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[Deadlock39]

I played this board a few nights ago.  My opponent and I both opened Wharf/Fishing Village. I added a Gladiator, and then hit $6, buying Forum and using the free buy to pick up Donate. I kept 1 Copper to be able to pay off Debt and buy Tunnel in the next two turns. I ended up a couple of turns ahead on building, and got to pick up the entire stack of Provinces and place it in my discard because Fortune is a pretty good card.

The engine you build here is pretty straight forward, but the question I have for discussion is: What would you do before buying Donate?  After my first couple turns, I found myself thinking I would have gotten rolling faster by going directly for a Forum/Tunnel opening followed by Donating on Turn 3.  How would you go about getting this thing rolling?

Another question... if the game is close, how do you deal with Wall. I was definitely over the limit by a bit.

[schadd]

the weeeird part about wall is that if you're the bastard that ends the game and you have an extra buy then you can donate all your non-victory cards and end the game with debt, which is always fun

[Donald X.]

the weeeird part about wall is that if you're the bastard that ends the game and you have an extra buy then you can donate all your non-victory cards and end the game with debt, which is always fun

Donate happens between turns, so the game will end and you won't get to do the trashing.

[schadd]

well then you just do it the penultimate turn but then make sure your opponent doesn't notice, with, for example, some sort of privacy curtain