Hamlet, Gardens, Militia, Noble Brigand, Silk Road, Junk Dealer, Margrave, Stables, Fairgrounds, PrinceEdit: Prince didn't display in the Kingdom image, so I used Scout to represent Prince above initially (until Yed pointed out the solution).
Province/Estates game. Log:
http://dominionlogs.goko.com/20140904/log.516ce511e4b082c74d7a526a.1409817343520.txt (the prettifier is not working for Prince yet)
We both open Militia-Silver. I go for Junk Dealer into one Margrave, Hamlets, Stables, and a bit more treasure, followed by Prince (of Hamlets). My opponent doesn’t buy Junk Dealer and prefers Stables early, picks up a second Militia and gets to an earlier Prince (of Militias), and later on a Prince (of Hamlet). He also gets a Noble Brigand fairly early, which he doesn’t play much but hits my Gold. After lining up his second Prince, he starts buying a lot of coppers; this keeps his Stables active, and Fairgrounds get too low before .
It seems like I could have supported a second Margrave after Princing hamlet and probably should have bought the second Margrave earlier than I did (and probably bought Noble Brigand earlier as well). I see a number of potential areas for improvement in my play.
Was Junk Dealer a mistake (I strongly felt that it would still be worth it for the estate trashing, even though trashing coppers was less important)? Should I have bought a second Prince? I bought Duchy and Estate before a 3-pile was imminent; should I have tried to hold off buying the lower cost VP (Duchy, Estate, Silk Road, Gardens) until the end so that my engine would be less likely to stall? Should I have bought more coppers towards the end?
Thoughts appreciated!
