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[JW]

New thread for a new year. Starting this off with a long-time dream:

---------- JW: turn 1 ----------
JW - plays 5 Copper
JW - uses 1 coin token
JW - buys Doctor
JW - overpays for Doctor with 3 coins
JW - looks at Overgrown Estate
JW - trashes Overgrown Estate
JW - draws Copper
JW - looks at Necropolis
JW - trashes Necropolis
JW - looks at Hovel
JW - trashes Hovel
JW - gains Doctor
JW - draws Copper
JW - shuffles deck
JW - draws Copper, Doctor, Copper, Copper

[Elanchana]

IRL game. 4 players. Most people screwing around with Knights, one with Rats/Hermit. Aimed to Inherit Highways when no one else was considering it. Finally got it going and ended up as the only person with more than two Provinces.

There was also a game where I won with 31 VP chips.

Apologies and so on.

[Roadrunner7671]

IRL game. 4 players. Most people screwing around with Knights, one with Rats/Hermit. Aimed to Inherit Highways when no one else was considering it. Finally got it going and ended up as the only person with more than two Provinces.

There was also a game where I won with 31 VP chips.

Apologies and so on.

Screwing around? I'll have you know those Knights were incredibly tactical.

[Elanchana]

IRL game. 4 players. Most people screwing around with Knights, one with Rats/Hermit. Aimed to Inherit Highways when no one else was considering it. Finally got it going and ended up as the only person with more than two Provinces.

There was also a game where I won with 31 VP chips.

Apologies and so on.

Screwing around? I'll have you know those Knights were incredibly tactical.

That "most people" includes me!

[JW]

JW - plays Governor
JW - chooses to trash a card
JW - trashes Gold
JW - gains Province [the last Province]
JW - plays Swindler
Lord Bottington - reveals Province
Lord Bottington - trashes Province
JW - plays 3 Gold, 1 Silver

 

[Awaclus]

JW - plays Governor
JW - chooses to trash a card
JW - trashes Gold
JW - gains Province [the last Province]
JW - plays Swindler
Lord Bottington - reveals Province
Lord Bottington - trashes Province
JW - plays 3 Gold, 1 Silver

Did you actually need that to happen to win?

[wachsmuth]

JW - plays Governor
JW - chooses to trash a card
JW - trashes Gold
JW - gains Province [the last Province]
JW - plays Swindler
Lord Bottington - reveals Province
Lord Bottington - trashes Province
JW - plays 3 Gold, 1 Silver

Did you actually need that to happen to win?

Somewhat related: I had a game where I had just seen a forced tie. Seeing as I am doing rather poorly, I decide to go for it. It involves playing a Jester for money to get to 8 for Province. The Jester hits a Victory card, hands over a curse, and I win.

[Titandrake]

One of the better turns I've had.

---------- Titandrake: turn 6 ----------
Titandrake - plays Shanty Town
Titandrake - reveals Copper, Copper, Silver, Copper
Titandrake - draws Remake, Shanty Town
Titandrake - plays Remake
Titandrake - trashes Copper
Titandrake - trashes Copper
Titandrake - plays Shanty Town
Titandrake - reveals Copper, Silver
Titandrake - draws Remake
Titandrake - shuffles deck
Titandrake - draws Copper
Titandrake - plays Remake
Titandrake - trashes Copper
Titandrake - trashes Copper
Titandrake - buys Peddler

[tailred]

Here's a rarity, an empty potions pile!

[Dingan]

Something is terribly, terribly wrong here.  Or there is a bug in the ranking algorithm.  Or Stef's MF client is REALLY screwed up.

[Awaclus]

Here's a rarity, an empty potions pile!

Did you actually need that to happen to win?

[tailred]

Something is terribly, terribly wrong here.  Or there is a bug in the ranking algorithm.  Or Stef's MF client is REALLY screwed up.

Isn't that correct, though? The ranking's based off of mu - 3sigma IIRC, and since your sigma's lower you should be rated higher.

[Tables]

The joke is that Dingan has apparently passed Stef, and well obviously the idea of being more highly rated than Stef is ludicrous.

[Elanchana]

Me doing productive stuff with both a card I hate and a card I suck at (like a boss?)

[xyz123]

Lord Bottington's Noble Brigand attack fails in the most spectacular way.

Lord Bottington - plays Noble Brigand
xyz123 - reveals: Tunnel, Tunnel
xyz123 - discards: Tunnel, Tunnel
xyz123 - reveals reaction Tunnel
xyz123 - gains Gold
xyz123 - reveals reaction Tunnel
xyz123 - gains Gold
xyz123 - reveals reaction Trader
xyz123 - gains Silver

[Jeb]

So I had a great deck with 7 Alchemists (potion), 4 platinums, 1 gold, 4 fortresses, 1 militia, 3 expands, 1 forge... and a lead.

On a turn, I play a few alchemists and then get tripped up for some reason and play a terminal militia with no potion in play and no way to get back to the alchemists  for probably 3 hands.

My opponent has a deck with 6 nobles, 4 fortresses, 3 golems, 3 alchemists, 2 expand, 1 forge, 1 develop, 3 expands...

Over the next two turns, he takes a 14 point lead with two colonies left.


This is my hand:
Jeb - draws Fortress, Fortress, Platinum, Expand, Forge

----------------------------------------------------------

Jeb - plays Fortress
Jeb - draws Potion
Jeb - plays Fortress
Jeb - draws Expand
Jeb - plays Expand
Jeb - trashes Platinum
Jeb - gains Colony
Jeb - plays Forge
Jeb - trashes Expand, Potion
Jeb - gains Colony

[Dingan]

Sorry, princess

---------- Dingan: turn 14 ----------
Dingan - plays Prince
Dingan - sets aside Prince
Dingan - sets aside Princess

...

------------ Game Over ------------
1st place: Dingan
2nd place: princess0992

[dedicateddan]

Something is terribly, terribly wrong here.  Or there is a bug in the ranking algorithm.  Or Stef's MF client is REALLY screwed up.

Definite bug. Let's take the 0 off of that 10

(Also: congrats)

[tailred]

My friend was a little drunk today.

[Julle]

My friend was a little drunk today.

Edge case^TM: he played ruined village with herald/golem or needed one more card in play for HoP.

[Dingan]

Log

* Opens Steward/Steward *
* Both Stewards miss first reshuffle *

"Crap, I should buy another Steward cus the other 2 are going to miss this shuffle"

---------- Dingan: turn 4 ----------
Dingan - plays 3 Copper
Dingan - buys Steward
Dingan - gains Steward
Dingan - draws Steward, Steward
Dingan - shuffles deck
Dingan - draws Steward, Silver, Estate

"F my life"

------------ Game Over ------------
Goonba - total victory points: 60
Dingan - total victory points: 0

[faust]

Log

* Opens Steward/Steward *
* Both Stewards miss first reshuffle *

"Crap, I should buy another Steward cus the other 2 are going to miss this shuffle"

---------- Dingan: turn 4 ----------
Dingan - plays 3 Copper
Dingan - buys Steward
Dingan - gains Steward
Dingan - draws Steward, Steward
Dingan - shuffles deck
Dingan - draws Steward, Silver, Estate

"F my life"

------------ Game Over ------------
Goonba - total victory points: 60
Dingan - total victory points: 0

Not sure why you'd pick up Silver on that board. I mean, if that Silver had been a Native Village...

[wachsmuth]

Maybe I overbought Rabble this game...

cja31415 - plays Rabble
wachsmuth - reveals Rabble, Rabble, Rabble
wachsmuth - discards: Rabble, Rabble, Rabble

[Dingan]

Maybe I overbought Rabble this game...

cja31415 - plays Rabble
wachsmuth - reveals Rabble, Rabble, Rabble
wachsmuth - discards: Rabble, Rabble, Rabble

[Chris is me]

Maybe I overbought Rabble this game...

cja31415 - plays Rabble
wachsmuth - reveals Rabble, Rabble, Rabble
wachsmuth - discards: Rabble, Rabble, Rabble

A house rule my friends play with is that if you don't quote this scene when you play Rabble, the attack doesn't land. This also doubles as a way to make other players pay more attention.

