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[Davio]

Witch Division

Davio (14) beats mvillalo (51)
4-0

Game 1: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-125954-407e7e9f.html
Game 2: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-130717-7c5a85e7.html
Game 3: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-131425-f95d0ce7.html
Game 4: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-132110-c6b26f08.html

The outcome is not really a good representation of the games.
Mvillalo played better than his TrueSkill rank of 2 would suggest and if luck had been reversed, I could have easily lost 0-4.

So, kudos to mvillalo who put up a great fight and good luck to him with his 3 months old son!

[mvillalo]

Thanks Davio, I enjoyed the games. Got any tips or pointers for me?

[Mergus]

Witch divison Round 2

Mergus beats pauley_walnuts 4-2

We had a fun series, especially the second last game was really long and I think we both didn't know who would win. Here are the logs:

Mergus 32 - 42 pauley
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-132712-6f1a6570.html

Mergus 11 - 9 pauley
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-133719-ff78d167.html

pauley 29 - 31 Mergus
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-134653-6f99177b.html

pauley 41 - 39 Mergus
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-140134-c2dfeaa9.html

Mergus 53 - 52 pauley
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-142813-f5b0f9e3.html

pauley 24 - 33 Mergus
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-143735-90f94a6e.html

Thanks for the games pauley!

[Maxwell]

Maxwell (30) beats Tmoiy (35) with 4-2 in the Witch division.

[dude8awesome]

dude8awesome(DraKKar) won!! It was with Roed 4 - 2 This is in Thief Division.
                                                         Round 1 DraKKar
                                                         Round 2 Roed
                                                         Round 3 DraKKar
                                                         Round 4 Roed
                                                         Round 5 DraKKar
                                                         Round 6 DraKKar

[Jimmy Jimmy]

Results for the second round match between Jimmy Jimmy and WallyNate (we decided to play early because of difficulty in scheduling a time to play next week):

Jimmy Jimmy 4 - 0 WallyNate

Here are the game logs:

Game 1. Score 47 - 37. Fairly nasty possession match

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-172739-120cbd50.html

Game 2. Score 49 - 43. Both players used similar embassy/big money engines, but I squeaked past WallyNate.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-173614-0305d998.html

Game 3. Score 66 - 58. In a moment of misjudgement, WallyNate opened with a militia in a tunnel game, but his good play assembling a venture/tunnel engine made it close.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-180403-600ea062.html

Game 4. Score 24 - 10. Probably the best kingdom of the match. Lots of synergistic cards including hamlet, watchtower, lots of good, cheap non-terminals and horn of plenty made for a fun, action-heavy game.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-174706-3552d71c.html

Thanks to WallyNate for the games.

[Axxle]

Witch Division 25 seed to 40 seed
Final: Axxle 4-2 Yuki_1229

Axxle 38-26         http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-012510-c77de82c.html

I ignored potion since I thought it would be too slow.  My treasure advantage turned out to be better than her action advantage in this Vault/Golem/Caravan game.  Remake helped a lot here as well.

Yuki_1229 41-29  http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-013031-29d8cc4a.html

I thought I could coast on double JoaT. I was wrong.  KC's, Conspirators, Stables, Nobles all came together to make a powerful engine.

Axxle 74-71         http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-015010-9517ab0d.html

At one in the morning I wasn't really thinking clearly about embargoing and embargoed some weird things (like provinces after yuki got a province and I didn't in a tournament game) and ignored the presence of tunnels in a goons game.  It turned out fine in the end although it was an incredibly close game.

Yuki_1229 43-34  http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111203-204247-49e3f59b.html

We had very similar strategies this game. Open Embassy/Chapel, Big Money. I probably could have played Chapel better though.

Axxle 38-35         http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-205121-c1306fcd.html

A very close game with a lot of weaker attacks on the board, including Swindler.  Harvest ended up being a very useful buy with Swindler on the board.

Axxle 52-37         http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/03/game-20111203-210256-034437af.html

Silk Roads, Develops, and plenty of options for Victory cards made for a very weird game, I had no clue about my deck composition for most of it because of the constant changes.

On a side note: Damn, I have to play Yaron next round.  Might need some luck   Although our history has me 6-5-0 vs. him so I guess we're at the same level?

