Sooo... I really don't like Ambassador. At all. I prefer it over Chapel, but then, Chapel is one of the cards I
really don't want to play with. So when this board was presented to me, I could not resist the urge to skip the Ambassadors, even if they are really,
really,
really good on Colony boards. I got to use one of my favorite cards, and with some success.
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201201/29/game-20120129-190621-35f38788.htmlI do think I could've opened Trader/Herbalist instead, but contrary to how many people like to play it (or so I've heard) I really want those stones in my deck as soon as possible. Especially with my opponent clogging up my deck with an Ambassador. I also don't really think my opponent played optimally, going for the stones himself, but then, I would probably not have bought the third to last Colony on turn 21. Any thoughts? Was there another even more prominent strategy to be used here?