I just played a very enjoyable semifinal against DStu, winning 4-2-2.
Good luck to Shark bait and Califax in the other semi, see one of you in the Final.
Full report to follow shortly.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201111/27/game-20111127-070150-28d712b1.htmlDraw 37-37. My Silver Ironworks vs Silver/HorseTaders
My plan was to use IW to gain lots of different cards to help trigger menagerie, and score from fairgrounds. this didn't quite work and I got very lucky to have £10 and +buy on the last turn to draw when 7 points behind. I could have extended the game in hope of a win, but I think it is usually correct to take the draw, then go first in the next game.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201111/27/game-20111127-071036-52166035.htmlRabid 49 DStu 33
Silver / Remake vs Silver Horse Traders
Plan was to trash down with remake to make pairing up tunnels & HT more reliable.
I got the perfect turn 3 of remake 2 estates into tunnel's, buy tunnel.
Then got a T4 horse traders to discard them to.
Apprentice was key to trash late game golds.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201111/27/game-20111127-072334-3fffe4af.htmlRabid 15 DStu 47
Silver / Masq vs Silver / Masq
Plan was to go 1 masq + Money and race.
DStu took a witch on T3, I think I over reacted and took a second Masq.
DStu transitioned well into bridge / City combo turn.
I made the critical error of building a mess not a deck.
I should have either stuck to big money with 1 to 2 Masq.
Or competed for the city / bridges.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201111/27/game-20111127-073958-9c20c8dd.htmlRabid 27 DStu 27
Potion Silver vs Potion Silver.
Plan was alchemist, as we had +buy from baron, and outpost.
I think I should have just stuck with outpost and not bothered with baron at all.
Start of my last turn I was 11 points ahead with 2 provinces remaining.
I get $3 + outpost into $3 choosing to buy estates both times. with the hope that a 13 point lead will be enough. DStu gets the prov into outpost inoit prov+ estate from the draw.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201111/27/game-20111127-074654-61aee333.htmlRabid 25 vs DStu 22
HP into develop vs HP into familiar on 5/2 start.
Probably the most interesting board to analyse.
I would guess HP only counters the curses on 5/2 not 4/3.
I think I would have been better off with remake instead of develop with the hope of double trashing curses. I would guess I won this mostly from going first.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201111/27/game-20111127-080226-396cc612.htmlRabid 25 DStu 14
Sea Hag / Silver vs Sea Hag warehouse.
Plan was to trade some long turn curses for a silver now, curse will run out eventually, then it will be who can recover first with forge. midgame I used warehouse and inn to desk cycle to find the library & forge aggressively. Late games used forge to control end timing by trashing provinces while ahead.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201111/27/game-20111127-080948-c50d9e49.htmlRabid 48 DStu 59
Monument Loan vs Silver Silver
My plan was monuments + Tournament for virtual money to make the loan always hit copper. turn 3 I buy venture for no reason. I get very lucky with the loan anyway so it is closer than it should have been, but I get thrashed by the better plan of BM + wharf.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201111/27/game-20111127-081708-0fd5eb95.htmlRabid 38 DStu 34
Silver Silver vs Silver courtyard
My plan was BM + margrave, which I should have stuck too. got some menageries as a soft counter to margrave discards, they should have been silvers.
Keys plays in this were on Turn 15 down 2 prov to 4, buying the province and hoping for luck. then on turn 17, playing cartographer leaving Gold on top, not playing a menagerie and buying a duchy, but leaving gold for next have to have a better shot at the province.
Many thanks to DStu for the match, and the Mean Mr Mustard for organising.
Rabid