[Stefan_k]

stefan_k - LifeisaGame [ Skill ] 4-1

5 Good games which all were very exiting.

3 games waiting for logs from council room. (forgot to take them during the game)
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-023320-68a3df1a.html
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-024411-58d50f10.html

I'll update this post with the last three logs and write a short analysis.

[TheO_Ravenheart]

Thief division, seeds 26 TheO_Ravenheart, 39 Jarrick
TheO_Ravenheart 4 : 1 Jarrick

game 1
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-045810-308f9ca9.html
TheO_Ravenheart won. Won remodelling a gold to province, was pretty lucky. good game!
game 2
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-051355-93d8d655.html
Jarrick won using wharves militia and Masquerade, a very great combination. And even better, farming villages made it more spectacular!!! Nice work Jarrick!
game 3
TheO_Ravenheart won. Accidentally not saved. i won with 109 points using goons and governors in 15 turns. well played too, jarrick!
game 4
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-053032-d36fe33f.html
TheO_Ravenheart won in this 'treasure' game. Only action card I bought are embassies. Good fight though.
game 5
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-054204-eef23786.html
TheO_Ravenheart won. A very well balanced game with no clear power cards. Had a lucky start with enough gold to get provinces early.


Thanks Jarrick for good games.

[Smartie]

Gardens division (Smartie - seed 22 vs Wagz - Seed 43). Final Score 4-3!

Firstly, I must say that Wagz is really a strong opponent, despite not playing the game for a while! It was a pleasure to play with you dude.

The logs are as shown:

1st round: Smartie 78 - Wagz 69. http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-040820-d68b8058.html - It was a secret chamber and tunnel match! Turns out that I was eventually able to get more platinums at the back from the gold I have converted from tunnels. Pretty close!

2nd round: Wagz 59 - Smartie 45
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-041423-27faca94.html - Smithy big money, but he played better because I forgot that loan can actually be used to trash coppers! But definitely well played by him!

3rd round: Smartie 35 - Wagz (Resigned)
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-043020-b84155fe.html - It was all about margraves and university combo in this match. Think the turning point was that I manage to get more golems at the front, and hence was able to get a mega turn by purchasing provinces in a mega turn. Good mirror match!

4th round: Wagz 45 - Smartie 42
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-043544-ad98bf74.html - Seems like opening with militia was a better choice than opening with tribute! Nonetheless, it was a really close match!

5th round: Wagz 22 - Smartie 1
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-044406-fbf91f43.html - I missed the first familiar buy as I had only 2 coppers and a potion... This escalated into many curses in the deck and me being unable to fight back. Good play!

6th round: Smartie 39 - Wagz resigned
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-045738-fc6b594c.html - This is a really interesting match I must say. Other than going just minions, something interesting was that there was also border village and swindler in the deck. I quickly seized the opportunity to buy some swindlers at the back to convert the minions into many outposts, enabling me to win the game!

7th round (Decider round): Smartie 48 - Wagz 44
Forgot to save log ><... But it was really interesting, in the sense that we employed very disparate strategies! He went horse traders and silk roads whereas I went for vault and provinces... Turns out that the scores were pretty close, with him purchasing all the silk roads and some duchys whereas I got all the provinces.

Overall, I must say I enjoyed the games! Thanks for playing

[Voltgloss]

As promised, here are the game logs from my match with dghunter79 (original results post quoted below).  We played all games with identical starting hands.

In a very close series full of very close games, Voltgloss (48) defeated dghunter79 (17) 4-3 in the Thief Division.  I'll post the game logs and recaps once they hit Council Room. 

Thanks very much, dghunter79, for all the great games.  Looking forward to matching you again on Iso in the future! 

Game 1: dghunter79 - 32, Voltgloss - 30

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111203-071404-8f8de94c.html

We both open JoaT/Silver and follow Big-Money-Esque strategies with Swindler support.  dghunter also picked up a Moneylender early, which I Swindled into a Bishop... a key mistake, as he later Bishops a Gold to get the few extra VP he needs to win the match.  In retrospect, swindling the Moneylender into a Caravan would probably have been the better move.

