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Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.

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Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

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billytea - Oct 28, 2015 9:43:09 pm PDT #24764 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 continues the togetherness of the last round. Everyone chooses Phase II (Develop)! They each get a 1-card discount on the development they play. Let's see what they have.

Connie plays Mining League. This is a 6-cost development, worth 2 VPs per Brown production world and 1 VP per Brown windfall world, plus 2 VPs for each of a couple of Brown-related developments. It allows her to consume 2 Brown goods for 3 VPs, and produce on a Brown windfall world. Given that she has no Brown worlds in her layout, this is a gutsy move. It costs 5 discards.

chrismg plays Investment Credits (for zero cost). This gives a 1-card discount when playing any further developments.

Laga already has Investment Credits in her layout. She plays Expedition Force for zero cost. She now has 1 military strength (that's the Force part) and looks at 1 extra card when exploring (that's the Expedition part).

And that's it for Round 5. Time to choose Action cards again! Everyone, please send me your choices.

billytea - Oct 28, 2015 9:44:00 pm PDT #24765 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
Connie Neil
Layout
Galactic Studios (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Galactic Resort (Non-Military Blue Windfall World)
Mining League (6-Cost Development)

Cards in Hand: 0
Victory Points: 5
Layout Value: 5

chrismg
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World)
Contact Specialist (Development)
Rebel Sympathisers (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
Export Duties (Development)
Rebel Warrior Race (Military Green Windfall World)
Investment Credits (Development)

Cards in Hand: 6
Victory Points: 0
Layout Value: 7

Laga
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Investment Credits (Development)
Gem World (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Expedition Force (Development)

Cards in Hand: 5
Victory Points: 1
Layout Value: 4

VP Pool: 30

billytea - Oct 29, 2015 4:59:23 pm PDT #24766 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

Choices for this round are:

Connie Neil: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)
chrismg: Phase II - Develop
Laga: Phase I (+5) - Explore (draw +5 cards)

We'll do Phases I and II this round. For Phase I (Explore):

Connie looks at 3 cards and keeps 2.

chrismg looks at 2 cards and keeps 1.

Laga looks at 8 cards and keeps 1.

Cards are going out now. We'll then have Phase II (Develop). When you make your choice over which card(s) to keep, you can also give me your orders for Phase II.

omnis_audis - Oct 29, 2015 10:33:28 pm PDT #24767 of 26133

omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

For those of you who have Steam accounts, they are having a large halloween sale. I may have just purchased Portal 1 & 2 for the mac on sale... and Q*bert... and CivRev IV. Not that I will have time to play any of them this month.

Most of the sale games are halloween theme types. But hey, Q*Bert isn't. Go figure.

(I'm not sure CivRev was on sale... it's midnight. Moment of weakness. And Ive played the heck out of the two iPad versions).

[link]

billytea - Oct 30, 2015 5:43:52 pm PDT #24768 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. On to Phase II (Develop).

Connie passes.

chrismg, who chose this Phase, plays Replicant Robots for 2 discards. He now gets -2 cost for any non-military worlds, including military worlds he plays via Contact Specialist.

Laga plays Consumer Markets for 4 discards, leaving her with 1 card in hand. Consumer Markets lets her consume up to 3 Blue goods for 1 VP each; and in Phase V, she draws 1 card for each Blue good she produces. She currently has 2 Blue production worlds in her layout.

That concludes Round 6. Round 7 begins! Everyone, please send me your choice of Action card.

billytea - Oct 30, 2015 5:44:21 pm PDT #24769 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 6
Connie Neil
Layout
Galactic Studios (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Galactic Resort (Non-Military Blue Windfall World)
Mining League (6-Cost Development)

Cards in Hand: 2
Victory Points: 5
Layout Value: 5

Cards in Hand: 4
Victory Points: 0
Layout Value: 9

Laga
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Investment Credits (Development)
Gem World (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Expedition Force (Development)
Consumer Markets (Development)

Cards in Hand: 1
Victory Points: 1
Layout Value: 7

VP Pool: 30

Connie Neil - Oct 30, 2015 6:10:11 pm PDT #24770 of 26133

brillig

MISC

I just found the computer game of Temple of Elemental Evil in the house. I may be gone some time.

(but I sent in my play)

billytea - Oct 31, 2015 2:31:20 am PDT #24771 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

Indeed, everyone has sent in their play. Here it is:

Connie Neil: Phase V - Produce
chrismg: Phase II - Develop
Laga: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)

Three phases again! First is Phase I (Explore). Connie and chrismg get the standard deal: look at 2 cards, keep 1. Laga chose this phase, and gets a bonus peek from Expedition Force; she looks at 4 cards and keeps 2. Cards are going out now. Everyone, please let me know which card(s) you keep You can also send me COs for Phase II (Develop).

Kalshane - Oct 31, 2015 10:05:34 am PDT #24772 of 26133

GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Connie,

I highly recommend playing Temple of Elemental Evil with the Circle of Eight mod pack: [link]

The Standard version includes a huge number of bug fixes and game tweaks that make the game much more playable. (There's also a New Content version that adds stuff to the game if you feel the game is too short, though the quality of said content varies.)

Full disclosure: though I haven't done any work with them in many years (starting a family took away a lot of my free time), I was Co8's resident D&D rules expert for awhile, and personally overhauled a lot of the monsters in the Standard part of the game to make them work closer to the way they're supposed to. (No real programming involved there. It was pretty much just changing values in a spreadsheet.)

Connie Neil - Oct 31, 2015 11:06:21 am PDT #24773 of 26133

brillig

ToEE

Kalshane, it is a buggy little thing, isn't it? After installing it refused to open, till I Googled that I need to run it as admin each time. Now it won't open Saved games--which, considering my entire party is getting wiped out fairly quickly, isn't such a loss at this stage. I've seen references to the Co8 package, but I shall investigate further on your recommendation.

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