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Voting closed: November 14, 2014, 06:17:09 PM
Traditionally, I use the builder for cities, though sometimes using them for roads has value as well. Just yesterday in an iOS game with Jéré, I put a builder on an inn road early on, but soon after we began competing for a cathedral city and I wished that I had my builder available for the city (because Jéré soon put his builder in the city). For quite a few turns, the road pieces I drew were straight roads and corner roads rather than t-junctions or other road-end tiles. In the end I completed the road with an inn for 20 points and I won the city too But I answered that I use the builder in another strategic way, though it is related to the expansion of cities. As we know, the best way to glom on to someone's city (or to any feature) is to place a tile and a follower so that it only requires only one more tile to connect to the feature. But sometimes there is no possible way to place a tile (any tile) to be within one tile of joining the city (i.e. there are not enough surrounding tiles). The most satisfying way to use the builder for me is to place a tile that both adds to the city (giving me a second turn) and opens up the opportunity to place a tile within one tile of the city, then to use my second turn to place that tile in a glom-on position and add another follower.If this doesn't make sense, see the pictures below.
If a game is drawing to a close and there are maybe 20 tiles or so left to draw, I find it's often helpful to have a "dumping ground" which is simply a city that I have no intention of completing (either because it wouldn't be possible or because I don't want my opponent to be able to claim the points. Even in a state of incompleteness, these can often be worth 10 points or more which can make all the difference in close games.
Quote from: danisthirty on November 08, 2014, 11:04:14 PMIf a game is drawing to a close and there are maybe 20 tiles or so left to draw, I find it's often helpful to have a "dumping ground" which is simply a city that I have no intention of completing (either because it wouldn't be possible or because I don't want my opponent to be able to claim the points. Even in a state of incompleteness, these can often be worth 10 points or more which can make all the difference in close games.I'd like to dump a cathedral on your dumping ground with a few tiles left...
In extreme cases, you can place 8 tiles in a row !!!
Quote from: tp10053 on November 11, 2014, 07:08:17 AM In extreme cases, you can place 8 tiles in a row !!! How??
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