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jjthejetplane246 wrote: ↑15 September 2026, 21:54 Just take the 5 pointer. You’ll get caravansery and you just need to win on blue so grabbing blues in age 2 is huge. Artemis means your money is fine too. Then if he doesn’t take the 4 pointer, you can discard it.

silentProtest wrote: ↑16 September 2026, 02:11

jjthejetplane246 wrote: ↑15 September 2026, 21:54 Just take the 5 pointer. You’ll get caravansery and you just need to win on blue so grabbing blues in age 2 is huge. Artemis means your money is fine too. Then if he doesn’t take the 4 pointer, you can discard it.

not going artemis artemis with that 4 in 2nd move if opp doesnt take 4 ? (one of the 2 greens and theology is a nice boon - also you need to play an extra turn to have more moves played than opp (and him using up his to counter is prob too risky (Im still not good at evaluating army and age 3 in advance in vanilla .. )) - on second thought prob using double stone for artemis is even better, building more pressure (as your 2nd move after getting the 5 pointer ofc^^ (and opp trashing the paper))

also to OP: let us see discarded cards next time !

jjthejetplane246 wrote: ↑16 September 2026, 03:33

silentProtest wrote: ↑16 September 2026, 02:11

jjthejetplane246 wrote: ↑15 September 2026, 21:54 Just take the 5 pointer. You’ll get caravansery and you just need to win on blue so grabbing blues in age 2 is huge. Artemis means your money is fine too. Then if he doesn’t take the 4 pointer, you can discard it.

not going artemis artemis with that 4 in 2nd move if opp doesnt take 4 ? (one of the 2 greens and theology is a nice boon - also you need to play an extra turn to have more moves played than opp (and him using up his to counter is prob too risky (Im still not good at evaluating army and age 3 in advance in vanilla .. )) - on second thought prob using double stone for artemis is even better, building more pressure (as your 2nd move after getting the 5 pointer ofc^^ (and opp trashing the paper))

also to OP: let us see discarded cards next time !

interesting idea! I like it, yeah, you force your opponent to extra turn if they want to block you from caravansary...I initially wanted caravansery since I have one-of of all the browns but our opponent only has a single stone so it's not as critical. and yeah, not seeing discarded/wondered cards makes it harder to know. idk, this is one that we could probably analyze for an hour if we wanted to go deep on it.

basssic wrote: ↑16 September 2026, 14:50 Thanks. It’s great to hear advice from a pro. I gave this situation a lot of thought and made a really unconventional move. I put a blue 4-point card into a Wonder stage with a repeat ability, hoping to find Theology. It wasn't there. Later, I used the second repeat ability and put a card with two stones into another repeat slot—and Theology turned out to be there. I won that game. Feel free to take a look if you're interested.

https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=915937843

silentProtest wrote: ↑16 September 2026, 16:56

basssic wrote: ↑16 September 2026, 14:50 Thanks. It’s great to hear advice from a pro. I gave this situation a lot of thought and made a really unconventional move. I put a blue 4-point card into a Wonder stage with a repeat ability, hoping to find Theology. It wasn't there. Later, I used the second repeat ability and put a card with two stones into another repeat slot—and Theology turned out to be there. I won that game. Feel free to take a look if you're interested.

https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=915937843

not taking 4 coins yellow, was a mistake imo. but jj's videos give those hints...

silentProtest wrote: ↑16 September 2026, 16:56

basssic wrote: ↑16 September 2026, 14:50 Thanks. It’s great to hear advice from a pro. I gave this situation a lot of thought and made a really unconventional move. I put a blue 4-point card into a Wonder stage with a repeat ability, hoping to find Theology. It wasn't there. Later, I used the second repeat ability and put a card with two stones into another repeat slot—and Theology turned out to be there. I won that game. Feel free to take a look if you're interested.

https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=915937843

not taking 4 coins yellow, was a mistake imo. but jj's videos give those hints...