Game 2: Voltgloss - 32, dghunter79 - 31

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111203-072403-4d9219d2.html

dghunter opens Spice Merchant/Fishing Village while I go for Fishing Village x2, with both of us grabbing a Library and a Cartographer along the way.  dghunter trashes almost all of his Copper and holds the lead for most of the game, but in the end his deck stalls (with 42% unusable green) while I draw enough Coppers and Silvers my final turns to sneak the last two Provinces.  Using Trader to triple an extraneous Silver on turn 12 was probably key.

Game 3: dghunter79 - 28, Voltgloss - 35

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111203-073310-284a6279.html

More Fishing Village fun, but this time we only get two each.  We both dump Estates and go for Golds using Masquerade and Monument for support.  My Jester luckily forces dghunter to discard Gold on turn 13, preventing him from buying the last Province on turn 14 and letting me snap it up instead for the win.

Game 4: dghunter79 - 38, Voltgloss - 27

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111203-074611-57be995f.html

On a 5-2 split, we both open Merchant Ship/-.  With the only curser as Young Witch and the bane being Great Hall, I come up with the bright idea of slamming the Great Halls down and then using YW myself to hit dghunter with Curses.  Well, I win both splits (6-2 Great Halls and 1-3 Curses) but lose handily thanks to dghunter improving his economy faster and getting a 6-2 Province advantage.  A Throne Roomed Tribute on his last turn that gets him 4 cards, $2, and 2 actions (from hitting two of my Great Halls) is the final nail in my coffin.

Game 5: Voltgloss - 26, dghunter79 - 35

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111203-080343-936d94a4.html

A fun Peddler match with Black Market shenanigans.  I open BM/Farming Village with an eye to spam FVs, pick up Peddlers, and convert them into Provinces while buying Farmlands.  dghunter opens Monument/BM but ultimately switches to Farming Villages/Peddlers himself.  Ironically, neither of us buy any Farmlands the entire game, as we both pick up trash-for-benefit from the BM - I get Salvager, he gets Forge.  Ultimately Forge proves more useful as it lets dghunter thin his deck while converting miscellaneous cards into Duchies or Provinces - and thus letting him draw and play Forge more often.  Plus, I'm pretty sure I goofed at least one, maybe more, turns when I could have benefited from a Farmland buy, but overlooked doing so with Salvager in my deck.

Game 6: Voltgloss - 50, dghunter79 - 36

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111203-081731-8282bb2e.html

Tunnel/Secret Chamber madness.  dghunter opens Silver/Silver while I dive straight in with Ironworks/Tunnel.  I win the Tunnel split 5-3 and amass 6 Secret Chambers and, ultimately, 9 Golds to dghunter's 5.  I also pick up a Harvest to discard my Tunnels even more often.  Ultimately, my greater Gold density leads to a 5-3 Province split for the win. 

Game 7: dghunter79 - 15, Voltgloss - 37

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111203-083803-663b69d0.html

The most dramatic game of the match, fitting for the finale.  The only Colony game of the seven.  And a wicked attacking match, sporting Familiars, Minions, and Militias.  Shuffle luck gives me two Familiars early, but dghunter focuses on Minions and (by using them to make me discard Familiars) wins both the Minion split (7-3) and the Curse split (4-6).  But without any way to trash Coppers or Curses, dghunter's Minion engine can't get above Duchy level.  Meanwhile, I managed to sneak two Banks and a Platinum early on - before dghunter's deck starts slamming me down to 4 cards every turn and clogs me with Curses - and decide that the only way I can win is to get "one big turn."  For that, I get a Council Room.  On turn 23, it hands me a second Platinum.  And then, on turn 28, from a hand of CR-Copper-Copper-Copper-Curse, I finally hit the big payoff:

   --- Voltgloss's turn 28 ---
   Voltgloss plays a Council Room.
   ... drawing 4 cards and getting +1 buy.
   ... dghunter79 draws 1 card.
   Voltgloss plays 3 Coppers, 2 Platinums, and a Silver.
   Voltgloss plays a Bank.
   ... which is worth +$7.
   Voltgloss buys a Colony.
   Voltgloss buys a Colony.
   (Voltgloss reshuffles.)

