Dominion has been hitting my game table more and more recently. The quick play time and the new Alchemy expansion have helped. This time we tried the suggested deck – Servants.

The Supply consisted of:
Golem, Possession, Scrying Pool, Transmute, Vineyard, Conspirator, Great Hall, Minion, Pawn, Steward

We played four games and I have to say I wasn’t entirely sure of the best actions to buy from this Supply configuration. The first time through I was unfocused and trying to figure things out as I played. I bought a couple Stewards, a Golem and a Pawn. This went ok but was not effective enough for first place.

Scores:
Me – 23
Jim – 17
Meredith – 21
Jeff – 30
Brian – 24

This time I thought I’d try the Steward/Golem/Pawn combo but be a little more extreme with it. I bought 3 or 4 Stewards to get money, get cards or thin my deck. I bought 2 Golems to bring those up often and I bought a couple Pawns for the extra actions. This time things went much better!

Scores:
Me – 31
Jim – 23
Meredith – 18
Jeff – 22
Brian – 26

Tried a similar setup, but the result was not the same. This time I did try getting one Possession. It was fun playing Meredith’s hand to gain 9 VPs, but other than that this was not a good game.

Scores:
Me – 18
Jim – 17
Meredith – 32
Jeff – 22
Brian – 29

I tried to mix things up this time, but made a couple errors. I tried Transmute/Vineyards, but stupidly trashed my Estates with a Steward. Therefore they were not there to trash when I went to use Transmute. I was able to buy 2 Possessions this time. They helped but it was too little to late.

Scores:
Me – 21
Meredith – 27
Jeff – 31
Brian – 23