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26

Dominion League / Season 18 - Results

« on: November 06, 2016, 11:17:52 am »

Please post your results for all Season 18 matches here.
Make it a simple post with one line. Include both players names and the final score.
This thread is only for finished matches. Partial results go here.

• always play exactly 6 games.
• We score games, not matchpoints.
• first-player order is irrelevant, as long as both players end up going first 3 times.

Please also post whether you want to play next season in this thread rather than your scheduling thread.

27

Dominion League / Season 18 - Game Reports & Discussion

« on: November 06, 2016, 11:16:32 am »

If you want to write about a game you or someone else played during the league, or post links to video coverage, please do so in this thread.

If you've lost a game and want to ask for advice, you can also post it here.

28

2016 DominionStrategy Championships / Quarterfinal Matchups & Results

« on: October 29, 2016, 03:16:46 pm »

Quarter final time - on to the final eight!
> Hi, I'm a bracket <

That was quite a round of sixteen we had. LaLight continued his amazing streak with a whooping 4-0 in his round of 16 match. Can he beat his next tough opponent, JSH? Also, michaeljb really kicked out the warhorse Rabid with 4-0 as well.
Coming up, we have a reissue of last season's Dominion League final between Stef and gamesou, a match that sounds like a true final already. We're excited to see how all the contenders do and are happy to see more streams. We'll be delighted if you feel like you can stream and commentate for someone who just wants to share their screen.
Deadline for this round is November, 6th.

101	Stef	vs.	gamesou
102	Lalight	vs.	jsh357
103	Mikey the great (Miked)	vs.	michaeljb
104	Ceviri (tailred)	vs.	markus

29

Dominion League / Season 17 - Results

« on: August 28, 2016, 03:50:04 pm »

Please post your results for all Season 17 matches here.
Make it a simple post with one line. Include both players names and the final score.
This thread is only for finished matches. Partial results go here.

• always play exactly 6 games.
• We score games, not matchpoints.
• first-player order is irrelevant, as long as both players end up going first 3 times.

Please also post whether you want to play next season in this thread rather than your scheduling thread.

30

Dominion League / Season 16 - Results

« on: July 09, 2016, 06:49:32 pm »

Please post your results for all Season 16 matches here.
Make it a simple post with one line. Include both players names and the final score.
This thread is only for finished matches. Partial results go here.

• always play exactly 6 games.
• We score games, not matchpoints.
• first-player order is irrelevant, as long as both players end up going first 3 times.

Please also post whether you want to play next season in this thread rather than your scheduling thread.

31

Dominion League / Season 15 - Announcing Livestreams

« on: May 21, 2016, 05:24:29 pm »

Announce your season 15 league match live streams in this thread.

If you don't want to miss any, use the notify button on the top right.
(also a good plan for your own scheduling thread)

Please facilitate notifying by posting at most twice in this thread: once to announce a couple of days in advance, and once to announce you go live right now.
If you want to discuss streams that have already finished, use the game reports thread.

When announcing, please (also) include UTC times - or you could work with the [time] tag as being described here. Providing a link in your announcement or signature really helps as well.
If you're also interested in non-league streams, enable notifications in this thread as well.

32

Dominion League / Season 15 - Standings

« on: May 21, 2016, 05:22:18 pm »

A (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	Mic Qsenoch	4,4	22	5	0,0	194,5	Yes
2.	Stef	3,9	19,5	5	0,0	196,8	?
3.	SCSN	2,5	10	4	0,0	126,5	Yes
4.	A Drowned Kernel	2,3	9	4	5,0	106,5	Yes
5.	gkrieg	2,3	9	4	1,0	141,5	Yes
6.	Wachsmuth	1,3	2,5	2	0,0	48,8	-

Mic Qsenoch - Stef: 3 - 3
Mic Qsenoch - SCSN: 4 - 2
Mic Qsenoch - A Drowned Kernel: 5 - 1
Mic Qsenoch - gkrieg: 4 - 2
Mic Qsenoch - Wachsmuth: 6 - 0
Stef - SCSN: 5 - 1
Stef - A Drowned Kernel: 5 - 1
Stef - gkrieg: 3 - 3
Stef - Wachsmuth: 3,5 - 2,5
SCSN - A Drowned Kernel: 4 - 2
SCSN - gkrieg: 3 - 3
A Drowned Kernel - gkrieg: 5 - 1


