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He's Junk Dealer/nothing on 5/2 here, and I'm Silver/Doctor. I don't know, I know there's Ambassador, but there's SUCH strong non-Amb trashing here, it just doesn't seem like it would work to me. Well I overpay Doctor and flip my Silver, so that's disappointing. He gets a really good Throne thing going and has some nice Black Market pulls. But with only Black Market villages, its always a little shaky. Basically, Bishop and Graverobber seal the deal for him, although I am in striking range at one point.
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20131005/log.514b5511e4b0b79c883b5e3b.1380993980703.txt
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There's Procession/Rats/City/Graverobber, but isn't that just a little slow? I decide to go Jack/Silver. He likes pairing Squire with Jack instead. That makes sense, I quickly wish I'd done that. But then I think he gets a bit overboard with the Squires. I know they are nice for Jack, but that's just ALL we are doing. Any way, my draws come in really even and I win, I think because he got a touch too fancy but also good draw on my part, and first turn.
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20131005/log.514b5511e4b0b79c883b5e3b.1380994434184.txt
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Yeah, I REALLY feel shafted by the 5/2 here. Just not good options for me. Maybe I even should have gone Chancellor/nothing. I feel like CHancellor is actually pretty good here! I'm surprised he didn't want it. But yeah, Lab/nothing isn't good. We have comically difficult times connecting Province/Tournament--not that we have decks where connecting is particularly easy. Just decent Lab and Money decks. I like my Chancellor, though! Anyway, he has more Gold and just gets more Provinces. I connect first, and decide I DO need Followers if I am going to mount a comeback. He gets the Steed right after though, and can close out eventually.
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20131005/log.514b5511e4b0b79c883b5e3b.1380995501687.txt
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The closest any game could possibly be. We diverge from the get-go: He does Hermit/Silver, hoping for quicker Wharves, and I do Ironworks/Hermit, hoping for quicker Caravans. This allows him to build a nice draw deck with uber Wharves, but the ONLY village is Inn, so he's never in draw the deck territory. And neither of us have time to buy Gold, so we know we're always going to be in like single to double Province shape. There's also Embargo tactics--he blocks IGG to have that out of the way, but it's not really something I want for my deck anyway. I eventually block Inn, because I don't want him setting up an awesome turn. Eventually, I'm behind, and there are only so many points left for me to catch up, and we eat through all of those (Estates run before Duchies) and I lose. Very interesting game, though.
Good match with some very close games. WW recorded so I am looking forward to the videos and what he thought. I didn't feel myself making big mistakes, but it's possible I did. Certainly possible in Game 1. Game 4... maybe? Maybe his opening was better. (Also, I continue to loathe non-identical starting hands...)
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20131005/log.514b5511e4b0b79c883b5e3b.1380993653807.txt
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He's Junk Dealer/nothing on 5/2 here, and I'm Silver/Doctor. I don't know, I know there's Ambassador, but there's SUCH strong non-Amb trashing here, it just doesn't seem like it would work to me. Well I overpay Doctor and flip my Silver, so that's disappointing. He gets a really good Throne thing going and has some nice Black Market pulls. But with only Black Market villages, its always a little shaky. Basically, Bishop and Graverobber seal the deal for him, although I am in striking range at one point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsYuhU9I8I0&feature=c4-overview&list=UU5Le7HnzSRyCV7doyso6SSg
I get to the point here where I just have a massive advantage, but I think I play reasonably sloppily from there on, which left him barely breathing. I'm not sure WHY I got such a big lead though - some combination of black market pulls and hitting 4 for thrones, maybe the better early trashing?
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20131005/log.514b5511e4b0b79c883b5e3b.1380993980703.txt
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There's Procession/Rats/City/Graverobber, but isn't that just a little slow? I decide to go Jack/Silver. He likes pairing Squire with Jack instead. That makes sense, I quickly wish I'd done that. But then I think he gets a bit overboard with the Squires. I know they are nice for Jack, but that's just ALL we are doing. Any way, my draws come in really even and I win, I think because he got a touch too fancy but also good draw on my part, and first turn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ccIY4mGiGo&feature=c4-overview&list=UU5Le7HnzSRyCV7doyso6SSg
I'm not sure the optimal number of Squires here, I'd guess something like 2 or 3. The biggest thing I see in terms of mistakes from me is a turn I had 5 including a squire and bought 2 squires. Probably this should be gain silver, buy jack, or possibly silver+silver or maaaybe silver+squire. But I think this was a bit too much on squire. In any case this was just going to be pretty close.
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Yeah, I REALLY feel shafted by the 5/2 here. Just not good options for me. Maybe I even should have gone Chancellor/nothing. I feel like CHancellor is actually pretty good here! I'm surprised he didn't want it. But yeah, Lab/nothing isn't good. We have comically difficult times connecting Province/Tournament--not that we have decks where connecting is particularly easy. Just decent Lab and Money decks. I like my Chancellor, though! Anyway, he has more Gold and just gets more Provinces. I connect first, and decide I DO need Followers if I am going to mount a comeback. He gets the Steed right after though, and can close out eventually.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfJGy6v0FKM&feature=c4-overview&list=UU5Le7HnzSRyCV7doyso6SSg
So, I explain in the video that I don't so much like chancellor, as the acceleration is somewhat marginal, and I may want some terminal draw at some point (prizes), though it's not going to be a big change either way. The big thing here is that I keep getting golds, and he keeps getting labs - this is actually a big luck-of-the-draw difference, but I think a lot of people would go labs with my draw here, and well, the golds should just be better. It's not really a position you are probably going to chain so much and get those nice tournament connections, and if you wanted to connect, tournaments would be better anyway. I don't think lab is actually that great here - not that I wouldn't take them given his draws. Well, followers is really good in such a game, but several extra golds is quite nice too, so it isn't unbeatable.
http://dom.retrobox.eu/?/20131005/log.514b5511e4b0b79c883b5e3b.1380995501687.txt
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The closest any game could possibly be. We diverge from the get-go: He does Hermit/Silver, hoping for quicker Wharves, and I do Ironworks/Hermit, hoping for quicker Caravans. This allows him to build a nice draw deck with uber Wharves, but the ONLY village is Inn, so he's never in draw the deck territory. And neither of us have time to buy Gold, so we know we're always going to be in like single to double Province shape. There's also Embargo tactics--he blocks IGG to have that out of the way, but it's not really something I want for my deck anyway. I eventually block Inn, because I don't want him setting up an awesome turn. Eventually, I'm behind, and there are only so many points left for me to catch up, and we eat through all of those (Estates run before Duchies) and I lose. Very interesting game, though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBL3IwZ5ggg&feature=c4-overview&list=UU5Le7HnzSRyCV7doyso6SSg
Well, this has to be the most interesting. I definitely make some small mistakes on embargoes. The first one was fine, because I just got it off $2, and there wasn't really something for me to embargo. I am actually planning on more doing BMish things early, but I just overbuild like an engine. I mean, it's fine anyway. I think his big problem here was over-doing caravans and not getting procession much sooner. If I was going to be that slow-building, IW was probably worth it. And actually, his embargo on Inn hurt him more than me, I think - I actually am relatively BMish, and I already have more Inns than him... I play the late endgame sorta nice, if you watch the vid, but I am not sure we don't both overgreen too soon...