Due to a general lack of time, I haven't been writing up my games during the league. But Temron asked me about feedback on the games, so I thought I'd make the effort. Also for a few of these games I felt I was in a great position but lost in the endgame and I'd love to learn from my mistakes!
Black Market, Chancellor, Alchemist, Marauder, Militia, Navigator, Plaza, Embassy, Festival, Hunting Grounds
http://gokologs.drunkensailor.org/static/logprettifier.html?20140731/log.516cd2c1e4b082c74d7a166a.1406852409229.txtTemron chose militia as an initial attack and I chose marauder. Temron used hunting ground for draw and I went for alchemists. I think these two choices left Temron with more junk cards in deck and a need for villages to increase his hand. With black market, we each got trashers however Temron wound up with trading post and I had lookout. This left me with a thinner deck that could just about draw itself and set me up well to pile out for the win.
Transmute, Courtyard, Shanty Town, Alchemist, Cartographer, Merchant Ship, Pillage, Trading Post, Altar, Grand Market
http://gokologs.drunkensailor.org/static/logprettifier.html?20140731/log.516cd2c1e4b082c74d7a166a.1406853195177.txtTemron began on 5/2 with a trading post. This thinned out his deck and set him up well to pick up many grand markets and win the alchemist split.
On 3/4 I opened silver/potion. An initial shanty town might have been better than silver and would have provided more draw or let me play my altar and trader together. Or maybe I should have went gold over altar and bought a trading post over cartographer the following turn.
Anyways, I was chasing after Temron the whole game and wasn't surprised that he won this one.
Beggar, Menagerie, Ironmonger, Pirate Ship, Baker, Contraband, Graverobber, Merchant Guild, Torturer, Altar
http://gokologs.drunkensailor.org/static/logprettifier.html?20140731/log.516cd2c1e4b082c74d7a166a.1406854100527.txtWith Baker on the board we both open silver torturer. I chose a baker on my next 5, Temron went for a second Torturer. I liked baker because I thought coin tokens might make it easier to pick up Ironmongers with smaller hands. I'm not sure that was right or not but I did pick up 7 Ironmongers which consistently game me extra actions for Torturer chains.
However Temron also hit 3 estate/2copper hands on both T4 and T6, which greatly slowed him down. His T6 hand was a direct consequence of drawing 3 coppers with Torturer. In this case, playing a baker instead would have left him with a better subsequent hand and more early Ironmongers.
This slow start probably gave me the edge to take the lead.
One other note: With 6 coins on T5, Temron bought an altar. I'm not sure that was great move as it added a third terminal to the mix. I think I would have went for Ironmonger.
Great Hall, Swindler, Fortress, Moneylender, Apprentice, Ghost Ship, Highway, Mystic, Saboteur, Grand Market
http://gokologs.drunkensailor.org/static/logprettifier.html?20140731/log.516cd2c1e4b082c74d7a166a.1406854696098.txtApprentice and fortress made this a great board for draw. Moneylender helped thin out our decks and build to grandmarkets. Swindler added some surprises.
On T15 I could have gone double colony but I was afraid of a dud hand on T16 so kept building. There are a number of ways I could have played the endgame differently.
What sealed my fate though was swindler hitting a colony leaving only 2 colonies for Temron to buy for the win. Had swindler hit anything else I would have been fine. This swindler action is fitting though since Temron's swindler hit 3 of my estates early on.
Moat, Squire, Market Square, Oracle, Smugglers, Workshop, Cutpurse, JackOfAllTrades, Harvest, Witch
http://gokologs.drunkensailor.org/static/logprettifier.html?20140731/log.516cd2c1e4b082c74d7a166a.1406855124906.txtA game with a combo of squire, joat, and witch (market square tossed in for fun)
I thought I had the lead with witches and squire but wound up with more curses.
The game was close for a bit then it wasn't.
I wonder whether double jack with markets for golds would have been quicker.
Candlestick Maker, Lighthouse, Steward, Bishop, Remake, Trader, Mine, Mint, Hoard, Bank
http://gokologs.drunkensailor.org/static/logprettifier.html?20140731/log.516cd2c1e4b082c74d7a166a.1406855966764.txtWe both went remake into mostly big money.
A few times on hands with 2 coins I chose to buy nothing over candlestick maker or lighthouse hoping to speed up my cycling. That might have been a bad idea.
This is one game I wonder what others might do.
This was a good set of games with Temron. They were a nice challenge to play and I think Temron and I were well matched.