As expected, various different approaches and the metagame to decide which part to go for, 1 or 2 or both, was important.
For part 1, we have
Mogrim7 and
CoheedandCambria in 7 turns,
Tables in 6 turns and
Galzria in only 5 turns.
All these solutions have two things in common: They need a way to gain multiple Curses with one buy (Embargo or Talisman), and to have multiple buys a turn (Hamlet, Tactician (which is also useful later on))
Most of you aimed for the second part of the challenge, but therefore couldn't be fast enough to score in part 1.
Mostly megaturns solutions are following. In 10 turns, we have
Thisisnotasmile,
Deadlock39,
Hks and
CoheedandCambria again. He is the only one who was fast enough for both parts, congratulations on that. I'll award him a bonus point for that.
One person managed to get even a turn faster,
GigaKnight managed to both gain and trash all Curses on turn 9.
Some were inspired by jonts26' solution of my first challenge, and since he ended the game in 8 turns, are 8 turns possible? Sure:
Schneau gains and trashes all Curses in 8 turns. 8 real turns. I almost forgot your solution since I looked briefly at it and saw "14 turns? Nah".
He just skipped the first 6 turns to get a 5-2 split. It's ok, but it would be nice if you try to avoid it in the future, since I compare the turns in the gamelogs with each other and won't keep in mind how many turns everyone skipped if multiple challengers do so.
Anyway, a short example of the various numbers of key cards successfully used:
Tactician, Forge, Chapel, Embargo, Governor, King's Court, Ironworks, Workshop, Bridge, Worker's Village, Hamlet, Talisman, Wharf.
Points:
Hks 11
Galzria 10
Schneau 9
GendoIkari 6
Fate, jonts26 5
Avin, Galzria, Rabid, WrathofGlod 4
CoheedandCambria, ftl, Powerman 3
DG, GigaKnight, qmech, Tables 2
Deadlock39, mazwa, Morgrim7, theory, Thisisnotasmile 1
Next one is coming when I can remember the idea I had for it, or find a new one.