Mish-Mash: Blue Moon City (Mod Topic)

ISO · Post Post #50 (ISO) » Sun May 30, 2021 6:31 pm

Mod topic for Blue Moon City - needed for tracking player hands.

No players have made any special sorting requests.
Default hand sort: by color alphabetically (ascending), then by value numerically (descending)
Default deck sort: by ID numerically (descending).
Default discard sort: in the order the cards are played (descending).

Player	Crystals
Sirius9121	1
vincentw	13
Ninetales	9
Nancy Drew 39	13

Nancy Drew 39 has used three extensions.

Felissan has used two extensions. Player verification failed. AutoPlay active; timer set for 24 hours. Seeking replacement.

Done! Sirius9121 replaces Felissan.
Ninetales has used two extensions.

Spoiler: Sirius9121's Hand

Spoiler: vincentw's Hand

Spoiler: Ninetales's hand

Spoiler: Nancy Drew 39's Hand

Spoiler: The Deck

Spoiler: Discard Pile

Discard Pile - only PM this if someone asks
Old ID	Card	Special Power
117	White 3	(none)
108	White 3	(none)
110	Red 2	Move the Red Dragon a maximum of three spaces. It must be in play to use this ability.
109	Gold 1	Rebuild an additional Zone at the Courtyard. Pay its full price PLUS one extra Crystal.
142	Gold 3	(none)
120	White 2	Choose one card. It becomes Wild. It must be used immediately.
114	Brown 1	Discard two Brown cards (1s or 2s only). Gain a Wild 3, which must be used immediately.
130	Gold 1	Rebuild an additional Zone at the Courtyard. Pay its full price PLUS one extra Crystal.
7	Green 1	Wild; matches any color when rebuilding.
101	Green 1	Wild; matches any color when rebuilding.
254	Green 1	Wild; matches any color when rebuilding.
112	Gold 2	Rebuild an additional Zone at the Courtyard. Pay its full price PLUS two extra Crystals.
113	White 1	Choose up to four cards of the same color. These cards become Wild. They must be used immediately on the same Zone.
250	Black 2	Move the Black Dragon a maximum of three spaces. It must be in play to use this ability.
143	Gray 2	Move your Pawn a maximum of four spaces.
249	White 1	Choose up to four cards of the same color. These cards become Wild. They must be used immediately on the same Zone.
53	Black 2	Move the Black Dragon a maximum of three spaces. It must be in play to use this ability.
107	Black 2	Move the Black Dragon a maximum of three spaces. It must be in play to use this ability.
106	Black 1	Bring the Black Dragon into play, if it isn’t already. Move the Black Dragon to any sector; no restrictions.
247	White 1	Choose up to four cards of the same color. These cards become Wild. They must be used immediately on the same Zone.
103	Green 1	Wild; matches any color when rebuilding.
242	Green 1	Wild; matches any color when rebuilding.
104	Red 3	(none)
244	Red 2	Move the Red Dragon a maximum of three spaces. It must be in play to use this ability.
129	Brown 3	(none)
251	Red 2	Move the Red Dragon a maximum of three spaces. It must be in play to use this ability.
248	Black 3	(none)
236	Gold 2	Rebuild an additional Zone at the Courtyard. Pay its full price PLUS two extra Crystals.
246	Gray 2	Move your Pawn a maximum of four spaces.
123	Red 1	Bring the Red Dragon into play, if it isn’t already. Move the Red Dragon to any sector; no restrictions.
235	White 2	Choose one card. It becomes Wild. It must be used immediately.
234	Brown 2	Discard two Brown cards (1s or 2s only). Gain a Wild 3, which must be used immediately.

ISO · Post Post #51 (ISO) » Sun May 30, 2021 6:31 pm

Turn 35:

Ninetales discards: Black 3, Black 2, Blue 2, White 2, Gold 2.
Ninetales draws: Red 2, Gold 1, White 3.

ISO · Post Post #52 (ISO) » Sun May 30, 2021 7:00 pm

Figuring out AutoPlay for Nancy's hand.

1) She needs 9 Crystals to win this turn; she has only 1.
2) She has >2 Building Markers.
3) If 1 is impossible, so is 3.
4) She has no gray cards, so is limited to two squares of movement.
Accessible squares: D5, E3, E4.

