Round 1--
shraeye beats cherdano 4-2. Game 1 (cherdano-49 shraeye-36):
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/07/game-20121207-142301-c1a10fe3.htmlI thought the winning strategy on this board would be Bazaars/Monuments and use Forge to turn estates into more Monuments to get them played. Cherdano gets more monuments though, and more treasure. I get behind at the start, and try to catch up by being fancy with Farmland; it just junks my deck and cherdano claims the win.
Game 2 (shraeye-49 cherdano-34):
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/07/game-20121207-144618-cdad0ff5.htmlWe both open silver/tournament on a Colony board. Mountebank features, and Lookout was our best trasher. I decide to buy an early Province and luck out as it hits and I pick up Followers to help the curse split (which I think I still lost, since I bought no Moats, and cherdano bought 3). Game ends on piles with curses/estates/tournament gone. My second to last turn, I had a scare, where I played Trusty steed for cards/actions, when just actions/+2$ would have sealed the win. I had to watch one more turn full of level2 Cities and cross my fingers.
Game 3 (cherdano-42
shraeye-44): http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/07/game-20121207-145850-7ca5d4f8.htmlBoth open Silver/Trader. I am thinking to go straight money, but pick up 2 labs and a market with $5 turns. Farmland is on this board as well. Near the end, we both avoided buying province on PPE rule, cherdano tries once, and I hit the 8 I need to win.
Game 4 (cherdano-25
shraeye-38): http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/07/game-20121207-151510-ab320810.htmlYoung Witch with Native Village as a bane. I use Warehouse for cycling. Cherdano opts for Black Market, and more fishing villages, trying to win curse split. Out of the Black Market he grabs an early wharf, and a witch as well. I buy mostly money (late trade route) and win despite curses. I had a last turn, where I remebered NOT to draw a card to my NV mat (which was empty), since my Warehouse and Trade Route hadn't come on that shuffle yet. It turns out Warehouse was next, and using that got me exactly the 8 I needed to finish.
Game 5 (cherdano-38 shraeye-26):
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/07/game-20121207-152623-55a530b0.htmlFishing Villages, Milita, Bishop. I tried too hard to get fancy with the Fishing Village stack, and use HoP as +buy to get these as well. Cherdano's more sensible strategy of buy gold, get 5 provinces ended up being stronger.
Game 6 (shraeye-42 cherdano resigns):
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201212/07/game-20121207-153712-69234934.htmlMining Village/Embassy with King's Court. Also pawns for +buys and Expand to turn Estates into crucial engine pieces. I probably didn't do this efficiently enough, as I get my 4th colony on Turn 17. but I hit 11$ early enough, that I went for getting Colonies over getting treasure. (colonies on turns 11/13/16/17, platinum on 14, gold on 16). Cherdano was using Apothecaries to line up his KC better, and may have gone double colony soon, but my go-for-the-throat strategy won out.
This was an awesome set of games, really my heart was beating like crazy the whole time; thanks cherdano!