Starting with an early 4 : 1 brick to wood trade when he needed a sheep for a knight, Loonee lost his first city to the barbarian. Early 9's and 5's allowed SundownDos to grab an early and almost obscene lead.
Beng and Loonee slowly managed to stop SundownDos's mad rise in victory points. Beng switched Dos's 5 gold for a 3 with an inventor card, and Loonee took longest road from Dos, leveling the playing field. In the process, Beng manages to build 3 cities on his gold hex and ends up getting 6 gold on 5's!!
At the last turn, Dos was at 11vp's, Loonee at 9, and Beng at 8 (i think, beng might have been at 9vp's too). On Loonee's turn, he pulls off a metropolis-merchant-town combo to grab his final 4 points for the win.
