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[Galzria]

I played a game not too long ago, that my opponent resigned from after it seemed he wouldn't be able to come back:

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20120411-153714-b383db5a.html

Granted, I wasn't working some magically quick deck, but I didn't think (at the time), that I was THAT far ahead. In truth, at the outset, I had serious consideration to play almost the exact engine he went for (Worker's Village + University for Actions, Vault for +draw and discard, and Watchtower to bring the handsize back up). I decided at the last second though, that I wanted to try and keep it a little bit simpler. I opted instead for a Peddler rush (I know, usually not as strong on a Colony board), hence the unusual, and often bad, worker's village buy at the outset.

Actually, my theory behind it was: A) I wanted them for Cantrip +buy, and B) opening Amb/Amb might slow my economy down too much - Amb/*nothing* would give me a little bit of breathing room. I hadn't been planning on grabbing a second Ambassador at first, however with 3 coppers on turn 3, and knowing I could get a Silver turn 4, I decided to gamble.

However, now I'm not sure it was such a gamble.

Thoughts? Did I get lucky? Play well? What do you think?

[shark_bait]

Answering your question.  Absolutely Yes!  In fact, I would probably open Ambassador/Ambassador.  With Hamlet as a $2 village, the chance to get 2 Ambassador plays and purchase the Hamlet before your second reshuffle is worth the risk of a collision.  Hamlet gives a +buy and also combos well with Watchtower.  But otherwise, I would have rushed the Peddlers like you did.

To expand on opening double Ambassador.  You don't need an economy in this set.  By spamming cantrips, you can get Peddlers to $0 and purchase them with your extra buys.  By buying cantrips instead of silver, you should be able to rush the Peddlers a bit faster as well.

[Robz888]

Well, without looking to closely at the logs, your first couple buys seem solid. Ambassador/Worker's Village with a quick second Ambassador and a goal of grabbing Peddlers looks smart to me. His university buy wasn't totally wrong--and University is a lot of fun with Watchtower--but yeah, probably not that great when you are just going to get all the Peddlers, and he doesn't have super strong options at the $5 level (no Torturer or Laboratory, just Vault, which isn't exactly University's best friend, or Colony's best friend).

[Robz888]

Oh, yeah. Like shark_bait said, Amb/Amb with a quick Hamlet might have been better. But your instinct was good.