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[Davio]

I am curious to your most stylish finishes.

Sure, you could KC your Bridges and buy 8 Colonies. This is somewhat stylish, but is it stylish enough? I wonder...

Now how about KC'ing a Smugglers and voluntarily grabbing 3 Curses (your opponent gained one due to an Embargoed Province), emptying the pile and winning?

I think that could be a little more fashionable.

So, time to show off your stylish last turns.

[DG]

I can remember a game where I used two feasts to empty the city pile, put them on deck using a watchtower, drew back up to 6 cards with the watchtower, then played the cities out for a winning last turn. That felt good at the time.

[Julle]

Once I finished the game by KC'ing three coppersmiths and playing 11 coppers (worth 10$ each) and had enough buys from previous Concil rooms and Worker's villages to buy all Provinces and few Duchies.

Edit: Found the gamelog: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201108/14/game-20110814-051047-aaca0cb2.html

[mith]

DG's post reminded me of this recent game, in which I finished off the Ironworks pile with a Watchtower in hand, then drew those Ironworks and finished off the Watchtowers as well, grabbing an Estate for the 1-0 win.

[AJD]

Whenever the topic of "finishing in style" comes up, I feel like I have to mention <a href="http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20110528-203921-3ccc87fc.html">this game</a>, which I ended by buying all 32 Victory cards on the board at once.

Then yesterday, I sort of pulled off the flip side of that in <a href="http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111003-191401-682290d3.html">this game</a>—likewise enabled by King's Court and Grand Market—which I ended by buying the first Colony, and then buying four King's Courts and eight Tacticians to three-pile and and the game prematurely with a score of 11–0.

[Davio]

DG's post reminded me of this recent game, in which I finished off the Ironworks pile with a Watchtower in hand, then drew those Ironworks and finished off the Watchtowers as well, grabbing an Estate for the 1-0 win.

I like this one, it's such a dirty steal. 

[michaeljb]

Ever Feasted for a Curse before?

[greatexpectations]

i haven't ever feasted for a curse, but yesterday i placed an embargo on curses and then bought three to finish the pile and steal an undeserved win.

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111004-153245-59a37b06.html

[guided]

I've certainly Feasted a Feast, at least (at least).

I'm rather fond of this one, in which I secure a 2 VP to 1 VP victory by buying the last 3 Throne Rooms, the last 4 Courtyards, and 2 Estates, with precisely all my coin ($24) and all my buys (9). This was an interesting game in that I repeatedly bought Festival instead of Gold with $6, with no regrets. The presence of Library can hugely elevate Festival's value.

[guided]

An interesting endgame play at turn 18 here: http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201110/06/game-20111006-211418-48cdffb6.html

led plays a Trade Route.
... trashing a Colony.
... getting +1 buy and +$3.
led plays a Platinum.
led buys a Colony.
led buys a Colony.


Trashed a Colony just for the +Buy, since I already had enough for 2 Colonies and wanted to accelerate the end of the game.

Also notable, the bizarre Trade Route/Walled Village opening.... I didn't want to buy any Silver, ever, and would rather bank a cantrip toward my eventual Conspirator engine than buy any of the other cards on offer. Arguably the even more bizarre Trade Route/Great Hall might have been a slightly better opening, but I didn't want to tempt my opponent into buying early Trade Routes (which I believed to be quite strong on this board). Before you ask: yes, getting a Woodcutter in midgame would probably have been helpful!

[ehunt]

i haven't ever feasted for a curse, but yesterday i placed an embargo on curses and then bought three to finish the pile and steal an undeserved win.

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111004-153245-59a37b06.html

This is one of the best game-ending turns I've ever seen.

[philosophyguy]

This is one of the best game-ending turns I've ever seen.

Agreed. Greatexpectations, when did you make the decision to go for the Curses pile ending?

[greatexpectations]

This is one of the best game-ending turns I've ever seen.

