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.
Mal: How drunk was I last night? Jayne: Well I dunno. I passed out.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
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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
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
Connie Neil - Jul 18, 2015 11:10:55 am PDT #24559 of 26133
brillig
So is the next phase Explore?
billytea - Jul 18, 2015 1:15:23 pm PDT #24560 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
Sorry, I left that part out, didn't I? The first step of every round is for each player to play one of their Action cards to choose a Phase. Only those Phases selected by at least one player will take place, so at this stage, I don't know whether Explore is going to happen this round.
The players' choices get revealed simultaneously, so:
All players, please email me your choice of Action card. Once I have everyone's choice, I will reveal all of them.
Connie Neil - Jul 18, 2015 2:58:07 pm PDT #24561 of 26133
brillig
mine sent
billytea - Jul 19, 2015 3:43:39 pm PDT #24562 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
Update: I have Action cards from three of the players. Waiting on the last one to start the round.
omnis_audis - Jul 19, 2015 9:20:12 pm PDT #24563 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
RftG
Sorry. Thought we said starting on Monday. Email sent.
Still feeling my way in the dark. Hoping beginners luck favors me, and not the other beginners.
billytea - Jul 19, 2015 10:13:17 pm PDT #24564 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
I have everyone's choice of action card; the players have chosen:
omnis: Phase IV ($)
askye: Phase III
Connie Neil: Phase I (+5)
chrismg: Phase II
Phases I, II, III and IV have been selected by one of the players, so Round 1 will consist of those Phases. Phase V was not selected by anyone, so it will be skipped.
We start with Phase I - Explore. Every player will draw two cards and keep one. This Phase was chosen by Connie, who gets a bonus. There are two possible bonuses a player may select for this Phase; Connie has chosen to draw 5 extra cards to look at (but will still keep just one).
Cards are going out now. Everyone, when you're ready, please let me know which card you keep.