[shark_bait]

Maybe I overbought Rabble this game...

cja31415 - plays Rabble
wachsmuth - reveals Rabble, Rabble, Rabble
wachsmuth - discards: Rabble, Rabble, Rabble

Sung to the tune of David Bowie's Rebel Rebel. 

Rabble, Rabble, you've drawn your best
Rabble, Rabble, your hand is a mess
Rabble, Rabble, they didn't know
And now, the game is thrown

[Titandrake]

I'm going to be a dick and brag about a game I just played for all the wrong reasons.

It was a pretty tricky board, with lots of moving pieces and 3-piles possible from out of nowhere. In the middle of one of my long turns, I get a chat message.

Anon: ugh
Anon: so painfully slow

To which I reply

Titandrake: that's great
Titandrake: I don't really care
Titandrake: these turns are complicated

This must have struck a nerve.

Anon: you will now

I took that as an implicit threat of incoming slow play. "Oh," I think. "Well, I can't afford to indulge slow-playing. Guess I should 3-pile this turn." Which I do, winning by a few points.

Titandrake: no, I don't think I will
Anon: you idiot

Then Anon left.

[Moneymodel]

Achievement unlocked?



This board also had Murchinary. When it first came up in random, I had three shuffles without Urchins colliding despite me getting three of them (possibly four), so after ragequitting resigning, I decided to explore the kingdom against a bot, and this happened.

[dedicateddan]

Ok, this was truly a gem

Opp: What's the point of scavenger with stashes?
Opp: Doesn't make any sense whatsoever
Me: I hope this works...
Opp: It's just with stash you're going to put them on top of the deck anyways, so why do you need scavenger too?
Opp: Good luck!
Me: Thanks!
Opp: lol gg I dont like your strategy but luck
Opp: (profanities)
Opp: (more profanities)

Log:
https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160309/log.0.1457490646393.txt

[Mic Qsenoch]

I need to automatch more often, because I really do miss these types of chat messages.

[Elanchana]

Ok, this was truly a gem

Opp: What's the point of scavenger with stashes?
Opp: Doesn't make any sense whatsoever
Me: I hope this works...
Opp: It's just with stash you're going to put them on top of the deck anyways, so why do you need scavenger too?
Opp: Good luck!
Me: Thanks!
Opp: lol gg I dont like your strategy but luck
Opp: (profanities)
Opp: (more profanities)

Log:
https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160309/log.0.1457490646393.txt

I think anyone would spew profanities if they got stuck on the wrong end of a cheat code Scavenger/Stash.

[Seprix]

On turn 1, I buy a Silver. My opponent buys a Noble Brigand, and hits my Silver.
Chat:

Seprix: ouch

8 Turns later:
Chat:

Opponent: ?? ??
What???
WHAT???

I didn't see him replying as I was playing at first, but then I noticed he started freaking out, so I replied:

Chat:

Seprix: You hit my Silver on T1
Opponent: wow
just wow
well, ill let you have the free win since ur such a sore loser

He quit. I was ahead by 2 Provinces. A bit weird.

[GendoIkari]

On turn 1, I buy a Silver. My opponent buys a Noble Brigand, and hits my Silver.
Chat:

Seprix: ouch

8 Turns later:
Chat:

Opponent: ?? ??
What???
WHAT???

I didn't see him replying as I was playing at first, but then I noticed he started freaking out, so I replied:

Chat:

Seprix: You hit my Silver on T1
Opponent: wow
just wow
well, ill let you have the free win since ur such a sore loser

He quit. I was ahead by 2 Provinces. A bit weird.

Huh? I don't get it; was he doing something that didn't work because he'd stolen your Silver?

[Burning Skull]

Maybe it was SCSN? He doesn't like Silvers.

[wachsmuth]

Ok, this was truly a gem

Opp: What's the point of scavenger with stashes?
Opp: Doesn't make any sense whatsoever
Me: I hope this works...
Opp: It's just with stash you're going to put them on top of the deck anyways, so why do you need scavenger too?
Opp: Good luck!
Me: Thanks!
Opp: lol gg I dont like your strategy but luck
Opp: (profanities)
Opp: (more profanities)

Log:
https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160309/log.0.1457490646393.txt

I have also played this clown. He really gets very offended. In this case, he thought I had been 'very lucky' that 3 of my Cultists had collided twice, and consequently insulted me. I pointed out that he didn't buy more than 1 Cultist, and that he had actually bought Gold over Cultist early on, which was of course excused by that he'd 'hoped to hit 5' slightly afterwards. And he also thought it was 'luck' that my Grand Market engine worked out at all, and I was of course going to stall out before ending the game. And when I finally won, it was of course, luck, which he promptly pointed out to me with lots and lots of insults.

[iguanaiguana]

Ok, this was truly a gem

Opp: What's the point of scavenger with stashes?
Opp: Doesn't make any sense whatsoever
Me: I hope this works...
Opp: It's just with stash you're going to put them on top of the deck anyways, so why do you need scavenger too?
Opp: Good luck!
Me: Thanks!
Opp: lol gg I dont like your strategy but luck
Opp: (profanities)
Opp: (more profanities)

Log:
https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160309/log.0.1457490646393.txt

I have also played this clown. He really gets very offended. In this case, he thought I had been 'very lucky' that 3 of my Cultists had collided twice, and consequently insulted me. I pointed out that he didn't buy more than 1 Cultist, and that he had actually bought Gold over Cultist early on, which was of course excused by that he'd 'hoped to hit 5' slightly afterwards. And he also thought it was 'luck' that my Grand Market engine worked out at all, and I was of course going to stall out before ending the game. And when I finally won, it was of course, luck, which he promptly pointed out to me with lots and lots of insults.

Oy vey, what a decline in civility on Making Fun!

[Seprix]

On turn 1, I buy a Silver. My opponent buys a Noble Brigand, and hits my Silver.
Chat:

Seprix: ouch

8 Turns later:
Chat:

Opponent: ?? ??
What???
WHAT???

I didn't see him replying as I was playing at first, but then I noticed he started freaking out, so I replied:

Chat:

Seprix: You hit my Silver on T1
Opponent: wow
just wow
well, ill let you have the free win since ur such a sore loser

He quit. I was ahead by 2 Provinces. A bit weird.

Huh? I don't get it; was he doing something that didn't work because he'd stolen your Silver?

He just got really butthurt about me commenting that he hit my turn 1 Silver, I don't know why.

[jaybeez]

https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160327/log.0.1459094998146.txt

---------- yourbuddypal: turn 4 ----------
yourbuddypal - plays Scavenger
yourbuddypal - moves deck to discards
yourbuddypal - places Copper on top of deck
yourbuddypal - plays Silver
yourbuddypal - plays Silver
yourbuddypal - buys Grand Market
yourbuddypal - gains Grand Market
yourbuddypal - draws Copper
yourbuddypal - shuffles deck
yourbuddypal - draws Copper, Hovel, Copper, Copper
 
---------- jaybeez: turn 5 ----------
jaybeez - plays Necropolis
jaybeez - plays Smugglers
jaybeez - gains Grand Market
jaybeez - plays Scavenger
jaybeez - moves deck to discards
jaybeez - places Grand Market on top of deck
jaybeez - plays 2 Copper
jaybeez - buys Storeroom
jaybeez - gains Storeroom
jaybeez - draws Grand Market
jaybeez - shuffles deck
jaybeez - draws Copper, Copper, Storeroom, Copper

[Elanchana]

This was extremely satisfying for someone who is often terrible at playing Procession.

[iamsparticus]

 And when I finally won, it was of course, luck, which he promptly pointed out to me with lots and lots of insults.
[/quote]

It will be great to have a blacklist again, which I assume will be a feature in the 2017 implementation.

