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[Roadrunner7671]

Presenting an all new way to lose against Rebuild! Or I might be onto something...

Until the Duchies run out, mill Duchies.

I'm on mobile so I won't explain my 'elaborate' thought process behind this.

But think about it, man!

[LibraryAdventurer]

game log please

[Roadrunner7671]

game log please

Some of us play IRL...

But I haven't tested this. We'll call it a hypothesis.

[jsh357]

It's a good strategy sometimes. If you're in a position to run the Duchy pile out and prevent a player with Estates from upgrading them, it can be a winning play.

[trivialknot]

Isn't the most effective way to mill duchies to use rebuild yourself?

[Burning Skull]

It's a good idea in Rebuild mirror when your opponent is buying Estates for some reason. But in that case you can just humiliate them in the chat instead.

[Seprix]

If you have two Duplicates on the mat, a Rebuild, and 3 Duchies left on the board with no possible way of purchasing one or Rebuilding an Estate, you can deny the opponent the rest of them by Milling a Duchy for Duchy. Be forewarned that the opponent will now go Rebuild-BM and try to buy a Province or two, which ends up being worth a whole lot more than a Rebuilded Duchy > Province, so be quick with the pileout.

[Chris is me]

Intentionally holding off Duchy -> Province to make sure all your Estates convert is often a good move. Intentionally holding off on Province upgrades to mill the rest of the Duchies with rebuild is also a potentially good move. Making your opponent stuck with Estates really screws them up!

[Beyond Awesome]

Actually winning the Duchy split can be huge. If you get 5 Duchies and your opponent only has three, you're more likely to get more points.

I actually did this one game. I had 4 Duchies. My opponent had three. I played rebuild on my Duchy and instead grabbed a Duchy to deny my opponent from getting it. I won that game handily due to my Duchy lead. If I hadn't done that and just went for Province, the game would have likely been a toss up and my opponent would have had a much easier time winning.