Last game I was able to make suggestions and BT kindly said, "Sorry, that won't work because of X. You can try Y."
Raise your hand if 'ew.'
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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Connie Neil - Aug 25, 2015 7:50:52 am PDT #24689 of 26133
brillig
billytea - Aug 25, 2015 2:43:37 pm PDT #24690 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
I am of course always here to help. Meanwhile, everyone has chosen which card to keep. Next is Phase IV. Laga has no Consume powers and Connie has no trade goods, so they don't participate. chrismg and omnis both chose to trade a good, and both have a Brown good to trade. They draw 3 cards each.
Phase V is last. chrismg and Laga have no production worlds. omnis produces a Brown good on Comet Zone, and also draws a card for doing so. Connie, who chose this phase, produces on her two Blue worlds.
That concludes Round 2. It's time to choose Action cards for Round 3. Everyone, please let me know what you choose.
billytea - Aug 25, 2015 2:55:05 pm PDT #24691 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 2
chrismg
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Public Works (Development)
Rebel Fuel Cache (Military Brown Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
6
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
3
6-Cost Developments:
0
omnis
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Expedition Force (Development)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good
Cards in Hand:
5
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:
3
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
3
6-Cost Developments:
0
Connie Neil
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Spice World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Cards in Hand:
3
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
2
6-Cost Developments:
0
VP Pool: 48
Connie Neil - Aug 25, 2015 3:04:09 pm PDT #24692 of 26133
brillig
RFTG
I'm going to need reminded what's in my hand.
billytea - Aug 25, 2015 3:17:00 pm PDT #24693 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 should be with you now. (I send out hand and layout updates after every turn, so if it doesn't arrive, let me know. That could be the case here, my email's acting up in odd ways just now.)
Connie Neil - Aug 25, 2015 4:51:05 pm PDT #24694 of 26133
brillig
rftg
Received and responded and make it so
omnis_audis - Aug 25, 2015 10:24:34 pm PDT #24695 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I swear I read the manual but yes BT is really dragging me along.
Yeah, I read it twice, and still getting schooled. And I mean that in the nicest way. BT is really sweet and helpful! Do not feel bad. Lots of symbols. Lots to learn.
I stand firmly behind the statement that last game, I had better beginners luck than the others.
Laga - Aug 26, 2015 6:10:50 am PDT #24696 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Yay I'm the beginner this time!
billytea - Aug 26, 2015 1:21:09 pm PDT #24697 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:
chrismg: Phase II - Develop
omnis: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)
Laga: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Connie Neil: Phase III - Settle
Four phases! We'll be busy this round. Phase I is first. Most players will look at 2 cards and keep 1; the exception is omnis, who chose this phase. He looks at and keeps 1 extra card; plus, Expedition Force lets him look at another additional card. He looks at 4 cards and keeps 2.
Cards are going out now. Everyone, please let me know which card(s) you keep. We'll then be having both Phases II (Develop) and III (Settle). If you haven't got COs in for those phases yet, you can send me those too.
billytea - Aug 27, 2015 11:47:37 am PDT #24698 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, which leads us to Phase II. Everyone has something to play here.
chrismg chose this phase, so he gets -1 off the cost of his play, which is Colony Ship for 1 discard. In a later Phase III, he may discard this card from his layout in order to play a single non-military, non-Alien world at no (other) cost. He then draws a card, due to Public Works.
omnis plays Diversified Economy for 4 discards. This card lets him consume 3 goods of different kinds (colours) for 3 VPs; he also draws 1 card per kind of good produced in Phase V.
Laga plays Export Duties for 1 discard. She draws 1 extra card whenever she trades a good.
Connie plays Contact Specialist for 1 discard. She may now play non-Alien military worlds as if they were military (i.e. by discarding cards rather than military strength), at their defence minus 1. Just as well, as she also now has -1 military strength.
Phase III is next. I don't have everyone's orders yet. Anyone who hasn't done so yet, let me know what you play.