[Seprix]

And when I finally won, it was of course, luck, which he promptly pointed out to me with lots and lots of insults.

It will be great to have a blacklist again, which I assume will be a feature in the 2017 implementation.

Why? People raging on the internet is hilarious and petty. Plus you get to show off a funny story and get some free upvotes. What's not to like?

[Dingan]

Log

I got super duper lucky to set this up.  In no way was it the best strategy.  But once it was set up, it was pretty cool.

---------- Dingan: turn 21 ----------
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays Scavenger
Dingan - moves deck to discards
Dingan - places Estate on top of deck
Dingan - places King's Court on top of deck
Dingan - places King's Court on top of deck
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays Scavenger
Dingan - places Scavenger on top of deck
Dingan - places Scavenger on top of deck
Dingan - places Trade Route on top of deck
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays Trade Route
Dingan - plays Trade Route
Dingan - plays Trade Route

---------- Dingan: turn 22 ----------
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays Scavenger
Dingan - moves deck to discards
Dingan - places Estate on top of deck
Dingan - places King's Court on top of deck
Dingan - places King's Court on top of deck
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays Scavenger
Dingan - places Scavenger on top of deck
Dingan - places Scavenger on top of deck
Dingan - places Trade Route on top of deck
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays Trade Route
Dingan - plays Trade Route
Dingan - plays Trade Route

---------- Dingan: turn 23 ----------
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays Scavenger
Dingan - moves deck to discards
Dingan - places Estate on top of deck
Dingan - places King's Court on top of deck
Dingan - places King's Court on top of deck
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays Scavenger
Dingan - places Scavenger on top of deck
Dingan - places Scavenger on top of deck
Dingan - places Trade Route on top of deck
Dingan - plays King's Court
Dingan - plays Trade Route
Dingan - plays Trade Route
Dingan - plays Trade Route

[Awaclus]

Log

I got super duper lucky to set this up.  In no way was it the best strategy.

Well, it didn't really matter because your opponent also ignored the best strategy.

[xyz123]

http://www.gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?http://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160327/log.0.1459090515671.txt

I know it is a bot game but had I achieved two things.

1) On turn 13 I bought 6 provinces to end the game.

2) Turn 12 was more interesting though. I gained Followers, Trusty Steed and Princess on this turn despite only having a single Province. I drew it 3 times.

[Seprix]

Log

I got super duper lucky to set this up.  In no way was it the best strategy.

Well, it didn't really matter because your opponent also ignored the best strategy.

Out of curiosity, what would that be? KC KC Scavenger Scavenger is a free province a turn.

[gkrieg13]

Just kings court scavenger silver is enough to get you a province every turn. Until they collide

[Awaclus]

Log

I got super duper lucky to set this up.  In no way was it the best strategy.

Well, it didn't really matter because your opponent also ignored the best strategy.

Out of curiosity, what would that be? KC KC Scavenger Scavenger is a free province a turn.

Something like this: http://gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160329/log.0.1459245959885.txt

With slightly better shuffles, I could have gotten 7 Provinces in 15 turns, but since all of my 3 King's Courts collided once, I only got 6 Provinces and one Duchy. It could have been worse if I hadn't gotten a KC in my next hand after the collision by pure luck though, and my early shuffles were 5/5 bretty good so all in all, I think this is only slightly better than what you would normally expect when you go for KC/Scavenger.

[ponnuki]

My opponent just played two King's Courted Possessions in one turn. I still won the game, because he forsaked starting to green in those 6 turns he got to play with my cards, giving me the chance to do so in the 3 Possession turns I got after it, going from 1-0 behind to 65-1 ahead (Colony game).

[Seprix]

I had an opponent who kept complaining about shuffle luck the whole time, and I told him to calm down. He said he was fine, but then went ballistic on me, telling me it was just luck which was why I won. Sure. And when he wins, it's obviously not luck.

[assemble_me]

When Mine into Adventurer beats Procession/Fortress:

http://gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?http://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160317/log.0.1458246091735.txt

also as saved stream:

https://www.twitch.tv/assemble_me/v/56618442 (starting at 1:08:45) - the chat was not convinced it was correct. Anyways, it felt pretty good

[LastFootnote]

I had an opponent who kept complaining about shuffle luck the whole time, and I told him to calm down. He said he was fine, but then went ballistic on me, telling me it was just luck which was why I won. Sure. And when he wins, it's obviously not luck.

I don't think that qualifies as one of 2016's best Dominion moments. Sorry.

[Seprix]

I had an opponent who kept complaining about shuffle luck the whole time, and I told him to calm down. He said he was fine, but then went ballistic on me, telling me it was just luck which was why I won. Sure. And when he wins, it's obviously not luck.

I don't think that qualifies as one of 2016's best Dominion moments. Sorry.

Sure it does. You just have to squint. It looks a lot more impressive when you squint.

[dedicateddan]

How long until I realize that the silver pile is empty? 

Bonus commentary on tricky engines

Video here:
https://www.twitch.tv/danbrooks/v/57741594

[Dingan]

Log

---------- Dingan: turn 16 ----------
Dingan - plays Prince
Dingan - sets aside Prince
Dingan - sets aside Margrave

and later...

---------- Dingan: turn 17 ----------
Dingan - plays Armory
Dingan - gains Prince

[AdrianHealey]

You already won at that point, so that was just bragging

[Titandrake]

Somehow, this is the first time I've seen this interaction. Haggler + Mandarin on gain lets me guarantee hitting $8 next turn for the win.

---------- Titandrake: turn 15 ----------
Titandrake - plays Haggler
Titandrake - plays 2 Gold, 1 Silver
Titandrake - buys Province
Titandrake - gains Mandarin
Titandrake - places Gold on top of deck
Titandrake - places Silver on top of deck
Titandrake - places Gold on top of deck
Titandrake - gains Province
...
Titandrake - draws Gold, Silver, Gold, Copper, Province
 
---------- Titandrake: turn 16 ----------
Titandrake - plays 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Copper
Titandrake - buys Province
Titandrake - gains Province
Titandrake - shuffles deck
Titandrake - draws Estate, Copper, Province, Gold, Gold

[JW]

In an IRL game, I had Trader in hand and bought Messenger, gaining a Curse. My two opponents weren't so lucky.

Edit: as pointed out below, this interaction wasn't handled correctly. My opponents shouldn't have gained anything. Gaining a Silver while giving your opponents nothing is still useful, but it's weaker than gaining a Silver while your opponents gain a Curse.

[Accatitippi]

In an IRL game, I had Trader in hand and bought Messenger, gaining a Curse. My two opponents weren't so lucky.

This is wrong, I believe. They can't gain a copy of the card you gained, because you didn't gain it. (completely incidentally, you gained a card there, but it was due to another effect - trader's - so it's not affected by messenger).

[Aleimon Thimble]

Yeah, this is just basic Blue Dog Rule stuff. It does work with Watchtower though!

[JW]

This is wrong, I believe. They can't gain a copy of the card you gained, because you didn't gain it. (completely incidentally, you gained a card there, but it was due to another effect - trader's - so it's not affected by messenger).

Oops! That interaction is not as strong as I thought. Good to know.

[Aleimon Thimble]

I guess it can still be useful if you want to gain an extra Silver, but don't want to give your opponent(s) anything.

[Seprix]

Nicholas Tran - draws Silver, Develop, Ambassador, Possession, Potion

---------- Seprix: turn 20 ----------
Seprix - duration Lighthouse
Seprix - plays Possession

---------- Nicholas Tran: turn 20 [possessed] ----------
Nicholas Tran - plays Ambassador
Nicholas Tran - reveals Possession
Nicholas Tran - returns Possession to the Supply
Seprix - gains Possession
 
---------- Nicholas Tran: turn 20 ----------
<resigns>

TL;DR I sent the opponent's only Possession via Ambassador (on a lucky collision for me, not for him) back into the pile on my first Possession play, he immediately resigned.

