed, appropriate and shuttle fleet from that early.....!
@@tonyrobson1597 if it makes you feel any better, the opportunity cost of that play was the card I got from cathag which won me a DDevices combat, and of course spending the solari on dreads instead. Unless the shuttle fleet got me an alliance, it wouldn't have resulted in extra points, since I end with 4 friendships.
@@JolNarBinks indeed - a good example of why the 'best' (or seeming) play isn't always the one that wins it - especially with so many variables and paths to victory.
A bit of a strange game this one, with the greatest respect it almost seems like you stumbled into the victory, or rather... they didn't do much to stop you? I had a very similar game to Helena last week with the KH and also lost having got it round 2 - didn't manage to get it into my hand until round 5 despite drawing quite a few cards in 3 and 4, and when I finally did get it there wasn't much to do with it.
That was a lot more dreadnoughts than I was expecting. Thanks for the video
@@Yacovo I'm slowly becoming dreadnought-pilled.
This video is honestly heartwarming. Evil Witch gets round 1 Gurney and round 2 Kwisatz Haderach and round 3 de Vries. Spends the rest of the game getting stomped on in battles and has her alliances stolen. Why can't the real world be this beautiful?
@@DesignatedMember hey now, Helena is my favorite witch out there!
15:53 I feel a better play here would have been smuggling down with the ring, take solari and influence with the emperor and then using appropriate to buy shuttle fleet which will pay itself back.
Great idea, wish I had thought of that
Oh man, I had to pause the video basically at this exact moment as I was borderline screaming at my monitor to do this... I can't even watch the rest of the video knowing this opportunity is missed, appropriate and shuttle fleet from that early.....!
@@tonyrobson1597 if it makes you feel any better, the opportunity cost of that play was the card I got from cathag which won me a DDevices combat, and of course spending the solari on dreads instead. Unless the shuttle fleet got me an alliance, it wouldn't have resulted in extra points, since I end with 4 friendships.
@@JolNarBinks indeed - a good example of why the 'best' (or seeming) play isn't always the one that wins it - especially with so many variables and paths to victory.
A bit of a strange game this one, with the greatest respect it almost seems like you stumbled into the victory, or rather... they didn't do much to stop you? I had a very similar game to Helena last week with the KH and also lost having got it round 2 - didn't manage to get it into my hand until round 5 despite drawing quite a few cards in 3 and 4, and when I finally did get it there wasn't much to do with it.
@@tonyrobson1597 I think they didn't see me as the threat. One reason why I didn't get double crossed.