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Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2015 9:24:36 am PDT #24674 of 26133
brillig
billytea - Aug 22, 2015 11:16:40 pm PDT #24675 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.
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We are almost ready to start! Our players for this game are:
- omnis_audis
- Connie Neil
- chrismg
- Laga
I've shuffled and dealt out the starting worlds; this game, we have:
Epsilon Eridani: chrismg
Alpha Centauri: omnis
New Sparta: Laga
Earth's Lost Colony: Connie Neil
Two questions. First, in the first game I referred to players by their board name. Would anyone prefer I used a different moniker? Second, in the Round summaries, I show everyone's layout value and the VPs they've earned through consumption. There's one last piece to the score, namely the value of 6-cost developments. I've set things up to calculate that automatically (to make my life easier). Do you want me to include that running total in the Round summaries as well? If I do, then it becomes very easy to work out everyone's scores at any point.
In the meantime, I'll send everyone their starting hand. We are using the predetermined starting hands again, which can be seen here: [link] You can look at that to see what everyone else has in their hand if you wish. Once all the cards have gone out, we can begin!
omnis_audis - Aug 23, 2015 12:32:10 am PDT #24676 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
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Do you want me to include that running total in the Round summaries as well?Yes please.
I'm fine with board name. If that's too much typing, you can use BC. Doesn't matter to me. As long as you don't call me late for dinner.
Connie Neil - Aug 23, 2015 7:57:52 am PDT #24677 of 26133
brillig
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I'm good with board name, and I like seeing the totals.
Laga - Aug 24, 2015 1:18:35 am PDT #24678 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
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I am Laga, Laga is me. I don't have an opinion on running totals.
billytea - Aug 24, 2015 2:54:59 am PDT #24679 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.
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We're all set. Here's the starting layout:
Round 0
chrismg
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
1
6-Cost Developments:
0
omnis
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
0
6-Cost Developments:
0
Laga
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
1
6-Cost Developments:
0
Connie Neil
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
1
6-Cost Developments:
0
VP Pool: 48
billytea - Aug 24, 2015 3:09:52 am PDT #24680 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.
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I have everyone's Action cards for Round 1. Choices are:
chrismg: Phase II - Develop
Connie Neil: Phase III - Settle
Laga: Phase III - Settle
omnis: Phase II - Develop
This will be a simple round, with just Phases II and III. Phase II is first. Connie passes; everyone else plays a development.
chrismg plays Public Works. It normally costs 1 discard, but he chose this round, so the cost goes to 0. He now draws a card every time he plays a development, and can also consume a good for 1 VP in Phase IV.
omnis plays Expedition Force. He also chose Phase II, so it costs nothing. He gains 1 military strength, and in Phase 1, may look at 1 extra card.
Laga plays New Military Tactics. She can discard this card to add 3 to her military strength to play 1 military world. She did not choose Phase II, so she discards 1 card to play it.
billytea - Aug 24, 2015 3:40:55 am PDT #24681 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.
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On to Phase III, and everyone has a world they'd like to play.
chrismg plays Rebel Fuel Cache. This is a 1-strength military world. He has 1 strength, so he can play it. It's a Brown windfall world, and starts with a good already on it.
omnis plays Comet Zone. This is a Brown production world, that lets him draw 1 card whenever he produces on it. It costs 3 discards, but he gets -1 on the cost of Brown worlds. 2 discards leaves him with no cards in hand.
Laga plays Former Penal Colony. This is a 2-strength military world, no problem for New Sparta. It's a Blue windfall world, and starts with a good on it. It also adds 1 to Laga's military strength, bringing it to 3. She chose Phase III, so she draws a card.
Connie plays Spice World. This is a 2-cost Blue production world; she discards 2 cards for it. It gives her a 2-card bonus when trading a Blue good. She also chose Phase III, so she draws a card.
And that concludes our first round! Everyone, it's time to choose your Action card for Round 2.
billytea - Aug 24, 2015 3:42:52 am PDT #24682 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.
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End-of-round summary:
Round 1
chrismg
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Public Works (Development)
Rebel Fuel Cache (Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
2
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
3
6-Cost Developments:
0
omnis
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Expedition Force (Development)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World)
Cards in Hand:
0
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
3
6-Cost Developments:
0
Laga
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
New Military Tactics (Development)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
2
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
3
6-Cost Developments:
0
Connie Neil
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Spice World (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Cards in Hand:
2
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
2
6-Cost Developments:
0
VP Pool: 48
billytea - Aug 25, 2015 4:09:03 am PDT #24683 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.
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Round 2 is set to go, with the following choices:
chrismg: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
omnis: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Laga: Phase I (+5) - Explore (draw +5 cards)
Connie Neil: Phase V - Produce
We have the mirror image of the first round. We will resolve Phases I, IV and V, while Phases II and III get a rest.
Phase I is first. chrismg and Connie will look at 2 cards and keep 1, the default draw. omnis gets to look at an extra card, courtesy of Expedition Force; he looks at 3 cards and keeps 1. Laga chose this Phase, and opted to look at 5 extra cards for a total of 7. She still keeps 1. Cards are going out now.