(How) can I retrieve the game log given the game number?
Checking now, this game won't actually reload, there's an "internal error" bug when I try to do it, but in other cases:
You can't get a text log really, but if you have a subscription you can create a table, load old game, put in the game number and use Load from End.
I see, thanks for the info. I was wondering how you got started with Cavalry instead of Port, but I've now figured it out myself (buy Caravan, Butterfly into Guildmaster twice, assuming you have at least 5 Coppers among your first 7 cards).
If I've calculated correctly, buying and (when possible) playing all basic cards and the four required kingdom card piles leaves you with only $278-$250=$28, so there's many cases where you can't empty the supply without further support:
- at least one 8 debt card or $3P+ card is in the supply
- a $7+ Action card is in the supply, but no $6 Action
- Platinum/Colony
- at least one $3 kingdom card other than Importer is in the supply (and no $2 Actions)
- three or more $2-$3 kingdom cards other than Importer are in the supply
- 2 or more Potion cost cards are in the supply
and a few other combinations.
But either of Bridge, another stackable cost reducer, Nomads or Training would take care of all cases except the last one. (With Bridge, you can use the whole $278 to buy the debt cards, except in the extremely unlikely case of all 4 pure debt cards being present.)
Almost correct.
- a $7 card is in the supply, but no $6 Action
If King's Court, King's Court Guildmasters and Liveries. Butterflies will let you play more.
If Expand, Expand 9 Cavalries.
If Bank, you can earn more.
If Peddler, buy for free.
If Prince... who wants to buy? The game ends in this turn.
Mandarin solves all problems.