Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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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.
RftG
Back for Phase V (Produce).
Connie
has no production worlds, so she doesn't produce anything (she has a Blue good on the windfall world she just played). However, Rebel Cantina lets her draw 1 card for each Rebel world in her layout. She now has 2 such worlds, Rebel Cantina and Primitive Rebel World; she draws 2 cards.
Ryan
chose this phase, so he produces on his windfall world as well as the production worlds. He produces 1 Blue good and 2 green goods, and draws 1 card for producing on Gem World.
omnis
produces 2 Blue goods.
Laga
produces 1 Green good.
chrismg
has no production worlds, and indeed no Phase V powers. He passes.
That concludes Round 3! Everyone, please send me your choice of action card for Round 4.
RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 3
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)
Drop Ships (Development)
Primitive Rebel World (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
Cards in Hand:
4
Military Strength:
4
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
4
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
Ryan
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World) + good
Distant World (Non-Military Green Production World) + good
Gem World (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Cards in Hand:
3
Military Strength:
0
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
4
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
omnis
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Public Works (Development)
Space Port (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Cards in Hand:
5
Military Strength:
0
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
3
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
Laga
Layout
Separatist Colony (Non-Military World)
Rebel Pact (Development)
Plague World (Non-Military Green Production World) + good
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)
Space Marines (Development)
Outlaw World (Military World)
Cards in Hand:
6
Military Strength:
4
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
4
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
VP Pool: 60
It's funny, when I'm running an RPG campaign it feels like I never have enough free time due to all the prep work, but when I'm not running a game I can't wait to start a new one.
RftG
Orders are in!
Connie Neil: Phase III - Settle
Ryan: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
omnis: Phase IV (x2) - Consume (double VPs)
Laga: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
chrismg: Phase II - Develop
Three phases this round. First is Phase II (Develop).
chrismg
chose this phase, and plays Genetics Lab for 1 discard. This gives him +1 card when trading a Green good, and he can produce on a Green windfall world in Phase V. He currently has no Green worlds, but early days. Everyone else passes on Phase II.
Phase III:
omnis, Laga
and
chrismg
all pass.
Connie
chose this phase, and she plays Devolved Uplift Race. This Blue production world is a 1-strength military world. She then draws 1 card for choosing this phase.
Ryan
plays New Vinland for 2 discards, which cleans out his hand. This is a Blue production world, and lets him consume 1 good for 2 cards.
RftG
Finally, Phase IV.
Connie
has no Consume powers, and
chrismg
has no goods, so they both pass.
Ryan
chose to trade. He trades his Blue good; he gets +3 cards from the bonus on Distant World, for a total of 5. He also consumes one of the Green goods on New Vinland for another 2 cards;; his total draw is 7.
omnis
opted for double points. He consumes his two Blue goods on Earth's Lost Colony and Public Works for 2 VPs, which doubles to 4 VPs.
Laga
also chose to trade, and trades her Green good for 4 cards.
That concludes Round 4. And at this point, we note that the first goal has been claimed! Connie has 2 Blue and 1 Brown world, which meets the minimum for the "Most Blue/Brown Worlds" goal. Both Ryan and omnis are just behind on 2 Blue worlds, though, and this tile could easily change hands before game end.
Concerning the other tiles: Laga has 2 Explore powers, and one more will claim the "Most Explore Powers" goal.
For the "First" goals: omnis has 4 VPs, and needs just 1 more for the 5 VPs tile. Connie has 6 cards in her layout; 2 more will give her the "8 cards in layout" goal. Connie and Ryan both have goods in 2 colours, and need 2 other colours for "world in each colour". Finally, no one yet has had to discard at round end. Ryan and Laga are closest at the moment, with 7 cards in hand apiece.
Everyone, please send me your choice of action card for Round 5.
RftG
End-of-round summary:
Round 4
Goals
Research Leader - Most Explore Powers
Largest Industry - Most Blue/Brown Worlds (Connie)
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)
Drop Ships (Development)
Primitive Rebel World (Military Blue Windfall World) + good
Devolved Uplift Race (Military Blue Production World)
Cards in Hand:
4
Military Strength:
4
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
5
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
5
Ryan
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World) + good
Distant World (Non-Military Green Production World)
Gem World (Non-Military Blue Production World)
New Vinland (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Cards in Hand:
7
Military Strength:
0
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
5
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
omnis
Layout
Earth's Lost Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Public Works (Development)
Space Port (Non-Military Blue Production World)
Cards in Hand:
5
Military Strength:
0
Victory Points:
4
Layout Value:
3
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:
7
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)
Space Marines (Development)
Outlaw World (Military World)
Genetics Lab (Development)
Cards in Hand:
4
Military Strength:
4
Victory Points:
0
Layout Value:
5
6-Cost Developments:
0
Goals:
0
VP Pool: 56
RftG
Orders are in.
Connie Neil: Phase V - Produce
Ryan: Phase IV ($) - Consume (Trade)
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 I (+1/+1) - Explore (draw +1 card, keep +1 card)
Lot of people crying card-poor there. We can help. Phase I (Explore) is first, so.
Connie
and
Ryan
have no Explore powers and didn't choose this phase. They draw 2 cards and keep 1.
omnis
draws 3 cards and keeps 2.
Laga
draws 5 cards, takes them into her hand and then discards 3 cards.
chrismg
draws 4 cards and keeps 2.
Cards are going out now. Everyone, let me know what you keep/discard.
RftG
I have everyone's choices. Let's run through Phase IV (Consume) and Phase V (Produce).
Ryan
chose Phase IV, and he trades 1 Green good for 4 cards. No one else has both a good and a Consume power, so everyone else passes.
Phase V (Produce):
Connie
chose this phase. She produces 1 Blue and 1 Brown good. She then draws 2 cards from Rebel Cantina, as she has two Rebel worlds in her layout, and 1 card for producing on Runaway Robots. (Those rascally robots.)
Ryan
produces 2 Blue and 1 Green world. He then draws 1 card for producing on Gem World.
omnis
produces 2 Blue goods.
Laga
produces 1 Green good.
chrismg
has no production worlds, so he passes.
And that takes us to the end off the round, where Ryan has 13 cards in hand. That means he has to discard 3 cards, and therefore he claims the goal for being the first player to discard.
Everyone, please send me your choice of action card for Round 6.
