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@Wolfinator234 9 күн бұрын

After watching the video I shot up from about 1450 to 1700 on spendee ... thanks! At the start I try to stay flexible , sometimes my opponent will try to block the most obvious plan but then I can pivot and go for a different plan. I buy some 3-gem cards at the start (good value for money) and then see what the lay of the land is, there will often be new cards if the opponent also buys or reserves some cards and that might change my plan.

@rayrobertson6739 10 күн бұрын

Neat strategy concepts going on here. Since I started learning high efficiency strats I normally tried to just outrace my opponent to 15 with efficiency card purchases, but this well illustrates how you can pace yourself and not focus so much on efficiency as controlling resources to negate your opponent's efficiency to an INCREDIBLE degree. Highly situational strategy though, it seems. Your opponent has to lock up his reserve hand with 3 cards he can't buy, and the deck needs to be stacked with token cost requirements (in this game, the predominant token cost is green), so you mostly deprive him of green tokens so he just can't buy anything.

@rayrobertson6739 11 күн бұрын

replay resets 0:10 seconds into the video so this is a good place to start. 0:15 - early game board favors accumulation of mostly blacks with some whites. Since a cheap black is in bottom row for only a red and 2 green, it's a high value card and merits the save with a golden token. Ati counters by reserving the second row card that costs 5 black which was a prime target for Zitoshi. 0:20 - The flop reveals a high value white card, so Zitoshi claims red, black, and green tokens to work to buying his reserve card in addition to a white card in the second row. Ati counters, claiming white, red, and black tokens. 0:24 - Carrying on with the needs of the above strategy, Zitoshi claims another green, red, and black token. Ati counters, claiming white, red, and black. 0:26 - Zitoshi buys his black reserve card for a red and 2 green. Ati reserves a row 1 blue card costing 3 black. 0:30 - Zitoshi takes white, gree, and red for the sake of working toward two different column 2 white cards. Ati counters by reserving one of the cards Zitoshi was gunning for: a white card costing 4 red, 1 green, and 2 black. 0:33 - With 7 tokens and 3 colors available, Zitoshi maxes out his hand claiming a white, blue, and green. Ati, with 9 chips in hand and 3 cards on reserve, buys one of his red reserve cards 0:37 - With 10 chips, Zitoshi opts for the column 1 red card costing his 2 reds and 2 whites. It didn't look like he had any particularly strong moves at this point. Ati counters, taking a green, red, and black. 0:41 - Zitoshi takes a white, blue, and red. This gives him enough toward a column 1 white that opened up and his opponent is no where near buying, although Ati could reserve it to keep Zitoshi from taking it. Ati takes white, blue, and black. 0:54 - Zitoshi buys his last reserve card--a white, which keeps him in the running for the second row white card costing 6 white, if opponent doesn't get to it first. With ten chips in hand, Ati won't reserve it, and he can't afford to buy it). Ati buys up a white reserve card of his own, so he is closer to the high value white card target. 1:26 - Zitoshi beats Ati to reserving said white card, so Ati's stash of white chips suddenly are not very useful, and Zitoshi is not so far from it that he'd never have a reasonable chance of buying it himself. 1:52 - Ati counters, taking green, red, and black, likely gunning for the bottom right blue card and seems to be effectively revising his strategy now to buy up blues and gun for the high value card in row 3 (green card costing 3 green and 7 blue) 2:18 - Zitoshi takes black, blue, and red. Ati takes blue, green, and red. 2:39 - Zitoshi buys a row 2 white card costing 5 red. He spends 2 red chips, 2 gold chips, and has a red card in his engine to make this purchase. Zitoshi now trails Ati's score with 2 points to 4. Ati counters, purchasing a row 1 blue costing a green, black, white, and red. 3:36 - Zitoshi takes blue, green, and black. Ati counters, purchasing a row 1 green card for 2 red and 2 blue. 4:03 - Zitoshi surprises me here. Instead of buying a 2 point red card for 5 black and 3 white, he gets a 0 point row 1 white card for 2 black and 2 blue. Given that Ati is no where near affording the 2 point red card, perhaps Zitoshi trusts Ati won't reserve it before Zitoshi can claim that card himself, and building his white engine is both rendering the noble strategy (4 white, 4 black) viable, and an established white engine is helpful in purchasing some other cards in the mid to late game. Ati counters, claiming green, red, and black. 