Kudos to dghunter79 for an exciting, well-fought series full of games with varied strategies.  It was a blast. 

[KristianBahle]

Alright I am late but I've done it, here are the results of our match with toutouyoutout :

Game 1 : http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-061529-ec220868.html
Game 2 : http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-063533-c6a380bb.html
Game 3 : http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-065135-264cd52e.html
Game 4 : http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-071220-94052ec4.html

KristianBahle [ Skill ] 4 - 0 toutouyoutout

[pulpix]

Here are the results of Round 2 on Chapel Division between cherdano and pulpix. Pulpix 4 / Cherdano 3

1- Cherdano wins: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-083026-809e57be.html
2- Pulpix wins: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-084519-3d7dbfc1.html
3- Pulpix wins: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-085454-d2bb6312.html
4- Pulpix wins: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-085954-2f31c1cb.html
5- Cherdano wins: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-091048-fac87dc9.html
6- Cherdano wins: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-091809-db02d4bd.html
7- Pulpix wins: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-093155-0a22f302.html

[Guy Srinivasan]

Thief 13-20 fellowmartian vs Guy Srinivasan
Result: Guy Srinivasan wins, 4-3-1

A tight series of games, all but the Jack one fairly interesting. Thanks fellowmartian!

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-100524-fb42571e.html
fellowmartian 45-43
Tunnel/Cellar openings. I don't have a good understanding of this game but we seemed to play similarly. Was the 5/3 Tunnel split a good or bad thing for me?

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-101444-45af2737.html
TIE 35
Young Witch / Tunnel openings. Embassies are alright with Tunnels I guess.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-103759-b37d7ac9.html
Guy 80-52
Despite his Black Market'd Montebank, my early Trading Post and Platinum rolled into lots of Platinum.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-104343-d00236c2.html
fellowmartian 41-40
2JACK, with a side of Hoard.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-105437-32248c31.html
Guy 41-32
Identical Remake/Montebank strategies. I think a good bit of my win was martian's not getting Remake until turn 5?

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-110359-27f7e1f3.html
Guy 43-27
Big Money with two Torturers beats a similar plan but with some Tournaments.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-111646-5084a6e7.html
fellowmartian 48-23
I confess I don't have a good understanding of this game. I think it was martian's extra Silver leading to a quick Grand Market leading to lots of Grand Markets.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-112424-fd5473f0.html
Guy 50-36
I vote Steward beats Trader, but I also got to buy 2x Gold to martian's 0x then Embargo the Gold. With Harems I think that's a good play?

[WanderingWinder]

Thief 13-20 fellowmartian vs Guy Srinivasan
Result: Guy Srinivasan wins, 4-3-1

A tight series of games, all but the Jack one fairly interesting. Thanks fellowmartian!

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-100524-fb42571e.html
fellowmartian 45-43
Tunnel/Cellar openings. I don't have a good understanding of this game but we seemed to play similarly. Was the 5/3 Tunnel split a good or bad thing for me?

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-101444-45af2737.html
TIE 35
Young Witch / Tunnel openings. Embassies are alright with Tunnels I guess.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-103759-b37d7ac9.html
Guy 80-52
Despite his Black Market'd Montebank, my early Trading Post and Platinum rolled into lots of Platinum.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-104343-d00236c2.html
fellowmartian 41-40
2JACK, with a side of Hoard.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-105437-32248c31.html
Guy 41-32
Identical Remake/Montebank strategies. I think a good bit of my win was martian's not getting Remake until turn 5?

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-110359-27f7e1f3.html
Guy 43-27
Big Money with two Torturers beats a similar plan but with some Tournaments.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-111646-5084a6e7.html
fellowmartian 48-23
I confess I don't have a good understanding of this game. I think it was martian's extra Silver leading to a quick Grand Market leading to lots of Grand Markets.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-112424-fd5473f0.html
Guy 50-36
I vote Steward beats Trader, but I also got to buy 2x Gold to martian's 0x then Embargo the Gold. With Harems I think that's a good play?

Not sure about all the games, and I haven't looked in a lot of depth, but the presence of Harems definitely makes embargoing gold LESS of an attraction, as there's a good option to fall back on.

