The mini-theme of today's cards is Irish folklore. No real reason, other than a purely visual
theme. I think one of my original plans for this
expansion was to have cards that chained together in very specific ways, and
this set is the remnants of that idea.
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Irish Blessing is a simple card, but can swing a lot your
way. Of course, it's a little specific
in that you can only trash a Curse, so if Curses can't be gained by attacks or
other means in the regular set of cards, the only way to take Irish Blessing's
full effect is to buy a Curse, and that's a big risk. But even so, I like it, partly because I
think that Curses should be more prominently used in the game, so just make
sure that if you select Irish Blessing, you also select a card that gives
Curses (and while you're at it, it plays off Shamrock, too--see below).
Leprechaun is a devious attack to others and bonus to yourself. My original idea was much more devastating:
each player had to trash all the
Treasures in their hand. I used to make
it cost 7 or even 8 to justify it, but ultimately it was still just a little
too evil (kind of like Possession in Dominion: Alchemy: despite its high cost,
it's simply too evil of a card). This
version is a little nerfed, whiled still retaining the spirit of the original.
When I originally designed Shamrock, the reaction text was
simply "discard this to block a Leprechaun," but with that kind of
specificity, you pretty much have to use Leprechaun to make Shamrock worth
it. The new text is neater, I think,
being more applicable, and even gives the player an interesting option.
Here is a suggested set with Dominion: Seaside
called "Ireland 's Shores":
Good Will: Irish
Blessing, Leprechaun, Shamrock
(At the end of this Monthathon, I'll post a PDF of all the
cards so you can easily print them out.)
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