Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Hey, another 5er! Hard to get those during weeknights in the US of A, and this was another good one.
Very pleased with my start, landing 28 + 13 with exactly 5 decently-priced cities in Step 1. Starting with 03 gave daroj extremely cheap builds that allowed him to win the auction for the 26 and power 5 cities on turn 4, so he was the clear money leader.
Market stalled after that, until teokop used his massive amount of space to trigger Step 2. Market STILL stalled a bit after that but eventually we got to the big stuff. The key point of the game was the 30 - i paid over $70 for it, which was clearly too much in retrospect. Was thinking in terms of how much i could pay and build to 11 cities that turn, but should've thought more in terms of whether i could end the game on the following turn. 31 ended up going at cost, which easily could've allowed me to win the game had i gotten that instead...
As is, we came to a tight finish with daroj being forced to buy a smaller plant than his closest opposition. Once again, being rich can pay off in 5ers if you build aggressively at the right times!
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
Hey, another 5er! Hard to get those during weeknights in the US of A, and this was another good one.
Very pleased with my start, landing 28 + 13 with exactly 5 decently-priced cities in Step 1. Starting with 03 gave daroj extremely cheap builds that allowed him to win the auction for the 26 and power 5 cities on turn 4, so he was the clear money leader.
Market stalled after that, until teokop used his massive amount of space to trigger Step 2. Market STILL stalled a bit after that but eventually we got to the big stuff. The key point of the game was the 30 - i paid over $70 for it, which was clearly too much in retrospect. Was thinking in terms of how much i could pay and build to 11 cities that turn, but should've thought more in terms of whether i could end the game on the following turn. 31 ended up going at cost, which easily could've allowed me to win the game had i gotten that instead...
As is, we came to a tight finish with daroj being forced to buy a smaller plant than his closest opposition. Once again, being rich can pay off in 5ers if you build aggressively at the right times!
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
