Speaking of stalling... just played this:
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/10/game-20121210-101141-16d01436.htmlI think my opponent saw a really strong strategy... once he had a few Goons, he rushed the Worker's Villages, Gardens, and Estates, while buying a bunch of Copper both for Goons points and for Gardens points.
The 6-4 Worker's Village split was huge for him here, because it was the only Village. But even though I was getting a lot of turns where I couldn't play many engine pieces, due to no villages in hand, I manage to play Rabble a total of 40 times (10 regular plays, 10 King's Court plays), to slow him down enough that he couldn't even buy his Gardens on several of the later turns... he was only a few buys away from winning by a huge margin, too.
Then finally on turn 22 all the pieces hit. I get all 5 Goons in play, with 18 buys. I should have bought the 10 Curses that turn for the win that turn, but my math failed me in figuring out if I had enough points or not already.
