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billytea - Mar 17, 2016 10:40:13 am PDT #25047 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

We have another 2-phase round.

omnis: Phase III - Settle
Connie Neil: Phase III - Settle
Ryan: Phase IV (x2) - Consume (double VPs)
Laga: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)

Phase III (Settle) is first.

omnis plays Smuggling Lair. This is a 1-defence, military Brown windfall world. omnis has the strength to play it from Expedition Force. It has a Consume power on it, 1 good for 2 cards. He then draws 2 cards, from choosing this phase and Terraforming Guild.

Connie plays Galactic Bazaar for 3 discards. This is a Blue windfall world. It gives her +1 card when trading a Blue good; and in Phase IV, she has the option to discard 1 card from her hand for 1 VP. She then draws 1 card for choosing this phase.

Ryan passes.

Laga plays Rebel Colony. This is a 4-defence military world (matching Laga's military strength). It has a Consume power, 1 good for 1 VP.

billytea - Mar 17, 2016 10:50:45 am PDT #25048 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

For Phase IV (Consume), everyone has goods.

omnis consumes 1 good on Prosperous World and another on Smuggling Lair, for 1 VP and 2 cards.

Connie consumes the good on Artist Colony for 1 VP. She doesn't have another power to consume the good on Galactic Bazaar. She passes on discarding from her hand for a VP.

Ryan consumes 2 Brown goods on Mining League for 3 VPs, and the last good on New Earth for 1 VP and 1 card. He chose this phse, and opted for double points; so he gets 8 VPs and 1 card.

Laga chose to Trade. She trades 1 Yellow good for 5 cards, and consumes the other good on Rebel Colony for 1 VP.

Cards are going out now. That concludes Round 8. Everyone, please send me your choice of Action card. But just before we do, another goal has been claimed! Namely, the "5 VPs" goal. Ryan has made it to 9 VPs in chips, so this goal is his.

billytea - Mar 17, 2016 10:58:18 am PDT #25049 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 8
Goals
Greatest Infrastructure - Most Developments (Connie)
Greatest Military - Most Military Strength
Galactic Status - First to play 6-cost development (omnis, Ryan)
Innovation Leader - First to have a power in each phase (Connie)
Galactic Standard of Living - First to 5 VPs (Ryan)
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)
Terraforming Guild (6-Cost Development)
Smuggling Lair (Non-Military Brown Windfall World) + good

Cards in Hand: 7
Military Strength: 1
Victory Points: 1
Layout Value: 6
6-Cost Developments: 4
Goals: 3

Connie Neil
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World)
Public Works (Development)
Artist Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Investment Credits (Development)
Refugee World (Non-Military Blue Windfall World)
Galactic Renaissance (6-Cost Development)
Export Duties (Development)
Galactic Bazaar (Non-Military Blue Windfall World) + good

Cards in Hand: 3
Military Strength: -1
Victory Points: 4
Layout Value: 8
6-Cost Developments: 4
Goals: 8

Ryan
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good
New Earth (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good
Mining League (6-Cost Development)
Mining Conglomerate (Development)

Cards in Hand: 2
Military Strength: 0
Victory Points: 9
Layout Value: 7
6-Cost Developments: 7
Goals: 6

Laga
Layout
Damaged Alien Factory (Military Yellow Production World) + good
Space Mercenaries (Development)
Former Penal Colony (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
Space Marines (Development)
Reptilian Uplift Race (Military Green Windfall World)
Galactic Federation (6-Cost Development)
Rebel Colony (Military World)

Cards in Hand: 9
Military Strength: 4
Victory Points: 1
Layout Value: 10
6-Cost Developments: 4
Goals: 0

VP Pool: 33

billytea - Mar 17, 2016 8:41:47 pm PDT #25050 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

Here are the choices for Round 9:

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

Four different phases this round! First up is Explore.

Connie chose this phase. She gets +1/+1 from her Action Card, and +2/+1 from Galactic Renaissance; she draws 5 cards and keeps 3.

omnis gets a bonus draw from Expedition Force. He draws 3 cards and keeps 1.