[v3ck]

v3ck 4-1 Görling (Witch Division)

v3ck (resign at 20:2) Görling (http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-114443-981568f5.html)
v3ck 51:66 Görling (http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-115044-03d6f28e.html)
v3ck 42:33 Görling (http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-115513-2a8cd91c.html)
v3ck 66:41 Görling (http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-115910-be450aec.html)
v3ck 25:22 Görling (http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-120708-b9e328eb.html)

[popsofctown]

pops 3-4 against glooble.  Gardens i think.

[GendoIkari]

GendoIkari won over 123dude. Extremely close and well-played match.

Game 1: GendoIkari
Game 2: 123dude
Game 3: GendoIkari
Game 4: 123dude
Game 5: GendoIkari
Game 6: 123dude
Game 7: GendoIkari

Every match was won by the player going first. Logs can be posted tomorrow. Thanks for the games, 123dude.

[AJD]

DG defeats AJD 4-3 in a Round 2 match in the Thief division:

Game 1: DG 44 – 35 AJD
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-113837-6ff2e929.html
We both went more or less Envoy / big money; I opened Trader with the intention of increasing my Silver density for the Envoy to pick up, but it didn't end up paying off fast enough.

Game 2: AJD 37 – 22 DG
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-114854-7a54a805.html
A Swindler/Jack start, transitioning into Hunting Party stacks. I got my economy running sooner with an early Gold and it was more or less smooth sailing for me to the end of the game.

Game 3: AJD 42 – 38 DG
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-120941-ddf0e2cc.html
Fishing Villages enabling Goons combos. We both bought Black Markets but mine at least was mostly wasted; there never was anything in it that I wanted more than more Goons or Fishing Villages. I got two double-Goons turns off before DG got one, and from there it was basically a race for me to empty three piles before DG could catch up.

Game 4: DG 34 – 7 AJD
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-122340-a171283e.html
A punishing Ghost Ship game. At least, I felt pretty punished; we both opened Ghost Ship / nothing, and then DG hit $5 again on turn 5 for a second Ghost Ship, and the next thing I knew DG had three Ghost Ships, a Bazaar, a Forge, and a Nobles before I had my second $5 turn. When I had $4 on turn 3 I got a Sea Hag, which might have been a mistake since it slowed my economy down just as much, and I didn't get to play it often enough to have much of an effect.

Game 5: DG 36 – 12 AJD
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-123853-a17a660d.html
I got my Walled Village / Torturer engine running first, with some Tactician support, but DG made a brilliant pivot halfway through once the curses were running out into a double-Tactician deck using Conspirators for money and left me in the dust. I was planning to buy a Forge early on but DG embargoed them and I decided not to; it retrospect, I should have just eaten the curse to get the Forge; in a Forge/Tactician deck, it's not like the curse would have stuck around very long anyway.

Game 6: AJD 31 – 29 DG
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-124620-97ca4a62.html
Haven / Trading Post openings into Wharf / big money decks. DG started greening a little early; I bought a second Wharf, which gave me a chance to make up lost ground. My first-turn advantage probably made the difference here.

Game 7: DG 42 – 21 AJD
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-125518-3af20883.html
We both opened Masquerade/Jack. After my Masquerade and Jack conflicted on the first reshuffle and DG's didn't, putting DG well on the way to Grand Markets and me losing tempo, I figured I'd have to do something crazy to have a chance of catching up. Unfortunately, the only crazy thing I could find was Pirate Ships and Noble Brigands, which predictably didn't work out very well for me (although my Brigands did manage to snatch a couple of Golds). DG sailed to the match point.

Good games, DG! In this thread we often say things like 'the lopsided score obscures how even the match was', but here I think it's just the opposite: the closeness of the 4–3 final score obscures how much better DG played than I did; the victory was well deserved.

[DG]

Thanks to AJD for a good set. I don't think I played the second and sixth games as well as AJD so he fully deserves those wins and the series reflected that. I said I'd give him a pointer for game 4 and that would be that the ghost ships really slowed everything down and extra speed was needed. The quarry and loan can provide that in different ways but an excess of fishing villages with a sea hag is really slow.