B1 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	vsiewnar	3,4	17	5	4,0	255,0	Yes
2.	Mikey the great	3,4	17	5	2,0	239,0	Yes
3.	Dingan	3,0	15	5	7,0	217,0	Yes
4.	MVP	3,0	15	5	6,0	213,0	Yes
5.	drsteelhammer	3,0	15	5	5,0	227,0	Yes
6.	2.71828.....	2,2	11	5	0,0	175,0	?

vsiewnar - Mikey the great: 4 - 2
vsiewnar - Dingan: 4 - 2
vsiewnar - MVP: 5 - 1
vsiewnar - drsteelhammer: 2 - 4
vsiewnar - 2.71828.....: 2 - 4
Mikey the great - Dingan: 4 - 2
Mikey the great - MVP: 3 - 3
Mikey the great - drsteelhammer: 3 - 3
Mikey the great - 2.71828.....: 5 - 1
Dingan - MVP: 3 - 3
Dingan - drsteelhammer: 4 - 2
Dingan - 2.71828.....: 4 - 2
MVP - drsteelhammer: 3 - 3
MVP - 2.71828.....: 5 - 1
drsteelhammer - 2.71828.....: 3 - 3


B2 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	gamesou	3,5	17,5	5	0,0	259,5	Yes
2.	DG	3,4	17	5	0,0	239,3	Yes
3.	Rabid	3,2	16	5	0,0	229,5	Yes
4.	Qvist	2,7	13,5	5	0,0	203,5	Yes
5.	Geronimoo	2,6	13	5	4,0	193,3	No
6.	E.Honda	2,6	13	5	2,0	203,5	Yes

gamesou - DG: 4,5 - 1,5
gamesou - Rabid: 4 - 2
gamesou - Qvist: 4 - 2
gamesou - Geronimoo: 3 - 3
gamesou - E.Honda: 2 - 4
DG - Rabid: 3 - 3
DG - Qvist: 5 - 1
DG - Geronimoo: 4,5 - 1,5
DG - E.Honda: 3 - 3
Rabid - Qvist: 1 - 5
Rabid - Geronimoo: 5 - 1
Rabid - E.Honda: 5 - 1
Qvist - Geronimoo: 2,5 - 3,5
Qvist - E.Honda: 3 - 3
Geronimoo - E.Honda: 4 - 2


C1 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	Polk5440	3,7	18,5	5	0,0	262,8	Yes
2.	funkdoc	3,2	16	5	0,0	237,0	Yes
3.	schadd	2,9	14,5	5	0,0	212,3	Yes
4.	joey12	2,8	14	5	3,0	212,0	Yes
5.	Iguana Iguana	2,8	14	5	3,0	208,5	No
6.	Horist	2,6	13	5	0,0	198,0	Yes

Polk5440 - funkdoc: 3 - 3
Polk5440 - schadd: 3,5 - 2,5
Polk5440 - joey12: 3 - 3
Polk5440 - Iguana Iguana: 5 - 1
Polk5440 - Horist: 4 - 2
funkdoc - schadd: 5 - 1
funkdoc - joey12: 4 - 2
funkdoc - Iguana Iguana: 1 - 5
funkdoc - Horist: 3 - 3
schadd - joey12: 3 - 3
schadd - Iguana Iguana: 4 - 2
schadd - Horist: 4 - 2
joey12 - Iguana Iguana: 3 - 3
joey12 - Horist: 3 - 3
Iguana Iguana - Horist: 3 - 3


