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− | {{Infobox Card
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− | |name = Harem
| + | [[Category:Cards]] |
− | |cost = 6
| + | [[Category:Treasure cards]] |
− | |type1 = Treasure
| + | [[Category:Victory cards]] |
− | |type2 = Victory
| + | [[Category:Kingdom cards]] |
− | |illustrator = Maura Kalusky
| + | [[Category:Intrigue cards]] |
− | |text = {{Cost|2|l}}
| + | [[Category:Cards illustrated by Maura Kalusky]] |
− | |text2 = {{VP|'''2'''|l}}
| + | [[category:Alt Treasure]] |
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| + | [[category:Alt VP]] |
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− | '''Harem''' is a [[Treasure]]-[[Victory]] card from [[Intrigue]]. It gives {{Cost|2}} like {{Card|Silver}}, but is worth 2{{VP}}, one less than a {{Card|Duchy}}.
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− | == FAQ ==
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− | === Official FAQ ===
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− | * This can be played in your Buy phase like other Treasures, and is worth 2{{VP}} at the end of the game.
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− | * Use 8 Harems for games with 2 players, 12 for games with 3 or more players.
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− | === Other Rules clarifications ===
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− | == Strategy ==
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− | Harem suffers from many of the same problems as {{Card|Gold}}—chiefly that it’s an expensive [[stop card]] that usually has a high [[opportunity cost]]—while generating even less {{Cost}}, which makes it usually undesirable in an [[engine]]. At the same time, it is also worse than a cheaper {{Card|Duchy}} at scoring {{VP}}. However, the combination of both these effects in a single card does make it occasionally relevant, most often in [[money strategies]].
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− | Like {{Card|Duchy}}, Harem can be a useful option when you’re employing a money strategy if you want to add {{VP}} but cannot afford {{Card|Province}}; its advantage over {{Card|Duchy}} is that it allows you to continue increasing (rather than decreasing) your [[money density]] at the same time. This is especially relevant if you want to start [[greening]] early, for example with {{Card|Hoard}} or {{Landmark|Battlefield}}. However, you’ll still sometimes prefer {{Card|Gold}} over Harem when using a money strategy, especially if it’s early in the game or if money density is even more important than usual, e.g. because {{Card|Colony}} is present or you’re facing a [[handsize Attack|discarding attack]].
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− | In an engine context, Harem is occasionally useful as a supplementary source of [[alt-VP]] that can allow you to score while [[build]]ing, in a fashion similar to {{Card|Nobles}}. It can be a reasonable target for [[Treasure]] [[gainer]]s such as {{Card|Hero}} or {{Card|Mint}}—although gaining these specifically for this purpose is unlikely to be the focal point of an efficient build, the ability to use a Treasure gainer to score may be important if there are no other sources of additional gains. Harem can also be useful as a [[Victory]] card that can be put into play, with effects such as {{Card|Storyteller}} (where it functions as both {{VP}} and draw) or gainers such as {{Card|Kiln}} and {{Card|Changeling}} (which cannot usually be used to score). Finally, the fact that Harem costs {{Cost|6}} means it can be relevant with {{Card|Displace}}, which allows you to alternate between [[Exile|Exiling]] Harem and {{Card|Province}} to gain a copy of the other card, thus scoring {{VP}} with every play of {{Card|Displace}}.
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− | ===External strategy articles===
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− | ''Note: Article(s) below are by individual authors and may not represent the community's current views on cards, but may provide more in-depth information or give historical perspective. Caveat emptor.''