D5 pays out 3 Crystals (2 Synergy, 1 Helper, 0 Leader).
E3 pays out 1 Crystal (0 Synergy, 1 Helper, 0 Leader).
E4 pays out 5 Crystals (1 Synergy, 2 Helper, 2 Leader).

Completing E4 requires Brown 4 + Brown 3.

Note: AutoPlay prefers not to use Wilds. That means it'll use the Brown cards as Browns, *not* as Wilds - even though Brown 1 + Brown 1 = Wild 3, which beats Brown 2! One of those cases where AutoPlay's idiosyncrasies might cost it a little.

Brown 2 + 1 + 1 = Brown 4.

Alternately, Brown 2 + Brown 1 = Brown 3, leaving a Brown 1 over.

If forced to use Wilds, AutoPlay prefers Greens > Browns (as Wild) > Whites. It explicitly values a strategy of using all Greens over using a single Brown (as Wild specifically - using Brown as a Brown is fine.)

Ergo, AutoPlay will do the following:

Zone B: Brown 2 + Brown 1 + Brown 1.
Zone C: Green 1 + Green 1 + Green 1.

The more efficient play (saving a Green 1) would be:

Zone B: Brown 2 + Green 1 + Green 1
Zone C: Brown 1 + Brown 1 (Wild power) to make a Wild 3.

ISO · Post Post #53 (ISO) » Sun May 30, 2021 7:11 pm

Formal stating if it's necessary:

Moving: it will move from D4 to E4, playing no cards and moving no Dragons.
Rebuilding: it will play: Brown 2 + Brown 1 + Brown 1 to Zone B, then Green 1 + Green 1 + Green 1 to Zone C, completing the Sector. Nancy will gain 5 Crystals; Ninetales will gain 3 Crystals.
Discard/Drawing: it will discard nothing and draw 2 cards.

This will put it at 6/9 Crystals. (That 9 might be going up at any moment, though ...) It'll be burning through most of its Wild potential this way, though - leaving it with the Hospice (1 Crystal) and two Gray buildings (and no Gray cards!)

ISO · Post Post #54 (ISO) » Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:35 pm

Turn 36:

Nancy Drew 39 discards: Brown 2, Brown 1, Brown 1, Green 1, Green 1, Green 1.
Nancy Drew 39 draws: Black 2, Black 1.

Nancy Drew 39 gains 5 Crystals.
Ninetales gains 3 Crystals.

ISO · Post Post #55 (ISO) » Wed Jun 02, 2021 12:45 pm

Turn 37:

Sirius9121 discards: Gray 3, Red 2, Gold 2.
Sirius9121 draws: Brown 2, Red 3, Green 1, Gold 1.

ISO · Post Post #56 (ISO) » Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:15 pm

Turn 38:

vincentw discards: Black 3, White 2, Blue 2.
vincentw draws: Green 1, --RESHUFFLE DECK--, Green 1, Red 2, Brown 2.

vincentw gains 2 Crystals.

ISO · Post Post #57 (ISO) » Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:34 am

Turn 39:

Ninetales discards: White 3, White 3, Gold 1, Red 2.
Ninetales draws: Red 2, Black 2, White 1, Black 3.

ISO · Post Post #58 (ISO) » Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:50 am

Calculating AutoPlay for Nancy's hand.

1) Nancy does not have >= 9 Crystals.
2) Nancy does not have <= 2 Building Markers.
3) Same as 1).
4) Nancy is stuck with a Move of 2 this round. She can reach D5, E2, E3.
She cannot complete any of them. Her wild power is limited to Wild 3 (Gold 3 + White 2); she has a Red 1 and no Gray cards at all.
5) She cannot contribute to E3. She can contribute to E2 or D5 with the above listed Wild. E2: Zone C; D5: Zone B.
D5 is worth 3 Crystals; Leader is ignored as she cannot secure the Leader bonus.
E2 is worth 2 Crystals; Leader is again ignored.
D5 is worth more Crystals, so that's where AutoPlay goes.

