This is pretty similar to a few already posted, but what if Coppers and Curses are empty, and each player's deck consists of only $1 and no gainers?
To relive this thread, yesterday I had a fun match with Golem+Scheme+Goons.
http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20120126-113953-79e0c3c2.html
First I saw Gardens + Silk Road, but there were no good support cards there (except for Goons). So I buyed Golem and 2 Schemes.
I could top-deck my Golem nearly every turn and could play Goons every turn. Later I picked up another Golem and could top-deck 2 Golems. Now I could play 2-3 Goons every turn and could deplete Gardens + Silk Road really fast. The coppers and green cards didn't hurt my deck because of Golem+Scheme.
I won with 119 - 47. That was fun and a really strong combo.
Counting house: ideally you chancellor everything and then CH for whatever you want. However this has the problems of requiring +actions, +buys (to stock up on copper, and still you have to hit a three card combo to make it work. Chancellor/CH/golems is much better (hit a golem, buy a colony, don't hit a golem -> buy a golem, copper, or VP).
Ferrous is a chemical term for certain iron compounds (I don't remember enough chemistry to be more specific).
"Ferrous" indicates the +2 oxidation state. It is also not proper notation any longer. "Iron(II)Wheel" doesn't quite have the same... ring... though.
She had less points than her opponent and shouldn't have bought the border village?
Do we get to know the point spread?
I specified that she was winning.Not telling by how much.
I've had minor success with a late Scout after Harem-spam. But it's not something anyone wants early in the game.I actually had a fairly good game with a harems mint scout combo useing the mint to trash all of my none harem treasure and the scout let me province every turn.
Dear Factitious, I'm sorry that insane luck got me this on turns 2-4:
--- GendoIkari's turn 2 ---
GendoIkari plays 5 Coppers.
GendoIkari buys a Witch.
(GendoIkari reshuffles.)
(GendoIkari draws: 5 Coppers.)
--- GendoIkari's turn 3 ---
GendoIkari plays 5 Coppers.
GendoIkari buys a Witch.
(GendoIkari draws: a Crossroads, a Copper, and 3 Estates.)
--- GendoIkari's turn 4 ---
GendoIkari plays a Crossroads.
... GendoIkari reveals a Copper and 3 Estates.
... (GendoIkari reshuffles.)
... drawing 3 cards and getting +3 actions.
GendoIkari plays a Witch.
... drawing 2 cards.
... Factitious gains a Curse.
GendoIkari plays a Witch.
... drawing 2 cards.
... Factitious gains a Curse.
GendoIkari plays 6 Coppers.
GendoIkari buys a Gold.
(GendoIkari reshuffles.)
(GendoIkari draws: 2 Coppers, 2 Witches, and an Estate.)
If you're just blatently cheating, why don't you just buy colonies from the get go? I can't think of a strategy that would beat someone buying a colony every turn starting turn one.
I'm pretty sure Puzzle 1 would beat it.
