http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20120502-220906-c789b32a.htmlcards in supply: Ambassador, Baron, Farming Village, Highway, Oasis, Oracle, Remake, Smithy, Stables, and Tactician
Our hero algebra123230 starts off pretty unluckily, with 5/2 in an Ambassador game. He opens Remake/- against ReadyFreddy's Amb/Silver. On the first shuffle, RF picks up a Tactician and Ambassadors two Estates, while algebra grabs an Ambassador of his own and Remakes two Estates. Given what is about to happen, these probably should have been Oases and not Silvers. Whoops!
algebra moves towards the fabled DoubleTact with Tacticians on turns 5 and 7 and Highway+Oasis on turn 9, while RF sets up his BM Tactician deck with 3 Golds and an Oracle. Soon, RF's deck kicks in and he snags 4 Provinces and a Stables on turns 11-14, while algebra can only buy a few engine components every other turn.
Turn 15 is a turning point for algebra, as he manages to play 4 Highways, which is enough to Remake two Coppers into Highways, play another Tactician, and buy two more Highways. On Turn 16, algebra makes what I, sitting next to him at the time, think is a huge mistake, playing 8 Highways and thus making it impossible to Remake cards into Provinces. He buys 2 Provinces. (Note that he was in second position and down exactly 24 points at the time, and RF had a Tactician in play.)
RF takes Highway+Duchy on his Tactician turn, leaving only 1 Province in the supply, so after some contemplation algebra Remakes Silver+Ambassador -> Duchy/Duchy and buys two Duchies on turn 17. RF is clearly a bit annoyed at how slowly algebra is playing. Come on, man, this stuff is tricky.
Fortunately for algebra, RF's deck now stalls out and he can buy only an Estate, giving algebra a "golden" opportunity. He jumps, this time making sure to play 4 Highways, then his Remake, then the rest of his Highways, netting 14 points on his final turn to finish the game 39-35. There is jubilation all around.
Check out the graphs on that game log, eh? Pretty wild stuff.
