Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 1
omnis_audis
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Rebel Fuel Cache (Military Brown Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
7
Victory Points:
0
askye
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Investment Credits (Development)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World)
Cards in Hand:
1
Victory Points:
0
Connie Neil
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
chrismg
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Interstellar Bank (Development)
Cards in Hand:
3
Victory Points:
0
VP Pool: 48
RftG
Everyone has chosen their action card, and it's a different outlook from last round. Choices are:
omnis: Phase II
askye: Phase IV ($)
Connie Neil: Phase II
chrismg: Phase II
Three of the four players chose the same Phase. This round, then, we'll have only two Phases. Phase II (Develop) is first. Before anyone does anything, chrismg draws 1 card from his Interstellar Bank. Card going out now. Everyone, please send me orders for Phase II.
RftG
As expected, we have a flurry of development in Phase II.
omnis
develops Interstellar Bank, for one discard. He will draw one card at the start of every Phase II from now on. chrismg already has this card in his layout - there are two copies of most developments in the deck.
Connie
plays New Military Tactics, for no discards.
This is a one-shot card. One Phase III, she can discard it from her layout in order to boost her military strength by 3.
chrismg
plays Contact Specialist for no discards. This is an interesting card. It lets him play military worlds as if they were non-military (i.e. by paying for them instead of through military strength). It doesn't apply to Alien worlds.
askye
doesn't play a development, but she is the only player to benefit from Phase IV. She chose Phase IV ($), so she gets to trade her Brown good for three new cards.
And that concludes round 2! Everyone now has three cards in their layout. Everyone, time to pick your action cards for round 3.
RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 2
omnis_audis
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Rebel Fuel Cache (Military Brown Windfall World)
Interstellar Bank (Development)
Cards in Hand:
5
Victory Points:
0
askye
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Investment Credits (Development)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
Connie Neil
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
New Military Tactics (Development)
Cards in Hand:
3
Victory Points:
0
chrismg
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Interstellar Bank (Development)
Contact Specialist (Development)
Cards in Hand:
3
Victory Points:
0
VP Pool: 48
RftG
Round 3! And once again, we have diversity in Phase selection. Everyone went for a different Phase, as we can see:
omnis: Phase II - Develop
askye: Phase V - Produce
Connie Neil: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
chrismg: Phase III - Settle
We will resolve Phases II - V. First up is Phase II. Three players have Phase II powers. askye gets a 1-card discount on any development's cost. (So does omnis this round, because he chose this Phase.) omnis and chrismg both get to draw a card before developing. Those cards are going out.
Everyone, please send me your orders for which development (if any) you play, and which cards you discard to pay for it.
RftG
Sorry for the delay folks. Fighting a migraine this weekend. Avoided things that make the head hurt, like glowing screens, and figuring out the new game. BT, insent. Hopefully it makes sense.
ps:
:: sotto voce ::
pssst. BT, um. Post 24574 has the wrong game bolded.
RftG
That's everyone for Phase II, and three of the players pass on playing a development. The exception is
omnis,
who chose this Phase and thus gets a 1-card discount. He settles
Terraforming Robots,
for a cost of 2 discards. This card lets him draw a card every time he settles a world, and can also consume a Brown good for 1 VP and 1 card draw.
Phase III (Settle) is next. We have a few orders for that one.
Connie
passes for this Phase too.
chrismg
settles Spice World, at a cost of 2 discards. This is a Blue production world, that gives a bonus of two extra cards when trading a Blue good. He chose this Phase, so he also draws 1 card.
omnis
settles Gem World for 2 discards, which leaves him with no cards in hand. Another Blue production world, this one lets him draw a card when producing on it. Thanks to the Terraforming Robots, he draws a card for settling too.
Finally,
askye
settles Prosperous World, for three discards. That wipes out her hand. This is yet another Blue production world; this one also consumes a good in Phase IV for 1 VP.
RftG
Phase IV is next, selected by
Connie
(who chose the Trade bonus). She trades the Blue good on Former Penal Colony for two cards. No one else has any goods, so they all twiddle their thumbs this Phase.
RftG
Finally,
askye
chose Phase V (Produce). All the production worlds in the various layouts each produce one good. In addition, because askye chose this phase, she produces on one windfall world (namely Alpha Centauri). Thus:
omnis
produces 1 Blue good, and draws a card.
askye
produces 1 Blue good and 2 Brown goods, and draws 1 card.
Connie
has no production worlds and produces nothing.
chrismg
produces 2 Blue goods.
New cards going out to omnis and askye.
RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 3
omnis_audis
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Rebel Fuel Cache (Military Brown Windfall World)
Interstellar Bank (Development)
Terraforming Robots (Development)
Gem World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Cards in Hand:
2
Victory Points:
0
askye
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Investment Credits (Development)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good
Prosperous World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Cards in Hand:
1
Victory Points:
0
Connie Neil
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World)
New Military Tactics (Development)
Cards in Hand:
5
Victory Points:
0
chrismg
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Interstellar Bank (Development)
Contact Specialist (Development)
Spice World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Cards in Hand:
2
Victory Points:
0
VP Pool: 48