[Dingan]

Nicholas Tran - draws Silver, Develop, Ambassador, Possession, Potion

---------- Seprix: turn 20 ----------
Seprix - duration Lighthouse
Seprix - plays Possession

---------- Nicholas Tran: turn 20 [possessed] ----------
Nicholas Tran - plays Ambassador
Nicholas Tran - reveals Possession
Nicholas Tran - returns Possession to the Supply
Seprix - gains Possession
 
---------- Nicholas Tran: turn 20 ----------
<resigns>

TL;DR I sent the opponent's only Possession via Ambassador (on a lucky collision for me, not for him) back into the pile on my first Possession play, he immediately resigned.

Purely speculating, but sounds like your opponent should have Develop'ed away their Ambassador(s) once they were thin.

[Seprix]

Nicholas Tran - draws Silver, Develop, Ambassador, Possession, Potion

---------- Seprix: turn 20 ----------
Seprix - duration Lighthouse
Seprix - plays Possession

---------- Nicholas Tran: turn 20 [possessed] ----------
Nicholas Tran - plays Ambassador
Nicholas Tran - reveals Possession
Nicholas Tran - returns Possession to the Supply
Seprix - gains Possession
 
---------- Nicholas Tran: turn 20 ----------
<resigns>

TL;DR I sent the opponent's only Possession via Ambassador (on a lucky collision for me, not for him) back into the pile on my first Possession play, he immediately resigned.

Purely speculating, but sounds like your opponent should have Develop'ed away their Ambassador(s) once they were thin.

Absolutely. I don't know if he had Ambassador collisions, and he pretty much never was thin, but he had Lighthouse up every turn pretty much, so he couldn't have been that junked.

[faust]

Sometimes, you need to gain a Scout to win the game...

---------- faust: turn 13 ----------
[...]
faust - plays Workshop
faust - gains Scout
faust - plays Remodel
faust - trashes Gold
faust - gains Province
faust - plays Tactician
faust - discards: Province, Copper, Province
faust - shuffles deck
faust - draws Tactician, Farming Village, Province, Gold, Mint
 
---------- faust: turn 14 ----------
faust - duration Tactician
faust - draws Remodel, Farming Village, Scout, Farming Village, Province
faust - plays Farming Village
faust - reveals Remodel
faust - places Remodel in hand
faust - plays Farming Village
faust - reveals Workshop
faust - places Workshop in hand
faust - plays Farming Village
faust - reveals Farming Village
faust - places Farming Village in hand
faust - plays Farming Village
faust - reveals Farming Village
faust - places Farming Village in hand
faust - plays Mint
faust - reveals Gold
faust - gains Gold
faust - plays Scout
faust - reveals: Farming Village, Province, Copper
faust - shuffles deck
faust - reveals: Gold
faust - places cards in hand:  Province
faust - places Farming Village on top of deck
faust - places Copper on top of deck
faust - places Gold on top of deck
faust - plays Farming Village
faust - reveals Gold
faust - places Gold in hand
faust - plays Remodel
faust - trashes Gold
faust - gains Province
faust - plays Remodel
faust - trashes Gold
faust - gains Province
faust - plays Workshop
faust - gains Estate
faust - draws Copper, Farming Village
faust - shuffles deck
faust - draws Province, Province, Workshop

------------ Game Over ------------

[Deadlock39]

If you had not gained Scout,  you would have had that Farming Village that was on top of your deck in your hand instead of Scout.  It would have discarded Province and drawn the Copper. Playing your second Farming Village would shuffle your deck.  If the Gold was the only thing in your discard, it would either draw it, or discard the Province again and draw it.

As best I can tell here, Scout is not better than nothing (but Farming Village is better than Village).

[faust]

If you had not gained Scout,  you would have had that Farming Village that was on top of your deck in your hand instead of Scout.  It would have discarded Province and drawn the Copper. Playing your second Farming Village would shuffle your deck.  If the Gold was the only thing in your discard, it would either draw it, or discard the Province again and draw it.

As best I can tell here, Scout is not better than nothing (but Farming Village is better than Village).

I guess you're right with how it has played out, but suppose I would have drawn one Province more for my starting hand. Then I could not have drawn the Gold with the additional FV, but could have still gotten it with Scout... and any situation where I have fewer Provinces in hand lets me draw the Gold either way. So I think gaining Scout was the right choice, since it guaranteed me to double Province, which gaining FV would not have.

[Accatitippi]

---------- Accatitippi: turn 19 ----------
Accatitippi - plays Stonemason
Accatitippi - trashes Province
Accatitippi - gains Estate
Accatitippi - gains Estate
Accatitippi - plays 2 Copper
Accatitippi - buys Estate
Accatitippi - gains Estate
Accatitippi - draws Ironmonger, Province
Accatitippi - shuffles deck
Accatitippi - draws Curse, Copper, Copper
 
------------ Game Over ------------
Accatitippi - total victory points: 14
kiliana - total victory points: 13

I don't always mill Provinces, but when I do, I like to make sure that they are thoroughly milled.

[ced]

ced - plays 7 Copper, 1 Silver
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - buys Masterpiece
ced - overpays for Masterpiece with 21 coins
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Silver
ced - applied Watchtower to place Silver on top of the deck
ced - gains Masterpiece
ced - applied Watchtower to trash Masterpiece
ced - trashes Masterpiece
ced - draws Silver, Silver, Silver, Silver, Silver

My magnum opus.

[shark_bait]

ced - plays 7 Copper, 1 Silver
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils

Am I the only one that thinks that a deck drawing 7 Copper, 1 Silver, and 5 Spoils can do better than 1 Province for 4 consecutive turns? 

[ced]

ced - plays 7 Copper, 1 Silver
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils

Am I the only one that thinks that a deck drawing 7 Copper, 1 Silver, and 5 Spoils can do better than 1 Province for 4 consecutive turns? 

You'd think so normally, but the draw was Madman and the only +buy was Ruined Market.

Edit: Kingdom and Log

[Chris is me]

The best dominion moment of 2016 is going to be when Adventures comes out online.

Or maybe when MF updates us with an ETA for Adventures.

Or maybe when MF finally shuts down having never released Adventures in the first place.

(Well, I guess there's Empires, but we are guaranteed to be waiting 6 months for that online)

I really want Adventures and I'm growing impatient that every card was allegedly implemented more or less properly a week ago and we haven't even heard anything since.

[shark_bait]

ced - plays 7 Copper, 1 Silver
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils
ced - plays Spoils

Am I the only one that thinks that a deck drawing 7 Copper, 1 Silver, and 5 Spoils can do better than 1 Province for 4 consecutive turns? 

You'd think so normally, but the draw was Madman and the only +buy was Ruined Market.

Edit: Kingdom and Log

[Infthitbox]

---------- Beigeman: turn 14 ----------
[...]
Beigeman - plays 3 Potion



---------- Infthitbox: turn 15 ----------
[..]
Infthitbox - plays Doctor
Infthitbox - names Province
Infthitbox - reveals: Province, Province, Gold
Infthitbox - trashes Province, Province
Infthitbox - places Gold on top of deck


---------- Infthitbox: turn 19 ----------
[...]
Infthitbox - plays Doctor
Infthitbox - names Province
Infthitbox - reveals: Gold, Province, Swindler
Infthitbox - trashes Province
Infthitbox - places Gold on top of deck
Infthitbox - places Swindler on top of deck




------------ Game Over ------------
Infthitbox - cards: 3 Cartographer, 2 Swindler, 2 Fortress, 1 Doctor, 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Copper, 5 Province
Infthitbox - total victory points: 30
Infthitbox - turns: 21


Log
Kingdom

[PolarTimeSD]

Nicholas Tran - draws Silver, Develop, Ambassador, Possession, Potion

---------- Seprix: turn 20 ----------
Seprix - duration Lighthouse
Seprix - plays Possession

---------- Nicholas Tran: turn 20 [possessed] ----------
Nicholas Tran - plays Ambassador
Nicholas Tran - reveals Possession
Nicholas Tran - returns Possession to the Supply
Seprix - gains Possession
 
---------- Nicholas Tran: turn 20 ----------
<resigns>

TL;DR I sent the opponent's only Possession via Ambassador (on a lucky collision for me, not for him) back into the pile on my first Possession play, he immediately resigned.

