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[Awaclus]

Play Rabble, hope I draw the other Gold, buy a Province if I do, buy a Village if I don't, and know that I have a golden turn coming up next.

The point is that you are not guaranteed to play the exact same turn every turn, which means that it's not a golden deck, but rather, just a regular (although a remarkably reliable) Bishop engine.

Which raises the question, since you already have a reliable engine, why would you want to just remove a card from the Province pile for +5 VP every turn for your payload, when you could, say, build a bit more and then remove three cards from the Gold pile for +12 VP every turn instead?

[Elanchana]

Play Rabble, hope I draw the other Gold, buy a Province if I do, buy a Village if I don't, and know that I have a golden turn coming up next.

The point is that you are not guaranteed to play the exact same turn every turn, which means that it's not a golden deck, but rather, just a regular (although a remarkably reliable) Bishop engine.

Which raises the question, since you already have a reliable engine, why would you want to just remove a card from the Province pile for +5 VP every turn for your payload, when you could, say, build a bit more and then remove three cards from the Gold pile for +12 VP every turn instead?

I had 4 villages out of 11 cards, which meant the chance of drawing a hand without a village was 4.5%. I was okay with taking my chances.

The reason I didn't build more was because making the quasi-golden deck was a snap decision that I could carry out immediately as soon as I made it. Maybe with more planning I could have built a more powerful Bishop engine, but at that point I didn't want to wait to have the resources and my opponent was already threatening to build up a fairly substantial reservoir of their own points.

[Elanchana]

I'm not posting the log for this game because my play was pretty impulsive and cringeworthy, but I redeemed myself at the end with this little miracle of trash-for-benefit:

Score: Ela 27, opponent 37
1 Province left, no alt-VP

(at this point I have 6 coin tokens from previous turns and $3 from actions)
Elanchana Destler   plays Butcher
Elanchana Destler   receives 2 coin tokens
Elanchana Destler   trashes Gold
Elanchana Destler   uses 1 coin token
Elanchana Destler   uses 1 coin token
Elanchana Destler   gains Province
Elanchana Destler   plays Butcher
Elanchana Destler   receives 2 coin tokens
Elanchana Destler   trashes Copper
Elanchana Destler   uses 1 coin token
Elanchana Destler   uses 1 coin token
Elanchana Destler   uses 1 coin token
Elanchana Destler   uses 1 coin token
Elanchana Destler   uses 1 coin token
Elanchana Destler   gains Duchy
Elanchana Destler   plays 1 Copper
Elanchana Destler   uses 1 coin token
Elanchana Destler   buys Duchy
Elanchana Destler   gains Duchy

You do the math.

[sc0UT]

I asked myself how did ela manage to buy a duchy with only 1 copper and 1 coin token?
Fishing Village, Ironmonger and Bazaar did the math

[Elanchana]

I asked myself how did ela manage to buy a duchy with only 1 copper and 1 coin token?
Fishing Village, Ironmonger and Bazaar did the math

....derp. Yeah, that's how I got the money.

[GendoIkari]

I just drew a hand of King's Court, Moneylender, Copper, Copper, Copper. (Platinum game).

[Joseph2302]

Game Log Just trashed 2 provinces to a Mercenary to win a game.

[TrojH]

http://www.gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?20150710/log.514403bee4b0f496b6dd6c53.1436569558890.txt

---------- Trojan Horse: turn 12 ----------
Trojan Horse - plays 2 Copper, 2 Gold, 1 Silver
Trojan Horse - buys Province
Trojan Horse - gains Province
Trojan Horse - draws Salvager, Tournament, Estate, Copper, Province

...
 
---------- Trojan Horse: turn 13 ----------
Trojan Horse - plays Tournament
Trojan Horse - draws Copper
Trojan Horse - plays Salvager
Trojan Horse - trashes Province
Trojan Horse - plays 2 Copper
Trojan Horse - buys Province
Trojan Horse - gains Province
Trojan Horse - buys Estate
Trojan Horse - gains Estate
Trojan Horse - draws Copper, Expand, Province, Copper, Province

First time I have ever played a Tournament with a Province in hand, and NOT revealed the Province. Far more important to Salvage the Province, and force the endgame while I had a lead.

