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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
Phenomenal Military Power! Itty bitty living space.
Spartan
living space, even.
RftG
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!
Dude, I've had 0 VPs for several rounds.
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?
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).
RftG
Here are the choices for Round 9:
omnis: Phase IV (x2) - Consume (double VPs)
askye: Phase I (+5) - Explore (draw +5 cards)
Connie Neil: Phase III - Settle
chrismg: Phase II - Develop
Four Phases this round, Phases I-IV. First is Phase I (Explore).
omnis
and
chrismg
both look at 2 cards and keep 1.
Connie
looks at an extra card from Malevolent Lifeforms; she looks at 3 cards and keeps 1.
askye
chose this round; she looks at 7 cards and keeps 1. Cards are going out. Everyone, let me know which card you keep.
RftG
Everyone has made their choice. Next is Phase II (Develop). Everyone, if you haven't already done so, please send me your orders. You can also send me COs for Phase III (Settle).