Purely speculating, but sounds like your opponent should have Develop'ed away their Ambassador(s) once they were thin.

Absolutely. I don't know if he had Ambassador collisions, and he pretty much never was thin, but he had Lighthouse up every turn pretty much, so he couldn't have been that junked.

I'm just learning the game. I mostly resigned because you were sorta a jerk in chat

[Seprix]

I'm just learning the game. I mostly resigned because you were sorta a jerk in chat

I remember saying that what happened to you on that turn sucked and I felt bad. I don't remember saying anything rude.

Welcome to the forums at any rate.

[ehunt]

My magnum opus.

my favorite part is that you trash the masterpiece, just in case the game lasts long enough for you to have anything but silver in your hand

[JW]

Friends of my fiancée invited us over to their house for lunch. I saw base set Dominion on their shelf so I got them Seaside as thanks. My fiancée called me a Dominion evangelist.

[J Reggie]

My magnum opus.

Not quite as impressive, but this happened:

J Reggie - buys Raid
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - buys Raid
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver
J Reggie - gains Silver

And here's the unprettified log: https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160503/log.0.1462258272350.txt

[Accatitippi]

---------- Accatitippi: turn 10 ----------
Accatitippi - plays Page
Accatitippi - draws Copper
Accatitippi - plays Champion
Accatitippi - plays Saboteur
Riphia - shuffles deck
Riphia - reveals Copper, Copper, Copper, Page, Page, Champion
Riphia - trashes Champion

Opponent resigns.
I feel like a huge jerk, even more so since it was only a 25% chance. (he had 4 3+ cards in his deck and one in his hand)

[wachsmuth]

---------- Accatitippi: turn 10 ----------
Accatitippi - plays Page
Accatitippi - draws Copper
Accatitippi - plays Champion
Accatitippi - plays Saboteur
Riphia - shuffles deck
Riphia - reveals Copper, Copper, Copper, Page, Page, Champion
Riphia - trashes Champion

Opponent resigns.
I feel like a huge jerk, even more so since it was only a 25% chance. (he had 4 3+ cards in his deck and one in his hand)

In an effort to catch up, my opponent gains a Rogue trying to steal my Teacher. I smuggle it, and the next turn this happens:

wachsmuth   plays Disciple
wachsmuth   plays Rogue
wachsmuth   gains Minion
wachsmuth   plays Rogue
Kyle Mullins   reveals: Disciple, Necropolis
Kyle Mullins   trashes Disciple
Kyle Mullins   discards Necropolis
wachsmuth   gains Rogue
wachsmuth   plays Wandering Minstrel
wachsmuth   draws Rogue
wachsmuth   draws Copper
wachsmuth   shuffles deck
wachsmuth   reveals: Copper, Loan, Overgrown Estate
wachsmuth   discards: Copper, Loan, Overgrown Estate
wachsmuth   plays Rogue
wachsmuth   gains Disciple

[JW]

Doctor-Fortress combo!

JW   plays Haggler
JW   plays Black Market
JW   reveals Fortune Teller, Herbalist, Stash
JW   plays 2 Silver, 2 Copper
JW   buys Stash
JW   gains Fortress
JW   gains Stash
JW   places Fortune Teller on bottom of the Black Market deck
JW   places Herbalist on bottom of the Black Market deck
JW   plays Doctor
JW   names Fortress
JW   places Stashes at locations: 1
JW   shuffles deck
JW   reveals: Stash, Fortress
JW   trashes Fortress
JW   places Stash on top of deck
JW   plays Fortress
JW   draws Stash
JW   plays Stash

[Later in the same game]

JW   plays Doctor
JW   names Fortress
JW   reveals: Fortress, Fortress, Stash
JW   trashes Fortress, Fortress
JW   applies the 'when you trash ability' of Fortress
JW   applies the 'when you trash ability' of Fortress

[GendoIkari]

My best Dominion moment of 2016 was reading the Empires previews.

[JThorne]

3P IRL game.

Plan on Page --> Candlestick Maker (Warrior-proof) --> Double Page buys --> cycle like crazy --> buy more Pages, trash all starting cards, lock opponents out of Travelers by grabbing all Warriors and upgrading only one of them to Champion. Put Pathfinding on Page. Final build:

...8 Pages, 4 Warriors, three Platinums, three Silvers leftover from Treasure Hunters. Draw whole deck repeatedly, trashing literally every 3-4 cost card in opponents' decks along the way, play one Candlestick Maker for exactly $22 and two buys, buy double Colonies...five turns in a row.

One opponent was attempting Page buys with Forager (not Warrior-proof) and the other was attempting Pathfinding/City chains. Final score: 106 - 20 - 0.

That said, I made a huge mistake in a 4P IRL game yesterday:

Excellent engine parts (Smithy, Journeyman, Plaza, Count) but not a single extra buy. No junking. Harem. Played a boring Smithy-BM, won by a few points, apologized for being boring.

However, I saw it too late: Highway, Count, Ball. Derp! The Kingdom could easily have supported a very thin deck playing 4 Highways and Balling two Provinces a turn, no double-buy required. I've got to remember that Ball says "a card" and not "an action card" like so many Events do.

(One more: Highway/Prince-Embassy. Wow! Only won by two points over opponent who got Highway/Prince-Journeyman.)

[AJD]

This evening my friend opened 4/3 and got Masterpiece(+Silver)/Silver. Strategically, of course, it's generally a bad move to buy Masterpiece for 4, but it worked out lucky for her: she drew $6 each on turns 3 and 4, and when she finally drew her Shelters on turn 5 she drew them with the Altar she had just bought.

[rspeer]

Playing fully random, I got an amazing board where I scored Fairgrounds for 12 points each.

https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160514/log.0.1463215879107.txt

Kingdom: Stonemason (bane), Black Market, Great Hall, Village, Conspirator, Moneylender, Talisman, Counterfeit, Junk Dealer, Witch, Fairgrounds
Extra supply piles: Potion, Ruins
Extra non-supply piles: Black Market, Spoils

My opponent was strangely cooperative, letting me get 7 of the fairgrounds and even Marauding me so I didn't have to waste too much time buying ruins. Oh, and he also cooperated by not resigning like 20 turns earlier. I ended with 32 distinct cards in my 55-card deck.

[Titandrake]

---------- Titandrake: turn 9 ----------
Titandrake - plays Remake
Titandrake - trashes Copper
Titandrake - trashes Silver
Titandrake - gains Death Cart
Titandrake - reveals reaction Trader
Titandrake - gains Silver
Titandrake - reveals reaction Trader
Titandrake - gains Silver
Titandrake - buys Alms
Titandrake - gains Death Cart
Titandrake - reveals reaction Trader
Titandrake - gains Silver
Titandrake - reveals reaction Trader
Titandrake - gains Silver

http://gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160516/log.0.1463440737488.txt

[Limetime]

All colony + province in 9 turns.
E. Honda has the log below.
In case if you don't want to look at the log it was traveling fair, counting house, bank.

[E.Honda]

All colony + province in 9 turns.
Log tomorrow.

Here it is. That was really nicely done

http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15459.0

[Elanchana]

Some time ago I had a game where I did more trolling than possibly any other time in my entire life.

But I can't remember if it was this one, this one, or this one. I know it involved me using Artificer and needlessly prolonging the game by midturn gaining cards instead of buying them like a normal person.

[E.Honda]

Turn 7 Champion is nice

---------- E.Honda: turn 7 ----------
E.Honda - plays Herald
E.Honda - draws Treasure Hunter
E.Honda - reveals: Champion
E.Honda - plays Champion

http://gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160518/log.0.1463582236952.txt

[gkrieg13]

All colony + province in 9 turns.
E. Honda has the log below.
In case if you don't want to look at the log it was traveling fair, counting house, bank.

