Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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RftG
Orders are in, and we have an interesting situation:
Connie Neil: Phase II - Develop
Laga: Phase II - Develop
omnis: Phase II - Develop
chrismg: Phase II - Develop
Yes, everyone chose the same phase this time round. Everyone has a development to play (at -1 cost), and nothing else.
Connie
plays Space Marines for 1 discard. This gives her +2 military, for a total now of 4.
Laga
plays Terraforming Robots for 2 discards. This gives her an extra card draw whenever she plays a world, and she may consume a Brown good for 1 VP and 1 card. (Connie has this in her layout too.)
omnis
gets an extra -1 cost from Investment Credits, and plays Replicant Robots for 2 discards. This gives him -2 cost on any non-military worlds.
chrismg
goes all out, and plays Galactic Renaissance for 5 discards (the rest of his hand). This 6-cost development has an Explore power: look at +2 cards, keep +1. At game end it's worth a third of all his VPs from consumption, plus VPs each for some specific cards. At present it's worth 0.
And that concludes Round 7! Time to do it all over again. Everyone, please send me your choice of Action card for Round 8.
RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 7
Goals
Largest Industry - Most Blue/Brown Worlds (chrismg)
Greatest Military - Most Military Strength
Galactic Riches - First to 4 goods
Overlord Discoveries - First to 3 Alien cards
Budget Surplus - First to discard at round end (Laga, omnis)
Galactic Status - First to play 6-cost development (Laga, omnis)
Connie Neil
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Expedition Force (Development)
New Earth (Non-Military Brown Production World)
Terraforming Robots (Development)
Rebel Miners (Military Brown Production World)
Alien Robot Sentry (Military Yellow Windfall World) + good
Space Marines (Development)
Cards in Hand:
3
Victory Points:
5
Layout Value:
11
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
Laga
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World)
Secluded World (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World)
Mining League (6-Cost Development)
Terraforming Robots (Development)
Cards in Hand:
4
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
6
6-Cost Developments:
2
Goals:
6
omnis
Layout
Separatist Colony (Non-Military World)
Pirate World (Military Blue Windfall World)
New Survivalists (Military Blue Production World)
Investment Credits (Development)
Galactic Survey: Seti (6-Cost Development)
Outlaw World (Military World)
Replicant Robots (Development)
Cards in Hand:
3
Victory Points:
1
Layout Value:
8
6-Cost Developments:
6
Goals:
6
chrismg
Layout
Imperium Armaments World (Non-Military Brown Production World)
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Mining Conglomerate (Development)
Radioactive World (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Gem World (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Galactic Renaissance (6-Cost Development)
Cards in Hand:
0
Victory Points:
2
Layout Value:
6
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
5
VP Pool: 40
RftG
I will probably not respond to game things till Friday. But I'll be thinking of all of you from my Vegas hot tub.
I can't help feeling that that would be making suboptimal use of Vegas hot tubs.
FYI for anyone with old Magic cards about:
I had my revised edition collection out for my friend's kid and out of curiosity checked the price of dual lands. Any one with blue (Tundra, Tropical Island, Volcanic Island, Underground Sea) is going for well over $100 on eBay. Before I was done even listing the four duplicates I had (and I priced on the high end), my Volcanic Island sold for the "Buy It Now" price of $225. Within 30 minutes a local offered to meet me and buy the other 3 for $450 cash. Makes me wish I bought more when I was filling out my collection and they were priced around $15-20.
That's good to know, Megan. I last played Magic probably 20 years ago, now. I wonder where my cards are.
RftG
While Connie relaxes in Vegas and the rest of you go rummaging for old Magic cards, I have the orders for Round 8.
Connie Neil: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Laga: Phase V - Produce
omnis: Phase V - Produce
chrismg: Phase V - Produce
It's all about the goods this round, making 'em and selling 'em. Phase IV (Consume) is first.
Connie
has one Yellow good, which she trades for 5 cards. (This exhausts the deck, so I've reshuffled the discards.) No one else has any goods, so they all pass.
Everyone else chose Phase V (Produce), which allows them to produce on 1 windfall world, if they have any. Everyone produces on their production worlds, which is why we call them that.
Connie
produces 2 Brown goods.
Laga
produces 1 Blue, 1 Brown and 1 Green good. She then draws 1 card for producing on Comet Zone.
omnis
produces 2 Blue goods.
chrismg
produces 1 Blue and 2 Brown goods, and draws 1 card for producing on Gem World.
Cards are going out now. We won't get into Round 9 until Connie's back, but you can send me orders when you're ready.
RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 8
Goals
Largest Industry - Most Blue/Brown Worlds (chrismg)
Greatest Military - Most Military Strength
Galactic Riches - First to 4 goods
Overlord Discoveries - First to 3 Alien cards
Budget Surplus - First to discard at round end (Laga, omnis)
Galactic Status - First to play 6-cost development (Laga, omnis)
Connie Neil
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Expedition Force (Development)
New Earth (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good
Terraforming Robots (Development)
Rebel Miners (Military Brown Production World) + good
Alien Robot Sentry (Military Yellow Windfall World)
Space Marines (Development)
Cards in Hand:
8
Victory Points:
5
Layout Value:
11
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
Laga
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World) + good
Secluded World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good
Mining League (6-Cost Development)
Terraforming Robots (Development)
Cards in Hand:
5
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
6
6-Cost Developments:
2
Goals:
6
omnis
Layout
Separatist Colony (Non-Military World)
Pirate World (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
New Survivalists (Military Blue Production World) + good
Investment Credits (Development)
Galactic Survey: Seti (6-Cost Development)
Outlaw World (Military World)
Replicant Robots (Development)
Cards in Hand:
3
Victory Points:
1
Layout Value:
8
6-Cost Developments:
6
Goals:
6
chrismg
Layout
Imperium Armaments World (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Mining Conglomerate (Development)
Radioactive World (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Gem World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Galactic Renaissance (6-Cost Development)
Cards in Hand:
1
Victory Points:
2
Layout Value:
6
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
5
VP Pool: 40
RftG
We once again have a full complement, and orders are:
Connie Neil: Phase II - Develop
Laga: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
omnis: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
chrismg: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Whole lot of commerce going on. But first, we have Phase II (Develop).
Connie
plays Investment Credits. It costs her nothing, as she chose this phase. This gives her -1 cost on any future developments.
Everyone else passes. More cards!
RftG
Phase IV shall indeed provide those cards.
Connie
is the only one not to choose this phase, so she just consumes normally. She consumes her two Brown goods on her choice of Epsilon Eridani, New Earth or Terraforming Robots for 1 VP and 1 card each. Total of 2 VPs and 2 cards.
Laga
trades her Green good for 4 cards. When then consumes her other two goods on Terraforming Robots and Secluded World. Total hauls of 1 VP and 6 cards.
omnis
trades his Blue good from Pirate World. He gets +3 cards for that. He consumes his other good on Outlaw World for 1 VP and 1 card, total of 1 VP and 6 cards (same as Laga).
chrismg
trades a Brown good for 4 cards (he gets +1 card from Mining Conglomerate). He consume the other good on Mining Conglomerate for 1 VP. His Blue good goes unconsumed for want of a Consume power that can take it.
Cards are going out now. Everyone's better cashed up now; please send me your choice of Action card for Round 10.