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− | * [http://dominionstrategy.com/2010/12/20/intrigue-harem/ theory's 2010 article]
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− | == Versions ==
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− | ===English versions===
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− | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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− | ! Print !! Digital !! style="width:18%"|Text !! Release !! Date
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− | | {{CardVersionImage|HaremOld|Harem}} || {{CardVersionImage|HaremDigitalOld|Harem from Goko/Making Fun}} || {{Cost|2|l}}<br><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:250%; line-height:1.05em;">'''2'''[[File:VP.png|27px|bottom]]</span> || Intrigue 1st Edition || July 2009
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− | | {{CardVersionImage|Harem|Harem}} || {{CardVersionImage|HaremDigital|Harem from Shuffle iT}} || {{Cost|2|l}}<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:250%;">'''2'''[[File:VP.png|27px|bottom]]</span> || Intrigue [[Second Edition|2nd Edition]] || October 2016
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− | |}
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− | ===Other language versions===
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− | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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− | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! style="width:18%"|Text !! Notes
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− | !Chinese
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− | | 後宮 (pron. ''hòugōng'') || || || ||
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− | !Czech
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− | | Harém || || || ||
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− | !Dutch
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− | | Harem || || || ||
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− | !Finnish
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− | | Haaremi || || || ||
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− | !French
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− | | Harem || || || ||
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− | !German
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− | | Harem || {{CardVersionImage|HaremGerman|German language Harem 2009 by HiG}} || || {{Cost|2|l}}<br><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:250%; line-height:1.05em;">'''2'''[[File:VP.png|27px|bottom]]</span> || (2009)
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− | !German
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− | | Harem || {{CardVersionImage|HaremGerman2021-ASS|German language Harem 2021 by ASS}} || {{CardVersionImage|HaremGerman2021Digital|German language Harem 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || {{Cost|2|l}}<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:250%;">'''2'''[[File:VP.png|27px|bottom]]</span> || 2. Edition <br>(2021)
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− | !Hungarian
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− | | Hárem || || || ||
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− | !Italian
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− | | Harem || || || ||
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− | !Japanese
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− | | ハーレム<br>(pron. ''hāremu'') || || || <br>{{Cost|2|l}}<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:250%;">'''2'''[[File:VP.png|27px|bottom]]</span><br> ||
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− | !Korean
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− | | 하렘 (pron. ''halem'') || || || ||
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− | !Norwegian
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− | | Harem || || || ||
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− | !Polish
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− | | Harem || {{CardLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || {{Cost|2|l}}<br><span style="font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman; font-size:250%; line-height:1.05em;">'''2'''[[File:VP.png|27px|bottom]]</span> || (2016)
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− | !Russian
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− | | Гарем<br>(pron. ''garyem'') || || {{CardLangVersionImage|DigitalRussian}} || {{Cost|2|l}}<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:250%;">'''2'''[[File:VP.png|27px|bottom]]</span> ||
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− | !Spanish
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− | | Harén || || || ||
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− | |}
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− | == Trivia ==
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− | [[Image:HaremArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
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− | Until [[Empires]], Harem was the only [[Treasure]]–[[Victory]] card. [[Donald X. Vaccarino]] designed and playtested one or two other such cards, including a card that gave {{Cost|1}}, {{VP|1}}, and +Buy, but that turned out to be too weak to be usable.
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− | === Theme ===
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− | {{Quote
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− | |Text=I originally referred to the game as Castle Builder. The cards were things in castles. Harems are such a thing. So I had a Harem card. I personally have questioned why it's called that, repeatedly, but it's not something that came up while working on the set, and it's not something people send in letters about.
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− | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
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− | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg359254#msg359254 Interview with Donald X.]
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− | }}
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− | === Card Art ===
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− | The author of the drawing (Maura Kalusky) said there is no man in the picture, all the characters are women.
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− | {{Quote
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− | |Text=The art depicts developer Valerie Putman. She's in the back, between the giant half face and the man.
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− | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
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− | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5130.msg128558#msg128558 'Art Trivia']
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− | }}
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− | === Secret History ===
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− | {{Quote|Text=Another of the oldest cards. Originally there were just some cards. One day I decided, okay, these ones are the main set, these are the first expansion, these are the second expansion. {{Card|Great Hall}} / Harem / {{Card|Nobles}} date back to then. They could have been in the main set, but they seemed like a cool simple thing to save for the first expansion, and have been there since 2006.
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− | I tried a few different mixes of victory points and {{Cost|}} before settling on two of each as the best version.
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− | <br>
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− | My version of Harem had no art - just a big 2 crown {{Cost|2}}. I used a crown for the {{VP}} symbol you see. Anyway I liked that way of doing it and it seemed funny that Harem had no art. Just the card you want art for! I fully expected that the card name would get changed during development. Wouldn't someone complain that it was sexist, or un-European, or wait a minute, why does this make money? No-one complained though. Harem, there it is. We didn't specifically ask for cartoony art btw, that's just what came in.
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− | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
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− | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=116.0 The Secret History of the Intrigue Cards]
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− | }}
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− | === Retrospective ===
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− | {{Quote
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− | |Text=
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− | It's a bummer I couldn't replace Harem though. I should have asked Valerie myself at the time. {{Card|Coppersmith}} would have survived, and it's the one people miss the most. [Harem] is redundant with {{Card|Farmland}}, but also, it's called "Harem." They are different all the ways they are different, but similar enough to not miss Harem.
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− | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
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− | |Source=[https://discord.com/channels/212660788786102272/212660788786102272/669687300145414174 Dominion Discord, 2020]
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− | }}
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− | {{Navbox Intrigue}}
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− | {{Navbox Cards}}
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