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.

I highly recommend Munchkin.

RftG

Laga is down with the production. So:

omnis produces 1 Blue good.

Connie produces 1 Blue good, and as she chose this phase, she also produces 1 Green good on her windfall world.

Ryan produces 1 Brown good on Comet Zone, and then draws 1 card.

Laga discards 1 card to produce 1 Yellow good on Damaged Alien Factory.

And that concludes Round 3. Everyone, please send me your choice of Action card for Round 4.

RftG

End-of-round summary:

Round 3
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) + good
Expedition Force (Development)

Cards in Hand: 3
Military Strength: 1
Victory Points: 0
Layout Value: 5
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 0

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

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) + good
Colony Ship (Development)

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

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

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

VP Pool: 47

Leaving the game aside for a moment, I came across a site that reviewed the AD&D sourcebook, Deities and Demigods. In a decidedly NSFW fashion. I present their thoughts on the Egyptian goddess Bast without comment: [link]

(I had this book when I was a teenager, but gave it away to my brother, who passed it on from there. A great shame, as I had the first print, including the Cthulhu and Melnibone pantheons. They were absent from future printings, due to copyright issues.)

I think they played Munchkin and it didn't go over very well. But if they start having 2 games at once there maybe at least 3 people who want to play. I'll ask next week.

Munchkin is a game that can ruin friendships. Everyone has to be in the right mindset for it to work well, IMO.

ETA: That commentary is hilarious (and definitely NSFW), BT.

Everyone has to be in the right mindset for it to work well, IMO.

I've only ever played it with gamer geeks and historical recreationists, so that may be the default mindset. It may indeed not be the right game for civilians.

Chronology is fun, if you've got history nerds. It's a game of figuring out where certain historical events take place on a time line.

RftG

I have everyone's choices.

omnis: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Connie Neil: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Ryan: Phase III - Settle
Laga: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)

Ryan is the odd person out, choosing Phase III. (He's also shorter than the rest of you. Though last night he learned that he's taller than Homo habilis.) Everyone else is set to trade.

Phase III is quite simple, really. Ryan plays New Earth by discarding Colony Ship. This is a Brown production world that can consume 1 good for 1 VP and 1 card. It normally costs 5 discards, but Colony Ship allows it to be played for free. He then draws 1 card for choosing this phase.

Everyone else passes.

RftG

Phase IV:

omnis trades his Blue good for 3 cards. Old Earth gives him +1.

Connie trades her Green good for 4 cards, and consumes the Blue good on Public Works for 1 VP.

Ryan didn't choose this phase, so no trading. He consumes his Brown good on the just-played New Earth, for 1 VP and 1 card.

Laga trades her Yellow good for 5 cards. She has no Consume powers, so the Blue good remains where it is.

Cards are going out. That concludes Round 4. Everyone, please send me your choice of Action card for Round 5.