Festival
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Festival | |
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Cost | 5 |
Type | Action |
Set/Expansion | Base |
Illustrator | Marcel-André Casasola Merkle |
+2 Actions +1 Buy + |
Festival is an Action card from the Base set. It gives +2 actions, and so is a village. Since it gives both +actions, +Coins, and +Buy, it's got most of the components of an engine all in one card, just needing to be paired up with a Smithy or other terminal card draw!
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- If you are playing multiple Festivals, keep a careful count of your Actions. Say how many you have left out loud; this trick works every time (i.e. "I'm playing the Festival and now have two Actions remaining. I play a Market and have two Actions remaining. I play another Festival and now have three Actions remaining….").
Other Rules clarifications
Strategy Article
There's no strategy article for Festival.
It's a pretty good card - it gives +$, +Action, and +Buy, all you need to do is add +Cards and you've got most of what you need for an engine on one card.
Synergies/Combos
- Since it decreases your handsize, it combos with Library and Watchtower.
Antisynergies
Trivia
Secret History
When the set went (back) up to 25 cards, it needed another Village-type card, and this was a simple one from the 6th expansion. It was originally called Circus. I think Dale suggested the name Festival. This is the only other name change that occurred during development (besides Bureaucrat / Militia). If I had it to do again, I might put a little more work into these names; a lot of them are fine - Thief steals treasures, Moat stops attacks, and while at first you figure, I guess the Thief can't swim, later you see the Moat art and realize it's not the kind of Moat that's swimmable - but some are odd - Feast is a big Workshop that only works once? See, you're talking shop at the feast. Names were just not an issue we looked at. Everything seemed fine because it had been called whatever for so long. It's the Raiders of the Lost Ark phenomenon. Raiders of the Lost Ark? Some thieves robbing a boat? But once you get used to it, it's Raiders, that movie. Anyway I have spent more time on expansion card names since.