Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Haven't been recording many of my 2ers lately, so figured i'd drop one for ya! France is a rarer 2P map as well, and has a bit different flow due to guaranteed early 11 with super-cheap uranium.
Paid $20 for that 11 plant even with the 15 on deck, as 11 has so much more long-term value in 2P. Most of this game was pretty simple, though i still think amitss should have bought an oil plant instead of 24. Taking the 27 over 20 at cost is an easy call in many 2P situations; it's not too hard to reach endgame capacity with 5-3 as your top two plants going into Step 3. amitss should've skipped the 20 also, since he could've bought two 6-capacity plants to close out the game without it.
Didn't realize this at the time but i could've easily lost this one with some better endgame play from my opponent. He still ended up having to buy another two plants *after* the 20, and that left me an opening to finish while his money was low. Got a bit unlucky and was forced to buy two 6's instead of the 6-7 i was hoping for, so extending the game would only hurt me; i'd have needed to buy one more plant on the following turn while amitss wouldn't. As is though, a pretty clean win!
If you'd like to learn more about Power Grid, please check my blog for strategy articles on each power plant as well as a guide to 2-player games:
maninmotiongoingnowhere.wordpress.com/power-grid-strategy-individual-plant-articles
Haven't been recording many of my 2ers lately, so figured i'd drop one for ya! France is a rarer 2P map as well, and has a bit different flow due to guaranteed early 11 with super-cheap uranium.
Paid $20 for that 11 plant even with the 15 on deck, as 11 has so much more long-term value in 2P. Most of this game was pretty simple, though i still think amitss should have bought an oil plant instead of 24. Taking the 27 over 20 at cost is an easy call in many 2P situations; it's not too hard to reach endgame capacity with 5-3 as your top two plants going into Step 3. amitss should've skipped the 20 also, since he could've bought two 6-capacity plants to close out the game without it.
Didn't realize this at the time but i could've easily lost this one with some better endgame play from my opponent. He still ended up having to buy another two plants *after* the 20, and that left me an opening to finish while his money was low. Got a bit unlucky and was forced to buy two 6's instead of the 6-7 i was hoping for, so extending the game would only hurt me; i'd have needed to buy one more plant on the following turn while amitss wouldn't. As is though, a pretty clean win!
If you'd like to learn more about Power Grid, please check my blog for strategy articles on each power plant as well as a guide to 2-player games:
maninmotiongoingnowhere.wordpress.com/power-grid-strategy-individual-plant-articles
