Spartan living space, even.
Never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth?
Mal ,'Safe'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
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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
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
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!
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).
billytea - Aug 06, 2015 4:34:50 am PDT #24629 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
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.
omnis_audis - Aug 06, 2015 6:44:29 am PDT #24630 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Cool! Max phases!
billytea - Aug 06, 2015 12:39:43 pm PDT #24631 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 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).
billytea - Aug 06, 2015 2:01:02 pm PDT #24632 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 II orders: omnis and Connie both pass on playing a development. This is not their beautiful house.
askye plays Mining Conglomerate for 2 discards. This card lets her draw 1 extra card when trading a Brown good, and consume up to 2 Brown goods for 1 VP each. She also draws 2 cards in Phase V if she produces the most Brown.
chrismg plays Research Labs for 1 discard. He now gets to keep 1 extra card when exploring, can consume 1 Green good for 1 VP, and picks up a card for every Yellow good he produces.
billytea - Aug 06, 2015 2:15:20 pm PDT #24633 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
For Phase III (Settle), everyone has a world they want to get on the table.
omnis plays Space Port for 2 discards. This is a Blue production world, that also gives a +2 card bonus when trading Brown goods. Thanks to Terraforming Robots, he also draws a card for settling.
askye plays Alien Robotic Factory. With Replicant Robots it costs 4 discards. This is the most valuable non-military world, and produces Yellow.
Connie adds Rebel Underground to the Evil Empire. This world lets her draw a card in Phase V, just because. She chose Phase III, so she also draws a card.
chrismg plays Outlaw World, using Contact Specialist. It costs him no discards because he's cheap like that. This world lets him consume a good for 1 VP and 1 card in Phase IV.
Speaking of which, Phase IV is next.