4:28 - Zitoshi reserves a row 2 black card costing 3 green, 3 white, and 2 black. It is definitely looking like a noble strategy at this point, and blocks Ati from reserving the same card which he could buy on his subsequent turn. Zitoshi is also effectively controlling resources, blocking Ati from getting black tokens and cards. At 5:05, Ati counters by reserving a row three 4 point white card which he has no reasonable chance of getting, but blocks Zitoshi from building toward it. 5:17 - After Ati's reserve, fortune favors Zitoshi as a high value (4 point) blue card costing 7 white appears on the flop. Zitoshi immediately reserves this one, as he has a gold, a white, and 3 white cards in his engine (total of 5 white) and Ati has a gold, 3 white tokens, and 1 white card in his engine (total of 5 white). Fortune favors Zitoshi even further as the flop reveals a high value white card costing 7 black, and Zitoshi has been controlling the black resource this entire game. Ati counters by reserving the row 3 card costing 7 black, even though he only has a black token, 2 golds, and NO engine with black development cards. While stopping Zitoshi from getting it, he's really locking up his reserve hand with unpurchasable cards for him. In addition, this reserve move has ended him with 11 tokens, so he opts to throw away his blue token. Now on the flop in row 3 comes another high value blue card (5 points) costing 7 white and 3 blue. 6:04 - Zitoshi, with a full reserve hand, purchases a white 3 point card costing 6 white. He has 3 white in his engine, so he spends his last white token and 2 gold to claim it. Leading in points 5 to 4, he has also completed his white engine toward a noble, needing only 3 more black development cards. Ati answers picking up a 1 point white card to tie the game, costing him 2 red, 3 green, and 2 black (so he has to spend one of his golds to get it). 6:23 - Zitoshi takes white, green, and black tokens. Ati takes blue, green, and red tokens (the only colors available). 7:20 -In an act of incredible confusion for me, Zitoshi puts a hold on row 2 two pointer blue card costing a red, 2 white, and 4 black. He won't be able to horde his black tokens from Ati if he buys it, he's filled up his reserve hand, and Ati was no where close to buying this card, so this move is very interesting. Now the flop favors Zitoshi heavily, as it is a valuable 3 point card costing 6 black, which Zitoshi could buy next turn if he wants. Ati is locked on reserves with 3 cards in hand, and as always this game, has no black resources to work with. Ati counters, purchasing a 1 point blue card costing 2 green, 2 blue, and 3 red. 7:28 - Zitoshi buys the blue card he reserved on his last turn. Leads Ati 7 points to 6 now, but this frees up black for Ati and takes Zitoshi further from a 3 point black card which also would set him 2 black development cards away from picking up a noble. I finally see what the blue cards is about. There are a couple of row 3 blue cards in play that call for blue chips. A 4 pointer costing 3 blue, 6 white, and 3 black, and a 5 pointer costing 3 blue and 7 white. Zitoshi is simply thinking ahead on how to score higher and faster than buying up lower tier cards aiming for nobles. Ati counters, taking green, red, and black tokens. 7:48 - As I was expecting, Zitoshi is about to take blue, green, and black tokens, but then to my surprise at 8:00 reserves the row 3 card costing 3 blue, 6 white, and 3 black. Why do this? He won't be able to buy the card next turn, and Ati can't steal it from him. Zitoshi only had 5 chips in his hand, and taking the green away would stop Ati from taking a green to be in position to buy the row 2 black card for 2 points costing 4 green, a blue, and 2 red. Ati counters, taking blue, green, and black. 8:36 - Zitoshi buys his 7 cost white card (a blue development card) and nets 4 points, freeing up one spot in his hand for future reserves. This shows why the previous move--a mystery to me at the time--why make a reserve? Because he needed the gold to buy the blue card costing 7 white in reserve. Had he not reserved a card, he couldn't afford to buy this white card on this turn. Zitoshi leads 11 to 6. In his and is the 4 points he needs to get to 15. That card will cost him 3 blue, 6 white, and 3 black. Zitoshi sits on an engine of 2 blue, 4 white, 1 black, and in his hand are 2 green tokens and a black token. Total is 2 blue, 4 white, 2 black, so he needs a blue, 2 white, and a black to win the game. Ati counters buying a black card in row 2 costing 4 green, a blue, and 2 red. My play at 7:48 which Zitoshi almost made would have stopped this, but as you can see, Zitoshi sees the end game and that he'll win whether or not Ati makes this move. 9:14 - Zitoshi takes white, blue, and black. He is one white chip away from buying the last card he needs to score 15. He has a free spot in his hand to take a gold, which is great as there are no white chips left in the pool, and there's no telling whether Ati will buy something that puts a white gem back for Zitoshi to take. At about 10:00 Zitoshi restarts the video and delves into what I'm sure was this incredible commentary on the thesis of his efficiency strategy. Amazingly, no one bought the blue card costing only 2 black and a white in this game even though there were blue cards that were purchased later on for engine building (both because black was valuable to hold onto and Zitoshi wanted to opt to buy cards that got him points). 10:34 he goes back to where the game left off. Zitoshi reserves from the deck as it doesn't matter what card he picks up. It only matters to get the gold token in lieu of white to get the last 4 points needed for victory. If this were a closer game, it also makes a fine point that by reserving from the deck, you're not risking a valuable card to appear on the flop for your opponent to snatch and possibly beat you on the last turn of the game.

@rayrobertson6739 11 күн бұрын

sorry about the hiccup on no sound in the recording. You hadn't posted in quite some time. I hope this doesn't discourage you, Zitoshi! I was trying to research Splendor strategy because my wife is obnoxiously good at the game and was coming up short on good advice until I found your videos, which I noticed were a few years old, so to see one you posted only two months ago is exciting! I hope you make a big come back to playing and sharing strategies more often!