Moving: move to D5. Play no cards, move no Dragons.
Rebuilding: play a Gold 3 and a White 2; use the White 2 to turn the Gold 3 into a Wild. Apply it to Zone B, completing it. Spend 1 Building Marker. Zone A remains incomplete.
Discard/Drawing: discard nothing, draw two cards.

ISO · Post Post #59 (ISO) » Fri Jun 04, 2021 2:42 pm

Turn 40:

Nancy Drew 39 discards: Gold 3, White 2.
Nancy Drew 39 draws: White 1, Gray 2.

ISO · Post Post #60 (ISO) » Fri Jun 04, 2021 3:40 pm

Turn 41:

Sirius9121 discards: Brown 1, Gold 1.
Sirius91212 draws: Gray 3, Red 2, Brown 1, Green 1.

ISO · Post Post #61 (ISO) » Fri Jun 04, 2021 5:35 pm

Turn 42:

vincentw discards: Green 1, Green 1, Green 1, White 1, Gold 2.
vincentw draws: White 2, White 2.

vincentw gains 5 Crystals.
Ninetales gains 7 Crystals.

ISO · Post Post #62 (ISO) » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:16 pm

Note: Ninetales's timer expired before she could clarify which cards she was discarding (she listed three; players can only discard two). Precedent set: if a player lists three or more cards for discard and does not clarify before their timer expires, I will process the first two cards listed.

Turn 43:

Ninetales discards: Gray 2, White 1, Black 2.
Ninetales draws: Green 1, Green 1, Gray 2, Gold 2.

Ninetales spends 9 Crystals.

ISO · Post Post #63 (ISO) » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:46 pm

Figuring out AutoPlay for Nancy's turn.

Nancy needs 9 Crystals to win and only has 6. 1) is out.
Nancy has more than 2 Building Markers. 2) is out.
If 1) is out, 3) is out.

Completing buildings:

Nancy has a Gray 2, so can move up to 4 spaces by using it. She also has 6 points of black cards and a White 1, so can finish any single zone with that combination.

Even with the Gray 2, she can't reach B1. That's out.
She'd need to spend the Gray 2 to reach E2, and the White 1 + Black cards aren't enough to complete it. (E2 has two zones left; even though those four black cards add up to 6, the White 1 requires that all converted cards go to the same Zone. If she were in normal range of E2, she could complete it by spending the Gray 2 on Zone C and the White 1 + Black 2 + Black 2 on Zone A).
That leaves B5, D5, and E3, all of which she can complete with White 1 + Black 2 + Black 2 + Black 1.

B5 pays out 4 Crystals (and a scale, not considered).
D5 pays out 3 Crystals (and two cards, not considered).
E5 pays out 3 Crystals (and three scales, not considered. Note - this would guarantee Nancy's victory next round! vincentw would get six crystals, but that's not enough for him to win. Alas, AutoPlay has a blind spot when it comes to scales.)

B5 has the most Crystals, so here's the move.

Moving: move from D5 to B5. Play no cards, move no Dragons.
Rebuilding: play White 1, Black 2, Black 2, Black 1. White 1 converts all three Black cards to Wilds; all of them get applied to Zone A, completing it. Nancy gets 4 Crystals and 1 Scale; Sirius gets 4 Crystals.
Discard/Drawing: discard nothing; draw 2 cards.

Notes: AutoPlay actually has to do its discard check here, as this puts Nancy at 10 Crystals, which *is* enough to win. But she already has a Gray 2 and doesn't need any Gold cards, so it won't discard (as normal).
Also, she has the card power to summon all three Dragons here. Doing that would give her an additional 3 Scales, which has the same effect as completing E3 - scale resolution and an extra 3 Crystals. 10 is enough to win, BUT - if everyone else picks up a VP before her next turn comes up (and they all can! everyone's in range and has the crystals necessary), then by the time her turn comes around the cost will have risen to 11 and she'll be one crystal shy.

ISO · Post Post #64 (ISO) » Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:11 am

Turn 44:

Nancy Drew 39 discards: White 1, Black 2, Black 2, Black 1.
Nancy Drew 39 draws: White 2, Brown 2.

Nancy Drew 39 gains 4 Crystals.
Sirius9121 gains 4 Crystals.