I like how one bank essentially counts as fortune here

[jsh357]

I'm sure many of you have encountered a player named Dominion cartel. He's pretty good at the game when he isn't just hitting buttons, but starts shouting in the chat almost every game about how he has bad luck and you are beating him by getting lucky. Any attempt to rationalize just leads to him driving the chat to further depths of insanity.

Well, today I managed to have a rational discussion with him by simply buttering him up, letting him know I was aware of his handiwork. He explained to me that he has been trolling because he thinks Goko/MF ruined Dominion online and now just wants to watch the world burn. I gave him some hope that the next one may be better, and it seemed to ease his heart.

Then he resigned the game and told me I won purely by getting lucky draws.

[Seprix]

I'm sure many of you have encountered a player named Dominion cartel. He's pretty good at the game when he isn't just hitting buttons, but starts shouting in the chat almost every game about how he has bad luck and you are beating him by getting lucky. Any attempt to rationalize just leads to him driving the chat to further depths of insanity.

Well, today I managed to have a rational discussion with him by simply buttering him up, letting him know I was aware of his handiwork. He explained to me that he has been trolling because he thinks Goko/MF ruined Dominion online and now just wants to watch the world burn. I gave him some hope that the next one may be better, and it seemed to ease his heart.

Then he resigned the game and told me I won purely by getting lucky draws.

I love Dominion Cartel.

[Miked]

Killer turn 14, props to my opponent for not resigning and letting me have a bit of fun!

Mikey the great - plays Warrior
Mikey the great - draws Wharf, Highway
Karstas - reveals: Champion
Karstas - trashes Champion

http://gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?http://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160523/log.0.1464015767931.txt

[Seprix]

Killer turn 14, props to my opponent for not resigning and letting me have a bit of fun!

Mikey the great - plays Warrior
Mikey the great - draws Wharf, Highway
Karstas - reveals: Champion
Karstas - trashes Champion

http://gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?http://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160523/log.0.1464015767931.txt

I've gotten my Champion trashed before, in a deck of over 45 cards. That is easily resignable.

[Dingan]

http://gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?http://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160610/log.0.1465534585095.txt

---------- Dingan: turn 14 ----------
Dingan - buys Expedition
Dingan - buys Expedition
Dingan - buys Expedition
Dingan - buys Expedition
Dingan - buys Expedition
Dingan - buys Expedition
Dingan - buys Expedition

[jsh357]

That turn 15 though:
https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160615/log.0.1466003929704.txt

[mail-mi]

That turn 15 though:
https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160615/log.0.1466003929704.txt

Paging Roadrunner...

[Roadrunner7671]

That turn 15 though:
https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160615/log.0.1466003929704.txt

Paging Roadrunner...

Roadrunner is here. What am I checking out today?

[mail-mi]

That turn 15 though:
https://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160615/log.0.1466003929704.txt

Paging Roadrunner...

Roadrunner is here. What am I checking out today?

A high-level player using scout to activate their engine.

[faust]

Travelling Fair is all the +buy I need

faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province

Oh, and I love love love Inheritance. So many people out there still don't get its true power. This was a Shelters board, and Inheritance was dominating.

[Seprix]

Travelling Fair is all the +buy I need

faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Travelling Fair
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province
faust - buys Province
faust - gains Province

Oh, and I love love love Inheritance. So many people out there still don't get its true power. This was a Shelters board, and Inheritance was dominating.

Yes, Estate as Highway is probably the overall best plausible Inheritance target (sorry King's Court), with Ironmonger in the top 3.

[ben_king]

In an IRL game last night, I got 5 Colonies in 11 turns.

Turn 1 -- buy Feodum
Turn 2 -- buy Donate
Turn 3 -- pay off Debt
Turn 4 -- buy Gold
Turn 5 -- buy Platinum
Turn 6 -- buy Colony
Turn 7 -- buy Colony
Turn 8 -- buy Vault
Turn 9 -- buy Colony
Turn 10 -- buy Colony
Turn 11 -- buy Colony

[JW]

I was playing Lord Bottington - my fiancee grabbed my phone, changed her name on it to "Lord Bottington" and texted "BAHAHAHA, I'm going to beat you!"  But alas for Lord Bottington, it was not so.

[Seprix]

I was playing Lord Bottington - my fiancee grabbed my phone, changed her name on it to "Lord Bottington" and texted "BAHAHAHA, I'm going to beat you!"  But alas for Lord Bottington, it was not so.

Why aren't you married yet?

[Awaclus]

I was playing Lord Bottington - my fiancee grabbed my phone, changed her name on it to "Lord Bottington" and texted "BAHAHAHA, I'm going to beat you!"  But alas for Lord Bottington, it was not so.

Why aren't you married yet?

To Lord Bottington or the fiancee?

[JW]

The second editions of the base set and Intrigue were announced right before I was going to buy the base set for a friend with a birthday in October!

[Dingan]

[Jasoba]

5/2 + baker + borrow into a 7$doctor trashing 3 estates and a copper!

[Seprix]

Seprix plays Throne Room
Seprix plays Herald
Seprix draws Copper
Seprix reveals Counting House
Seprix plays Counting House
Seprix puts 5 Coppers in hand
Seprix draws Copper
Seprix reveals Royal Blacksmith
Seprix plays Royal Blacksmith, discards 7 Coppers

[Chris is me]

Seprix plays Throne Room
Seprix plays Herald
Seprix draws Copper
Seprix reveals Counting House
Seprix plays Counting House
Seprix puts 5 Coppers in hand
Seprix draws Copper
Seprix reveals Royal Blacksmith
Seprix plays Royal Blacksmith, discards 7 Coppers

Quit bragging about being a beta tester already

[LibraryAdventurer]

Seprix plays Throne Room
Seprix plays Herald
Seprix draws Copper
Seprix reveals Counting House
Seprix plays Counting House
Seprix puts 5 Coppers in hand
Seprix draws Copper
Seprix reveals Royal Blacksmith
Seprix plays Royal Blacksmith, discards 7 Coppers

Quit bragging about being a beta tester already

Who said he was playing online?

[E.Honda]

E.Honda - plays Governor
E.Honda - chooses to trash a card
E.Honda - trashes Copper
E.Honda - gains Province
E.Honda - plays Governor
E.Honda - chooses to trash a card
E.Honda - trashes Copper
E.Honda - gains Province
E.Honda - plays Governor
E.Honda - chooses to trash a card
E.Honda - trashes Copper
E.Honda - gains Province
E.Honda - plays Governor
E.Honda - chooses to trash a card
E.Honda - trashes Copper
E.Honda - gains Province

[J Reggie]

J Reggie - plays Lookout
J Reggie - trashes Platinum
J Reggie - discards Platinum
J Reggie - places Platinum on top of deck

log

I still won though. 

[JThorne]

IRL 4P game. I was invited to a game night with players who have <50 games experience, so they're still learning. I have all the cards.

I always brief them on all of the cards before the veto round, explaining all of the different strategies possible. We had a very interesting set of cards, but sadly, they decided it was just too much to keep track of (all they are comfortable doing are weak engines that single-province or double-province if they get lucky.)

I've played megaturns against them with Highway or HoP. I've played multi-Province engines. I've played Triple-Gear BM. I've played Distand Lands rushes. I've played decks designed to maximize landmark points (boy are there some unskippable landmarks) and I've played brutal attack-machines like a deck-drawing Catapult engine (a better curser than I expected) and the classic Champion/Page/Page/Page/Warrior/Warrior/Warrior/Sorry your deck is mostly gone sequence. I've always told them it was a thing ahead of time.

