Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Right after my previous 2er with Amitss we did one more, this time on Italy! Really like this map for 2P, the start is a bit more interesting with 06 being relevant. As you can see i'm a big fan of the no-build start when buying that plant - just make sure to buy trash to keep your opponent from no-building themselves!
This one had some interesting twists and turns - rare to see someone buy *four* 1-capacity plants! Really thought i was dead after i was forced to buy 22 with the 26 on deck, but the game bailed me out. Then i thought i was dead again after 25 dropped out of nowhere to Amitss, since the 20 was in the Step 3 vortex and coal would stay cheap. Realistically that should've killed me, but my opponent had capacity problems going into Step 3 so i held onto some hope.
Even then they still would've been able to end it before i could reach 21 capacity, had i not seen that crappy Plant 24 still lying around. From there it was already game over, since there was no safe 7-capacity plant to replace the 30 and get Amitss to 21.
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
Right after my previous 2er with Amitss we did one more, this time on Italy! Really like this map for 2P, the start is a bit more interesting with 06 being relevant. As you can see i'm a big fan of the no-build start when buying that plant - just make sure to buy trash to keep your opponent from no-building themselves!
This one had some interesting twists and turns - rare to see someone buy *four* 1-capacity plants! Really thought i was dead after i was forced to buy 22 with the 26 on deck, but the game bailed me out. Then i thought i was dead again after 25 dropped out of nowhere to Amitss, since the 20 was in the Step 3 vortex and coal would stay cheap. Realistically that should've killed me, but my opponent had capacity problems going into Step 3 so i held onto some hope.
Even then they still would've been able to end it before i could reach 21 capacity, had i not seen that crappy Plant 24 still lying around. From there it was already game over, since there was no safe 7-capacity plant to replace the 30 and get Amitss to 21.
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
