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Just quickly, there's a player with some real-life intrusion who let me know they'd be a bit late with orders. Should hear from them in the near future.
I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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billytea - Aug 30, 2015 5:10:55 am PDT #24705 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.
billytea - Aug 30, 2015 6:44:26 pm PDT #24706 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
Round 5 selections! And they are:
chrismg: Phase II - Develop
omnis: Phase III - Settle
Laga: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)
Connie Neil: Phase V - Produce
Another busy round, with four phases to resolve. First is Phase I. chrismg and Connie both get the standard "look at 2 cards, keep 1" draw. omnis looks at an extra card with Expedition Force, so he checks 3 cards and keeps 1.
Laga chose this Phase, and her bonus for doing so will be to look at and keep one extra card. She also gets an extra peek from Star Nomad Lair, so she looks at 4 cards and keeps 2.
Cards are going out now. Everyone, when you're ready, please let me know which card(s) you keep.
Those who haven't done so, you can also send me COs for Phase II (Develop) and Phase III (Settle), which will follow. Even if you have done so, if your Explore draw changes any plans, let me know.
billytea - Aug 31, 2015 12:05:18 pm PDT #24707 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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Everyone's put in their choices. On to Phase II. omnis and Connie pass on playing a development.
chrismg plays Expedition Force. This gives him +1 military for a total of 2. It also lets him look at 1 extra card when exploring. (omnis has a copy of this in his layout as well.) As he chose Phase II, he gets -1 off the cost; it costs him nothing. Public Works gives him a card draw aftr developing.
Laga plays Terraforming Robots. Whenever she plays a world, she will draw 1 card. She can also consume a Brown good for 1 VP and 1 card. It costs discards.
Phase III (Settle) is next. If you haven't sent me orders, please do so now.
billytea - Aug 31, 2015 9:43:13 pm PDT #24708 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
Orders are in for Phase III. Connie passes on playing a card, but there's action among the others.
chrismg plays Gem World for 2 discards. This is a Blue production world, that also gives 1 card draw every time it produces a good. So that's nice.
omnis plays Plague World for 3 discards. This is a Green production world. It also has a consume power: consume a Green good for 1 VP and 1 card. That might come in handy. omnis chose Phase III, so he draws 1 card after settling.
Laga plays New Survivalists. Another Blue production world; it also lets you consume 1 Blue good for 1 card draw. This is a militay world, with 1 defence; Laga's 3 strength covers it easily. Thanks to Terraforming Robots that she played in Phase II, she also draws a card.
Phase V (Produce) is next. Three new production worlds hit the table in Phase III, so we'll see some activity.
billytea - Aug 31, 2015 10:00:24 pm PDT #24709 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 V, here we go.
chrismg produces a Blue good on Gem World, which gives him 1 card draw. He also produces on Rebel Fuel Cache. This is a windfall world, so it normally doesn't produce in Phase V; but Galactic Engineers lets him produce on one windfall world.
omnis produces a Brown good on Comet Zone, which gives him 1 card draw, and 1 Green good on Plague World. Diversified Economy then lets him draw 1 card for each type of good he produced. He did Brown and Green, so he gets another 2 cards for a total of 3.
Laga produces 1 Blue good on the just-settled New Survivalists. She already has a Blue good on Star Nomad Lair as well.
Connie produces 2 Blue goods. Since she chose Phase V, she also gets to produce on a windfall world; she produces a Green good on Empath World.
That concludes Round 5! Rinse, repeat: time for Action cards for Round 6. Everyone, please let me know your choice.
billytea - Aug 31, 2015 10:01:14 pm PDT #24710 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 5
chrismg
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Public Works (Development)
Rebel Fuel Cache (Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Galactic Trendsetters (Non-Military World)
Galactic Engineers (Non-Military World)
Expedition Force (Development)
Gem World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Cards in Hand:
2
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
9
6-Cost Developments:
0
omnis
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Expedition Force (Development)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good
Diversified Economy (Development)
Plague World (Non-Military Green Production World) + good
Cards in Hand:
6
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
5
6-Cost Developments:
0
Laga
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
New Military Tactics (Development)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World)
Export Duties (Development)
Star Nomad Lair (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
Terraforming Robots (Development)
New Survivalists (Military Blue Production World) + good
Cards in Hand:
3
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
8
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
Contact Specialist (Development)
Empath World (Non-Military Green Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
6
Victory Points:
2
Layout Value:
4
6-Cost Developments:
0
VP Pool: 46
billytea - Sep 01, 2015 10:55:37 pm PDT #24711 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
Round 6 begins; and here are everyone's choices:
chrismg: Phase IV (x2) - Consume (double VPs)
omnis: Phase II - Develop
Laga: Phase III - Settle
Connie Neil: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Four different Action cards, three different phases. (Note for people learning the game: make sure you get how this is possible.) This round we'll do Phases II, III and IV. First up is Phase II (Develop). If you haven't sent in COs for this phase, please do so now.
billytea - Sep 03, 2015 1:57:42 am PDT #24712 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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Orders are in. The only one who plays anything in Phase II is omnis, who plays Mining Conglomerate for 2 discards. This card gives him an extra card draw when he trades a Brown good, he can consume up to 2 Brown goods for 1 VP each, and if he produces the most Brown goods in Phase V, he draws 2 cards. A multiskilled card.
billytea - Sep 03, 2015 2:02:41 am PDT #24713 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
there's a little more action in Phase III. omnis and chrismg both pass, but Laga plays the Yellow windfall world, Alien Robot Sentry. This is a military world with 2 defence; her 3 strength deals with it easily. She then draws 2 cards, 1 for choosing Phase III and the other from Terraforming Robots.
Connie uses Contact Specialist to play Reptilian Uplift Race, for 1 discard. This is a Green windfall world.
billytea - Sep 03, 2015 2:28:36 am PDT #24714 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 rounds things off. chrismg chose this phase, with double VPs. He consumes his goods on Epsilon Eridani and Galactic Trendsetters for 3 VPs and 1 card; doubled, it becomes 6 VPs and 1 card.
omnis consumes his two goods on Plague World and Mining Conglomerate for 2 VPs and 1 card draw.
Laga has just one Consume power she can use. She consumes the Blue good from New Survivalists, on New Survivalists, for 1 card. She has 1 Blue and 1 Yellow good left.
Connie chose this phase (to trade). She trades 1 Blue good for 4 cards (Spice World adds 2 cards) and consumes the other on Earth's Lost Colony for 1 VP. She has 2 Green goods left over.
That concludes Round 6. Time to pick Action cards for Round 7. Everyone, please send me your choice.