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Dominion => Game Reports => Topic started by: AndrewisFTTW on February 11, 2014, 02:59:36 am

Title: Sometimes you just get lucky
Post by: AndrewisFTTW on February 11, 2014, 02:59:36 am
(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/2/20/Apprentice.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Apprentice) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/4/43/Bandit_Camp.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Bandit Camp) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/0/0a/Ghost_Ship.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Ghost Ship) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/9/96/Haggler.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Haggler) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/b/b3/Altar.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Altar)
(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/d/d6/Poor_House.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Poor House) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/0/0e/Masquerade.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Masquerade) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/f/f7/Wishing_Well.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Wishing Well) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/c/c1/Herald.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Herald) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/3/38/Jack_of_all_Trades.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/JackOfAllTrades)
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Poor House, Masquerade, Wishing Well, Herald, JackOfAllTrades, Apprentice, Bandit Camp, Ghost Ship, Haggler, Altar
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20140210/log.516ddc20e4b082c74d7cbc04.1392104993960.txt

Pretty cool game, close down to the very last turn and... oh I wont ruin it for you. See for yourself how lucky I got.

I underestimated Altar in this one and picked one up too late when I should've gotten a couple a lot sooner. I also picked up haggler too late I think. I knew heralds would be very important so I grabbed as many as I could and tried to focus on building the engine, picking up wishing wells instead of silver. The gold on turn 11 should definitely have been an altar. I didn't see apprentice or jack working here although I never really know when to pick up jack so I could be wrong. Let me know what you think.
Title: Re: Sometimes you just get lucky
Post by: SCSN on February 11, 2014, 03:55:31 am
Your Ghost Ship should have been a Haggler. You don't want a Ghost Ship at all if your opponent is going for Heralds, especially not if he also has a bunch of Wishing Wells. On T3 I think I'd get a 2nd Masq over the Wishing Well, since trashing down fast is really important in Herald decks.
Title: Re: Sometimes you just get lucky
Post by: AndrewisFTTW on February 11, 2014, 04:12:30 am
Quote from: SheCantSayNo on February 11, 2014, 03:55:31 am
Your Ghost Ship should have been a Haggler. You don't want a Ghost Ship at all if your opponent is going for Heralds, especially not if he also has a bunch of Wishing Wells. On T3 I think I'd get a 2nd Masq over the Wishing Well, since trashing down fast is really important in Herald decks.

Thanks! Yeah heralds vs ghost ship is something else I learned from this game.
Title: Re: Sometimes you just get lucky
Post by: shark_bait on February 11, 2014, 09:09:28 am
There is another combo in this game that is especially brutal and should be mentioned.  Village + Discard Attack + Masquerade = An unhappy opponent.  The reasoning here is that you force your opponent to a 3-card hand and then force them to pass you a card.  Assuming they keep a junk card that reduces their next hand to essentially a 2-card hand.  Now the presence of things like Wishing Well, Herald and JoaT make the power of Ghost Ship much less so this strategy isn't quite as viable in this game.   But it's worth mentioning and will stop a Big Money player dead in their tracks.
Title: Re: Sometimes you just get lucky
Post by: Kirian on February 11, 2014, 09:17:32 am
Were you up all night to play this game?
Title: Re: Sometimes you just get lucky
Post by: AndrewisFTTW on February 11, 2014, 12:34:42 pm
Quote from: Kirian on February 11, 2014, 09:17:32 am
Were you up all night to play this game?

Yeah I got a problem. It's called Dominion.
Title: Re: Sometimes you just get lucky
Post by: mail-mi on February 11, 2014, 11:35:08 pm
Quote from: AndrewisFTTW on February 11, 2014, 12:34:42 pm
Quote from: Kirian on February 11, 2014, 09:17:32 am
Were you up all night to play this game?

Yeah I got a problem. It's called Dominion.

Join the club!
Title: Re: Sometimes you just get lucky
Post by: eHalcyon on February 12, 2014, 12:01:15 am
Quote from: Kirian on February 11, 2014, 09:17:32 am
Were you up all night to play this game?

And to think you didn't even know this song back in December. :P
Title: Re: Sometimes you just get lucky
Post by: Kirian on February 12, 2014, 09:44:52 am
Quote from: eHalcyon on February 12, 2014, 12:01:15 am
Quote from: Kirian on February 11, 2014, 09:17:32 am
Were you up all night to play this game?

And to think you didn't even know this song back in December. :P

I know, right?
Title: Re: Sometimes you just get lucky
Post by: flies on February 14, 2014, 02:26:52 pm
obligatory
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D_Z-D2tzi14/TBpqnHOTiyI/AAAAAAAADG8/rNNm55KqH_k/s640/responsibility6.png)
Title: Re: Sometimes you just get lucky
Post by: AndrewisFTTW on February 14, 2014, 05:07:55 pm
An accurate portrayal.