Diptych
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7/3/2018
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London has a new mayor, and he's all about those questions! You know what else is all about questions? This thread!
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Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Jolanda Swan
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7/4/2018
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They will be created eventually, but they have not been announced for the foreseeable future.
There are no Shadowy and Dangerous hallmarks similar to the Laureate and Courier (though I am personally hoarding equipment just in case)
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
7/5/2018
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A Townhouse is good to have when you get to POSI - eventually you will be able to open a Salon or Orphanage and those are great Making Waves generators after you build them up.
But to be honest I wouldn't rush to POSI as it is very expensive. So waiting for the RP option sounds good to me
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Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
7/6/2018
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Wilhelm Leibniz III wrote:
I'm shooting for Couriers Footprint. Right now my watchful with the best equipment I have gives me a +53 modifier. If my math is right I'll need 300 Watchful. I have 2 cards to give me moods but that still leaves me short.
By my best estimates, spending notability to get 215 and using the mood still leaves me at 290. Does anyone have any tips for getting 300 Watchful?
My character can do 300 Watchful without a Mood but you may or may not be able to emulate that easily. I'll tell you what my equipment for doing so is, though.
I have 215 Watchful also. My equipment (in the order in which they would appear in inventory) for Watchful bonuses is as follows (NOTE: I'm only going to list the bonuses to Watchful; some give modifiers to multiple stats):
Semiotic Monocle = +8 Watchful (available at the Bazaar)
Smock of 4,308 Pockets = +10 Watchful (available at the Bazaar)
Insatiable Glove = + 8 Watchful (available at the Bazaar)
Pot of Violant Ink = +12 Watchful (available only to those with Profession: Correspondent)
Language of Laces (boots) = +7 Watchful (available to those with Renown: Revolutionaries at 25)
Ubergoat = +30 Watchful (available by combining 2 Overgoats)
Newspaper = + 1 Watchful (available after completing the relevant POSI storylets)
Great Game = + 8 Watchful (available to those with Renown: Great Game at 40)
Cultured Attache (Note that there's also a female version) = + 1 Watchful (Requires FATE and completing storylets at the Foreign Office in Wilmot's End)
Total Bonuses from Equipment = +85
The Monocle and the Smock, you'll note, are not cheap, nor is /are an Overgoat/s.
Good luck with your Correspondence quest.
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Aniline
Posts: 144
7/5/2018
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Not a question, just a word of hard-won advice that may be useful for newer players. Since the election ended I've drawn the Unsigned Message twenty-one times. And zero of those times on my main who needs to overcap to get Courier's Footprint. The game is trolling me.
The advice is this: if you've just overcapped or eaten your entry or otherwise can spare the Notability, or you got to 7 as a newly minted POSI but can regrind back with all the BDR gear you've since acquired, go buy yourself a Favourable Circumstance (Lodgings - Write Letters) and hoard it.
(Yes, I know I can buy it for Fate, and normally I would, but I consider this a character-building exercise.)
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Ed Rolison
Posts: 57
7/5/2018
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Aniline wrote:
Not a question, just a word of hard-won advice that may be useful for newer players. Since the election ended I've drawn the Unsigned Message twenty-one times. And zero of those times on my main who needs to overcap to get Courier's Footprint. The game is trolling me.
The advice is this: if you've just overcapped or eaten your entry or otherwise can spare the Notability, or you got to 7 as a newly minted POSI but can regrind back with all the BDR gear you've since acquired, go buy yourself a Favourable Circumstance (Lodgings - Write Letters) and hoard it.
(Yes, I know I can buy it for Fate, and normally I would, but I consider this a character-building exercise.)
I hoarded a favourable circumstance for this very reason.
I used it to get 'Correspondent' before Time the Healer came to visit... and failed the test.
But yes, I'd agree. Whilst N7 looks high, it ain't a patch on N15, and having the ability to say 'yes I am there, I want to overcap now before I lose notability/making waves again' is delicious.
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Sara Hysaro
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7/5/2018
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They're all three card Lodgings - it's a trade-off for pruning your deck a bit more. If your playstyle doesn't typically save cards in your hand then it's probably worthwhile, or if you really need to find a specific card in a hurry.
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elderfleur
Posts: 77
7/5/2018
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Dudebro Pyro wrote:
I'm pretty sure I used to be able to see how long ago I'd sent invitations. It was really nifty because I sent some Coffee invitations within the first couple of days of starting to play, and the "suggest a contact" button gave me a couple of completely inactive accounts, so I have these invitations from the very beginning sitting in my messages tab and I could use them to see exactly how long I'd played. (I remember checking back at one point and seeing over 400 days and being mindblown at it having been over a year already.) Did they remove that, or am I looking in the wrong place or something? The Beta had that feature in the regular message tab, otherwise if you go to Edit Your Account and look at the Storynexus Inbox it has an... eccentric number of dated messages. It's alternating between the last 46, 47, or 52 undeleted messages for me, so presumably if you've pruned your inbox to a lower number you'll find everything there.
