http://www.gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?/20140318/log.50635cc651c3843e7939ece8.1395153867887.txtSo a 5/2 start on a Swindler board always sucks. I end up opening Poor House/Swindler. My opponent opens Double-Swindler, and that's followed by this:
Delta-Alpha-Theta-Theta-Iota:
turn 3Delta-Alpha-Theta-Theta-Iota plays Swindler
Kirian trashes Swindler
Kirian gains Silver
Kirian: "/sigh" in chat.
But hey, you know what, there are plenty of useful villages on this board, and Plaza/Poor House was already looking good. I buy Swindlers on my next three turns, while my opponent doesn't grab any more. And on T8:
Kirian plays Swindler
Delta-Alpha-Theta-Theta-Iota trashes Copper
Delta-Alpha-Theta-Theta-Iota gains Curse
Kirian plays Swindler
Delta-Alpha-Theta-Theta-Iota trashes Gold
Delta-Alpha-Theta-Theta-Iota gains Farmland
So as the title says... sometimes the best defense to an early bad attack is just to hit back harder.