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.
You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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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.
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.
billytea - Jul 29, 2015 3:37:25 pm PDT #24592 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
Finally, omnis chose Phase V. Everyone has production worlds.
omnis produces two Blue goods. As he chose this Phase, he also produces one Brown good on his windfall world.
askye produces one Blue and one Brown good.
Connie produces one Green good.
chrismg produces two Blue goods.
omnis and askye also draw 1 card for producing, going out now. That concludes Round 5. Time to choose action cards for Round 6! Everyone, please send me your choices.
billytea - Jul 29, 2015 3:38:04 pm PDT #24593 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 5
omnis_audis
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Rebel Fuel Cache (Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Interstellar Bank (Development)
Terraforming Robots (Development)
Gem World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
New Survivalists (Military Blue Production World) + good
Cards in Hand:
6
Victory Points:
1
askye
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Investment Credits (Development)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good
Prosperous World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Replicant Robots (Development)
Cards in Hand:
2
Victory Points:
2
Connie Neil
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World)
Malevolent Lifeforms (Military Green Production World) + good
New Military Tactics (Development)
Cards in Hand:
4
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
Avian Uplift Race (Military Green Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
9
Victory Points:
1
VP Pool: 44
billytea - Jul 30, 2015 4:52:07 pm PDT #24594 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
Choice for round 6 are in! We will resolve three Phases this round, being Phases II (develop), III (settle) and IV (consume). Choices were:
omnis: Phase II - Develop
askye: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Connie Neil: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
chrismg: Phase III - Settle
Phase II is first. omnis and chrismg both draw a card at the start of this Phase. Everyone, please let me know if you will play a development, and if so, how you pay for it. (I suggest you put in COs for Phase III at the same time.)