Cool. It will hopefully be easier to keep up with than BSG too.
We now have three players: chrismg, omnis and askye. There's room for one more, if anyone's interested.
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billytea - Jul 14, 2015 6:28:49 am PDT #24549 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Connie Neil - Jul 14, 2015 7:05:15 am PDT #24550 of 26133
brillig
It looks intriguing, though I need to spend more time looking at the rules and setup. Perhaps I can watch a game to see how the online game flows?
edit: Unless it really is as easy as you say, BT.
billytea - Jul 14, 2015 2:20:16 pm PDT #24551 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
It is certainly easier than BSG. In my experience, the main hurdle to learning to play is just getting used to what all the symbols on the cards mean. For this first game especially, I will be providing explanations/translations to help with that. (Learning to play well, of course, comes best with practice.)
In a nutshell, I think you'll have an easier time learning it by playing than by just watching.
Connie Neil - Jul 14, 2015 2:42:29 pm PDT #24552 of 26133
brillig
Cool beans. Tell me what I need, then.
billytea - Jul 14, 2015 3:43:17 pm PDT #24553 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'll send out a couple of pdfs with some game info. Beyond that, just bookmark that page with images of all the cards. Everything else I'll be able to do by email or in-thread.
billytea - Jul 15, 2015 4:31:51 am PDT #24554 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
RftG
We have four players! They are chrismg, omnis, askye and Connie. Welcome Connie for her first game. I'm going to sort out what to send to everyone and how to format emails and posts, and we can start maybe this weekend.
chrismg - Jul 16, 2015 1:53:42 pm PDT #24555 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I'm going to be out of town this weekend; I should be back sometime Monday. I should be getting bt's emails on my phone as long as he uses the same address he did for BSG mail.
omnis_audis - Jul 16, 2015 7:49:14 pm PDT #24556 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
RTFG
My cards arrived today!
billytea - Jul 16, 2015 7:55:39 pm PDT #24557 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
RftG
Excellent! I've just sent out a couple of starting emails. We'll be good to go sometime over the next day or two.
billytea - Jul 18, 2015 3:57:45 am PDT #24558 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
RftG
And with that, I think we are good to go. Cards are going out. Each player starts with one world in their layout, being their starting world. From there they shall build their space empire!
Starting layout:
Round 0
omnis_audis
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
askye
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
Connie Neil
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
chrismg
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points: 0