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[GendoIkari]

Just finished this game IRL against my wife.

$3
Steward
Urchin
$4
Scavenger
Wandering Minstrel
$5
Band of Misfits
Count
Graverobber
Knights
Pillage
$6
Goons

I opened Silver/Urchin, she opened Steward/Wandering Minstrel. I got a second Urchin and Wandering Minstrel quickly; WM helps a LOT with connecting 2 Urchins, so I got Mercenary early. She went a bit for Knights (only picked up 2 total). It was enough to slow me down. I was picking up Goons and BoMs, but she was trashing about 2 cards every 2 turns out of my deck.

I ended up building a drawing engine out of WM, Steward, and BoM; enough to draw my deck every turn. But with VERY little buying power, especially since I was losing Goons and BoMs to her Knights. Eventually it was at an interesting point where it was obvious I'd won (about 50 VP tokens to none), but I also had basically no way of ending the game... there weren't 3 piles I could take down in less than several turns later, and going for Provinces seemed hopeless. I eventually bought some Graverobbers, which allowed me to drain more piles quickly, though I also used them a bit to get some of my trashed Goons back. Eventually she conceded when I probably had a couple turns left.

[Jimmmmm]

I usually find with Knights if someone starts taking them everyone else has to as well, otherwise all your stuff starts disappearing.

[GendoIkari]

I usually find with Knights if someone starts taking them everyone else has to as well, otherwise all your stuff starts disappearing.

If she had had grabbed a third one, or had a good enough deck to actually cycle each turn, then I would have fought back with Knights. As it was, I knew I'd won with the Goons points; her Knights were just enough to keep the game going forever.

[eHalcyon]

She couldn't set up a bigger Goons mega turn to overtake you?

[GendoIkari]

She couldn't set up a bigger Goons mega turn to overtake you?

She had a slow start, and with 3-card hands her deck wasn't capable of getting up to 6 at all. Also note that she's about a level 5 on Iso, while I was a level 40.