I'm in for everything.
Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.
'Out Of Gas'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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Connie Neil - Sep 21, 2015 6:03:15 pm PDT #24739 of 26133
brillig
omnis_audis - Sep 22, 2015 7:51:48 am PDT #24740 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
School just started back up. Brain is in anxiety mode. I'm going to pass this round.
chrismg - Sep 24, 2015 5:56:53 am PDT #24741 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I'm good for all three.
omnis_audis - Sep 27, 2015 9:14:57 pm PDT #24742 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Tomb Raider
Somehow, I've been (mostly) disciplined, and only played a couple hours a night, and didn't stay up until dawn AND finished the game in about a week. Finished the story with 78% finding everything. I've gone back and got that up to 98%. There's a small handful of challenges not found. A mushroom, one of the cairns and mines, a stupid sun thingy. I think that's it. 61% of the achievements. Biggest thing missing are the multiplayer achievements.
Laga - Oct 05, 2015 11:33:29 am PDT #24743 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
RTFG
I'm in! I will try very hard not to hold up the game.
billytea - Oct 12, 2015 2:27:19 am PDT #24744 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
Apologies for going dark, everyone. I've been flat out with a uni assignment. We submitted it today, and we give a presentation on Wednesday. And after that I can get the next game going.
Polter-Cow - Oct 12, 2015 9:10:37 am PDT #24745 of 26133
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
RTFG
"Read the Fucking Galaxy"?
Laga - Oct 12, 2015 12:54:33 pm PDT #24746 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
RtFG
no worries, it'll give me time to re-read the rules. Again.
Connie Neil - Oct 14, 2015 10:20:54 am PDT #24747 of 26133
brillig
RTFG
Good luck on your presentation!
billytea - Oct 18, 2015 12:52:28 pm PDT #24748 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
Game 3 of Race for the Galaxy is now underway! This will, fittingly, be a three-player game, between Connie, chrismg and Laga. We have an expanded set of starting worlds, and two of them make an appearance. Here is the opening layout
Round 0
Connie Neil
Layout
Doomed World (Non-Military World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
-1
chrismg
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
3
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
1
Laga
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
1
VP Pool: 48
Connie starts with Doomed World. This world acts like a Colony Ship - once during the game, it may be discarded to settle a non-military, non-Alien world for zero cost. Oh, and it's worth -1 VPs, to ensure you're properly motivated to do so. It's a great starting world, as long as you can find something good to replace it with. It allows you to look at one extra card when Exploring, to help make that happen.
chrismg has Ancient Race. This is a perfectly straightforward Green windfall world. It has a good already on it, which may be traded right away for four cards. That's probably a bit too good; so to balance it out, chrismg has to discard down to 3 cards before the game starts. Which he does.
Laga has Earth's Lost Colony, which we've seen before. It's a Blue production world that carries its own Consume power, one good for 1 VP. Excellent for produce-and-consume.
Next up: Action cards.