[Zem]

- Round 1, chapel division -
Result: Zem wins; Zem 4-2 Cornucopoo-ah (aka Diving Pikachu)


1. game   http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111202-191643-07598fea.html
Zem wins!
All but one player has resigned.

cards in supply: Alchemist, City, Colony, Embargo, Haven, Hunting Party, Island, Nobles, Platinum, Potion, Steward, Trader, and Watchtower
  All players get identical starting hands.  The point tracker will be available.
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#1 Zem: 58 points (5 Colonies, a Province, and a Nobles); 18 turns
     opening: Steward / Silver
     [15 cards] 2 Hunting Parties, 1 Haven, 1 Nobles, 1 Steward, 1 Silver, 1 Gold, 2 Platinums, 1 Province, 5 Colonies

#2 cornucopoo-ah: resigned (1st); 19 turns
               opening: Island / Steward
               [26 cards] 4 Nobles, 2 Islands, 1 Alchemist, 1 Haven, 1 Hunting Party, 1 Steward, 7 Coppers, 2 Silvers, 1 Potion, 1 Gold, 1 Platinum, 1 Estate, 1 Province, 2 Colonies

We both avoided the alchemists first.
When cornucopoo-ah got a potion I immediatelly bought 2 embargos and was able to double-embargo the alchemists after he got one.
But that move cost me quite a bit in opportunity costs.
To increase my chances to draw embargo quickly I bought 2, and then drew them both at once. I also only barely got the first embargo off before he could buy the second alchemist. Two alchemists with a few hunting parties to hunt for the potion seemed a scary prospect.
Steward seems to me a particularily good card with this setup, since even if you trash with it, you can expect to have enough money for a haven or embargo left.
No embargo/watchtower shenaningans in this game althought I considered it



2. game   http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111202-192341-2153b62b.html
Zem wins!
All Provinces are gone.

cards in supply: Feast, Harem, Hunting Party, Jack of All Trades, Mandarin, Nobles, Nomad Camp, Scheme, Sea Hag, and Stash
  All players get identical starting hands.  The point tracker will be available.
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#1 Zem: 39 points (6 Provinces, a Harem, and an Estate); 16 turns
     opening: Jack of All Trades / Scheme
     [31 cards] 2 Jacks of All Trades, 1 Harem, 1 Scheme, 7 Coppers, 9 Silvers, 4 Golds, 1 Estate, 6 Provinces

#2 cornucopoo-ah: 30 points (5 Duchies, 2 Provinces, a Harem, and an Estate); 15 turns
               opening: Jack of All Trades / Silver
               [26 cards] 1 Harem, 1 Hunting Party, 1 Jack of All Trades, 1 Mandarin, 1 Nomad Camp, 7 Coppers, 4 Silvers, 2 Golds, 1 Estate, 5 Duchies, 2 Provinces

We both ignored the sea hag with jack present.
I opened Jack/Scheme, with the idea that being able to return the jack to the deck offsets the added risk of collision.
When I had enough silver and nothing left to trash, I simply always topdecked the scheme to avoid any collisions.
I am not at all sure that was the best choice, but it worked here.
If someone wants to simulate a 1or2Jacks/Scheme/BigMoney-Bot I would be most interested in the results.



3. game   http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111202-193231-cd748ae3.html
cornucopoo-ah wins!
Duchies, Estates, and Highways are all gone.

cards in supply: Baron, Council Room, Cutpurse, Highway, Horse Traders, Ironworks, Nomad Camp, Pawn, Rabble, and Saboteur
  All players get identical starting hands.  The point tracker will be available.
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#1 cornucopoo-ah: 43 points (4 Provinces, 4 Duchies, and 7 Estates); 19 turns
               opening: Silver / Horse Traders
               [36 cards] 5 Highways, 2 Horse Traders, 2 Pawns, 1 Ironworks, 7 Coppers, 1 Silver, 3 Golds, 7 Estates, 4 Duchies, 4 Provinces

#2 Zem: 37 points (3 Provinces, 4 Duchies, and 7 Estates); 18 turns
     opening: Silver / Cutpurse
     [33 cards] 5 Highways, 2 Pawns, 1 Cutpurse, 1 Horse Traders, 1 Ironworks, 7 Coppers, 2 Silvers, 7 Estates, 4 Duchies, 3 Provinces

opening cutpurse was a bad choice by me here, cornucopoo-ahs horse trader was much better:
Horse trader is usefull both in getting highways and in getting some use out of them. And it defends well against cutpurse.
Ironworks of course also a great combo with highway. It was a close race, so I did not try anything fancy with highway+saboteur, which can also be fun.


