hdu88 (Tao Chen): 3
Mic Qsenoch: 1
Game 0: Cancelled due to technical difficulties
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20140219/log.51201cbee4b04e88c8da4f9a.1392859267200.txtAlas, the most interesting game didn't finish. I had built a 35 point lead (soon to be 41 points), and Mic was just about to start an epic comeback with Bishop and constant Minion attacks. I had a lone Horse Traders and a few Schemes to try to steal the last two Provinces with. For some reason the window I was playing on completely froze, as in I couldn't click anything, even though my other tabs were working fine. We decided to scrap that game.
Game 1: hdu88 wins
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20140219/log.51201cbee4b04e88c8da4f9a.1392860487920.txtI spent a while deciding whether to go for a Vineyard strategy or play double Tactician with Secret Chamber. I ended up going for the double Tac under the erroneous assumption that each Stables play would give me +$2. Nope, it's actually +$1 because I lose two cards and gain three cards. Mandarin gives +$1 for the same reason (lose two cards, gain $3), but it has two advantages over Stables: 1) I can topdeck a card for next turn. I topdecked Secret Chamber when I started buying Provinces, but switched to Coppers after I nearly ended up with a treasureless Stables hand. 2) Stables eventually runs out of cards to draw, and then it becomes -$1. Mandarin gives extra cards to draw.
Anyway, my incorrect assumption gives me the win.
Game 2: hdu88 wins
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20140219/log.51201cbee4b04e88c8da4f9a.1392860970409.txtI've actually done a fair bit of testing with the DoubleJack opening on a Baker board (don't ask; I was curious). If the two Jacks collide like they did in this game, I'm at a small disadvantage compared to a Silver-Jack opening (but I still got lucky and won). If they don't collide, not only do I probably trash two early Estates, but I actually have a nearly guaranteed path to prevent them from colliding in the next shuffle, and it ends up being an enormous advantage (on a Jack board, "enormous advantage" translates to being roughly one turn faster). 50-50 slight disadvantage vs enormous advantage; I'm taking the gamble.
Game 3: Mic wins
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20140219/log.51201cbee4b04e88c8da4f9a.1392861566523.txtBy the time I noticed the synergy between Scavenger and Phil Stone, it was too late. I probably bought too many Golds when I should be buying Duchy and/or Scavenger. I decided to end the game because I had no chance.
Game 4: hdu88 wins
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20140219/log.51201cbee4b04e88c8da4f9a.1392862115693.txtI pretty much had no idea what I was doing on this board, but somehow I timed everything correctly despite some minor terminal collision. I bought Pillage at exactly the right time so that I could use Spoils on my last shuffle, and I gained 4 Curses from my opponent's Witch but never saw them.
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