Reply: The Ladies of Troyes:: Rules:: Re: Master Builder
by louperSpeusippus wrote:I have a different question about Master Builder. Do you spend the white dice to use Master Builder, and then spend another one or more white dice to place the cubes on the...
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by Speusippus Oh, good to know. I guess I was misled by this text:"Just as in the base game, each cube placed grants the Infl uence points and the VPs associated with the die’s value."This implied to...
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by louper I can see how that text is misleading, yes. I focused on the first sentence, "This permits you to place a cube on the cathedral in an empty space of your choice...", emphasis mine.I interpret...
View ArticleReply: The Ladies of Troyes:: Strategy:: Re: Ramparts useful in 2 player games?
by Speusippus Or maybe just adding three to the value. (Doubling from 6 to 12 might be extreme...)
View ArticleThread: The Ladies of Troyes:: Rules:: Viticulturist Question
by Speusippus Can I, in a single turn, use (for example) three cubes to buy three dice for free? Can they be from the same player if so?Or, alternatively, is it limited to one cube per action?
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by Svartisen The rule of one cube per action applies here. So you can't use three cubes from Viticulturist to buy three dice in one action. Check the example of using Viticulturist next to the card...
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by aniaga It's one cube per action to me.
View ArticleReply: The Ladies of Troyes:: Strategy:: Re: Ramparts useful in 2 player games?
by Speusippus I tried mathing it out a bit in my head last night. In theory it seems like the rule as written should work about the same for 2p as 4p. (I didn't do the math for 3p.) Basically, in both...
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by Svartisen Straggling 1-3sYou're right. Placing in the buildings seems most obvious but it depends on what cards are in play. If you have cubes on cards that can influence the value of a die/dice,...
View ArticleReply: The Ladies of Troyes:: Strategy:: Re: Ramparts useful in 2 player games?
by Speusippus Ah... and you can't use cubes to modify rampart dice can you? That would make a difference!Hrm.
View ArticleReply: The Ladies of Troyes:: Strategy:: Re: Ramparts useful in 2 player games?
by Speusippus But... you can modify with deniers, which may make up for that. I don't know! I should play a lot more before I can feel comfortable really saying anything about this. But you're right,...
View ArticleReply: The Ladies of Troyes:: Strategy:: Re: Ramparts useful in 2 player games?
by Speusippus Think about it this way: By making a rampart move, for a single measly denier you can buy the opportunity to get four influence, or reroll an expended die, or exchange one pair of dice...
View ArticleThread: The Ladies of Troyes:: General:: Will possibly be teaching this game...
by Speusippus My plan is to use the expansion character cards, activity cards and event cards even for the first game since they don't seem to really add any complexity to general gameplay. Then on the...
View ArticleReply: The Ladies of Troyes:: Strategy:: Re: Ramparts useful in 2 player games?
by nolemarquez What I think is that in 2 player game it is much easier to make a group of 2-3 dice, which makes it much better to use activity cards, catedral, etc. (you can only use one dice for...
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by louper It seems fine to me - if your group is moderately experienced with Euros, the slightly more complex activities (like the mixed-activity cards) shouldn't provide any problems.And yeah, I'd...
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by senorcoo Totally agree. Leave the ramparts off for the first play. There is already a lot of iconography to digest.
View ArticleReply: The Ladies of Troyes:: Strategy:: Re: Ramparts useful in 2 player games?
by nyuhase I play most of my games two player, but we have gotten a decent number of 3 and even a 4 player game in the mix. To me, the use or lack of use of the ramparts depends far more on the...
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Thread: The Ladies of Troyes:: General:: Chief Outlaw--Powerful! Too powerful?
by Speusippus We played a game tonight in which the chief outlaw turned up. It seems nearly impossible to get rid of the thing! You have to have just exactly the right confluence of dice.We finally did...
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by Svartisen Yes. It's hard to counter, but I like this event anyway. Event management is a part of tactics in Troyes. Do you have enough red power to fight black dice? Will your opponents suffer more...
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by Speusippus Just to quickly report, they loved it. I warned them it tends to hit people like a brick wall the first time they play. The group trooped through, started to really "get it" halfway into...
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