Thanks for the kind words jsh357! I still have a lot to learn, and playing against an experienced player like you helped alot!
Game 1: I thought the steward might just beat me by allowing you to play more rebuilds with a thin deck, but it cost jsh a few turns in which lucky draws of $5 allowed me to gobble up duchies. Could have played better, but i got greedy in the middle and allowed jsh to almost catch up. Thankfully, he ran out of duchies.
Game 2: I really thought i would win this. The bank proved great due to the huge draws from wharf and courtyard, but like jsh said, unlucky draws towards the end allowed him to win. I probably contributed to my own downfall by overstuffing on estates with wharf's extra buys
Game 3: Congrats on pulling off that huge engine! I think i slowed myself down by overstuffing myself with silvers in the hopes of getting more rebuilds to end the game faster. Didn't work out, and slowed myself down enough for jsh's megaturn to kill me.
Game 4: Generic hermit/market square. Lost this on turn 3 and 4 when i got bad draws and couldn't get 2 hermits on either turn, while jsh claimed 2 hermits a turn. Lost the hermit split, and hence the market square split, and subsequently, the game. Don't think i could have done any better in this game, so i'll blame bad luck. Any comments on how i could have played this one differently(or any other game) would be appreciated!
Still enjoyed it greatly!