C2 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	singletee	3,8	19	5	0,0	244,0	Yes
2.	scotty2hotty	3,6	18	5	0,0	267,5	Yes
3.	Chris is me	3,5	17,5	5	0,0	236,5	Yes
4.	aku chi	3,2	16	5	0,0	218,5	Yes
5.	gloures	2,4	12	5	0,0	161,5	?
6.	TadyBoy	1,5	7,5	5	0,0	124,5	No

singletee - scotty2hotty: 1 - 5
singletee - Chris is me: 3 - 3
singletee - aku chi: 4 - 2
singletee - gloures: 6 - 0
singletee - TadyBoy: 5 - 1
scotty2hotty - Chris is me: 4 - 2
scotty2hotty - aku chi: 2 - 4
scotty2hotty - gloures: 4 - 2
scotty2hotty - TadyBoy: 3 - 3
Chris is me - aku chi: 4 - 2
Chris is me - gloures: 3,5 - 2,5
Chris is me - TadyBoy: 5 - 1
aku chi - gloures: 3 - 3
aku chi - TadyBoy: 5 - 1
gloures - TadyBoy: 4,5 - 1,5


C3 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	ced	3,5	17,5	5	0,0	240,8	Yes
2.	tufftaeh	3,4	17	5	0,0	252,5	Yes
3.	markus	3,2	16	5	0,0	217,0	Yes
4.	Jean-Michel	3,1	15,5	5	0,0	232,8	Yes
5.	Harley_Beckett	2,9	14,5	5	0,0	214,3	Yes
6.	Tomush	1,9	9,5	5	0,0	150,8	No

ced - tufftaeh: 2 - 4
ced - markus: 3 - 3
ced - Jean-Michel: 5 - 1
ced - Harley_Beckett: 2 - 4
ced - Tomush: 5,5 - 0,5
tufftaeh - markus: 4 - 2
tufftaeh - Jean-Michel: 3 - 3
tufftaeh - Harley_Beckett: 3 - 3
tufftaeh - Tomush: 3 - 3
markus - Jean-Michel: 1 - 5
markus - Harley_Beckett: 4 - 2
markus - Tomush: 6 - 0
Jean-Michel - Harley_Beckett: 4,5 - 1,5
Jean-Michel - Tomush: 2 - 4
Harley_Beckett - Tomush: 4 - 2


D1 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	The Do-Operator	3,8	15	4	0,0	163,0	Yes
2.	tracer	3,6	14,5	4	0,0	150,8	Yes
3.	dmet	3,4	13,5	4	0,0	155,8	?
4.	jamfamsam	2,3	9	4	0,0	115,0	Yes
5.	crlundy	2,0	8	4	0,0	93,0	Yes

The Do-Operator - tracer: 5 - 1
The Do-Operator - dmet: 1 - 5
The Do-Operator - jamfamsam: 5 - 1
The Do-Operator - crlundy: 4 - 2
tracer - dmet: 4,5 - 1,5
tracer - jamfamsam: 3 - 3
tracer - crlundy: 6 - 0
dmet - jamfamsam: 3 - 3
dmet - crlundy: 4 - 2
jamfamsam - crlundy: 2 - 4


D2 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	Seprix	3,8	19	5	0,0	268,0	Yes
2.	amoffett11	3,6	18	5	0,0	253,0	Yes
3.	OvertAnglerfish	3,0	15	5	0,0	212,0	?
4.	MtMagus	2,6	13	5	4,0	201,0	Yes
5.	microman	2,6	13	5	2,0	197,0	Yes
6.	ephesos	2,4	12	5	0,0	177,0	No

Seprix - amoffett11: 3 - 3
Seprix - OvertAnglerfish: 5 - 1
Seprix - MtMagus: 4 - 2
Seprix - microman: 3 - 3
Seprix - ephesos: 4 - 2
amoffett11 - OvertAnglerfish: 3 - 3
amoffett11 - MtMagus: 3 - 3
amoffett11 - microman: 4 - 2
amoffett11 - ephesos: 5 - 1
OvertAnglerfish - MtMagus: 3 - 3
OvertAnglerfish - microman: 4 - 2
OvertAnglerfish - ephesos: 4 - 2
MtMagus - microman: 4 - 2
MtMagus - ephesos: 1 - 5
microman - ephesos: 4 - 2


D3 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	Haddock	4,3	17	4	0,0	182,5	Yes
2.	Jeb	3,0	12	4	4,0	128,5	Yes
3.	zporiri	3,0	12	4	2,0	144,5	Yes
4.	Infthitbox	2,6	10,5	4	0,0	115,3	Yes
5.	Hugovj	2,1	8,5	4	0,0	109,8	No