[Elanchana]

This Is How We Do

Yes, luck was involved, but so was careful counting and re-planning. Sorry I don't sound enthusiastic but it was 1 in the morning.

[Deadlock39]

In one of my recent league games I was surprised to find I needed to trash 2 Provinces to Mercenary for a forced win.

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---------- Deadlock39: turn 13 ----------
...
Deadlock39 - draws Province, Bazaar, Province, Gold, Mercenary
 
...
 
---------- Deadlock39: turn 14 ----------
Deadlock39 - plays Bazaar
Deadlock39 - draws Silver
Deadlock39 - plays Mercenary
Deadlock39 - trashes Province, Province
Deadlock39 - draws Silver, Province
gkrieg - discards Estate
gkrieg - discards Copper
Deadlock39 - plays 2 Silver, 1 Gold
Deadlock39 - buys Province
Deadlock39 - gains Province

[jsh357]

Tremble in terror at the might of the 9 Royal Seal deck:

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Supply cards: Moat, Woodcutter, Council Room, Library, Margrave, Merchant Guild, Minion, Rogue, Royal Seal, Border Village, Copper, Silver, Gold, Estate, Duchy, Province, Curse

jsh357 - cards: 9 Minion, 5 Border Village, 3 Woodcutter, 2 Moat, 7 Copper, 1 Silver, 1 Royal Seal, 4 Estate, 1 Province
jsh357 - total victory points: 10
jsh357 - turns: 15
 
henningrm - cards: 5 Border Village, 1 Minion, 1 Woodcutter, 1 Margrave, 9 Royal Seal, 7 Copper, 2 Silver, 3 Estate, 1 Province
henningrm - total victory points: 9
henningrm - turns: 15
 

1st place: jsh357
2nd place: henningrm

[xyz123]

I had a game yesterday with what initially appeared to be an unlucky turn 3/4 draw that lead to a neat trick on turn 5. I opened Potion/Sage. On turn 3 I had 4 copper and a potion, so bought a University. On turn 4, I only had 2 to spend, Sage had missed the reshuffle so I bought a Squire. On turn 5 though I managed to draw Sage, Potion and University together which lead to this.

xyz123 plays University
xyz123 gains Wharf
xyz123 plays Sage
xyz123 shuffles deck
xyz123 reveals Squire, Overgrown Estate, Copper, Copper, Copper, Necropolis, Copper, Hovel, Copper, Wharf
xyz123 places Wharf in hand
xyz123 discards: Squire, Overgrown Estate, Copper, Copper, Copper, Necropolis, Copper, Hovel, Copper
xyz123 plays Wharf

[aku_chi]

The game where I gained 152 VP on turn 16:

http://www.gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?http://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20151224/log.0.1450993172086.txt

It was a powerhouse board with Scrying Pool, Bridge, King's Court, Throne Room, and Black Market (Goons, Governor, and Remake were the highlights in the Black Market deck)!  My early turns weren't too exciting; I mostly bought Scrying Pools and looked at cards in the Black Market deck (but rarely bought any).  Even as late as turn 14, my deck didn't look too impressive.

But the last couple turns improved my deck quality exponentially (and I don't use that word carelessly).  On turn 15, I throned a Governor to gain two Golds, drew them, Remade them into King's Courts, drew those, and went to town (well, the Black Market, really).  And on my last turn I got enough Bridges to buy out all of the Colonies and Provinces (and a couple Duchies).

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aku chi - buys Colony
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Colony
aku chi - buys Colony
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Colony
aku chi - buys Colony
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Colony
aku chi - buys Colony
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Colony
aku chi - buys Colony
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Colony
aku chi - buys Colony
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Colony
aku chi - buys Colony
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Colony
aku chi - buys Colony
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Colony
aku chi - buys Province
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Province
aku chi - buys Province
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Province
aku chi - buys Province
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Province
aku chi - buys Province
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Province
aku chi - buys Province
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Province
aku chi - buys Province
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Province
aku chi - buys Province
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Province
aku chi - buys Province
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Province
aku chi - buys Duchy
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Duchy
aku chi - buys Duchy
aku chi - receives 1 victory point chips
aku chi - gains Duchy
Then I apologized to my mother, WhiteDragon.  We haven't played Dominion since...