Agreed. Greatexpectations, when did you make the decision to go for the Curses pile ending?

thanks guys.  i had originally bought the embargos with the purpose of blocking the torturer and conspirators i figured he was going for next. 

once he got his second tactician, i figured he would just run a double tactician with his conspirators. i knew that if i didn't end it quick at that point i was going to lose.  as soon as he bought the torturers i thought that just taking the curses might be my best option.

i admittedly got quite lucky with my final tactician draw, as well as the fact that he kept running the double tactician. if he does one more double province turn i was toast.  he definitely had the better engine, i just got a good opportunity and went with it. 

[Jack Rudd]

7 provinces to 0 down going into the last turn of my game against dasbruce...

...then this happens:

You draw a Wharf and a Bridge and get +1 buy from your Wharf.
You play a City.
... You draw a City and get +2 actions.
You play a City.
... You draw a Bridge and get +2 actions.
You play a City.
... You draw a King's Court and get +2 actions.
You play a King's Court.
... You play a Wharf.
... ... You draw a Copper and a Silver and get +1 buy.
... You play the Wharf again.
... ... You draw a King's Court and a Steward and get +1 buy.
... You play the Wharf a third time.
... ... (You reshuffle.)
... ... You draw a Royal Seal and a King's Court and get +1 buy.
You play a King's Court.
... You play a King's Court.
... ... You play a Bridge.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge again.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge a third time.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... You play the King's Court again.
... ... You play a Bridge.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge again.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge a third time.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... You play the King's Court a third time.
... ... You play a Bridge.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge again.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge a third time.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
You play a Festival.
... You get +2 actions, +1 buy, and +$2.
You play a Steward.
... You draw a Chapel and a Bridge.
You play a Bridge.
... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
You play a Bridge.
... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
You play a Copper, a Royal Seal, and a Silver.
You buy a Fairgrounds.
You buy a Fairgrounds.
You buy a Fairgrounds.
You buy a Fairgrounds.
You buy a Fairgrounds.
You buy a Fairgrounds.
You buy a Fairgrounds.
You buy a Fairgrounds.
You buy a Province.
You buy a Gold.
You buy a Duchy.
You buy an Estate.
You buy a Duchy.
You buy a Duchy.
You buy a Duchy.
You buy a Duchy.
You buy an Estate.

The game is over! (All Provinces are gone.)
Jack Rudd has 71 points (8 Fairgrounds [16 different cards], 5 Duchies, a Province, and 2 Estates) and took 22 turns.
dasbruce has 54 points (7 Provinces, 3 Duchies, and 3 Estates) and took 22 turns.

[Rabid]

Winning by 2 estates vs 1
Terrible play by me until the lucky last turn.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201110/08/game-20111008-153806-48040172.html

#1 Rabid: 2 points (2 Estates); 14 turns
       opening: Silver / Remake
       [21 cards] 7 Remakes, 3 Markets, 2 Grand Markets, 2 Minions, 2 Peddlers, 1 Ironworks, 1 Copper, 1 Silver, 2 Estates

#2 --Underdog--: 1 point (an Estate); 13 turns
              opening: Silver / Remake
              [26 cards] 8 Grand Markets, 8 Peddlers, 3 Remakes, 2 Markets, 1 Copper, 3 Silvers, 1 Estate

[Reyk]

Sure, you could KC your Bridges and buy 8 Colonies. This is somewhat stylish, but is it stylish enough? I wonder...

...
You play a King's Court.
... You play a King's Court.
... ... You play a Bridge.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge again.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge a third time.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... You play the King's Court again.
... ... You play a Bridge.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge again.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge a third time.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... You play the King's Court a third time.
... ... You play a Bridge.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge again.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.
... ... You play the Bridge a third time.
... ... ... You get +1 buy, +$1, and all costs are reduced by $1.

No, we didn't want to have another KC/bridge thread. Even 7-0 makes it hardly stylish enough in the presence of fairgrounds.

I second that this is an ending I was looking for in this thread:

i haven't ever feasted for a curse, but yesterday i placed an embargo on curses and then bought three to finish the pile and steal an undeserved win.

http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20111004-153245-59a37b06.html

[WanderingWinder]

I just had an opponent remodel a colony into a province and then buy the last province to win. That was pretty nice.

[Fangz]

I just squeaked a win in this game. Had to look twice to realise it was possible.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201110/17/game-20111017-152800-29fa826c.html