Haddock - Jeb: 5 - 1
Haddock - zporiri: 3 - 3
Haddock - Infthitbox: 5 - 1
Haddock - Hugovj: 4 - 2
Jeb - zporiri: 4 - 2
Jeb - Infthitbox: 2 - 4
Jeb - Hugovj: 5 - 1
zporiri - Infthitbox: 5 - 1
zporiri - Hugovj: 2 - 4
Infthitbox - Hugovj: 4,5 - 1,5


D4 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	Aleimon Thimble	3,4	17	5	3,0	244,5	Yes
2.	Calamitas	3,4	17	5	3,0	243,0	Yes
3.	Ravi Vasudevan	3,2	16	5	0,0	223,0	Yes
4.	Micha1980	3,1	15,5	5	3,5	223,3	Yes
5.	Joseph2302	3,1	15,5	5	2,5	224,8	Yes
6.	Nara	1,8	9	5	0,0	146,0	?

Aleimon Thimble - Calamitas: 3 - 3
Aleimon Thimble - Ravi Vasudevan: 5 - 1
Aleimon Thimble - Micha1980: 3 - 3
Aleimon Thimble - Joseph2302: 2 - 4
Aleimon Thimble - Nara: 4 - 2
Calamitas - Ravi Vasudevan: 2 - 4
Calamitas - Micha1980: 4 - 2
Calamitas - Joseph2302: 4 - 2
Calamitas - Nara: 4 - 2
Ravi Vasudevan - Micha1980: 3 - 3
Ravi Vasudevan - Joseph2302: 3 - 3
Ravi Vasudevan - Nara: 5 - 1
Micha1980 - Joseph2302: 3,5 - 2,5
Micha1980 - Nara: 4 - 2
Joseph2302 - Nara: 4 - 2


D5 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	Simon (DK)	4,1	20,5	5	0,0	272,8	No
2.	Dunduks	3,8	19	5	0,0	255,5	Yes
3.	Watno	3,5	17,5	5	0,0	227,3	?
4.	Sciserr	2,9	14,5	5	0,0	204,3	Yes
5.	andrewzom	1,9	9,5	5	0,0	134,8	Yes
6.	SnakeEater	1,8	9	5	0,0	136,5	No

Simon (DK) - Dunduks: 3 - 3
Simon (DK) - Watno: 4 - 2
Simon (DK) - Sciserr: 4 - 2
Simon (DK) - andrewzom: 4,5 - 1,5
Simon (DK) - SnakeEater: 5 - 1
Dunduks - Watno: 3 - 3
Dunduks - Sciserr: 4 - 2
Dunduks - andrewzom: 5 - 1
Dunduks - SnakeEater: 4 - 2
Watno - Sciserr: 2,5 - 3,5
Watno - andrewzom: 6 - 0
Watno - SnakeEater: 4 - 2
Sciserr - andrewzom: 2 - 4
Sciserr - SnakeEater: 5 - 1
andrewzom - SnakeEater: 3 - 3


E1 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	Petrovic	4,4	17,5	4	0,0	199,8	Yes
2.	Water Polo DMo	3,4	13,5	4	0,0	169,3	Yes
3.	traldan	3,3	6,5	2	0,0	85,8	-
4.	kungapa	2,8	14	5	0,0	160,5	?
5.	rds36	2,5	12,5	5	0,0	140,3	?
6.	ErinJ	2,0	8	4	0,0	106,5	Yes

Petrovic - Water Polo DMo: 3,5 - 2,5
Petrovic - kungapa: 3 - 3
Petrovic - rds36: 5 - 1
Petrovic - ErinJ: 6 - 0
Water Polo DMo - kungapa: 4 - 2
Water Polo DMo - rds36: 3 - 3
Water Polo DMo - ErinJ: 4 - 2
traldan - kungapa: 3 - 3
traldan - rds36: 3,5 - 2,5
kungapa - rds36: 3 - 3
kungapa - ErinJ: 3 - 3
rds36 - ErinJ: 3 - 3


