Dude, I've had 0 VPs for several rounds.
Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.
'Objects In Space'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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Connie Neil - Aug 05, 2015 10:56:38 am PDT #24626 of 26133
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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.
billytea - Aug 06, 2015 2:40:39 pm PDT #24634 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 IV (Consume) will finish up the round. omnis chose this Phase, and he's gone for double points. He has three goods he can consume on Epsilon Eridani, Teraforming Robots and Galactic Trendsetters for 4 VPs and 2 cards. However, his points are doubled, so he gets 8 VPs and 2 cards.
askye consumes her two goods for 2 VPs, on Prosperous World and Mining Conglomerate.
Connie has one Green good, and one Consume power. That's on Trade League, and it's an unusual one. It lets her consume a good and draw cards as if she traded it. With a 2-card bonus, she draws 6 cards.
chrismg Consumes 2 goods for 2 VPs and 1 card.
That concludes Round 9. At this point, I will call attention to the conditions under which the game ends. It ends in the round when either the players have earned an aggregate total of 48 VPs from consuming, or when any player gets at least 12 cards in their layout. chrismg now has 10 cards. The game is likely to end within the next round or two.
Round 10! Everyone, please send me your choice of action card.
billytea - Aug 06, 2015 2:41:34 pm PDT #24635 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 9
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)
Galactic Trendsetters (Non-Military World)
Space Port (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Cards in Hand:
8
Victory Points:
12
Layout Value:
14
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)
Replicant Robots (Development)
Empath World (Non-Military Green Windfall World)
Mining Conglomerate (Development)
Alien Robotic Factory (Non-Military Yellow Production World)
Cards in Hand:
1
Victory Points:
7
Layout Value:
15
Connie Neil
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World)
Malevolent Lifeforms (Military Green Production World)
Lost Alien Warship (Military Yellow Windfall World)
Export Duties (Development)
Trade League (6-Cost Development)
Drop Ships (Development)
Rebel Homeworld (Military World)
Rebel Underground (Military World)
Cards in Hand:
10
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
21
chrismg
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Interstellar Bank (Development)
Contact Specialist (Development)
Spice World (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Avian Uplift Race (Military Green Windfall World)
Galactic Federation (6-Cost Development)
Pirate World (Military Blue Windfall World)
Merchant Guild (6-Cost Development)
Research Labs (Development)
Outlaw World (Military World)
Cards in Hand:
7
Victory Points:
5
Layout Value:
11
VP Pool: 24