Consider these cards in supply: Bazaar, Caravan, Fishing Village, Haggler, Hamlet, Horn of Plenty, Margrave, Merchant Ship, Noble Brigand, and Nomad Camp.
-Things I think I did wrong that come to mind is-
1) Noble Brigand isn't a strong attack, nor did it prove useful, more so just got it because I wanted another card for the Horns doubting whether it was worth it though.
2) don't trash horns until the end of the game, just because u have $8 or more doesn't mean you HAVE to get a province. Get a Gold, Bazaar, another Horn, etc. instead. Something that improves your deck because the Horn will most likely get to $8 again in a mass draw deck prepared for its use.
We both opened 4/3 (him 3/4) with my opponent going first. He opted for a Fishing village/Caravan while I went for Caravan/Silver. The Nomad Camp looked shiny at first but then I realized that I wouldn't need it with all the other +buys unless I end up with 1 buy and $4 in which case it would strengthen my Horn of Province strategy I was planning on to ultimately win the game. I also didn't go for a Fishing Village because I felt like I could get them a lot when I would need them but this early a silver would be better and make my strategy faster than his.
I won the Caravan race but I think I may have been better off with skipping on 2-3 of the FV buys. I had too many actions at times and at others too many buys. More +draw is what I needed. Maybe more Hamlets? However, FV did help towards a 3 pile ending.
I got 1 more Margrave than my opponent and as such could cycle through my deck a LOT easier. Combine that with caravan and FV's +1 action +$1 and I had an awesome deck that would rarely draw dead actions.
2 Hagglers made it so that as the game went on my deck just became more and more powerful. I could mass buy duchies and estates without worrying about my deck becoming a mess of victory cards because I would have other cards to counteract them and balance out my deck. FV and copper gains here I do believe were the right choice. (Turn 18)
I ended up winning but we both made lots of mistakes, I am sure. How would you have played this set up? Would you ignore HoP entirely or gone for HoP?
Here is the game log:
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201201/17/game-20120117-155225-1cdcaeaa.html