E2 (100%)

rank	name	average	points	#played	2nd	3rd	season16?
1.	diedre91	4,1	16,5	4	0,0	162,8	Yes
2.	Mort	3,8	15	4	0,0	154,0	Yes
3.	Michael Jay	3,4	13,5	4	0,0	133,8	Yes
4.	Orange	2,8	11	4	0,0	122,5	Yes
5.	Adroman	1,0	4	4	0,0	50,5	No

diedre91 - Mort: 3 - 3
diedre91 - Michael Jay: 4,5 - 1,5
diedre91 - Orange: 3 - 3
diedre91 - Adroman: 6 - 0
Mort - Michael Jay: 3 - 3
Mort - Orange: 4 - 2
Mort - Adroman: 5 - 1
Michael Jay - Orange: 4 - 2
Michael Jay - Adroman: 5 - 1
Orange - Adroman: 4 - 2


average: average points/match
points = 1st criterium = total number of games won
2nd = number of games won amongst players with equal score
3rd = for each won game, sum opponents score
iso = Isotropish rating, irrelevant for the league
season16? = Please post a message after your last match in your groups scheduling thread stating whether you'll be back

33

Dominion League / Season 15 - Results

« on: May 21, 2016, 05:09:30 pm »

Please post your results for all Season 15 matches here.
Make it a simple post with one line. Include both players names and the final score.
This thread is only for finished matches. Partial results go here.

• always play exactly 6 games.
• We score games, not matchpoints.
• first-player order is irrelevant, as long as both players end up going first 3 times.

34

Dominion League / Season 12 - Announcing Livestreams

« on: December 20, 2015, 04:31:57 pm »

Announce your season 12 league match live streams in this thread.

If you don't want to miss any, use the notify button on the top right.
(also a good plan for your own scheduling thread)

Please facilitate notifying by posting at most twice in this thread: once to announce a couple of days in advance, and once to announce you go live right now.
If you want to discuss streams that have already finished, use the game reports thread.

When announcing, please (also) include UTC times - or you could work with the [time] tag as being described here. Providing a link in your announcement or signature really helps as well.
If you're also interested in non-league streams, enable notifications in this thread as well.

35

Dominion League / Season 12 - Game reports & discussion

« on: December 20, 2015, 04:31:15 pm »

If you want to write about a game you or someone else played during the league, or post links to video coverage, please do so in this thread.

If you've lost a game and want to ask for advice, please post it here.
All your questions will be answered.

36

Help! / That Governor board....

« on: August 07, 2015, 05:04:57 am »

I still have this Governor board from my league match against mpsprs in my mind...

Thoughts and links on my match against mpsprs

Whole recorded stream: http://www.twitch.tv/assemble_me/c/6958351

[...]

Game 3 (starting at ~42:00):

http://www.gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?20150707/log.50e7525ee4b0b5b74140a6c0.1436295969034.txt

Code: [Select]

Embargo, Secret Chamber, Masquerade, Menagerie, Conspirator, Monument, Scavenger, Young Witch, Counting House, Governor, Junk DealerProvinces/Estates

We both open Masq/Silver right into Governor this time. No one bothers about Junk Dealer here (seems like a cheap excuse, I think I would have considered it if it would have been on the first page). I'm winning the Governor split, but don't have enough Gold in my deck to go for really big turns. We have to dance around Duchies for a long time. Although I'm almost at triple Province I don't expect my deck to be able to do that (altough I'm almost there if I wouldn't have trashed my Copper the turn before... but I think then I wouldn't have been able to draw all cards).
Not sure about a lot of thing on this one. The only thing that seems clear to me is that I must have done something pretty bad after winning the Governor split. I'm not 100% sure if I could have drawn everything during my last turn if I would have kept the last Copper. Also not sure if I should have gone more for the money, less for cards with Governor in the mid game. Yet, probably the first 5 should have been a Junk Dealer for both of us.

[...]

Btw: You can see the whole match from his perspective, too: http://www.twitch.tv/mpsprs/c/6941291

Do you agree with what I'm saying there?
What went wrong in the end?