So...the kingdom. I pointed out that Feodum was on the board and that Page upgraded to Treasure Hunter could gain a ton of Silver and make a Feodum rush possible. They vetoed Page (see above, mostly.) There was Counterfeit in the kingdom, and Capital. I pointed out that if you counterfeit a Capital, you get $12, two buys and no debt! Counterfeit two and you get $26 and a bunch of buys; enough for two Provinces and two Capitals, or three Provinces on the last turn. They vetoed Capital. Nothing tricky or interesting could be allowed to stand. I did explain that Rebuild was a monolithic strategy and how to play it (buy a few and hammer the Duchies) but no one vetoed it. Rebuild it is, then. Especially because the only draw was Envoy, making an engine extremely difficult.

The Event was Banquet. Yeah, the copper hurts, but opening with two Rebuilds is nice, and then Counterfeit to help hit $5 and trim some copper. Also, buying Duchies with a hand of 5 copper is a thing.

But I like to try to show them new ways to win when I can. I looked hard at the board and thought...when am I going to get this chance again? I had to try it.

Banquet more Rebuilds. On $4, I bought a Stonemason and two Settlers. Cute in a deck full of stupid Copper. Bought some Duchies and rebuilt them into Provinces like you're supposed to, but...

Stonemason an Estate into two Coppers. They looked a bit confused. I had Counterfeits, right?

Counterfeit for $4 and two buys. Banquet a Rebuild, use the extra buy on a Copper. Now they were super confused.

Counterfeit for $6 and two buys. Banquet a Copper, Banquet another Copper, gaining 6 Coppers altogether. Two other piles were already empty.

My left-hand opponent put down his cards and said "Wait...are you....?"

then he looked down at the Landmark.

Tower.

It was too late. I piled out the Copper on my next turn. Ended up with 20+ Coppers.

I swear I warned them. I pointed out that with Feodum and Treasure Hunter, the game could have piled out Silvers for massive Tower points. I even mentioned the Banquet/Copper possibility, but until you see it with your own eyes, I guess the idea of being beaten by Copper just seems insane.

So there it is. A Copper rush. Awesome! (Yes, they could absolutely have stopped me by emptying another pile if they had seen it three or four turns earlier, but it was soooo worth the risk.)

[McGarnacle]

I love piling out.

[Seprix]

-----------Turn 13-----------
Seprix plays Gold, Silver, 3 Coppers
Seprix buys Inheritance
Seprix inherits Sir Martin

[E.Honda]

E.Honda - plays Governor
E.Honda - chooses to trash a card
E.Honda - trashes Copper
E.Honda - gains Province
E.Honda - plays Governor
E.Honda - chooses to trash a card
E.Honda - trashes Copper
E.Honda - gains Province
E.Honda - plays Governor
E.Honda - chooses to trash a card
E.Honda - trashes Copper
E.Honda - gains Province
E.Honda - plays Governor
E.Honda - chooses to trash a card
E.Honda - trashes Copper
E.Honda - gains Province

E.Honda - plays Butcher
E.Honda - receives 2 coin tokens
E.Honda - trashes Copper
E.Honda - uses 1 coin token
E.Honda - uses 1 coin token
E.Honda - uses 1 coin token
E.Honda - uses 1 coin token
E.Honda - uses 1 coin token
E.Honda - uses 1 coin token
E.Honda - uses 1 coin token
E.Honda - uses 1 coin token
E.Honda - gains Province

it's the trash coppers into provinces weeks

[BBL]

No, it's the week of unexpected province gains.

---------- Villager Bot: turn 22 ----------
Villager Bot - plays Port
Villager Bot - draws Duchy
Villager Bot - plays Port
Villager Bot - draws Copper
Villager Bot - plays Cultist
Villager Bot - draws Duchy, Port
Villager Bot - plays Port
Villager Bot - draws Throne Room
Villager Bot - plays Throne Room
Villager Bot - plays Swindler
TeDeO - reveals Province
TeDeO - trashes Province
TeDeO - gains Province
Villager Bot - plays Swindler
TeDeO - reveals Peddler
TeDeO - trashes Peddler
TeDeO - gains Province
Villager Bot - plays 1 Copper
Villager Bot - buys Duchy
Villager Bot - gains Duchy
Villager Bot - draws Gold, Throne Room, Copper, Estate, Peddler

(It's not a bug, the Peddler pile was empty)

[E.Honda]

E.Honda - plays Disciple
E.Honda - plays Artificer
E.Honda - draws Silver
E.Honda - discards Silver
E.Honda - gains Province
E.Honda - plays Artificer
E.Honda - draws Province
E.Honda - discards Province
E.Honda - gains Province

[faust]

faust - plays Artificer
faust - draws Nobles
faust - discards Distant Lands
faust - discards Distant Lands
faust - discards Nobles
faust - discards Nobles
faust - gains Scout
faust - plays Bazaar
faust - draws Scout
[...]
faust - plays Scout
faust - shuffles deck
faust - reveals: Nobles, Distant Lands, Distant Lands, Nobles

[JW]

Turn 20 - JW
J plays 5 Golds.
J buys a Dominate.
J gains a Province.
J gets 9 VP.

[SettingFraming]

Turn 20 - JW
J plays 5 Golds.
J buys a Dominate.
J gains a Province.
J gets 9 VP.

I can only hope that you were playing pure BM and got lucky out of your mind.

[allanfieldhouse]

Turn 20 - JW
J plays 5 Golds.
J buys a Dominate.
J gains a Province.
J gets 9 VP.

You sure that's not a "2017 moment"?

[Awaclus]

Turn 1 - Awaclus
A plays 5 Coppers.
A buys a Summon.
A gains an Ambassador.
A sets an Ambassador aside.

This is probably one of the strongest if not the strongest opening you can possibly make, especially as 1st player (which I was).

[Seprix]

Turn 1 - Awaclus
A plays 5 Coppers.
A buys a Summon.
A gains an Ambassador.
A sets an Ambassador aside.

This is probably one of the strongest if not the strongest opening you can possibly make, especially as 1st player (which I was).

Not a best Dominion moment (which should be something fantastical and not likely to happen), but your statement is correct.

[Awaclus]

Turn 1 - Awaclus
A plays 5 Coppers.
A buys a Summon.
A gains an Ambassador.
A sets an Ambassador aside.

This is probably one of the strongest if not the strongest opening you can possibly make, especially as 1st player (which I was).

Not a best Dominion moment (which should be something fantastical and not likely to happen), but your statement is correct.

It's a 2-piece combination requiring a 5/2 (not 2/5) opening. That's something fantastical and not likely to happen.

[Seprix]

Turn 1 - Awaclus
A plays 5 Coppers.
A buys a Summon.
A gains an Ambassador.
A sets an Ambassador aside.

This is probably one of the strongest if not the strongest opening you can possibly make, especially as 1st player (which I was).

Not a best Dominion moment (which should be something fantastical and not likely to happen), but your statement is correct.

It's a 2-piece combination requiring a 5/2 (not 2/5) opening. That's something fantastical and not likely to happen.

Not likely to happen, yes. Fantastical, no.

[JW]

When Awaclus posts something constructive and the thread devolves into pointless minutia anyway. If only there was a "Worst Uninteresting Moments 2017" thread to post it in.

[ThetaSigma12]

You know, we should drop all these stupid modifiers and just have a "Dominion Moments" thread.

[markusin]

When Awaclus posts something constructive and the thread devolves into pointless minutia anyway. If only there was a "Worst Uninteresting Moments 2017" thread to post it in.

*Cough* "Best Dominion moments 2016" thread *cough* *cough* not pointless minutia *cough*.

[Awaclus]

Turn 1 - Awaclus
A plays 5 Coppers.
A buys a Summon.
A gains an Ambassador.
A sets an Ambassador aside.

This is probably one of the strongest if not the strongest opening you can possibly make, especially as 1st player (which I was).

Not a best Dominion moment (which should be something fantastical and not likely to happen), but your statement is correct.

It's a 2-piece combination requiring a 5/2 (not 2/5) opening. That's something fantastical and not likely to happen.

Not likely to happen, yes. Fantastical, no.

