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What I don't have is everyone's choice of Action card for Round 1. If you haven't sent it to me yet, please do so.

Meanwhile, a quick look at the goals in this game.

Most

• Most developments in one's layout. Need at least 4.
  
• Greatest military strength. Need at least 6. At the moment, everyone's military strength is 0. (We had this goal in the last game too.)

First

• First to play a 6-cost development (we had this one last game)
• First to have a power in each phase, including a trade power
• First to have 5 VPs in chips (i.e. from consumption, not layout value or other goals)
• First to have a production and/or windfall world in each colour (Blue, Brown, Green and Yellow)

At present, omnis has powers in two phases, while Ryan and Laga have one phase covered. (Connie has none.) Conversely, omnis has only a grey world, so no colours yet. Connie, Ryan and Laga each have one colour so far.

No one has any military, or developments, or (obviously) a 6-cost development, or any VPs. Let the games begin!

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Orders are in.

omnis: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)
Connie Neil: Phase II - Develop
Ryan: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Laga: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)

We'll start off with some exploring. omnis and Laga chose this phase. They both look at 3 cards (not the same ones) and keep 2. Connie and Ryan look at 2 cards and keep 1.

Cards are going out now. Everyone, let me know what you keep. Also, if you haven't sent me COs for Phase II (Develop, i.e. diamonds), please do so. If you have sent them, let me know if your Explore draw changes anything.

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I have everyone's discards. Time for Phase II.

omnis and Ryan pass on this phase.

Connie chose this phase, and plays Public Works. She will now draw 1 card after playing a development, and can consume 1 good for 1 VP.

Laga plays Space Mercenaries for 1 discard. This gives her +1 military strength, and she can boost it by discarding up to 2 cards from her hand, for +1 strength each.

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Finally, Ryan chose Phase IV. He trades his Brown good for 3 cards.

Connie also has a good, a Green one, and now she has a Consume power too. She consumes her good for 1 VP.

omnis and Laga have no goods, and pass on this phase.

That concludes our first round! Everyone, please send me your choice of Action card for Round 2.

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End-of-round summary:

Round 1
Goals
Greatest Infrastructure - Most Developments
Greatest Military - Most Military Strength
Galactic Status - First to play 6-cost development
Innovation Leader - First to have a power in each phase
Galactic Standard of Living - First to 5 VPs
System Diversity - First to have a world of each colour

omnis
Layout
Old Earth (Non-Military World)

Cards in Hand: 6
Military Strength: 0
Victory Points: 0
Layout Value: 2
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 0

Connie Neil
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World)
Public Works (Development)

Cards in Hand: 3
Military Strength: 0
Victory Points: 1
Layout Value: 2
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 0

Ryan
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)

Cards in Hand: 8
Military Strength: 0
Victory Points: 0
Layout Value: 0
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 0

Laga
Layout
Damaged Alien Factory (Military Yellow Production World)
Space Mercenaries (Development)

Cards in Hand: 4
Military Strength: 1
Victory Points: 0
Layout Value: 2
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 0

VP Pool: 47

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Orders are in, and it's a relatively simple turn.

omnis: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)
Connie Neil: Phase III - Settle
Ryan: Phase III - Settle
Laga: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)

Two players are going exploring (exactly the same two from last round), while two have worlds to play. omnis and Laga chose to Explore. They both look at 3 cards (not the same ones) and keep 2. Connie and Ryan look at 2 cards and keep 1.

Cards are going out now. Everyone, let me know what you keep. Also, if you haven't sent me COs for Phase III (Settle, i.e. circles), please do so. If you have sent them, let me know if your Explore draw changes anything.

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I have everyone's discards. Phase III

omnis plays Prosperous World for 3 discards. This is a Blue production world, and can consume 1 good for 1 VP.

Connie plays Artist Colony for 1 discard. This is a Blue production world. She then draws 1 card for choosing Settle.

Ryan plays Comet Zone. This is a Brown production world, so he gets -1 cost from Alpha Centauri; it costs him 2 discards. This card gives him a bonus card draw when he produces on it. He then draws 1 card for choosing Settle.

Laga plays Former Penal Colony. This is a military world with 2 defence. Laga has 1 strength, but can add 1 strength from Space Mercenaries by discarding 1 card. This is a Blue windfall world, and adds 1 military strength.

Now, I'm off to a work conference for two days. I'm not sure how I'll go checking in, so we may have a small delay.

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End-of-round summary:

Round 2
Goals
Greatest Infrastructure - Most Developments
Greatest Military - Most Military Strength
Galactic Status - First to play 6-cost development
Innovation Leader - First to have a power in each phase
Galactic Standard of Living - First to 5 VPs
System Diversity - First to have a world of each colour

omnis
Layout
Old Earth (Non-Military World)
Prosperous World (Non-Military Blue Production World)

Cards in Hand: 4
Military Strength: 0
Victory Points: 0
Layout Value: 4
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 0

Connie Neil
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World)
Public Works (Development)
Artist Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)

Cards in Hand: 3
Military Strength: 0
Victory Points: 1
Layout Value: 3
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 0

Ryan
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World)

Cards in Hand: 7
Military Strength: 0
Victory Points: 0
Layout Value: 2
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 0

Laga
Layout
Damaged Alien Factory (Military Yellow Production World)
Space Mercenaries (Development)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World) + good

Cards in Hand: 4
Military Strength: 2
Victory Points: 0
Layout Value: 3
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 0

VP Pool: 47

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I have everyone's orders.

omnis: Phase II - Develop
Connie Neil: Phase V - Produce
Ryan: Phase II - Develop
Laga: Phase II - Develop

Well that should be simple. Phase II (Develop) is first. Everyone who chose this phase gets -1 cost on their development.

omnis plays Expedition Force for 0 discards. This gives him 1 military strength (total of 1) and lets him look at an extra card when exploring.

Connie passes on developing.

Ryan plays Colony Ship for 1 discard. He may discard this in a later Phase III to play any non-Alien, non-military world.

Laga plays Space Marines for 1 discard. This gives her 2 military strength, to bring her total to 4.

Phase V (Produce) is next, and is automatic for most players. Laga, however, has a choice - she can produce on Damaged Alien Factory, but needs to discard from her hand to do so. Laga, let me know if you do so, and if so, which card you discard.

I'm going to interrupt and say - I went to a gaming group. It's through my therapist's office and it was nice. 2 of the regulars didn't show. One guy broguth in 2 new games and there was some game that 2 girls liked but were voted down as being played too often.

We played Evolution which by the time we finished we'd figured out what to do. You make species and try to survive. And then there was time left over so some people played Dominion and me and 2 others palyed Splendor. Which I won! It took me about half way through for it to click but was lots of fun.

None of them had played Fluxx so I'm going to take it next week.