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Jaina
Posts: 239
7/3/2018
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Aniline wrote:
Is there any Ambition content that's permanently missable if I get prematurely kicked out of court / University, except the Topsy King's opera? (I'd look on the wiki but I don't want to get spoiled.)
You can return to the Court/University, so no, there wouldn't be - not that I'm aware of any that involves either other than Heart's Desire.
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PSGarak
Posts: 834
7/3/2018
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Wilhelm Leibniz III wrote:
Do Glassmen have any invite options? Like how Correspondents can be invited to an orphanage, or how Authors and Crooked Crosses can be invited to a salon?
It seems the intention for this may be the Parabolan Base Camp, which is not implemented.
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Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1789
7/3/2018
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So I am stuck with my choice in Wars of Illusion? A pity. I was hoping to experience the content again, now that I actually know what Fingerkings are!
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
7/3/2018
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Tintinnabulum wrote:
Once you've achieved the proper levels of Stormy-Eyed and, What The Thunder Said, do you get whisked straightaway off to the mind of the long-dead god? Or does it come up as a card / pinned storylet?
edited by Tintinnabulum on 7/3/2018
It is a pinned storylet available everywhere in London.
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Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
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incerteza
Posts: 103
7/6/2018
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Dudebro Pyro wrote:
Question: who's the Struggling Artist and why does everyone hate him? Supposedly he clutters decks almost as much as the Singer but I never see him don't remember who he is (I may have met him at one point, but the bohemian aspects were never too interesting to me so I forgot a lot of what I did in Veilgarden and in the Palace).
You can flirt with the guy in Veilgarden at the very early stage of the game, not even realizing what you're doing yet. And then he starts showing up at your door with his garbage, and there's nothing short of a remote address to stop him.
The Singer at least is somewhat nice and gives you MW and items.
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
7/6/2018
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SamNorrey wrote:
Is there any way of getting on a boat trip without going through that awful dying experience? Like getting sent to the Tomb Colonies immediately, without the A maelstrom of scandal! autofire. I still have iron knife tokens, and would like to hold on to them, but I'd also like to get the Constables 40 Renown boots...
The Mirrors at the Carnival can send you straight to the Boatman - but I don't remember if that takes your tokens or not.
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ciel
Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
storynexus name - reveurciel
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phryne
Posts: 1351
7/7/2018
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incerteza wrote:
suinicide wrote:
[.spoilers]. [./spoilers]. Just temove the .
Thank you!
[spoilers] test [/spoilers]
Doesn't seem to work, did I get something wrong?
edited by incerteza on 7/7/2018
It's 'spoiler' not 'spoilers' 
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Harry P.
Posts: 116
7/6/2018
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http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/Watchful_Items
The highest you can go with using fate is Watchful 317, which also includes the Notability boost. Though the items needed are not going to be easy to obtain.
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Elizabeth K. Broker: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Elizabeth%20K%20Broker
A Socially-Awkward Dueling Trickster with a thirst for vengeance and a soft spot for urchins.
If you are ever in need of any assistance, do not hesitate to ask either of them. The second one is still finicky, though.
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Raccoonajr
Posts: 105
7/8/2018
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Um, so I just drew two Feducci Mayor of London cards. Has the Contrarian changed his mind about being Mayor? Has Feducci refused to abandon the position? Or has the Contrarian’s term not started yet?
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suinicide
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7/9/2018
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Contrarian starts next week I believe, though we do not have a guaranteed date.
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A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
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Wilhelm Leibniz III
Posts: 63
7/6/2018
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I'm shooting for Couriers Footprint. Right now my watchful with the best equipment I have gives me a +53 modifier. If my math is right I'll need 300 Watchful. I have 2 cards to give me moods but that still leaves me short.
By my best estimates, spending notability to get 215 and using the mood still leaves me at 290. Does anyone have any tips for getting 300 Watchful?
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SamNorrey
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7/6/2018
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Is there any way of getting on a boat trip without going through that awful dying experience? Like getting sent to the Tomb Colonies immediately, without the A maelstrom of scandal! autofire. I still have iron knife tokens, and would like to hold on to them, but I'd also like to get the Constables 40 Renown boots...
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Aniline
Posts: 144
7/6/2018
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I'd say once you have the stats, being POSI is better and more fun than not being POSI.
The best and easiest condition is the one you haven't seen yet, having friends - not factions, but four specific pseudonymous people. Only one of them is kinda annoying, but she's unavoidable. The other three are straight-up awesome (but take some effort to meet).
The townhouse is expensive and only useful much later, the non-Fate clothes are expensive and impractical (the $28.80 Persuasive suit/dress will do just fine until you save up $460), and unless you're collecting scraps, only two of the cheap lodging cards are good (Rooftop Shack and Lair in the Marshes).
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Dudebro Pyro
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7/6/2018
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Question: who's the Struggling Artist and why does everyone hate him? Supposedly he clutters decks almost as much as the Singer but I never see him don't remember who he is (I may have met him at one point, but the bohemian aspects were never too interesting to me so I forgot a lot of what I did in Veilgarden and in the Palace).
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Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them.
