Hi all,
My girlfriend and I had the following kingdom last night:
Moat, Chapel, Vassal, Workshop, Beauracrat, Poacher, Throne Room, Witch, Sentry, Market
and, as new players (~30 games so far) it's fair to say we were up a creek without a paddle.
We feel quite comfortable with kingdoms with engines, but with these kinds of sets (no draw or +actions) we just don't know how to approach them. In the end we both began by Chappelling, though she had the better shuffle luck and got the early advantage. I bought a few witches, throne rooms and markets in the hope of getting some sort of engine and hurting her with curses, while she bought lots and lots of Sentry's (about 6 I believe - these nullified my Witches) and bought some Markets and more Silver/Gold than me. She soon began single-buying provinces, which, with all her Sentry's, didn't clog her deck, and she won handily. However, once the game had ended we felt like neither of us really found a reasonable strategy.
How would an experienced dominion player approach a kingdom like this?
Thanks
P.S. Is there a trick to getting images of Dominion cards to display in this forum?