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Note: 12:50AM game, really bad time to play but I couldn't sleep
In this game I went for Silver/Wishing Well/Remake/Highway/Gold
At first, I wasn't sure what strategy was good on this board, then I saw Remake and went "hey, why not!" Then I saw Wishing Well, Then I remade a WW into a Remake and a Remake into a Highway. Then I knew the best strategy for this board would be this 4 card combo. Later I realized I needed a +buy so I got Horse Traders.

Now what's amazing is the first few(3rd-6th) turns with WW. Look at this:

— ^_^_^_^'s turn 5 —
^_^_^_^ plays a Wishing Well.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... wishing for a Remake and finding one.
^_^_^_^ plays a Remake.
... trashing an Estate.
... gaining a Wishing Well.
... trashing a Silver.
... gaining a Remake.
^_^_^_^ plays 3 Coppers.
^_^_^_^ buys a Wishing Well.
(^_^_^_^ draws: a Wishing Well, a Silver, and 3 Coppers.)
Every time I was right on my guess due to 'controlling my deck'  
   

What was my opponent doing during all of this? Well... I'm not too sure, but I think he was trying to Scout out some Crossroads and Highways to report back to his contacts that included 1 group of Smugglers and 2 groups of Horse Traders.

(his actions) 5 Crossroads, 4 Highways, 2 Horse Traders, 1 Remake, 1 Scout, 1 Smugglers

Big Mistakes I made:

— ^_^_^_^'s turn 14 —
^_^_^_^ plays a Wishing Well.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... wishing for a Highway but finding a Gold instead.
^_^_^_^ plays a Wishing Well.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... wishing for a Highway but finding a Wishing Well instead.
^_^_^_^ plays a Horse Traders.
... getting +1 buy and +$3.
... discarding 2 cards. (gold, province instead of province, province ._. fail.
^_^_^_^ plays a Gold.
^_^_^_^ buys a Wishing Well.
^_^_^_^ buys a Wishing Well.
(^_^_^_^ draws: 3 Highways and 2 Wishing Wells.)
   

I waited way too long before buying the HT. Also, at times I should've stuck with 1 wish instead of switching between 2. Anyways, this was still a really nice WW game and I'm surprised I did so well since I haven't used WW or Remake in many months (how long was I gone before returning?)

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I waited way too long before buying the HT.

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I think that one of my biggest troubles is figuring out when to buy the card that gives +buy but that is otherwise less desirable.  When do I take a woodcutter whilst in a highway race, especially if I am almost always drawing $5?

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Haha yeah. The hardest part for me in this game is that I consistently drew 2-3x what I needed for my $2 provinces. I think one turn I actually trashed a copper and a province, gaining nothing, buying province (this mistake due to the fact that it was $2Prov $0everything else ._.)