Impressive - nice job! You did a couple things that really stand out: 1. Buying Lady Jessica during round 1 2. Buying CHOAM Directorship 3. Playing and using the Signet Ring twice Your resource management was a lot better than mine. I did notice that at the end you have "extra" Bene Gesserit influence. I wonder if we can do even better by taking fewer visits to the BG spaces, then stealing intrigue cards from other players. We talk a little bit about how we might be able to do that here - www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1f07r3w/comment/ljq6uza/?. That said, the stealing approach would take away from the Carthag and Secrets spots that were super valuable in this run. Nonetheless, great work and thanks for taking up the challenge!
Thank you! Glad you appreciate my take on your challenge. Had a couple of attempts before getting here. I actually started with Paul r1t1 Stillsuits r1t2 Research Station and going for Choam Directorship. But r1 Directorship didn't give much value. That's when I thought Lady Jessica with the influence on acquire, double draw and 3 persuasion would really shine. I kept getting 8 and 9 vps at round 3 even with all the draw power. I've realized I didn't need Paul's signet so I decided to go with Baron too - surely, the intrigues were the key here. Thank you again for the wonderful puzzle/challenge. Can't imagine how crazy it would be with Ix and Immortality - but surely would be fun too!
Impressive - nice job! You did a couple things that really stand out:
1. Buying Lady Jessica during round 1
2. Buying CHOAM Directorship
3. Playing and using the Signet Ring twice
Your resource management was a lot better than mine. I did notice that at the end you have "extra" Bene Gesserit influence. I wonder if we can do even better by taking fewer visits to the BG spaces, then stealing intrigue cards from other players. We talk a little bit about how we might be able to do that here - www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1f07r3w/comment/ljq6uza/?. That said, the stealing approach would take away from the Carthag and Secrets spots that were super valuable in this run.
Nonetheless, great work and thanks for taking up the challenge!
Thank you! Glad you appreciate my take on your challenge.
Had a couple of attempts before getting here. I actually started with Paul r1t1 Stillsuits r1t2 Research Station and going for Choam Directorship. But r1 Directorship didn't give much value. That's when I thought Lady Jessica with the influence on acquire, double draw and 3 persuasion would really shine. I kept getting 8 and 9 vps at round 3 even with all the draw power. I've realized I didn't need Paul's signet so I decided to go with Baron too - surely, the intrigues were the key here.
Thank you again for the wonderful puzzle/challenge. Can't imagine how crazy it would be with Ix and Immortality - but surely would be fun too!
Oh yeah, there's probably a better solution to further optimize that extra BG influence! Maybe someone else will crack it better hehe