Dominion - Base (v2), Intrigue (v2), Seaside, Hinterlands, Dark Ages, Allies
Pre-Game Card Elimination
There will be no Ally, as
the Importer was the only Liaison card and it topped two removal
lists. Seaside will also be unrepresented, as the only card from
that set, the Tactician, was strategically removed. Half of the
attack cards were removed with the elimination of the Margrave.
The fun police have banned Festivals. The Feodum was also eliminated, and the Pawn was sacrificed.
Round 1
Hooton reveals 2 Copper and buys a Squire.
Geggus reveals 2 Copper and buys a Squire.
Hibbert reveals 4 Copper and buys a Silver.
Hunt reveals 3 Copper and buys a Silver.
Wilson reveals 2 Copper and buys an Estate, trashing the Hovel.
Scharf reveals 3 Copper and buys a Silver.
Round 2
Hooton reveals 5 Copper and buys a Haggler. Discards are reshuffled.
Geggus reveals 5 Copper and buys a Graverobber. Discards are reshuffled.
Hibbert reveals 3 Copper and buys a Chapel. Discards are reshuffled.
Hunt reveals 4 Copper and buys an Ironmonger. Discards are reshuffled.
Wilson reveals 5 Copper and buys a Bandit Camp. Discards are reshuffled.
Scharf reveals 4 Copper and buys an Ironworks. Discards are reshuffled.
Round 3
Hooton plays a Squire, gaining a Silver, reveals 3 Copper, and buys an Ironmonger.
Geggus plays a Squire, gaining a Silver, reveals 2 Copper, and buys a Silver.
Hibbert plays a Chapel, trashing an Overgrown Estate and drawing a card, reveals 3 Copper and 1 Silver and buys a Bandit Camp.
Round 4
Hooton plays a Haggler, reveals 3 Copper, buys a Highwayman, and gains an Ironworks. Discards are reshuffled after 2 draws.
Geggus reveals 3 Copper and buys a Silver. Discards are reshuffled after 2 draws.
Hibbert reveals 3 Copper and buys a Silver. Discards are reshuffled after 1 draw.
Round 5
Hooton plays an Ironmonger, drawing a card and revealing a Necropolis, which he keeps on top of his deck, plays a Haggler, reveals 3 Copper, buys a Bandit Camp, and gains an Ironmonger.
Geggus plays a Graverobber, trashing a Necropolis and gaining an Ironmonger, reveals 2 Copper, buys an Estate, and trashes a Hovel.
Round 6
Hooton plays a Necropolis, a Squire, gaining a Silver, a Highwayman, reveals 2 Copper, and buys a Silver.
Geggus reveals 3 Copper and 1 Silver and buys an Ironmonger.
Hibbert reveals 2 Copper and 2 Silver and buys a Bandit Camp. Discards are reshuffled after 2 draws.
Hunt plays
an Ironworks, gaining an Ironmonger, reveals 2 Copper and 1 Silver and
buys a Silver. Discards are reshuffled after 4 draws.
Round 7
Hooton discards the Highwayman, reshuffles his discards, draws 3 cards, plays a Squire, gaining 2 actions, plays a Highwayman, plays an Ironworks, gaining a Silver, reveals 3 Copper and 1 Silver, and buys a Gold.
Geggus plays a Squire, gaining a Silver, reveals 2 Copper and 2 Silver, and buys a Gold.
Hibbert plays a Chapel, trashing 2 Copper, a Hovel, and a Necropolis.
Round 8
Hooton discards the Highwayman, draws 3 cards, plays an Ironmonger, drawing a card and revealing a Silver, which is discarded, plays a Bandit Camp, gaining Spoils and drawing a card, plays a Haggler, reveals 4 Copper and 1 Silver, buys a Province, trashing the Hovel, and gains a Gold.
Geggus plays an Ironmonger, drawing a card and revealing a Silver, which is kept on top of his deck, then reveals 3 Copper and 2 Silver and buys a Province.
Hibbert plays a Bandit Camp, gaining Spoils, reveals 4 Copper and Spoils and buys a Gold. Spoils is returned to its pile.
Round 9
Hooton plays an Ironmonger, drawing a card and revealing a Copper, which is discarded, plays a Bandit Camp, gaining Spoils and drawing a card, plays a Squire, gaining 2 actions, plays a Haggler, reveals 1 Copper and 2 Silver, buys a Province, and gains a Gold.
Geggus plays a Squire, gaining 2 buys, reveals 1 Copper, 1 Silver, and 1 Gold, and buys 1 Gold and 2 Copper.
Hibbert
plays a Bandit Camp, reshuffles his discards, draws a card, gains a
Spoils, plays a Bandit Camp, draws a card, gains a Spoils, reveals a
hand with 2 Copper, 2 Silver, and 1 Gold, and buys a Province.
Round 10
Hooton reveals 3 Copper, 1 Silver, and 1 Gold and buys a Province.
Geggus plays a Graverobber, taking the Ironworks from the trash, reveals 3 Copper and 1 Silver, and buys a Highwayman. Deck is reshuffled after 2 draws.
Hibbert plays a Bandit Camp, draws a card and gains Spoils, and plays a Chapel, trashing 3 Copper.
Round 11
Hooton plays an Ironmonger, drawing a card and revealing a Silver, which is kept on top of the deck, plays a Necropolis, an Ironworks, gaining a Silver, a Highwayman, reveals 2 Copper, and buys a Silver.
Geggus plays an Ironmonger, drawing a card and revealing a Copper, which is discarded, reveals 1 Copper, 2 Silver, and 1 Gold and buys a Province.
