Thief Division:
Fabian (2) vs klaus33 (63) 4-0 to Fabian
Game 1After opening Spice Merchant, and buying a second as well, I pick up a number of Minions and Peddlers (from the Woodcutter effect of Spice Merchant) and a King's Court, after which my deck is quite powerful and I begin to buy Colony on turn 11. On turn 19, I buy #7, and klaus has no chance of a comeback and buys the last one on turn 20.
Game 2I open Silver/Jack and klaus opens Steward/Jack. He gets some nice trashing going early on, and I'm not feeling great about my chances a few turns in. He goes for Harems over Gold, which, while those points end up being decently relevant in the late game, possibly prevents him from buying a Province or two, and in the end I can snag the penultimate Province safely, and from there on I can defend the advantage comfortably until I can get the last Province as well. Quite a close game.
Game 3klaus opens nothing/Laboratory while I open nothing/Jester with the plan of buying Silver on 3+4, Laboratory on 5, Gold on 6 and Province on 8 for the foreseeable future. At some point in the late game I go with an Oasis at 3, and I pick up a Duchy on 5 in the late game, otherwise this went according to script. I like my Jester opening here.
Game 4Great, Fishing Village/Torturer. klaus said after the game he, being quite new to Dominion, didn't realize the power of that combo until it was too late, and so this game is pretty uninteresting. I buy Fishing Village at 3/4, Torturer at 5+, and when I have 6 Torturer I start buying Province. Boring game which is pretty much won entirely by an extremely high powered combo which, as klaus put it, he'll remember from now on
The games were quite quick, but I enjoyed playing you klaus, and I think you played well for being new to the game. Good luck in the future, maybe we'll meet again in the next tournament