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Game Reports / too much of a good thing (golems and scrying pools)

« on: October 03, 2014, 06:38:11 am »

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Moat, Scrying Pool, Chancellor, Urchin, Golem, Junk Dealer, Laboratory, Margrave, Bank, Expand
http://dominionlogs.goko.com/20141003/log.516cd2c1e4b082c74d7a166a.1412330925348.txt

This was a strange game that definitely taught me something. My first thought was I'll get some scrying pools and urchins then trash down a bit and transition to golems for some +action. That way I can play some terminals for coin (chancellor.)

What I hadn't accounted for was drawing all my actions with scrying pools and having nothing for golem to play. Also a lack of +buy w/o Margrave in deck made it hard to build faster.

I started buying Banks to toss in stop cards to not draw my whole deck, and then I was able to start double colony turns. but by the time I'd figured that out my opponent had enough coin of his own and labs to be able to do the same.

In retrospect I'd

• skip chancellor
• buy golem on my first 4P and try to get another every couple of scrying pools
• maybe toss in more labs
• buy an early Margrave and then more
• get banks once I'd trash many non actions

Does that make sense?

Is there a better way to approach this kingdom?

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Dominion General Discussion / How low can I go? (Do I really want to know)

« on: October 03, 2014, 06:10:48 am »

About 2 weeks ago I was at iso lvl 33-35. Since then I've creeped (plummeted?) down to lvl 28.

I'd like to think it's due to playing some tough competition who have whipped me into shape. But a lot of my recent losing streak has been against lvl 15-25 players.

I used to wonder whether I could  beat that 35 barrier. Now I can't even touch it!

Arrghhhhhhh!




Anyone else going through this?

Does it get better?

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Game Reports / KC Sab or Tourney or both?

« on: May 16, 2014, 01:02:31 pm »

http://dominionlogs.goko.com/20140516/log.516cd2c1e4b082c74d7a166a.1400248775386.txt

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Courtyard, Smugglers, Warehouse, Ironworks, Thief, Tournament, Cartographer, Saboteur, Treasury, King's Court
On this board, is it smart to be building into KC saboteur? Or is tournament the way to go?

I realize that my opponent was probably not playing optimally & I think he thought he had the game when he piled out courtyards as a response to my sabbing his cards. Had he trashed into duchies or estates, could I still have caught up?

I also think he underestimated the value of princess on this board

On a 2/5 start which is better, Cartographer or Treasury? I chose cartographer hoping for quicker cycling.

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Game Reports / Witch into rebuild by way of university

« on: May 09, 2014, 09:40:15 pm »

http://www.gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?/20140509/log.516cd2c1e4b082c74d7a166a.1399685469040.txt

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University, Wishing Well, Armory, Apprentice, Inn, Mint, Rebuild, Witch, Fairgrounds, Goons
Just played a strange rebuild game with colonies. I opened 5/2 with witch/nothing. Then went university. I wasn't sure it was the right choice but by the end I had 7 rebuilds and had trashed all but my 3 colonies. My opponent's big money rebuild couldn't keep up.

There was an interesting synergy with Inn. Whenever I gained an Inn through University I could recirculate a bunch of rebuilds to trash more colonies.

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Game Reports / What trash for benefit is best?

« on: April 27, 2014, 08:17:07 am »

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Secret Chamber, Philosopher's Stone, Remake, Smithy, Bazaar, Festival, Graverobber, Fairgrounds, Grand Market, Forge
I played this kingdom with Kirian yesterday.

Smithy with bazaar/festival let us draw a lot of cards and pick up many grand markets.

But a range of TFB cards also gave some interesting end game scenarios. I don't know if I chose ideally but I decided to try them all! Remaking forges and graverobbering 5 cost cards into provinces.

A couple questions:
1. Did I go for forge too early when I hit 7 on T3?
2. How should I have played T7 with forge, smithy, 2 copper, and silver in hand? I chose trash a bit rather than draw more cards to maybe buy a village.
3. Leading into the endgame on T15 should I have skipped provinces and built up a bit more for a big final turn?


Fairgrounds would have also probably not been that hard to get to 6 points but neither of us went that route.

Thanks for any insight.

Edit: Here's the log: http://gokologs.drunkensailor.org/static/logprettifier.html?20140426/log.50635cc651c3843e7939ece8.1398568273030.txt