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[mgallop]

So, just finished a really interesting (insanely powerful) kingdom:

Develop, Tunnel, Swindler Tournament SalvagerQuarry Mountebank Minion Saboteur

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201207/30/game-20120730-164901-8df0ef2d.html

Opponent opened Quarry/Swindler I opened Tournament/Swindler. I got early provinces and he didnt and I won pretty easily.

-My thoughts are that quarry, while guaranteeing you Mountebank by the first shuffle is a massive liability with tournament, since you want Gold and Provinces ASAP, and that my decision too ignore it is what won me the game.
-Opening buy: what's right? I liked Tournament as both something I needed to get and helping get to 5. Salvager is potentially useful, but potentially loses me the game by stopping me from getting a mountebank by the first shuffle.
-Develop: I got one, it sucked. Should I have just ignored trashing and powered through the slog? Gotten Salvagers over tournament at some point (though salvager is just as bad at getting rid of mountebank junk).
-How good is followers once curses are exhausted? I got it after Steed, but I'm not sure that was right, and think Bag of Gold might have been better to ensure I kept getting provinces.
-Minion: just awful, or useful as nonterminal silver + attack in this boaard? My thoughts are that your 4 card hand is liable to suck given the junking, and that nonterminal silver isnt worth it. I could be wrong.

[Grujah]

I screwed up.

I though Tourney is crap cause Swindler would swindle into other things + can swindler prices away. I didn't get nuff swindlers than.

[Morgrim7]

Why would you want Tournament that early in the game, especially with cursers? Open Quarry/Silver and pick a bunch of Mountebanks and Tournants.
Edit: oh and Salvager.

[D Bo]

-How good is followers once curses are exhausted? I got it after Steed, but I'm not sure that was right, and think Bag of Gold might have been better to ensure I kept getting provinces.

I'm not sure that Followers is a mistake at this point, but I think Bag of Gold or Princess would've been more beneficial. He had so many terminal actions that it seems like he would have trouble getting to 8 regardless of the reduction in hand size. I'm always looking for the +buy option personally, so I probably would've gone with the princess, although it probably wouldn't have mattered too much in this game as you probably weren't going to be getting double provinces very often.