https://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?title=Blue_dog&feed=atom&action=historyBlue dog - Revision history2024-03-28T10:09:30ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.19.2https://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?title=Blue_dog&diff=61267&oldid=prevTick Tock at 09:54, 17 May 20222022-05-17T09:54:06Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>"'''Blue dog'''" is an in-joke used to refer to any interaction in Dominion which seems overly convoluted.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>"'''Blue dog'''" is an in-joke used to refer to any interaction in Dominion which seems overly convoluted.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Background ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Background ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>With the release of [[Hinterlands]], many members of the Dominion community had questions on how exactly {{Card|Trader}} interacted with {{Card|Ironworks}}.  Over the course of a long thread on [[BoardGameGeek]], while changing his mind on the ruling a number of times, [[Donald X.]] introduced an opaque metaphor involving walking a blue dog ([http://boardgamegeek.com/article/7743728#7743728 original post]) in an attempt to clarify the interaction.  This, at the time, only served to further confuse the issue, though it later turned into a fun reference to use in Dominion-related conversation about card interactions that are hard to understand.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>With the release of [[Hinterlands]], many members of the Dominion community had questions on how exactly {{Card|Trader<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|oi=2|Trader (early version)</ins>}} interacted with {{Card|Ironworks}}.  Over the course of a long thread on [[BoardGameGeek]], while changing his mind on the ruling a number of times, [[Donald X.]] introduced an opaque metaphor involving walking a blue dog ([http://boardgamegeek.com/article/7743728#7743728 original post]) in an attempt to clarify the interaction.  This, at the time, only served to further confuse the issue, though it later turned into a fun reference to use in Dominion-related conversation about card interactions that are hard to understand.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Blue dog rule|The final ruling on the original question]] was that, if Ironworks is used to gain a card, but Trader is revealed to replace the Ironworks's gained card with a {{Card|Silver}}, the Ironworks produces no bonus because in the end it failed to gain a card at all. Ironworks provides a bonus contingent on it actually gaining a card, not merely selecting a card to be gained. This had implications on Ironworks's interaction with {{Card|Possession}} as well, since the Possessed player is not the one gaining cards. Since the 2020 revision to Trader, Trader no longer prevents you from gaining a card, and so Possession is the only card currently affected by the rule.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Blue dog rule|The final ruling on the original question]] was that, if Ironworks is used to gain a card, but Trader is revealed to replace the Ironworks's gained card with a {{Card|Silver}}, the Ironworks produces no bonus because in the end it failed to gain a card at all. Ironworks provides a bonus contingent on it actually gaining a card, not merely selecting a card to be gained. This had implications on Ironworks's interaction with {{Card|Possession}} as well, since the Possessed player is not the one gaining cards. Since the 2020 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{Card|Trader|</ins>revision to Trader<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ins>, Trader no longer prevents you from gaining a card, and so Possession is the only card currently affected by the rule.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>According to [[Donald X.]], the {{Card|Faithful Hound}} kingdom card was inspired by [https://www.reddit.com/r/dominion/comments/el9pyj/dominion_menagerie/fdgerf2/ "the idea of having a blue dog in Dominion"].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>According to [[Donald X.]], the {{Card|Faithful Hound}} kingdom card was inspired by [https://www.reddit.com/r/dominion/comments/el9pyj/dominion_menagerie/fdgerf2/ "the idea of having a blue dog in Dominion"].</div></td></tr>
</table>Tick Tockhttps://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?title=Blue_dog&diff=50567&oldid=prevAjd at 06:27, 3 February 20212021-02-03T06:27:39Z<p></p>
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</table>Ajdhttps://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?title=Blue_dog&diff=47262&oldid=prevSamLL: Faithful Hound was actually inspired by "Blue Dog" according to a recent Reddit post2020-01-08T15:30:38Z<p>Faithful Hound was actually inspired by "Blue Dog" according to a recent Reddit post</p>
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</table>SamLLhttps://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?title=Blue_dog&diff=38083&oldid=prevJulesreid: Add to category Community in-jokes2017-10-30T10:51:10Z<p>Add to category Community in-jokes</p>
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</table>Julesreidhttps://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?title=Blue_dog&diff=37897&oldid=prev80.229.81.191 at 10:23, 28 October 20172017-10-28T10:23:43Z<p></p>
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</table>80.229.81.191https://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?title=Blue_dog&diff=22239&oldid=prevConMan: Fix link2016-01-11T04:47:32Z<p>Fix link</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>With the release of [[Hinterlands]], many members of the Dominion community had questions on how exactly {{Card|Trader}} interacted with {{Card|Ironworks}}.  Over the course of a long thread on [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Board Game Geek</del>]], while changing his mind on the ruling a number of times, [[Donald X.]] introduced an opaque metaphor involving walking a blue dog ([http://boardgamegeek.com/article/7743728#7743728 original post]) in an attempt to clarify the interaction.  This, at the time, only served to further confuse the issue, though it later turned into a fun reference to use in Dominion-related conversation about card interactions that are hard to understand.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>With the release of [[Hinterlands]], many members of the Dominion community had questions on how exactly {{Card|Trader}} interacted with {{Card|Ironworks}}.  Over the course of a long thread on [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">BoardGameGeek</ins>]], while changing his mind on the ruling a number of times, [[Donald X.]] introduced an opaque metaphor involving walking a blue dog ([http://boardgamegeek.com/article/7743728#7743728 original post]) in an attempt to clarify the interaction.  This, at the time, only served to further confuse the issue, though it later turned into a fun reference to use in Dominion-related conversation about card interactions that are hard to understand.</div></td></tr>
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</table>ConManhttps://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?title=Blue_dog&diff=12301&oldid=prevCrlundy at 18:59, 15 September 20142014-09-15T18:59:22Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>With the release of [[Hinterlands]], many members of the Dominion community had questions on how exactly {{Card|Trader}} interacted with {{Card|Ironworks}}.  Over the course of a long thread on [[Board Game Geek]], while changing his mind on the ruling a number of times, [[Donald X]] introduced an opaque metaphor involving walking a blue dog ([http://boardgamegeek.com/article/7743728#7743728 original post]) in an attempt to clarify the interaction.  This, at the time, only served to further confuse the issue, though it later turned into a fun reference to use in Dominion-related conversation about card interactions that are hard to understand.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>With the release of [[Hinterlands]], many members of the Dominion community had questions on how exactly {{Card|Trader}} interacted with {{Card|Ironworks}}.  Over the course of a long thread on [[Board Game Geek]], while changing his mind on the ruling a number of times, [[Donald X]] introduced an opaque metaphor involving walking a blue dog ([http://boardgamegeek.com/article/7743728#7743728 original post]) in an attempt to clarify the interaction.  This, at the time, only served to further confuse the issue, though it later turned into a fun reference to use in Dominion-related conversation about card interactions that are hard to understand.</div></td></tr>
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