Ryan and Laga both draw 2 cards and keep 1.

Cards are going out now. Everyone, let me know what you keep. This round we'll have both Phase II (Develop) and Phase III (Settle), so you can also send me COs for those rounds (or if you've already put in COs, whether your Explore draw changes them).

billytea - Mar 18, 2016 3:44:50 pm PDT #25051 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

There's something I need to clarify with one player, but it won't hold things up. Let's go to Phase II (Develop).

omnis plays Genetics Lab for 1 discard (-1 cost for choosing this phase). This gives +1 card when trading a Green good, and allows him to produce on a Green windfall world in Phase V. (He currently has no Green worlds.)

Laga plays Mining Robots at no cost (thanks to -2 cost from Galactic Federation). This gives her -1 cost on playing non-military Brown worlds, and lets her produce on a Brown windfall world in Phase V.

Connie and Ryan both pass on Phase II.

billytea - Mar 18, 2016 4:13:30 pm PDT #25052 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

Now for Phase III (Settle).

omnis plays Pre-Sentient Race for 2 discards. That's the Green windfall world to go with Genetics Lab. He then draws 1 card from Terraforming Guild.

Connie plays Empath World for 1 discard. This is also a Green windfall world. It gives -1 military strength; with Refugee World, Connie's strength is now -2.

Ryan plays Destroyed World. This is a Brown windfall world. He gets -1 cost from Alpha Centauri, which makes it zero cost.

Laga plays Volcanic World for 1 discard. This is a Brown production world. She gets -1 cost from Mining Robots. She then draws 1 card for choosing this phase.

billytea - Mar 18, 2016 4:25:09 pm PDT #25053 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

Finally, Phase V (Produce).

omnis produces 1 Blue good. Terraforming Guild lets him produce on a windfall world, so he also produces 1 Brown good on Smuggling Lair.

Connie produces 1 Blue good.

Ryan produces 3 Brown goods. He produces more Brown goods than anyone else, so he draws 2 cards from Mining Conglomerate. He also draws 1 card for producing on Comet Zone.

Laga produces 1 Brown good and 1 Yellow good. She discards 1 card to produce on Damaged Alien Factory.

And that concludes Round 9. Everyone, please send me your choice of Action card for Round 10.

billytea - Mar 18, 2016 4:34:06 pm PDT #25054 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

Just before we do the end-of-round summary, a goals update. For Laga now has one production or windfall world in each colour, and claims the System Diversity goal for 3 points! In addition, with her play of Mining Robots, she equalises Connie's development count at 4. She therefore claims 3 points from the "Most Developments" goal. Connie got there first, so she still gets the full 5 points. If one of them pulls ahead of the other, they will claim this goal outright.

billytea - Mar 18, 2016 4:38:26 pm PDT #25055 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 9
Goals
Greatest Infrastructure - Most Developments (Connie, Laga)
Greatest Military - Most Military Strength
Galactic Status - First to play 6-cost development (omnis, Ryan)
Innovation Leader - First to have a power in each phase (Connie)
Galactic Standard of Living - First to 5 VPs (Ryan)
System Diversity - First to have a world of each colour (Laga)

Cards in Hand: 4
Military Strength: 1
Victory Points: 1
Layout Value: 8
6-Cost Developments: 6
Goals: 3

Cards in Hand: 4
Military Strength: -2
Victory Points: 4
Layout Value: 9
6-Cost Developments: 4
Goals: 8

Cards in Hand: 5
Military Strength: 0
Victory Points: 9
Layout Value: 7
6-Cost Developments: 8
Goals: 6

Cards in Hand: 7
Military Strength: 4
Victory Points: 1
Layout Value: 12
6-Cost Developments: 5
Goals: 6

VP Pool: 33

billytea - Mar 18, 2016 4:39:00 pm PDT #25056 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

Oh, administrative note: the Explore draw this round exhausted the deck. I've reshuffled the discards.

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