4. game   http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111202-193935-2851ce72.html
Zem wins!
All Provinces are gone.

cards in supply: Bridge, Chancellor, Haggler, Herbalist, Nomad Camp, Oracle, Salvager, Smithy, Spice Merchant, and Tribute
  All players get identical starting hands.  The point tracker will be available.
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#1 Zem: 41 points (4 Provinces, 5 Duchies, and 2 Estates); 18 turns
     opening: Salvager / Silver
     [24 cards] 2 Spice Merchants, 1 Haggler, 1 Salvager, 3 Coppers, 2 Silvers, 4 Golds, 2 Estates, 5 Duchies, 4 Provinces

#2 cornucopoo-ah: 33 points (4 Provinces and 3 Duchies); 17 turns
               opening: Spice Merchant / Silver
               [23 cards] 2 Tributes, 1 Haggler, 1 Salvager, 1 Spice Merchant, 3 Coppers, 2 Silvers, 6 Golds, 3 Duchies, 4 Provinces

Recently i got the impression that I am overvaluing spice merchant, so I opened with a salvager here instead. I still think it is a great card though.


5. game   http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111204-144714-c585ec1b.html (EDIT: added the link)
cornucopoo-ah wins!
All Provinces are gone.

cards in supply: Caravan, Embassy, Highway, Masquerade, Mint, Outpost, Rabble, Sea Hag, Wishing Well, and Worker's Village
  All players get identical starting hands.
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#1 cornucopoo-ah: 37 points (6 Provinces and an Estate); 13 turns
               opening: Caravan / Masquerade
               [21 cards] 2 Highways, 1 Caravan, 1 Embassy, 1 Masquerade, 1 Worker's Village, 4 Coppers, 2 Silvers, 2 Golds, 1 Estate, 6 Provinces

#2 Zem: 20 points (2 Provinces, 2 Duchies, and 2 Estates); 12 turns
     opening: Silver / Masquerade
     [20 cards] 2 Worker's Villages, 1 Embassy, 1 Masquerade, 5 Coppers, 3 Silvers, 2 Golds, 2 Estates, 2 Duchies, 2 Provinces

I was very tempted to open caravan/masquerade or even worker's village/masquerade since I wanted to get an embassy asap, but decided against it for fear of collision.
cornucopoo-ah took that risk, and it payed of as he was much faster in getting an embassy/worker's village/caravan/masquerade engine going than me, beating me solidly by 4 provinces.



6. game    http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111204-145448-9a29ad90.html
Zem wins!
All but one player has resigned.

cards in supply: Apothecary, Caravan, Cellar, Chapel, Crossroads, Ghost Ship, Masquerade, Peddler, Potion, Rabble, and Thief
  All players get identical starting hands.  The point tracker will be available.
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#1 Zem: 6 points (a Province); 10 turns
     opening: Caravan / Masquerade
     [18 cards] 4 Caravans, 2 Ghost Ships, 2 Peddlers, 1 Crossroads, 1 Masquerade, 7 Coppers, 1 Province

#2 cornucopoo-ah: resigned (1st); 10 turns
               opening: Caravan / Silver
               [18 cards] 2 Crossroads, 2 Ghost Ships, 1 Cellar, 5 Coppers, 2 Silvers, 6 Estates

After losing so badly with my silver/masquerade opening, this time I went for caravan/masquerade, with the plan to use the caravan to acquire some peddler later, and collisions be damned.
We both considered taking the chapel, cornucopoo-ah decided againtst it because of ghost ship. I totally failed to notice the ghost ship at first, but luckily favored masquerade over chapel anyway.
Later, I got a very lucky and probably decisive double hit with crossroads, ghost ship and masquerade wich forced cornucopoo-ah to pass me a caravan.



