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[Jorbles]

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20120521-231216-47ea388e.html
Kingdom: Ambassador, Council Room, Trader, Silk Road, Great Hall, Venture, Stash, Develop, Duchess

I know this game against rickyross wasn't played perfectly, but I thought it offered a good illustration of when it's a bad time to open Double Ambassador, which I think too many people do without thinking. The presence of Trader and Silk Road (with some support) made Ambassador a terrible opening. When he Ambassadored and I had a Trader I took Silvers, when I didn't the Coppers and Estates didn't hurt a Silk Road alternate VP strategy very much, and by the end having all the Estates meant my Silk Roads were worth an extra 2 and 3/4 points each.

[WanderingWinder]

Moreover, what are you doing with that double amb? There's no engine here to speak of. No +action cards. Only council room as +buy. I guess you can go for a venture deck or a stash deck. But this seems awfully slow...

[Jorbles]

I thought he was going to go for an all Venture setup that could green robustly as long he hit at least one Venture in his hand, but then he didn't. So ummm, I don't know exactly what he was going for.

[Eevee]

Looks like such an obvious silk road board that I'd be jubilating if my opponent bought even one ambassador, let alone two.