Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
After getting bodied in my previous 2er vs. Selas, we get a much more interesting game this time!
Again i actually benefit from the 21 Drop Out Of Nowhere, after making Selas pay over $40 for the 25. Was happy to take the 20 earlier due to Selas's lack of coal, and even let him have the 22 for cheap so that he wouldn't have a coal plant (maybe too cheap though). 21 was perfect for me!
This game really shows how to manage the 20 in the early game, particularly how a lesser coal plant like 10 can actually help you. You can see a couple turns where i run 10 + an oil plant instead of the 20; i couldn't build enough to get full value from the 20 on those turns, so i was better off doing this to keep coal a little cheaper in the long run.
Selas still had great early plants, though, so i perhaps overestimated my lead over him. The cheap building on this map led to a funny situation where both of us had to go to 5-4-4 as our top 3 plants for Step 3, or else the opponent could end the game with a capacity lead.
Step 3 created a tough spot for me with Selas putting the 30 up for bid. 30 was an amazing plant and would normally be bid up quite a bit...but the problem was that if one of us got the 30 and a 7-capacity plant dropped afterward, we'd lose the game right there. With a 3/7 chance of a 7-cap appearing, i had to pass there. Unfortunately the 7 didn't come, or even a great 6, so i thought i'd blown another lead. This one came down to the wire!
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
After getting bodied in my previous 2er vs. Selas, we get a much more interesting game this time!
Again i actually benefit from the 21 Drop Out Of Nowhere, after making Selas pay over $40 for the 25. Was happy to take the 20 earlier due to Selas's lack of coal, and even let him have the 22 for cheap so that he wouldn't have a coal plant (maybe too cheap though). 21 was perfect for me!
This game really shows how to manage the 20 in the early game, particularly how a lesser coal plant like 10 can actually help you. You can see a couple turns where i run 10 + an oil plant instead of the 20; i couldn't build enough to get full value from the 20 on those turns, so i was better off doing this to keep coal a little cheaper in the long run.
Selas still had great early plants, though, so i perhaps overestimated my lead over him. The cheap building on this map led to a funny situation where both of us had to go to 5-4-4 as our top 3 plants for Step 3, or else the opponent could end the game with a capacity lead.
Step 3 created a tough spot for me with Selas putting the 30 up for bid. 30 was an amazing plant and would normally be bid up quite a bit...but the problem was that if one of us got the 30 and a 7-capacity plant dropped afterward, we'd lose the game right there. With a 3/7 chance of a 7-cap appearing, i had to pass there. Unfortunately the 7 didn't come, or even a great 6, so i thought i'd blown another lead. This one came down to the wire!
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