Thanks a lot to cornucopoo-ah for the matches.
We both had a very busy schedule and meeting each other proved to be much more difficult than I expected, so I am especially glad that we managed it in the end.

[Dark Force]

Is there a way to search for solitaire games in councilroom, or search for games by a specific date/time?  I'm asking because my opponent (bozzball) didn't show up at our agreed-upon time on Sat 8 PM GMT, and I'd like to submit my game as proof that I was waiting on Isotropic at the time.

[jready]

oldgold123( Utsamagoots) (48) pulls off the upset over jready (17) in the Witch division, 4-3-1. utsamagoots was a very pleasant opponent and I wish him the best of luck in future rounds.

Game 1: jready wins 23-7
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-115839-8683b7d9.html
I do an Ill-Gotten gains rush without ever actually buying any duchies (I get to 8 twice for provincesand play some monuments). His minions get clogged up by the curses.


Game 2: Tie 36-36
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-120556-92a7f32d.html
We both do slight variants of JoaT-BM; he gets an upgrade, and I get 2 nobles. He gets to 5 provinces but my extra duchys, nobles, and untrashed estates keep it tied.


Game 3: utsamagoots wins 75-52
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-121654-73aa0afe.html
He goes for basically ambassador-BM, while I try to go for the bridge/smithy/bazaar megaturn but never commit fully enough to a strategy that was probably doomed from the start. Well played by utsamagoots to realize the better strategy here.


Game 4: utsamagoots wins 31-22
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-182434-058a7ca2.html
Chapel/BM mirror match with some markets thrown in.


Game 5: utsamagoots wins 33-24
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-183842-2926a143.html
On a familiar board, I draw the dreaded 2p on turn 3, and he gets his second familiar before I can even get my first. He deals out 7 curses, and buys the first 3 provinces, but I manage to trash enough with my stewards that I still come one turn away from winning, but can't quite pull off the comeback.


Game 6: jready wins 43-25
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-184618-5ae01b21.html
We both go for slightly different versions of embassy-tunnel with mountebanks thrown in. I pull out to a commanding midgame lead, and buy curses three turns in a row to three pile end it.


Game 7: jready wins 33-31
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-184909-43035d12.html
Another JoaT-BM mirror match.


Game 8: utsamagoots wins 28-27
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-185625-ed68890e.html
I play masquerade-BM and he wins with Spice Merchant and remodels. Going into my last turn, I was losing by 5, with a hand of C/C/S/Masquerade/Estate; I played the masquerade to draw Gold and province. I thought to myself "I'm only losing by 5; if I pass the estate, he gets another point and I'm down by 6, but if he passes me any treasure than I can buy a province and force the tie". Of course, I forgot passing the estate lost me a point as well, so I bought the last province and lost by 1. Always frustrating to lose on my own mistake (not that I had too much of a chance at that point anyways, but if I had instead passed the copper I could have tied), but still a well deserved win for utsamagoots.

[monsterbrick]

Thief bracket
monsterbrick defeats The Archon 4-1

Game 1
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-180530-8f0471cd.html
Game 2 I forgot to this one.  Will get off councilroom.
Game 3
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-182756-26378a26.html
Game#4
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-184349-afde8b6f.html
Game#5
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-185549-8bdeac73.html

Thanks to The Archon for being a great opponent and a pleasant person while we were trying to hook up for the match.

[Jorbles]

In the Garden Division I, Jorbles (25) beat noon (41) in a squeaker 1-point three-pile ending to win a 4-3 match. Really great games, that guy is a great player.

game 1 Jorbles 37 - noon 25
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-200517-1bde0c59.html
game 2 Jorbles 27 - noon 30
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-201521-1a89a073.html
game 3 Jorbles 59 - noon 66
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-202726-3527eac9.html
game 4 Jorbles 61 - noon 53
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-203620-9fabdb3a.html
game 5 Jorbles 46 - noon 50
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-204354-bd318817.html
game 6 Jorbles 22 - noon 7
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-205842-c183b927.html
game 7 Jorbles 52 - noon 51
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201112/04/game-20111204-211537-aa12e3b5.html