[Faithful Reader]

It's Wednesday! We're more than halfway through the week. Since we are over the hump, let's look at a question!

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Programming note: I will be busy for pretty much the rest of the week, meaning that Wednesday is not a good day for me to post a question. Since I have time today, I'll post it a bit early.

I'm looking at the winning deck from Georgia Masters courtesy of Michael Van Breemen. It is a Ferengi Solver with multiple avenues to get the win, not something you can say frequently. Let's have some fun with it, I've gone and made a sample round with an opening hand and the top seven cards of the deck.

First, go through your first turn, revealing cards as you spend a counter to draw, taking your first turn as you normally would. Then, reveal all seven and let us know what your optimal path for the first turn is.

There are a few ways to play this deck and this hand gives you some directions to take. Which one works best for you? Let us know and why.

Missions:
Ferenginar, Financial Hub
Lapideas System, Geological Survey
Near Polaris, Survey New World
Acquire Illicit Explosives
Study Cometary Cloud

Opening hand:
Stol, Wealthy Cousin
Ezri Tigan, Soldier of Fortune
Nel Apgar, Temperamental Researcher
Gint, The First Grand Nagus
Sakonna, Puzzled Interrogator
Nog, Bar Owner
Alien Gambling Device

Top seven cards of draw deck, in this exact sequence:

Martus Mazur, Listener

Treasured Collectables

Nilva, Lascivious Chairman

These are the Voyages

Kurdon

Lwaxana Troi, Telepathic Asset

Rule of Acquisition #33

Have fun and thanks for giving me a hand.

[The Ninja Scot]

How I would play this out -

Play Nog
Play Gint
Play Nel, putting Ezri, Stol and Sakonna under.

That gives me Nilva (3rd Ferengi for next turn,) Martus to get Alien Gambling Device and a Treasured Collectibles for an extra 7 counters. This will also get me set up with a 6 draw These Are The Voyages on Gint.

Turn 2 -
Play Nilva
Play Martus
Play Alien Gambling Device
Play Treasured Collectibles
Draw These Are the Voyages (7 counters left) (Draw 6, put 3 under)
After that, we'll see what we get.

Michael