ISO · Post Post #65 (ISO) » Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:22 am

I see two possible outcomes at this point. If either vincent or Ninetales go for more Crystals, Nancy wins. But Sirius has a path to victory as well:

Sirius: complete E3. 18 -> 24; vincent: 18 -> 24.
vincent: buy a VP for 9. 24 -> 13; 2 VP.
Ninetales: buy 2 VPs for 10 each plus 2. 28 -> 6.
Nancy: complete B1. 10 -> 13; Ninetales: 6 -> 9.
Sirius: win. Cost for VPs is 11 each; 11 + 11 + 1 is 23 and he has 24.

Sirius can also grab a VP first and I think he can still win on that path, so long as vincent and Ninetales buy 2 VPs between them?

ISO · Post Post #66 (ISO) » Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:28 pm

Turn 45:

Sirius9121 discards: Red 2, Green 1, Green 1, Red 3, Brown 3.
Sirius9121 draws: Blue 3, Gray 1, Red 1.

Sirius9121 gains 6 Crystals.
vincentw gains 6 Crystals.

ISO · Post Post #67 (ISO) » Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:53 pm

Turn 46:

vincentw discards nothing.
vincentw draws: Red 1, Gold 2.

vincentw spends 9 Crystals.

ISO · Post Post #68 (ISO) » Thu Jun 10, 2021 3:47 pm

Turn 47:

Ninetales discards: Gold 2, Red 2, Black 3.
Ninetales draws: Blue 2, Green 1, Green 1, Black 2.

Ninetales spends 22 (!) Crystals.

ISO · Post Post #69 (ISO) » Thu Jun 10, 2021 4:08 pm

Calculating AutoPlay for Nancy's hand:

The price to win (for those with 3 VPs) has risen to 11 Crystals; Nancy only has 10.
Nancy has >2 Building Markers.
#3 is overwritten by #1.
Completing buildings:

Nancy has a Gray 2, so has a move maximum of 4.

The only buildings in reach are B1 (requires spending the Gray 2) and D5 (does not require spending the Gray 2).

Nancy can complete B1 with the White 2. She cannot complete D5 - this requires 5 points in Gray and she can only muster 4 (Gray 2 + White 2 + any of her other 2s).

Completing B1 puts her at 13 Crystals, which is enough to win next turn, so we do the discard check again - and this time AutoPlay needs a Gray 2 (or Gray 1) to win, but doesn't have one. So it *will* discard this turn.

Discard priority is White (no; it just got spent) > Brown (yes, but only one card; keep looking) > Green (no) > Red (yes, one card, which is enough - stop).

So:

Moving: Play a Gray 2, move to B1. Play no other cards; move no other Dragons.
Rebuilding: play a White 2, rebuilding Zone B and completing it. Nancy gets 3 Crystals; Ninetales gets 3 Crystals and a Scale.
Discard/Draw: discard Brown 2, Red 1; draw 4 cards.

ISO · Post Post #70 (ISO) » Fri Jun 11, 2021 6:43 pm

Turn 48:

Nancy Drew 39 discards: Gray 2, White 2, Brown 2, Red 1.
Nancy Drew 39 draws: Blue 1, Blue 2, Brown 3, Green 1.

Nancy Drew 39 gains 3 Crystals.
Ninetales gains 3 Crystals.

ISO · Post Post #71 (ISO) » Fri Jun 11, 2021 6:58 pm

Turn 49:

Sirius9121 discards: Gold 1.
Sirius9121 spends 23 Crystals and wins the game. No drawing phase occurs.

Sirius9121's Hand
ID	Card	Special Power
233	Blue 3	(none)
105	Brown 2	Discard two Brown cards (1s or 2s only). Gain a Wild 3, which must be used immediately.
243	Brown 1	Discard two Brown cards (1s or 2s only). Gain a Wild 3, which must be used immediately.
102	Gold 1	Rebuild an additional Zone at the Courtyard. Pay its full price PLUS one extra Crystal.
245	Gray 3	(none)
232	Gray 1	Move your Pawn to any sector.
231	Red 1	Bring the Red Dragon into play, if it isn’t already. Move the Red Dragon to any sector; no restrictions.