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« on: April 30, 2019, 03:01:42 pm »
My friend and I were playing this suggested set the other day and came up with several combinations that had me curious. We generally like talking about the different strategies to help learn on the different sets we play, but we don't like to play the same sets over and over again, so I figured I would post here to get input from some of the better players.
This set is Amulet, Duplicate, Moneylender, Gardens, Bureaucrat, Messenger, Witch, Giant, Bandit, Treasure Trove - Events: Bonfire and Raid
My friend basically went Moneylender and a handful of Treasure Troves. The good attacking cards did not seem like they could keep up with with no sifting/extra action cards in this set.
I attempted a Messenger/Gardens/Treasure Trove type strategy. Even though I was giving him Gardens too due to Messenger, I bought a couple to make sure I won the race and was hoping it would slow him down a little. Unfortunately I was not able to 3 pile end it fast enough and he won the game, but it was fairly close. It was close enough that I felt like my strategy could have competed had I not made an early mistake (buying a single amulet with my opening turn instead of just grabbing a silver, which I felt like caused me to take too long acquiring my first Treasure Trove)
Neither of us tried it, but it also seemed like grabbing a lot of duplicates and trying for a big late Garden/Duchy swing might have worked. So does anybody else have experiences or good combos they like from this set? or any other more advanced insight to offer to a player still learning?
