I had one of those game losses that was at least a very fun game to play.
My opponent and I had a mirror match of Chapel into a thin deck, followed by King's Court + Jester which turned ridiculous.
http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20110920-183749-fc3818fa.htmlIt felt like my opponent always had the upperhand. Maybe 1st player advantage had something to do with it, but I notice he was wise to Tactician and got it before the 2nd reshuffle, and I followed suit but maybe too late.
It ended very close with my greater amount of Curses causing my game loss when I bought the last Province (that's what I get for not keeping score). The interesting thing about the Curses is the Turn 17 Curse exchange - he gave me 2 Curses, and I gave him 1 Curse, and lost by 2 points.
When Jester revealed Silver, I was always giving my opponent the Silver in hopes it would stop the King's Court and Jester from teaming up - but it didn't appear to slow the combo down, and who doesn't want a bunch of Silvers in a Province game (he ended with 9 Silvers).
Looking at his ending cards, 6 of each Jester and King's Court plus 3 Tacticians, I see why he was getting the pairing so consistently.
On turn 7, his Jester gave me a 2nd Chapel, and when he discarded my Jester turn 9, that hurt bad. I draw my 5 cards from Tactician, but of course Jester is in my discard, and I get to King's Court a Chapel for little benefit... except getting rid of the extra Chapel.
