I won this game fairly handily, but I feel it could've been done a lot prettier.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201208/09/game-20120809-230725-c78279d4.htmlWhat I went for: Sea Hag/Possession/Peddler
What he went for: Pearl Divers/Sea Hag/Presumably Duke
Normally I open Masq/Sea Hag without a second thought, but Masq in a Possession game scares the willies outta me. I wasn't sure whether to go for Possession or not, as it's a pretty weak Possession board otherwise, so I kinda messed around without committing to anything until he bought Masq. I tried to rush Possession immediately after that, which...isn't really possible in this board, but I tried. I picked up Woodcutter for +Buy for both Possession (force of habit with Potion cards, even when I don't expect to have tons of money left over after I get them) and Peddler, and decided Smugglers weren't really worth it. After all that hemming and hawwing, I only managed to buy one Possession and use it one. It was a pretty uninspiring possession turn, too. (No, I don't know why I gained Silver over Peddler with Ironworks.) I went for Provinces just in time to keep him from ending game in the lead, and then he had to play with Duchies while I buffed out my lead and ended things. It probably would've been a formidable Duke rush, but luckily I was a bit faster. I'm not sure how, but I was.
-Was Possession worth it here? I did not in fact pull off a Possession Masquerade, and the rest of the board sucks for Possession.
-How about Masquerade? He got some nice trashing in and dodged the Possession, but somehow I still beat him on speed.
-Would Duke/Duchy have been a better target than Province? Woodcutter, Possession, Sea Hag, Scout, and Smugglers all seem to nudge things in that direction.
-How much did I really need that Woodcutter? Peddler was nice but non-essential, I didn't have the economy to double up on a Possession buying turn, and there wasn't much else that wanted the +Buy.
-I don't understand his Pearl Divers. Am I missing something?
-Would Scout have been worth it here if I went Duke/Duchy and he went Possession? Duke gives you a lot of crap to filter, and Scout is pretty much a dead card if you get Possessed...but is that enough to justify a buy with no hybrid victory cards? It gets almost as much hate as Chancellor