For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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Wilhelm Leibniz III
Posts: 63
7/6/2018
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Right now I have the following:
Semiotic Monocle = +8 Watchful
Smock of 4,308 Pockets = +10 Watchful
Insatiable Glove = + 8 Watchful
Ratwork Watch = + 8 Watchful
Meticulously Altered Stockings = + 3 Watchful
Midnight Matriarch of the Menagerie of Roses = + 12 Watchful
An Orphanage = + 1 Watchful
You're Not Quite Sure What = + 3 Watchful
It seems I may have no choice but to give up my work as a Glassman for the time being. Looked through the list of watchful items and unless I want to get 25 and 40 renown, or 25 renown a new destiny there is no way. I'll be blunt, that b___y sucks.
Actually did the math again, I'd still be short unless I get a renown award. ugh. Even buying an overgoat wouldn't be enough, I'd be 2 short then. Again, ugh.
"Cheapest" is a watchful destiny(fate), the 25 renown with Revolutionaries, and becoming a correspondent. Unless of course Failbetter released a watchful transport...?
edited by Wilhelm Leibniz III on 7/6/2018
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Azothi
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7/6/2018
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Get the Language of Laces (Revolutionary 25 boots), the 15 Watchful from Notability, then become a Midnighter. Shrine to Joshua is now +9 Watchful ever since the Reworks, and that plus a Mood should get you precisely 300, no Fate to change Destiny needed.
Actually, if you decide to switch to a Watchful destiny in addition to the others, you only need to become an Agent. Memento of a Struggle is a +9 Watchful weapon.
edited by Azothi on 7/6/2018
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Jolanda Swan
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7/7/2018
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I did it without overcapping or letting go of my Author profession.
My list was this:
Semiotic Monocle = +8 Watchful (Bazaar)- Replaced with a Mood at +30
Smock of 4,308 Pockets = +10 Watchful (Bazaar)
Insatiable Glove = + 8 Watchful (available at the Bazaar)
Infernal Vinification Apparatus = +10 Watchful (Renown Hell: 40)
Language of Laces (boots) = +7 Watchful (Renown: Revolutionaries 25)
Ubergoat = +30 Watchful
Newspaper = + 1 Watchful
Great Game = + 8 Watchful (Renown: Great Game at 40)
Destiny: Revelation = +5 Watchful
So there was no need to change profession, but there was a lot of Renown grinding plus the goat - which is very useful in expeditions anyway.
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suinicide
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7/7/2018
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[.spoilers]. [./spoilers]. Just temove the .
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A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
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Kaijyuu
Posts: 1047
7/7/2018
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For some reason it doesn't work if there's a quote in your post as well.
Also it never works for me since my noscript seems to block it too.
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Jermaine Vendredi
Posts: 588
7/3/2018
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I didn't even know it *could* be replayed; I thought once you reached 25, that was it.
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No plant battles, please.
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
7/3/2018
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There was a point when they put in the Trackers where you could reset the one that includes Embroiled in the War of Illusions to before you played that story. So that is probably what you are remembering. As far as I know there is no other way to reset the story.
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ciel
Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
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Aniline
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7/3/2018
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Is there any Ambition content that's permanently missable if I get prematurely kicked out of court / University, except the Topsy King's opera? (I'd look on the wiki but I don't want to get spoiled.)
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Chezz
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7/5/2018
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Hello there!
I am on my way to becoming a PoSI and I am the part where I finished the stroll around London (doing the action in each area that needs 100 on each stat). After this, seems like I have to complete certain conditions that appear on my Opportunity Card deck - I think I found 4 so far, one asking for a Townhouse, another asking for good clothes, other asking for different renown with different factions, and other asking for different lodgings available. From what I understood, I only need to complete one of them?
Also, I can complete right now the ones that look 'cheaper' (the townhouse or getting several different 'cheap' lodgings like the Rooftop). Thing is, I heard every lodgings card adds card to Opportunity deck, so if by doing this I end clogging it I don't think it's a good idea?
RP-wise, my character should absolutely go for having 'Friends who can do the job', but getting to 10 renown with Criminals, Revolutionaries and Great Game seems can take some time. But I am really in no rush to become a PoSI, right?
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Dudebro Pyro
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7/5/2018
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I'm pretty sure I used to be able to see how long ago I'd sent invitations. It was really nifty because I sent some Coffee invitations within the first couple of days of starting to play, and the "suggest a contact" button gave me a couple of completely inactive accounts, so I have these invitations from the very beginning sitting in my messages tab and I could use them to see exactly how long I'd played. (I remember checking back at one point and seeing over 400 days and being mindblown at it having been over a year already.) Did they remove that, or am I looking in the wrong place or something?
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Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them.
For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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Wilhelm Leibniz III
Posts: 63
7/5/2018
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Sara Hysaro wrote:
They're all three card Lodgings - it's a trade-off for pruning your deck a bit more. If your playstyle doesn't typically save cards in your hand then it's probably worthwhile, or if you really need to find a specific card in a hurry.
That is unfortunate. I have 2 of the Mood cards(I got them last month!!!) and I am saving them. So 3 card decks would suck. It is rather odd though. I got no City Vices cards for the longest time but since the election I have got a ton, earlier I had 3 in a row! Guess I have to live with it.
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