http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20130903/log.505c7f4ca2e6c78ad2ed5ba1.1378258447764.txtKingdom: Ambassador, *Wishing Well*, Bishop, Bureaucrat, JackOfAllTrades, Rats, Sea Hag, Young Witch, Explorer, Saboteur, Fairgrounds
The first thing I notice is cursing, obviously - Sea Hag or Young Witch. I have a look at other options on the board, and decide YW is likely stronger here, and decide to open Wishing Well/YW (Wishing Well is the bane, I expect my opponent to open at least YW+something). Instead he opens with a pretty odd Ambassador/Rats, okay, I'm thinking I'll win this one after I see that.
The game proceeds pretty normally, although my opponent starts doing some odd things - Playing rats, trashing some stuff, then Ambassadoring over extra Rats. I'm a little confused, but take advantage of the new rats to clear out my coppers and estates and stuff, it's pretty handy.
I'm still expecting my opponent to get a YW at some point, so I stock up on extra Wishing Wells. They're also pretty useful in my deck anyway - before too long I'll be able to wish for Rats pretty successfully! But don't worry, I'm careful about playing them - only when I have something bad to trash.
And that's when things start to get a bit odd. Noticing the Wishing Wells are out (and I won the split, which should be a significant advantage?), I start greening, grabbing a Duchy with my $5 hand (don't worry, the $5's were pretty terrible). I keep playing like I feel I should - throwing curses at him (he throws some back with Ambassador, whatever), getting some extra treasure, trashing away Coppers with Rats, and stocking up on victory points. But my deck doesn't seem to work. Despite my opponents weird start, and totally ignoring the cursing options, his deck seems so much stronger than mine. And without warning, the game suddenly ends after my turn 30, with me losing? Not really sure what happened.
So yeah if anyone could help, I'd really appreciate it. This was a weird game. I feel like my opponent was manipulating me, or something.