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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.
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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billytea - Aug 04, 2015 3:48:18 pm PDT #24619 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 - Aug 04, 2015 10:29:26 pm PDT #24620 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 for Phase II. omnis and askye both pass on playing a development. The other two both chose this Phase, so they'll get -1 off the cost of their developments.
Connie plays Drop Ships for 3 discards. This card adds 3 to her military strength, for a total of 8. This is sufficient strength to conquer any military world in the game.
chrismg plays Merchants Guild. This is a 6-cost development, but he gets -1 off the cost for choosing Phase II, and another -2 from Galactic Federation. He discards 3 cards as well. Merchants Guild lets him draw 2 cards whenver we resolve Phase V. Its value at game end will be 2 VP for each production world in his layout.
On to Phase III (Settle), for some worldly action.
billytea - Aug 04, 2015 10:49:35 pm PDT #24621 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
It's now askye and chrismg who pass on playing a world. omnis chose this Phase, and he plays Galactic Trendsetters. This world can consume 1 good in Phase IV for a whopping 2 VP; most consumption powers offer a straight one-for-one exchange rate. He discards 5 cards to play it. He then draws 2 new cards - one for choosing this phase, and one thanks to Terraforming Robots.
Finally, Connie takes advantage of her newfound Phenomenal Military Power, and plays the Rebel Homeworld. This card needs 7 strength, the highest defence on the base game, and is worth all of 7 VPs.
That concludes Round 8! Round 9 begins with the choice of action cards. Everyone, please send me your choice.
billytea - Aug 04, 2015 11:07:34 pm PDT #24622 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 8
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)
Galactic Trendsetters (Non-Military World)
Cards in Hand:
6
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:
8
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)
Drop Ships (Development)
Rebel Homeworld (Military World)
Cards in Hand:
3
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)
Merchant Guild (6-Cost Development)
Cards in Hand:
7
Victory Points:
3
VP Pool: 36
Connie Neil - Aug 05, 2015 5:40:18 am PDT #24623 of 26133
brillig
Phenomenal Military Power! Itty bitty living space.
chrismg - Aug 05, 2015 5:48:26 am PDT #24624 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Spartan living space, even.
omnis_audis - Aug 05, 2015 10:45:48 am PDT #24625 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
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Finally, Connie takes advantage of her newfound Phenomenal Military Power, and plays the Rebel Homeworld. This card needs 7 strength, the highest defence on the base game, and is worth all of 7 VPs.
Um. Wow! Must produce more VP's to get ahead. That's a LOT of VP's!
Connie Neil - Aug 05, 2015 10:56:38 am PDT #24626 of 26133
brillig
Dude, I've had 0 VPs for several rounds.
chrismg - Aug 05, 2015 11:16:56 am PDT #24627 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Actually that reminds me - the summary we've got now only shows the VPs we get for consuming goods(in the physical game these are represented by chips drawn from a common pool) and not the ones we'll get from cards in our layout. Is there any way to show both, either separately or combined?
billytea - Aug 05, 2015 2:31:16 pm PDT #24628 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
Let me see what I can do. I'll need to build it to update automatically, which shouldn't be too hard. It won't do the 6-cost developments, though. I'd leave layout and consumption VPs separate; they can have different game effects (plus, it's interesting).