'Ariel'
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RftG
Everyone has chosen a different phase for Round 1:
Connie Neil: Phase III - Settle
chrismg: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Laga: Phase II - Develop
Phases II-IV get a look-in. Phase II (Develop) is first. Everyone, please send me your orders. You can also send me COs for Phase III (Settle) if you wish.
RftG
Orders are in for Phase II. Connie and chrismg both pass; Laga plays Investment Credits. She will now get a 1-card discount on any further developments she plays. And because choosing Phase II also gives you a 1-card discount, she plays it for zero cost.
Phase III (Settle) is next. If you haven't sent me COs, please do so now.
RftG
Phase III: now chrismg and Laga pass. Connie plays Galactic Resort. This Blue windfall world costs 3 discards - the remainder of her hand. It has a Consume power - consume a good for 1 VP and 1 card. This will become relevant in Phase IV. She draws 1 card for having chosen Settle.
RftG
We have a little more participation in Phase IV (Consume). While Laga passes, having no goods to consume. chrismg chose to trade the Green good on Ancient Race for 4 cards.
Connie also gets to participate. The newly played Galactic Resort, being a windfall world, has a good on it; and a Consume power with which to dispatch it. She gets 1 VP and 1 card.
Cards are going out now, which ends Round 1 Time to choose Action cards for Round 2. Everyone, please send me your choice.
RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 1
Connie Neil
Layout
Doomed World (Non-Military World)
Galactic Resort (Non-Military Blue Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
2
Victory Points:
1
Layout Value:
1
chrismg
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
7
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
1
Laga
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Investment Credits (Development)
Cards in Hand:
3
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
2
VP Pool: 47
RftG
Orders are in.
Connie Neil: Phase III - Settle
chrismg: Phase II - Develop
Laga: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)
We will have Phases I - III this round. Explore is first. Laga chose this phase she looks at 3 cards and keeps 2.
Connie gets a bonus peek from Doomed World. She looks at 3 cards and keeps 1.
chrismg looks at 2 cards and keeps 1.
Cards are going out now. Everyone, let me know which card(s) you keep. You can also send me COs for Phases II (Develop) and Phase III (Settle). (If you'd already sent me COs, please confirm whether your Explore draw changes your plans.)
DnDiesel: [link] (Vin Diesel playing D&D with some of the Critical Role and Nerdist crews.)
RftG
Players have made their choices. On to Phase II (Develop), where only chrismg plays a card. He plays Contact Specialist. He may now play military worlds (except Alien worlds) as if they were non-military, i.e. by discarding cards equal to their defence (less a discount of 1 card).
That becomes immediately relevant in Phase III (Settle), where he uses it to play Rebel Sympathisers. This costs him nothing, being a 1-defence military world. It's also a Blue windfall world, and gives a free card draw whenever a good is produced on it.
Connie chose Phase III, and discards Doomed World to play Galactic Studios at no extra charge. Because the natural next step from fleeing the nightmare scape of a world in its death throes is show business. Anyway, it's a nifty world that normally costs 5 cards to play. It's a Blue production world, and gives a free card draw whenever a good is produced on it. It also has a Consume power to consume a good for 1 VP and 1 card. Since Connie chose Phase III, she draws 1 card.
Laga does nothing in either phase, preferring to sit in the corner and mutter "Soon, my pretties. Oh yes, soon."
That concludes Round 2. Time to choose Action cards for Round 3!
RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 2
Connie Neil
Layout
Galactic Studios (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Galactic Resort (Non-Military Blue Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
3
Victory Points:
1
Layout Value:
5
chrismg
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World)
Contact Specialist (Development)
Rebel Sympathisers (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
6
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
3
Laga
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Investment Credits (Development)
Cards in Hand:
5
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
2
VP Pool: 47
RftG
Quick warning: I'm in Canberra for the weekend, due to a 40th birthday breaking out. I'm not sure how much internet connectivity I'll manage, so the game might be a bit haphazard for the next few days.