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« on: December 06, 2012, 10:44:26 am »
When someone closer to the bottom 50 plays someone in the top 50, there is always a feeling of apprehension and doom with a tiny flicker of hope. Game #1 reinforced the doom and apprehension part. We had similar starts, but I felt it turned south for me when my Cartographer was swindled into a Duchy. Game #2 reinstated my hope. I was able to sustain an Alchemist chain and start buying Provinces sooner and build up enough of a lead that yaron's better deck towards the end of the game couldn't catch. By the end of Game #3, I had a great deck with too few Provinces, a lesson I didn't learn from the game before. Game #4 was one of those games that midway through you realize your only chance of not being buried is if your opponent's computer dies or a catastrophe halts all internet traffic. I was feeling pretty low at this point, but Yaron tried an alternative strategy in Game #5 whereas I stuck with a simple Chapel strategy. Perhaps being placed in the Chapel division gave me an edge, but once again the Chapel strategy proved the best - although we both agreed it would be an interesting one to run on the simulators. Game #6 was full of attack cards. I decided early on to try for Duke/Duchy and purchase just a few attacks. Duke/Duchy prevailed. Would I learn that lesson? On to Game #7 with my flicker of hope now swelling into full blown hope of an upset. I went for Barons / Tactician and snatched up all the Provinces. I did two double Province buys with enough $ on the final turn for a third had another one been available. As I made my final purchase I saw that...Duke/Duchy prevailed. I had a blast though, and thanks to all who are working to make this possible. It's a great game and forum.