Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 6
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)
Consumer Markets (Development)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
4
askye
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Investment Credits (Development)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World)
Prosperous World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Replicant Robots (Development)
Empath World (Non-Military Green Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
1
Victory Points:
4
Connie Neil
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World)
Malevolent Lifeforms (Military Green Production World) + good
Lost Alien Warship (Military Yellow Windfall World)
Export Duties (Development)
Cards in Hand:
7
Victory Points:
0
chrismg
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Interstellar Bank (Development)
Contact Specialist (Development)
Spice World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Avian Uplift Race (Military Green Windfall World)
Galactic Federation (6-Cost Development)
Pirate World (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
1
Victory Points:
2
VP Pool: 38
I thing chrismg has this game figured out. Is there a Munchkin option, where we can gang up on people?
I'm not sure where this sudden bloodthirstiness came from.
RftG
Round 7 is ready to go, and here are the choices:
omnis: Phase V - Produce
askye: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Connie Neil: Phase II - Develop
chrismg: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
We will therefore resolve Phases II, IV and V, with Phase II (Develop) on first. omnis and chrismg both get a card draw due to Interstellar Bank. Everyone, please put in your orders.
I'm not sure where this sudden bloodthirstiness came from.
What else could we expect from the Empire of Malevolent Spartan Ex-Cons?
RftG
Phase II is going to be pretty simple.
omnis, askye
and
chrismg
all pass.
Connie
develops Trade League. This is a 6-cost development which effectively lets her trade a good each Phase IV, even if she didn't pick Phase IV ($) herself. At game end, she scores a bonus 2 points for each development with a trade power, plus 1 point for each world with a trade power. She discards five cards to play it.
Phase IV is next, and it's going to be an active one.
RftG
In Phase IV (Consume),
omnis
has no goods on his layout, so he passes.
askye
chose this Phase, and opted for the Trade bonus. She trades a Green good for 4 cards, and consumes a Blue good for 1 VP.
Connie
did not choose this Phase, but her newly played Trade League lets her play anyway. She trades a Green good for a baseline 4 cards. However, Export Duties and Trade League each add one; she draws 6 cards.
chrismg
chose this Phase. He trades the Blue good from Pirate World. He draws a total of 7 cards - 2 for a Blue good, 2 for the Spice World bonus and 3 for the Pirate World bonus. He also consumes his other Blue good for 1 VP.
That's 17 cards total. And with that, congratulations! You've exhausted the entire deck. I've reshuffled the discards. Cards are going out.
Cards are going out.
RftG
Phase V (Produce) is last.
omnis
chose this Phase, so he may produce on a windfall world. He produces 2 Blue and 1 Brown good, and powers on Gem World and Consumer Markets let him draw 3 cards.
askye
produces 1 Blue and 1 Brown good, and draws 1 card from Comet Zone.
Connie
produces 1 Green good.
chrismg produces 2 Blue goods.
Cards are going out now to those that draw them. And that concludes Round 7! Quite possibly the fastest round yet. Everyone, please send in your choice of action card for Round 8.
RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 7
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
Consumer Markets (Development)
Cards in Hand:
8
Victory Points:
4
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)
Empath World (Non-Military Green Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
6
Victory Points:
5
Connie Neil
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World)
Malevolent Lifeforms (Military Green Production World) + good
Lost Alien Warship (Military Yellow Windfall World)
Export Duties (Development)
Trade League (6-Cost Development)
Cards in Hand:
7
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)
Galactic Federation (6-Cost Development)
Pirate World (Military Blue Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
9
Victory Points:
3
VP Pool: 36
RftG
Just when I thought I was getting a hand on it, I slow down the game play with some wrong rule understandings. Sorry about the slow down.
