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[ycz6]

See if you can spot the two completely reasonable mistakes my opponent made, which, together, lost him the game:

#1 ycz6: 22 points (3 Provinces, 3 Great Halls, and an Estate); 16 turns

#2 marin: 21 points (2 Provinces, 5 Great Halls, and 4 Estates); 16 turns

   — marin's turn 16 —
   marin plays a Border Village.
   ... drawing 1 card and getting +2 actions.
   marin plays a Great Hall.
   ... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
   marin plays a Grand Market.
   ... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action, +1 buy, and +$2.
   marin plays a Grand Market.
   ... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action, +1 buy, and +$2.
   marin plays a Great Hall.
   ... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
   marin plays a Grand Market.
   ... (marin reshuffles.)
   ... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action, +1 buy, and +$2.
   marin plays a Border Village.
   ... drawing 1 card and getting +2 actions.
   marin plays a Silver and 2 Quarries.
   marin buys a Border Village.
   ... gaining a Mandarin.
   ... ... putting a Silver and 2 Quarries back on the deck (in some order).
   marin buys a Border Village.
   ... gaining a Mandarin.
   marin buys an Estate.
   (marin draws: a Silver, 2 Quarries, a Province, and a Great Hall.)

Great Halls, Border Villages, and Grand Markets are all gone.
ycz6 wins!

[WanderingWinder]

I don't get it. He ran out the piles when he was behind? He didn't grab duchies with the Border villages, getting Mandarins instead for no apparent reason? I don't see how mandarin is the problem here, and I don't see why these are reasonable mistakes.

[ycz6]

How do you grab Duchies with Border Villages when two Quarries are in play?

[WanderingWinder]

How do you grab Duchies with Border Villages when two Quarries are in play?

You don't. I should read more carefully. But a duchy on the second one, because the BVs were up to 6 by then. I don't know, I still don't think this is that confusing, though somewhat more understandable, but at least as much quarry's fault as it is Mandarin's.

[ycz6]

His plan was probably to just buy two Border Villages to 3-pile, grabbing random actions with them, then buy a Duchy to end the game and win. It's just unfortunate that the random action he chose happened to be Mandarin, making buying a Border Village and a Duchy impossible.

Of course, he could have gotten a Duchy with the BV on-gain effect the second time around, but likely he wasn't paying too much attention since he figured he'd already won. He said as much in the chat postgame when I pointed this out.

[michaeljb]

...but likely he wasn't paying too much attention since he figured he'd already won. He said as much in the chat postgame when I pointed this out.

Well there's the real problem. The very same thing's cost me more than a few games.