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.

RftG

I have everyone's choices. This round we have:

omnis: Phase III - Settle
askye: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)
Connie Neil: Phase II - Develop
chrismg: Phase II - Develop

This round we'll do Phases I, II and III. Interesting, we have a full complement of goods and no one opted for Phase IV (Consume).

Phase I (Explore) is first. omnis and chrismg both get to look at 2 cards and keep 1. That's the default exploration. askye chose this Phase, which gives her one of two bonuses. She went for +1/+1 - she will look at 3 cards and keep 2. Connie is the only player with an Explore power - Malevolent Lifeforms lets her look at an extra card. She looks at 3 cards and keeps 1.

Cards are going out now. Everyone, please send me your choice.

RftG

Interesting, we have a full complement of goods and no one opted for Phase IV (Consume).

Probably because we all assumed one of the others would do it, since we all have items to consume. I know I did! Ha.

How many times can we do things per turn?

RftG

There are five Phases that can be resolved in a round. Each player chooses one Phase, so if everyone chooses a different one, there can be four Phases. Each Phase gets resolved just once in a round, no matter how many people chose it.

There is a 2-player variant, where each player picks two Phases. A player can select Phase II or Phase III twice in this variant; if they do, that Phase gets resolved twice in a row. But that's not in effect here.

RftG

Everyone has made their choice from Exploring. Next is Phase II (Develop). omnis and chrismg each draw 1 card. Everyone, please send me your orders. You can send me orders for Phase III (Settle) as well.