I have to be honest, I'm just running with amuses me, I haven't figured out how to win this thing yet.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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Connie Neil - Jul 27, 2015 3:31:54 pm PDT #24582 of 26133
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billytea - Jul 27, 2015 5:01:35 pm PDT #24583 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 to be honest, I'm just running with amuses me, I haven't figured out how to win this thing yet.
I have no doubt this is widely true.
Meanwhile, I have everyone's orders for Phase III. omnis selected this Phase, and settles New Survivalists. This is a 1-strength military world; omnis has 1 strength, so can settle it without discard. It's also a Blue production world. omnis draws 2 cards - one for choosing Settle, one granted by Terraforming Robots.
askye passes on this Phase.
Connie also selected Phase III. She discards New Military Tactics from her layout to boost her military by 3, allowing her to play Malevolent Lifeforms. This is a 4-strength military world, and also a Green production world. Connie draws 1 card for choosing Phase III.
chrismg did not choose this Phase, but makes us of it anyway. He settles Avian Uplift Race. This Green windfall world is a 2-strength military world; however, Contact Specialist means he can settle this as non-military, witha 1-card discount. He therefore tosses 1 card to settle it. As a windfall world, it starts with a good on it.
billytea - Jul 27, 2015 5:28:01 pm PDT #24584 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
Phase IV is next. There'll be some cards going out for this one.
omnis consumes his one good on Epsilon Eridani for 1 VP and 1 card draw.
askye chose this Phase, and trades a Brown good for 3 cards. Her Prosperous World also has a consume power, and consume the Blue good (on Prosperous World) for 1 VP. She has one Brown good left over, on Alpha Centauri.
Connie has no goods and thus nothing to do this round.
chrismg also chose this round, and trades the Blue good from Spice World for 4 cards. This is 2 more than usual for a Blue good, thanks to Spice World's trade power. He also consumes the new Green good from Avian Uplift Race on Earth's Lost Colony for 1 VP.
billytea - Jul 27, 2015 5:45:08 pm PDT #24585 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
That concludes Round 4. Time for everyone to choose their action card for Round 5. When you're ready, please send me your choice.
billytea - Jul 27, 2015 5:46:32 pm PDT #24586 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
End-of-round summary:
Round 4
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)
New Survivalists (Military Blue Production World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
1
askye
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Investment Credits (Development)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World)
Prosperous World (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
1
Connie Neil
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World)
Malevolent Lifeforms (Military Green Production World)
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)
Avian Uplift Race (Military Green Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
1
VP Pool: 45
omnis_audis - Jul 27, 2015 7:41:45 pm PDT #24587 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I have to be honest, I'm just running with amuses me, I haven't figured out how to win this thing yet.
Yup. I'm with ya. I re-read the manual to try and figure it out more. I'm approaching understanding. But waiting for an assumption to be wrong, and the house of cards crumble.
askye - Jul 28, 2015 6:15:43 pm PDT #24588 of 26133
Thrive to spite them
I'll admit I'm really winging it and reading the advise and looking at cards and thinking "sounds fun too try??"
In other Game News is anyone playing Hearthstone World of Warcraft's collectible card game? I've been playing it for awhile it's "free" in that it doesn't cost anything but you can pay for extra packs (and earn gold) so kinda like in app purchases.
They started this new Tavern Brawl thing that runs for 4 days and has odd rules. I found that sometimes it takes me about 2 days to figure out what's needed to win but once I do I can get pretty good at it. Well good enough I'm winning more than losing.
billytea - Jul 28, 2015 10:29:34 pm PDT #24589 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
Everyone has chosen their action card for Round 5:
omnis: Phase V - Produce
askye: Phase II - Develop
Connie Neil: Phase II - Develop
chrismg: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
This round will have Phases II, IV and V. No exploring and no settling.
Phase II is first, and at the start of the round, omnis and chrismg both draw a card, thanks to their Interstellar Banks. Cards are going out now. I have some COs from people; if I don't, please let me know if you play a development, and if so, how you pay for it.
billytea - Jul 29, 2015 3:15:22 pm PDT #24590 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
Orders are in for Phase II. omnis and chrismg both pass on playing a development.
askye plays Replicant Robots. This rather nifty card gives a 2-card discount on the cost of playing non-military worlds. Normally it costs 4 discards; however, askye chose Phase II, so she gets to knock one off. Also, she has Investment Credits, which takes another 1 off the price. She discards 2 cards to play it.
Connie plays New Military Tactics. Again. There are two copies off this development in the deck; Connie had played the other one of these before. You can only have one copy of any development in your layout, but she had previously discarded the other one to play Malevolent Lifeforms. So this card is new new Military Tactics, I suppose. With the 1-card discount for choosing Phase II, this card costs nothing.
billytea - Jul 29, 2015 3:29:09 pm PDT #24591 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
Phase IV is next. omnis and Connie don't have any goods to consume, so they don't do anything. askye has a good on Alpha Centauri. She consumes it on Prosperous World for 1 VP.
chrismg chose this Phase, and chose to trade one good. He has a Blue good on Earth's Lost Colony. With the trade bonus from Spice World, he draws four cards, going out now.