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[GendoIkari]

Curious, who out there has had a game in which they just barely won or lost... when you take total score into account. That is to say, winning 2 point to 1 (lotso curses!) is still doubling your opponent. Winning 25 to 24 by trashing 1 fewer estate is winning by about 4% (1/24). The other day I had this crazy game: http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111204-113716-20e3f89b.html

Winning 96 to 95.. just 1.06% more VP than my opponent. I went Goons, but never managed to get a double-Goons turn, which was really annoying. I guess I should have bought more. I thought for sure I was losing, considering how many Colonies he had. The end-game Duchies and Farmlands made the difference.

[DStu]

I would guess the absolute minimum (relative to the opponent) is -100% with -X to 0.

Edit: That is of course wrong because -1 to X gives -(X+1)*100%. So we are more or less back at the how many points can you get riddle...

[GendoIkari]

lol. I also just realized I need to obviously discount ties that were won by tiebreaker. Although it would also be interesting to see who managed a tie, or win by tie-breaker, when there was a very large score (not just splitting Provinces or Colonies).

[guided]

You can probably throw out the idea of 2-point margin games even being in the running (unless anyone around here has ever won 1002-1000?) and just look for the very largest winning score in a game with a 1-point or 0-point margin.

[Mean Mr Mustard]

daaaaavid wins!
Vineyards, Curses, and Fairgrounds are all gone.

cards in supply: Black Market, Cutpurse, Embargo, Fairgrounds, Harvest, Hoard, Native Village, Potion, Thief, Venture, and Vineyard
Default card selection was used.  All players get identical starting hands.
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#1 daaaaavid: 91 points (6 Vineyards [21 action cards], 4 Provinces, 2 Fairgrounds [23 different cards], 4 Duchies, an Estate, a Great Hall, and 5 Curses); 33 turns
           opening: Black Market / Cutpurse
           [61 cards] 7 Black Markets, 6 Vineyards, 4 Native Villages, 2 Fairgrounds, 1 Bazaar, 1 Council Room, 1 Great Hall, 1 Haven, 1 Hoard, 1 Menagerie, 1 Quarry, 1 Rabble, 1 Remake, 1 Smithy, 1 Vault, 1 Worker's Village, 7 Coppers, 3 Potions, 6 Golds, 1 Estate, 4 Duchies, 4 Provinces, 5 Curses

#2 Mean Mr Mustard: 90 points (6 Fairgrounds [25 different cards], 2 Provinces, 2 Vineyards [15 action cards], 7 Estates, a Duchy, a Harem, and 4 Curses); 33 turns
                 opening: Black Market / Silver
                 [54 cards] 6 Fairgrounds, 3 Native Villages, 2 Black Markets, 2 Vineyards, 1 Bureaucrat, 1 Caravan, 1 Cutpurse, 1 Harem, 1 Harvest, 1 Herbalist, 1 Hoard, 1 Jester, 1 Masquerade, 1 Sea Hag, 1 Tactician, 1 Thief, 1 Venture, 6 Coppers, 3 Silvers, 1 Potion, 4 Golds, 7 Estates, 1 Duchy, 2 Provinces, 4 Curses

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trash: 2 Coppers, 2 Estates, a Cutpurse, a Silver, a Curse, a Harvest, and 3 Embargoes

[Kirian]

The best I have is a 94-93 win:

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20110825-181802-bdcf923d.html

[ackack]

Slightly different category, but this was was vexing:

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201111/06/game-20111106-091705-9bde417e.html

Opponent wins by 1 going first. This entailed finding one of two Fishing Villages, one Library, one Bridge (having pulled one of 2 Fishing Villages the previous turn) to buy Province and Estate, pushing his 1 Gardens to 30 cards. Meanwhile, I have 2 Gardens and 29 cards.

[GendoIkari]

#1 daaaaavid: 91 points (6 Vineyards [21 action cards], 4 Provinces, 2 Fairgrounds [23 different cards], 4 Duchies, an Estate, a Great Hall, and 5 Curses); 33 turns
           opening: Black Market / Cutpurse
           [61 cards] 7 Black Markets, 6 Vineyards, 4 Native Villages, 2 Fairgrounds, 1 Bazaar, 1 Council Room, 1 Great Hall, 1 Haven, 1 Hoard, 1 Menagerie, 1 Quarry, 1 Rabble, 1 Remake, 1 Smithy, 1 Vault, 1 Worker's Village, 7 Coppers, 3 Potions, 6 Golds, 1 Estate, 4 Duchies, 4 Provinces, 5 Curses

#2 Mean Mr Mustard: 90 points (6 Fairgrounds [25 different cards], 2 Provinces, 2 Vineyards [15 action cards], 7 Estates, a Duchy, a Harem, and 4 Curses); 33 turns
                 opening: Black Market / Silver
                 [54 cards] 6 Fairgrounds, 3 Native Villages, 2 Black Markets, 2 Vineyards, 1 Bureaucrat, 1 Caravan, 1 Cutpurse, 1 Harem, 1 Harvest, 1 Herbalist, 1 Hoard, 1 Jester, 1 Masquerade, 1 Sea Hag, 1 Tactician, 1 Thief, 1 Venture, 6 Coppers, 3 Silvers, 1 Potion, 4 Golds, 7 Estates, 1 Duchy, 2 Provinces, 4 Curses

Extra points for a huge score without VP tokens! I got my Fairgrounds up to 23 different cards recently, but I've never gotten 25.