Nidhoeggr42 at 22:29, 12 July 2021

2021-07-12T22:29:54Z

Cactus tom: First pass.

2019-12-16T19:41:33Z

First pass.

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This advice is primarily aimed at the 2-player game.

First off, the importance of the bonus cards can hardly be overstated, especially the Rain cards.
Therefore, for most of the game, the key to winning is to draw more bonus cards than your opponent.
One of the best ways to achieve this is to make sure you get to place as many eruptions as possible.
This means, paradoxically, getting your village to a HIGHER temperature than your opponent's, and
making sure that it stays above until you cross into danger zone #3. This should be one of your highest
priorities in the early part of the game. It is usually worth spending some cards for extra lava flow to speed this up,
and spending some walls to impede your opponent's progress.

Ordinarily, save any rain cards you get until the end of the game. It is often worthwhile to convert some of your
better cards into walls. The straw cards should usually be spent for lava.

Endgame: once someone has crossed into zone 3, the game changes drastically. Your goal now is to push your opponent
to the maximum temperature as early as possible, while delaying this event for yourself. The bonus lava tiles from zone 3
are helpful for this. The ideal scenario is for you to enter zone 3 first, just barely, and immediately launch your
opponent past you all the way to the end of the temperature track, while shoring up your own defenses.

Save your rain cards until you are forced to use them (at maximum temperature, or, preferably, in your last turn of the game).
Depending on how many lava flows reach your village, you may want to put walls up for defense, but sometimes it is better to
hoard them for the tiebreaker.

When playing with more players, a wider variety of scenarios are possible. Getting 3 rain cards should be much harder, and
may not be enough to win. Pay attention to your opponents' strategies and respond accordingly.

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	One of the best ways to achieve this is to make sure you get to place as many eruptions as possible.		One of the best ways to achieve this is to make sure you get to place as many eruptions as possible.
	This means, paradoxically, getting your village to a HIGHER temperature than your opponent's, and		This means, paradoxically, getting your village to a HIGHER temperature than your opponent's, and
	making sure that it stays above until you cross into danger zone #3. This should be one of your highest		making sure that it stays above until you cross into danger zone #3. This should be one of your highest
	priorities in the early part of the game. It is usually worth spending some cards for extra lava flow to speed this up,		priorities in the early part of the game. It is usually worth spending some cards for extra lava flow to speed this up,
	and spending some walls to impede your opponent's progress.		and spending some walls to impede your opponent's progress.

	Ordinarily, save any rain cards you get until the end of the game. It is often worthwhile to convert some of your		Ordinarily, save any rain cards you get until the end of the game. It is often worthwhile to convert some of your
	better cards into walls. The straw cards should usually be spent for lava.		better cards into walls. The straw cards should usually be spent for lava.

	Endgame: once someone has crossed into zone 3, the game changes drastically. Your goal now is to push your opponent		Endgame: once someone has crossed into zone 3, the game changes drastically. Your goal now is to push your opponent
	to the maximum temperature as early as possible, while delaying this event for yourself. The bonus lava tiles from zone 3		to the maximum temperature as early as possible, while delaying this event for yourself. The bonus lava tiles from zone 3
	are helpful for this. The ideal scenario is for you to enter zone 3 first, just barely, and immediately launch your		are helpful for this. The ideal scenario is for you to enter zone 3 first, just barely, and immediately launch your
	opponent past you all the way to the end of the temperature track, while shoring up your own defenses.		opponent past you all the way to the end of the temperature track, while shoring up your own defenses.

	Save your rain cards until you are forced to use them (at maximum temperature, or, preferably, in your last turn of the game).		Save your rain cards until you are forced to use them (at maximum temperature, or, preferably, in your last turn of the game).
	Depending on how many lava flows reach your village, you may want to put walls up for defense, but sometimes it is better to		Depending on how many lava flows reach your village, you may want to put walls up for defense, but sometimes it is better to
	hoard them for the tiebreaker.		hoard them for the tiebreaker.

	When playing with more players, a wider variety of scenarios are possible. Getting 3 rain cards should be much harder, and		When playing with more players, a wider variety of scenarios are possible. Getting 3 rain cards should be much harder, and
	may not be enough to win. Pay attention to your opponents' strategies and respond accordingly.		may not be enough to win. Pay attention to your opponents' strategies and respond accordingly.

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Nidhoeggr42 at 22:29, 12 July 2021

Cactus tom: First pass.