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Phase III (Settle):

chrismg plays Alien Toy Shop for 3 discards. This is an Alien windfall world. It can consume only a good produced on itself, but gives 2 VPs for doing so. He then draws 1 card for playing it.

omnis plays Galactic Bazaar. Replicant Robots gives him -2 cost, so he pays 1 discard. It gives 1 card when trading a Blue good, and in Phase IV, omnis may discard a card from his hand for 1 VP.

Connie and Laga both pass.

That concludes Round 10. Everyone, please ponder your choice of Action card for Round 11.

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End-of-round summary::

Round 10
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)
Space Marines (Development)
Investment Credits (Development)
Alien Tech Institute (6-Cost Development)

Cards in Hand: 4
Victory Points: 7
Layout Value: 12
6-Cost Developments: 4
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)
Galactic Federation (6-Cost Development)

Cards in Hand: 4
Victory Points: 1
Layout Value: 6
6-Cost Developments: 7
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)
Free Trade Association (6-Cost Development)
Galactic Bazaar (Non-Military Blue Windfall World) + good

Cards in Hand: 2
Victory Points: 2
Layout Value: 10
6-Cost Developments: 11
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) + good
Galactic Renaissance (6-Cost Development)
Alien Toy Shop (Non-Military Yellow Windfall World) + good

Cards in Hand: 2
Victory Points: 3
Layout Value: 7
6-Cost Developments: 1
Goals: 5

VP Pool: 35

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Orders are in! Everyone's spent big, time to get back to work.

Connie Neil: Phase V - Produce
Laga: Phase V - Produce
omnis: Phase V - Produce
chrismg: Phase IV (x2) - Consume (double VPs)

Phase IV is first. Connie and Laga have no goods, so they pass.

omnis consumes his Blue good on Free Trade Association for 1 VP and 1 card.

chrismg chose this phase, and doubles his points. He consumes the Yellow good on Alien Toy Shop for 2 VPs, which becomes 4 VPs. He has no power that can consume a Blue good, so his good on Gem World stays in place.

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Phase V (Produce) is next, and everyone can play. Those players that chose this phase (i.e. everyone but chrismg) can produce on one windfall world in addition to their production worlds.

Connie produces 2 Brown goods and 1 Yellow good.

Laga produces 1 Blue, 1 Brown and 1 Green good, and then draws 1 card from Comet Zone.

omnis can produce on a Blue windfall world thanks to Free Trade Association, in addition to the windfall production he gets for choosing this phase. He produces 3 Blue goods.

chrismg produces 1 Brown good to go with his pre-existing Blue good.

That concludes Round 11. Time for new Action cards!

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End-of-round summary:

Round 11
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) + good
Space Marines (Development)
Investment Credits (Development)
Alien Tech Institute (6-Cost Development)

Cards in Hand: 4
Victory Points: 7
Layout Value: 12
6-Cost Developments: 4
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)
Galactic Federation (6-Cost Development)

Cards in Hand: 5
Victory Points: 1
Layout Value: 6
6-Cost Developments: 7
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)
Free Trade Association (6-Cost Development)
Galactic Bazaar (Non-Military Blue Windfall World) + good

Cards in Hand: 3
Victory Points: 3
Layout Value: 10
6-Cost Developments: 11
Goals: 6

chrismg
Layout
Imperium Armaments World (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Mining Conglomerate (Development)
Radioactive World (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Gem World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Galactic Renaissance (6-Cost Development)
Alien Toy Shop (Non-Military Yellow Windfall World)

Cards in Hand: 2
Victory Points: 7
Layout Value: 7
6-Cost Developments: 2
Goals: 5

VP Pool: 30

Today my son learned about RPG character death (he also learned that low-level sorcerers are really squishy and I learned that orcs are way more dangerous than their low CR would suggest.)

We had some tears, but he seems to be okay now. I feel bad (as it was definitely not intentional on my part) but I'm also glad we got it out of the way and that it was a freshly-rolled character rather than one he had a chance to grow attached to.

Today my son learned about RPG character death (he also learned that low-level sorcerers are really squishy and I learned that orcs are way more dangerous than their low CR would suggest.)

Orcs have a core competency in squishing the squishy things.

Ryan's dragonborn sorceror (named Ryan, the soaring imagination of a small boy is a thing of wonder) is no longer so squishy, having reached 11th level. I am currently contriving to arrange a fight for his party where they will have the assistance of one or two good dragons, against a flight of red dragons and evil wizards and such. He's been keen on this idea for some time, getting to run his own dragons.

He's fully moved on, talking about different characters he might make (he still has his first two, he just decided he wanted to try making a new character and I improv-ed a quick adventure for him that ended up being far more deadly than I anticipated) and told me as I was putting him to bed how much he loved playing D&D.

His original characters are still only 4th level. We haven't found much time to play recently.

Oh, I miss DMing. Such wonderful off the cuff story telling and making up weird NPCs at a moment's notice.

I've never been great at improv-ing when I DM (though a Mage: The Ascension campaign where I winged it half the time actually ended up being one of the best games I ever run) but when I can pull it off well, it's the best feeling in the world.

Matt Mercer gave a master class in coming up with a memorable NPC on-the-spot when his party's gunslinger decided to go shopping for black powder. [link] Still one of my favorite moments on the show.