Hibbert
plays a Bandit Camp, drawing a card and gaining Spoils, plays 2 Silver,
1 Gold, and 1 Spoils, and buys a Province. The Spoils is returned
to its pile.
Round 12
Hooton discards the Highwayman, reshuffling his discards and drawing 3 cards, reveals 1 Copper, 3 Silver, and 1 Gold and buys a Province.
Geggus reveals 3 Copper and 1 Silver and buys a Highwayman.
Hibbert
plays a Bandit Camp, draws a card and gains Spoils, reveals 1 Copper
and 3 Spoils, and buys a Province. Spoils are returned to their
pile. Discards are reshuffled after 2 draws.
Round 13
Hooton
plays a Bandit Camp, drawing a card and gaining Spoils, plays
Ironworks, gains a Silver, reveals 3 Copper and 1 Silver,
and buys a Gold.
Geggus plays an Ironmonger, drawing a card and revealing a Copper, which is discarded, plays an Ironworks, gaining a Chapel, reveals 2 Copper and 1 Silver, and buys a Highwayman.
Hibbert
plays a Bandit Camp, drawing a card and gaining Spoils, reveals 1
Copper, 1 Silver, 1 Gold, and 1 Spoils, and buys a Province. The
Spoils is returned to its pile.
Round 14
Hooton reveals 1 Silver and 2 Gold and buys a Province.
Geggus plays a Squire, gaining 2 actions, a Highwayman, reveals 1 Copper and 1 Gold, and buys an Ironworks. Discards are reshuffled.
Hibbert
reveals 1 Copper, 1 Silver, and 1 Spoils and buys a Duchy. Spoils
are returned to its pile. Discards are reshuffled after 3 draws.
Round 15
Hooton plays an Ironmonger, drawing a card and revealing a Necropolis, which is discarded, plays a Highwayman, and a Squire, gaining a Silver. Discards are reshuffled after the third draw.
Geggus discards the Highwayman and draws 3 cards, reveals 4 Copper, 1 Silver, and 1 Gold, and buys a Province.
Victory Points
As the Province pile now empty, this ends the game.
| Hooton |
Geggus |
Hibbert |
Hunt | Wilson | Scharf |
|
| Estates (x1) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 | 3 | 1 |
| Duchies (x3) |
0 |
0 |
3 |
9 | 12 | 6 |
| Provinces (x6) |
30 |
18 |
24 |
18 | 6 | 12 |
| Curses (x-1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
| Total |
30 |
19 |
27 |
27 | 21 | 19 |
End of Game Statements
Dave Hooton: Thanks for running this, Chris.
I think I'm beginning to get the hang of the game. It's all about
balance - one Squire to get extra Silver, one Highwayman to depress
buying power and get additional cards, one Haggler to gain a Gold when
I get a Province, etc.
There was much tension during the last two rounds as Chris Hibbert kept
up the pace. I faltered a bit and he faltered a bit more, allowing
Christopher Hunt to catch up to him.
Bill Scharf: Congrats to David on his win. Couldn’t buy a card that cost more than five until turn twelve, not good. Thanks Chris, for running it.
Christopher Hunt:
As always a great game. As always shorter than one thinks.
Thanks to Chris for his running and congratulations to David on his
win. Highway man caused more trouble than I thought. Initially too many 4's and no 5' income.
Chris Hibbert: I enjoyed that, as always. Thanks to Chris H. for running the game.
I thought things were going pretty well for me, but I shouldn't have
been surprised that as I bought more Provinces, my hands got worse.
This was a particularly hard card combo for getting to 8. The only card
that actually increased hand size was Highwayman, but I didn't buy any
because it was only helpful for, at best, alternating hands.
I thus also neglected one of my rules of thumb, which is that attacks
are worth more, the more players there are. It seemed like a pretty
weak attack, but it was strong enough to make the difference.
Congratulations to Dave for a well-played game.
Chris Geggus: Congrats to Dave. Another exemplary game. I still can’t get to grips with this game, but always fun. Thanks to Chris of course.
Kevin Wilson:
Once or twice I came up 1 copper short of a buying a province. It was
just tough to get the coin needed. Might have used another Bandit Camp
as often, when I had coin, a Spoils was a big help. I never took
the chance to unload some worthless to cycle a bit quicker and that may
have slowed things a bit too.
I’m still learning the game, trying to see those chains and connections
but not always successfully. Still, the variety a single box allows let
alone an expansion or two shows why this game is so popular. Glad
I finally made the dive in.
Congrats to Dave on a nice win and thanks to Chris, and the others, for
running and playing the game. Next round, feel free to toss in some
thoughts on card combos to help us Dominion-rookies along.
Players
| Name |
Cards in Hand | Duration Cards in Play |
| Dave Hooton |
5 | Highwayman |
| Chris Geggus |
5 | |
| Chris Hibbert |
5 | |
| Christopher
Hunt |
5 | |
| Kevin Wilson |
5 | |
| Bill Scharf |
5 |
Supply
| Card |
Remaining in Supply |
| Copper |
72 |
| Silver |
49 |
| Gold |
51 |
| Estate |
19 |
| Duchy |
2 |
| Province |
0 |
| Curse |
50 |
| Bandit Camp |
1 |
| Graverobber |
8 |
| Haggler |
8 |
| Highwayman |
6 |
| Modify |
10 |
| Specialist |
9 |
| Ironmonger |
0 |
| Ironworks |
2 |
| Chapel |
6 |
| Squire |
5 |
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