37

Dominion: Adventures Previews / Adventures German version scheduled for September, 1st

« on: March 23, 2015, 06:27:27 am »

Hi,

I just saw a message on Facebook posted by "Dominion Welt" saying that the German version will be released on September, 1st (I had hoped to receive it earlier...).
Also, RGG is going to re-release German versions of Prosperity, Hinterlands and Dark Ages in 2016

Liebe Dominion-Fans,

wie ihr bestimmt schon durch das eine oder andere Forum erfahren habt, ist gerade eine brandneue DOMINION-Erweiterung in Entstehung. Diese heißt im Original „Adventures“ und wird den deutschen Titel „Abenteuer“ tragen. Die deutsche Erstveröffentlichung ist für den 1. September 2015 vorgesehen. Bis dahin werden wir euch in regelmäßigen Abständen mit tollen Aktionen und Gewinnspielen auf dem Laufenden halten.

Die bisher von der Dominion-Welt nicht neu veröffentlichten Erweiterungen „Blütezeit“, „Hinterland“ und „Dark Ages“ werden nach der Veröffentlichung von „Abenteuer“ ab 2016 sukzessive neu aufgelegt. Einen genauen Veröffentlichungstermin können wir euch an dieser Stelle aber noch nicht nennen.
Wir halten euch auf dem Laufenden.

euer Dominion Welt Team

38

Dominion General Discussion / German version of Prince for free at Dominion Welt on Facebook

« on: November 15, 2014, 03:33:36 pm »

I almost forgot to tell everybody in here: There's a marketing thing going on by "Dominion Welt" at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dominionwelt where you can gain the German version of Prince for free. It actually worked out for me, mine arrived today.
It's almost running for two weeks now, but it seems to be available, still.

39

Help! / Marauder vs. Cultist

« on: October 20, 2014, 08:33:47 am »

Hi,

I just found a game log from season 1 of the dominion league.
It's a Colony board, he opens Silver/Marauder where I go for Silver/Silver to try to go heavily for Cultists.
I'm loosing the ruins split 4-6 that way, and I'm still puzzled how that could happen. Is Marauder stronger than Cultist here? Is it better to pick up a Marauder before going for Cultists? I would have expexcted the answer to be "no", because I would have thought you'd just draw your Marauders dead.
After the Ruins war, I add Provinces, but they never collide with my Tournaments until it's nearly the end of the game. It may be a bit less likely with the junk around, but I still believe it's the right call, even if it's just to block his Tournaments and he has a lot.
He really seems to have benefitted from the extra spoils as he can buy Colonies much faster than me (or maybe that's because of my extra Ruins... probably just both).

http://gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?20140610/log.513880ece4b006f8dc8ce4c2.1402427331478.txt

Code: [Select]

Squire, Oracle, Marauder, Pirate Ship, Quarry, Rats, Tournament, Band of Misfits, Cultist, Hoard
Colonies / Estates

40

Goko Dominion Online / Goko not loading

« on: October 17, 2014, 05:06:03 pm »

I'd like to play now, but Goko won't load. Seems like the server is collapsing due to high load.
Can't find something related in the MF forum, though. Anyone else experiencing the same?

/E: Looks like the problem is that I'm logging in via Facebook OAuth... and FB is pretty slow at the moment.

41

Dominion Articles / Board analysis 101 - a checklist (working...)

« on: May 05, 2014, 11:30:09 am »

I missed an article like this one and decided to start it myself. If there's something similar, I'm glad to see it. And as this post isn't finished, I'm glad to hear what you have to add.

Are you one of those players? Your game starts, you get a glimpse of the board and think: Woah, this is so cool I really want to go for that! And while you're building your cool engine, your enemy just rushes those Gardens with Ironworks because you didn't look closely through the whole kingdom?
Well, then, welcome to this article. It happens to me as well, and I think it's easier to happen online then in a RL game.


Things are: You really need to focus early on. Take a deep breath. Watch closely. Don't take your decisions too early.
Having a checklist in mind helps to mitigate a failed board analysis.

