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« on: November 07, 2015, 05:13:52 am »
WOW! Truly and epic comeback. I love Duplicate and Royal Carriage, particularly for their mega-turn enabling strategies.
I can't say I can add anything to analyzing this particular game. Seems like you really found a great strategy. I can share that today I was 2nd in a 4 player game where the winner used a duplicate strategy to gain nearly all the duchies. That strategy seems really strong. My strategy relied on Transmogrify, Fortress, and Apprentice, with late Wine Merchants for extra cash and buys. At first I thought it wasn't working fast enough, but then it finally lined up and I had two turns over which I bought 5 provinces. Still, wasn't strong enough to beat the Duplicate + Duchies.
Has anyone run some simulations on a Duplicate-Duchy 3 pile rush in general. Sounds like it would be a useful baseline for comparison to both these games.