How is it not fantastical?

[Beyond Awesome]

Sounds pretty fantastical to me

[singletee]

It's very strong. I've seen it done three times in games I've played. None were constructed kingdoms.
versus bot - versus Rabid - versus bot

[Seprix]

Sounds pretty fantastical to me

Is it as dazzling to the eye as buying out all 8 Provinces in one turn? Or is it a hilarious blunder of immense proportions? This is what I mean by fantastical.

[Awaclus]

Is it as dazzling to the eye as buying out all 8 Provinces in one turn? Or is it a hilarious blunder of immense proportions? This is what I mean by fantastical.

No, but I think it's more fantastical than

I had an opponent who kept complaining about shuffle luck the whole time, and I told him to calm down. He said he was fine, but then went ballistic on me, telling me it was just luck which was why I won. Sure. And when he wins, it's obviously not luck.

[markusin]

Is it as dazzling to the eye as buying out all 8 Provinces in one turn? Or is it a hilarious blunder of immense proportions? This is what I mean by fantastical.

No, but I think it's more fantastical than

I had an opponent who kept complaining about shuffle luck the whole time, and I told him to calm down. He said he was fine, but then went ballistic on me, telling me it was just luck which was why I won. Sure. And when he wins, it's obviously not luck.

Because the latter is more common?

Zing!

[Dingan]

The thought process of a lurker:

- "Oh man, that was so awesome, maybe I'll even post about it!"
- *reads this thread*
- "nevermind"

 

[faust]

The thought process of a lurker:

- "Oh man, that was so awesome, maybe I'll even post about it!"
- *reads this thread*
- "nevermind"

 

The thought process of a Lurker:

- "Oh man, look at that card. It's so cool, I'm going to trash it!"

[E.Honda]

Sounds pretty fantastical to me

Is it as dazzling to the eye as buying out all 8 Provinces in one turn? Or is it a hilarious blunder of immense proportions? This is what I mean by fantastical.

Let me present to you 8 Provinces, 8 Duchies, 8 Estates and 8 Curses in one turn:

E buys a Province.
E gains a Curse.
E gains a Province.
E buys a Province.
E gains a Curse.
E gains a Province.
E buys a Province.
E gains a Curse.
E gains a Province.
E buys a Province.
E gains a Curse.
E gains a Province.
E buys a Province.
E gains a Curse.
E gains a Province.
E buys a Province.
E gains a Curse.
E gains a Province.
E buys a Province.
E gains a Curse.
E gains a Province.
E buys a Province.
E gains a Curse.
E gains a Province.
E buys and gains 8 Estates and 8 Duchies.

[Awaclus]

A buys and gains 10 Curses.
A buys a Doctor.
A shuffles their deck.
A looks at a Curse.
A trashes a Curse.
A looks at a Curse.
A trashes a Curse.
A looks at a Curse.
A trashes a Curse.
A looks at a Curse.
A trashes a Curse.
A looks at a Curse.
A trashes a Curse.
A looks at a Curse.
A trashes a Curse.
A looks at a Curse.
A trashes a Curse.
A looks at a Curse.
A trashes a Curse.
A looks at a Curse.
A trashes a Curse.
A looks at a Curse.
A trashes a Curse.
A gains a Doctor.

[SinisterHologram]

I'm sure many of you have encountered a player named Dominion cartel. He's pretty good at the game when he isn't just hitting buttons, but starts shouting in the chat almost every game about how he has bad luck and you are beating him by getting lucky. Any attempt to rationalize just leads to him driving the chat to further depths of insanity.

Well, today I managed to have a rational discussion with him by simply buttering him up, letting him know I was aware of his handiwork. He explained to me that he has been trolling because he thinks Goko/MF ruined Dominion online and now just wants to watch the world burn. I gave him some hope that the next one may be better, and it seemed to ease his heart.

Then he resigned the game and told me I won purely by getting lucky draws.

Yes, this just happened to me. It is very unpleasant to play with him.

[JW]

J plays an Ambassador.
J returns 2 Curses to the Curse pile.
Z gains a Curse.
J plays an Ambassador.
J returns 2 Curses to the Curse pile.
Z gains a Curse.

[Titandrake]

You know, we should drop all these stupid modifiers and just have a "Dominion Moments" thread.

Could we actually do this? There are 3-4 threads with different modifiers for silly reasons, as far as I can remember, and they've all converged into the same kind of stuff.

[faust]

You know, we should drop all these stupid modifiers and just have a "Dominion Moments" thread.

Could we actually do this? There are 3-4 threads with different modifiers for silly reasons, as far as I can remember, and they've all converged into the same kind of stuff.

Just be happy that there is no "neat and potentially useful Dominion moments" thread.

[LaLight]

You know, we should drop all these stupid modifiers and just have a "Dominion Moments" thread.

Could we actually do this? There are 3-4 threads with different modifiers for silly reasons, as far as I can remember, and they've all converged into the same kind of stuff.

Just be happy that there is no "neat and potentially useful Dominion moments" thread.

"In the game you found them in."

[J Reggie]

You know, we should drop all these stupid modifiers and just have a "Dominion Moments" thread.

[Awaclus]

FFS.

[GendoIkari]

FFS.

Wait, what? Is this some time into the game, after you've played a Highway? How unlucky this is depends heavily on how many Coppers you've already trashed. It's not uncommon to open Silver/Moneylender and end up drawing Moneylender, Silver, Estate x3, and that's much worse than having it happen later.

[aku_chi]

It's not uncommon to open Silver/Moneylender and end up drawing Moneylender, Silver, Estate x3

Actually, there's only a 1/792 chance of drawing Moneylender, Silver, Estate x3 on turn 3 or 4 after opening with Silver/Moneylender.

(If I've done my math correctly: 12 choose 7 / 7 choose 7)

[TrojH]

FFS.

Wait, what? Is this some time into the game, after you've played a Highway? How unlucky this is depends heavily on how many Coppers you've already trashed. It's not uncommon to open Silver/Moneylender and end up drawing Moneylender, Silver, Estate x3, and that's much worse than having it happen later.

Turn 3, after a Baker token, I'm guessing.

[GendoIkari]

FFS.

Wait, what? Is this some time into the game, after you've played a Highway? How unlucky this is depends heavily on how many Coppers you've already trashed. It's not uncommon to open Silver/Moneylender and end up drawing Moneylender, Silver, Estate x3, and that's much worse than having it happen later.

Turn 3, after a Baker token, I'm guessing.

No, look at the costs of all the cards; they're reduced by 1.

[GendoIkari]

It's not uncommon to open Silver/Moneylender and end up drawing Moneylender, Silver, Estate x3

Actually, there's only a 1/792 chance of drawing Moneylender, Silver, Estate x3 on turn 3 or 4 after opening with Silver/Moneylender.

(If I've done my math correctly: 12 choose 7 / 7 choose 7)

I think you over complicated it, it's also just 12 choose 5, or 12 choose 7. But uncommon was clearly the wrong word. I guess I meant not unheard of.

[Awaclus]

It was turn 11, and the costs are lowered because I took the screenshot on my opponent's turn and he had a Bridge. Yes, I had trashed like 3 Coppers already, but I also had a bunch of Scrying Pools and City Quarters and other Actions so my expectations to cycle through at least some of my deck, connect the Potion with at least $2 and connect the Moneylender with a Copper should have been pretty good (I mean, that's how it worked out for my opponent). Instead, I skipped the trashing that shuffle, I skipped the Scrying Pool gain that shuffle, and I skipped just one entire turn in general, putting me perhaps two-ish turns behind my opponent in terms of tempo and permanently behind in terms of the Scrying Pool split.

I guess I meant not unheard of.

Yeah and I'm still salty about that too.

[markusin]

Cross post from way back in the Homage to the Best Card thread:

In any case, I just realized that Young Witch could probably be a reasonable proxy for Disaster Girl.

...

[Jack Rudd]

Winning a game thanks to an early Transmute buy.

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