'Beneath You'
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RftG
For Phase III (Settle), Ryan, omnis and Laga all pass.
Connie uses her new +1 strength to play Runaway Robots. This 1-strength military world is a Brown windfall world. Whenever she produces on it in Phase V, she draws 1 card.
chrismg plays Star Nomad Lair. Also a 1-strength military world (covered by his starting world, New Sparta), it's a Blue windfall world. It gives him +1card draw when exploring, and +1 card when trading a good from SNL. He then draws 1 card for choosing this phase.
RftG
Finally, there's Phase IV (Consume), which is very simple. omnis and Laga have no goods. Connie and chrismg have a good on their new windfall worlds, but no Consume powers.
That leaves Ryan, who chose this phase. He trades his starting Green good on Ancient Race for 4 cards.
And that concludes Round 1! Time to turn around and do it all again. Everyone, please send me your choice of action card for Round 2.
RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 1
Goals
Research Leader - Most Explore Powers
Largest Industry - Most Blue/Brown Worlds
Galactic Standard of Living - First to 5 VPs
Expansion Leader - First to 8 cards in layout
System Diversity - First to have a world of each colour
Budget Surplus - First to discard at round end
Connie Neil
Layout
Rebel Cantina (Non-Military World)
Space Mercenaries (Development)
Runaway Robots (Military Brown Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
2
Military Strength:
1
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
1
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
Ryan
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
7
Military Strength:
0
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
1
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
omnis
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Public Works (Development)
Cards in Hand:
3
Military Strength:
0
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
2
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
Laga
Layout
Separatist Colony (Non-Military World)
Rebel Pact (Development)
Cards in Hand:
3
Military Strength:
1
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
2
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
chrismg
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Star Nomad Lair (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
4
Military Strength:
2
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
2
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
VP Pool: 60
RftG
Orders are in! There are a lot of people feeling card-poor.
Connie Neil: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Ryan: Phase III - Settle
omnis: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)
Laga: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)
chrismg: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
Phase I (Explore) is first. Everyone's picking up some swag.
Connie
and
Ryan
draw 2 cards and keep 1, in accordance with the prophecy the standard draw.
chrismg gets an extra draw from Star Nomad Lair; he draws 3 cards and keeps 1.
omnis chose this phase. He draws 3 cards and keeps 2.
Laga also chose this phase, and she has two Explore powers. She draws 5 cards, adds them to her hand and then discards 3 cards.
Cards are going out now. Everyone, when you're ready, let me know which cards you keep/toss. Phase III is next; you can also put in orders there.
RftG
I have everyone's discards. On to Phase III (Settle), where Connie, omnis and chrismg all pass.
Ryan plays Distant World for 4 discards. This Green production world also gives him +3 cards when trading a Blue good. Now he just needs a way to make a Blue good. He then draws 1 card for choosing this phase.
Laga plays Plague World for 3 discards. This is also a Green production world, and lets her consume 1 Green good for 1 VP and 1 card.
RftG
Phase IV (Consume) to wrap up.
Connie trades 1 Brown good from the windfall world she played last round for 3 cards.
chrismg trades 1 Blue good from the windfall world he played last round, also for 3 cards.
Everyone else has no goods and passes. And that concludes Round 2! Everyone, please send me your choice of action card for Round 3.
RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 2
Goals
Research Leader - Most Explore Powers
Largest Industry - Most Blue/Brown Worlds
Galactic Standard of Living - First to 5 VPs
Expansion Leader - First to 8 cards in layout
System Diversity - First to have a world of each colour
Budget Surplus - First to discard at round end
Connie Neil
Layout
Rebel Cantina (Non-Military World)
Space Mercenaries (Development)
Runaway Robots (Military Brown Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
6
Military Strength:
1
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
1
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
Ryan
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World)
Distant World (Non-Military Green Production World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Military Strength:
0
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
3
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
omnis
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Public Works (Development)
Cards in Hand:
5
Military Strength:
0
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
2
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
Laga
Layout
Separatist Colony (Non-Military World)
Rebel Pact (Development)
Plague World (Non-Military Green Production World)
Cards in Hand:
1
Military Strength:
1
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
2
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
chrismg
Layout
New Sparta (Military World)
Star Nomad Lair (Military Blue Windfall World)
Cards in Hand:
8
Military Strength:
2
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
2
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
VP Pool: 60
RftG
Orders for Round 3:
Connie Neil: Phase II - Develop
Ryan: Phase V - Produce
omnis: Phase II - Develop
Laga: Phase I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)
chrismg: Phase III - Settle
Four phases this round! (I'm still waiting for everyone to pick a different phase, so we'll have every phase in a single round.) Phase I (Explore) is first, of course.
Connie, Ryan and omnis all draw 2 cards and keep 1.
chrismg gets a bonus draw from Star Nomad Lair. He draws 3 cards and keeps 1.
Laga chose this phase, and she has two Explore powers. She draws 5 cards, adds them to her hand and then discards 3 cards.
Cards going out now. Everyone, please let me know what you keep/toss. We'll then have Phases II (Develop) and III (Settle), so you can also either give me COs, or let me know if your draw changes your existing COs.
RftG
Orders are in! Phase II (Develop):
Ryan and Laga both pass.
Connie plays Drop Ships for 3 discards. This gives her +3 military strength, total of 4.
omnis plays Imperium Cloaking Technology. He can discard this to play a non-military world as if it were military, with a defence equal to its cost -2. He can use this even with no military; he counts as having 0 military, so can use this for non-military worlds up to 2 cost. He then draws 1 card from Public Works for playing a development.
chrismg plays Space Marines for 2 discards. This gives him +2 military strength.
Connie and chrismg both now have 4 military strength.
RftG
Phase III (Settle) next. Laga passes again.
Connie plays Primitive Rebel World. This is a 1-strength military Blue windfall world. It lets her discard 1 card from her hand to boost her military by +1. With Space Mercenaries, she can add up to +3 in a given round.
Ryan plays Gem World for 2 discards. This is a Blue production world. He draws 1 card whenever he produces on it.
omnis discards Imperium Cloaking Technology to play Space Port. This is a Blue production world, that gives +3 cards when trading a Brown good. (Not that he can produce a Brown good just yet.)
chrismg plays Outlaw World. This is a 1-strength military world. It lets him consume 1 good for 1 VP and 1 card. He then draws 1 card for choosing this phase.
It may now be a while before I get to Phase V, as I'm off to take my in-laws to the airport.