Try to answer following questions:

Which attack cards are available?
- Often attacks have devastating outcomes for several kinds of decks. Cursors make it much harder for an engine to come together, especially if there's no trashing. You probably need to win the Curse/Ruins war and the game becomes a slog.
- Discard attacks are very painful for BM
- Is there a good defense card against a perticular attack? Sometimes otherwise board changing cards are a lot worse with the right defense. (Like Ambassador vs. IGG). Sometimes strong trashing lets you ignore slow cursors or junkers. And often it's worth picking up a few Menageries when your opponent plays Ghost Ship or Militia every turn
- And of course, there are attacks that are mostly ignoarable (like Spy or Thief - however you probably want a Thief in a Fool's Gold Mirror)

Are there any villages?
- Remember that Throne Room, King's Court or Tactician can serve as Pseudo Village

Is there any trashing?
- Sifting can be fine as well

Are there sources of +Buy?
- Pseudo forms of +Buy can help, like Tactician, or Trash for benefit like Remodel, Expand or Graverobber

Is there any Card draw?

What's the best Big Money Strategy?

Is it a Colony/Shelters game?

Is there any Alt-VP card + strong enabler?

Try to take a close look on every available card. Watch out for synergies and combos with other kingdom cards.

Think about what you want to do. Then think again. Take your time (and don't play those Goko games which state "Fast play" etc o_O)

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Introductions / Hi there

« on: April 15, 2014, 04:30:42 am »

After being registered for a year and breaking my silence yesterday I think it might be time to introduce myself?

I'm from south western Germany and work as a Software Engineer. I started playing Dominion in RL at the end of 2011, online at the end of 2012. I've been a Dominion youtube junkie after finding an article with videos by WanderingWinder on DS resulting in watching much more videos than actually playing (or reading/writing here). After being short on free time (in Dominion speech: playing upgrade on a house, only in RL) I've started over playing online myself and I've actually started writing here!
Besides that, I might be the only German who does NOT like beer. But at least I like Bratwurst and Soccer so your view of the world shouldn't totally be shattered now . Other than that, I'm a veteran MTG player, spending all my money for it during my teenage years and I've been a moderator on a (back then) popular German MTG forum. I like other board games, too, especially since my wife doesn't like to play Dominion against me any more . At the moment we play Race for the Galaxy.
And finally I'm a music freak and am into 80's wave and post punk and recent indie music.

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Help! / Analyze the newbie

« on: April 15, 2014, 03:05:08 am »

So, I wanted to do this a long time ago.
I'm posting some of my games here where I think I played really well or totally poor. Maybe some of you would like to take a look and comment the matches.

1) http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20140413/log.50e7525ee4b0b5b74140a6c0.1397415110611.txt

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Swindler, Advisor, Mining Village, Talisman, Treasure Map, Jester, Rabble, Venture, Grand Market, King's Court

This really looks like an engine to me. And it's a Colony game, so I totally want to build that engine.
Mining Village is a village, Rabble is draw that attacks, there's KC and GM. I'm going for it but things never seem to come together, probably because my deck is so bloated. After many painful turns with a lot of bad plays I can go off getting a huge mega turn which is much better than I had expected. My swindler that turn helps me to pile Colonies but I could have simply gotten all the Provinces istead. Overall, I feel I just won because my opponent played even worse than I did. The problem seems to be that there's no trashing and there are a lot of attacks. Maybe I should have just grabbed a few attacks, money and grabbed the points I could get.


2) http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20140413/log.50e7525ee4b0b5b74140a6c0.1397417820145.txt

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Transmute, Crossroads, Stonemason, Lookout, Warehouse, Bridge, Silk Road, Spice Merchant, Harvest, Horn of Plenty

Here's Horn of Plenty, and I really like Horn engines. But the problem is, there is no real draw and only weak trashing. Crossroads is the only village. I'm totally sure that the engine can't work out here. Looking further, I see there's Bridge + Silk Road, which I think is a thing. My opponent opens the same way I do, but is going for the HoP. I think I build up quite well, grab two Silvers, four Bridges and add two Crossroads, which should help me to play multiple bridges early on and with the many expected green cards later. I decide that Crossroads should become the third pile to be depleted. Maybe I could have bought a copper on a spare buy, but other than that, I think I got a really clean win, driving piles quickly. After the match I realized a single Dutchy would have been worth 11VP, but I've been just so far ahead there was no reason to lengthen the game.