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Beyond Awesome: Welcome everyone to the first Dominion Round Table. Before we start, we should probably get intros out of the way. I will go first. Hi, I’m Beyond Awesome, and I will be moderating this month’s Round Table. Today’s’ topic is Donate.
Donald X: I’m Donald X., world famous game designer
Dan Brooks: Hi. I’m Dan Brooks, and I’ve played with Donate in a number of tournaments.
Seprix: Hi. I’m Seprix, and I just had a pizza for dinner.
aku chi: Hi. I’m aku chi. I lost a Donate game in the last Dominion League Championship match!
Limetime: I am limetime and I am pretty bad at giving non-contextualized Dominion advice.
vsiewnar: Hi, vsiewnar here. From the Caribbean.
markusin Well, I am markusin, and I am from Canada. I’ve been playing Dominion since sometime between Hinterlands came out and Dark Ages came out. I’ve been recently playing a lot more Dominion. Like, since a week before the Dominion Championship started.
Beyond Awesome: Thanks everyone.
Donald X: I can introduce Donate.
Beyond Awesome: Go for it!
Donald X: So at one point I tried doing some big effects as events, just, as a way to get new events. They mostly didn’t work out. I will look up some other ones here. Gain the trash; gain all actions from a pile; pick your next hand. Donate worked, with the trick being to give it a Debt cost so you could always get it. It increases the puzzle of the early game; how best do you open, when exactly do you Donate. Donate separates the men from the boys; in my day that expression wasn’t offensive. Just, if you have a better Donate plan than your opponent, you will zoom ahead.
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