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Ready for Phase III (Settle), we have a lot of action here.

omnis discards Colony Ship from his layout to play Lost Species Ark World for no extra cost. This is a Green production world, which lets him draw 2 cards whenever he produces on it. He then draws 1 card for choosing this phase.

chrismg plays Star Nomad Lair. This is a 1-defence military world. He can play it as non-military using Rebel Cantina. Replicant Robots then discounts the price to 0. This is a Blue windfall world, which gives him +1 card when he trades a good from this world only, and lets him draw +1 card when exploring. He then draws a card for choosing this phase.

Connie passes.

Ryan plays Interstellar Prospectors for 3 discards. This is a rown production world, which also lets him produce on one Brown windfall world (he currently has none). It also gives him +1 card when Exploring.

-t plays Avian Uplift Race. This is a 2-defence military world, which her 4 strength covers easily. it's a Green windfall world; it is also her third Uplift card, which gives her the Uplife Knowledge goal for 3 VPs!

Laga plays Artist Colony for 1 discard. This is a Blue production world.

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Phase IV (Consume) is up.

omnis consumes 1 good on PUblic Works for 1 VP.

chrismg consumes 1 good on Outlaw World for 1 VP and 1 card.

Connie has a good, but nbo Consume powers, so she passes.

Ryan consumes 1 good on Epsilon Eridani for 1 VP and 1 card.

-t chose this phase and opted to Trade. She trades 1 Green good for 4 cards. She has no Consume powers, so her other goods remain untouched.

Laga consumes 1 good on New Vinland for 2 cards.

Cards are going out now.

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The players reload with Phase V (Produce).

Connie and -t have no empty production worlds, so they pass.

chrismg doesn't produce either, but he draws 1 card from Rebel Cantina.

omnis produces 1 Blue good and 1 Green good. Because he produced on his new Lost Species Ark World, he draws 2 cards.

Ryan produces 1 Blue good and 1 Brown good.

Laga chose this phase, so she can produce on one windfall world. She produces 2 Blue goods and 1 Green good.

And that concludes Round 6! Everyone, time to send me your choice of action card for Round 7.

RftG

Administrative note: Phase V exhausted the deck. I've reshuffled the discards.

RftG

End-of-round summary:

Round 6
Goals
Research Leader - Most Explore Powers
Greatest Infrastructure - Most Developments (Laga)
Expansion Leader - First to 8 cards in layout
Innovation Leader - First to have a power in each phase (Laga)
Galactic Standard of Living - First to 5 VPs
Uplift Knowledge - First to 3 Uplift cards (-t)

omnis
Layout
Galactic Developers (Non-Military World)
Public Works (Development)
Blaster Gem Mines (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Lost Species Ark World (Non-Military Green Production World) + good
New Survivalists (Military Blue Production World) + good
Space Marines (Development)

Cards in Hand: 9
Military Strength: 3
Victory Points: 2
Layout Value: 9
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 0

chrismg
Layout
Rebel Cantina (Non-Military World)
Outlaw World (Military World)
Trading Outpost (Non-Military World)
Replicant Robots (Development)
Reptilian Uplift Race (Military Green Windfall World)
Export Duties (Development)
Star Nomad Lair (Military Blue Windfall World)

Cards in Hand: 6
Military Strength: 0
Victory Points: 2
Layout Value: 8
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 0

Connie Neil
Layout
Separatist Colony (Non-Military World)
Mining Robots (Development)
Comet Zone (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good
Interstellar Bank (Development)

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

Ryan
Layout
Epsilon Eridani (Non-Military World)
Investment Credits (Development)
Genetics Lab (Development)
Space Port (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Interstellar Prospectors (Non-Military Brown Production World) + good

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

-t
Layout
Alpha Centauri (Non-Military Brown Windfall World)
Space Marines (Development)
The Last Of The Uplift Gnarssh (Military Green Windfall World)
Devolved Uplift Race (Military Blue Production World) + good
New Galactic Order (6-Cost Development)
Avian Uplift Race (Military Green Windfall World) + good

Cards in Hand: 8
Military Strength: 4
Victory Points: 0
Layout Value: 4
6-Cost Developments: 4
Goals: 3

Laga
Layout
Ancient Race (Non-Military Green Windfall World) + good
Expedition Force (Development)
Export Duties (Development)
New Vinland (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good
Investment Credits (Development)
Public Works (Development)
Artist Colony (Non-Military Blue Production World) + good

Cards in Hand: 9
Military Strength: 1
Victory Points: 0
Layout Value: 7
6-Cost Developments: 0
Goals: 8

VP Pool: 67

RftG

Orders are in for Round 7:

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

We have three phases this round, Phase II (Develop), Phase III (Settle) and Phase IV (Consume). Phase II is first. Before we go into everyone's plays, omnis draws 1 card from Galactic Developers and Connie draws 1 card from Interstellar Bank. I'll check with them whether the draw changes their orders at all.

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Right, I think I've got everything in order now.

omnis draws 1 card from Galactic Developers, then plays Galactic Advertisers for 3 discards. This gives him 1 card whenever we have Phase IV (Consume), and another +1 card whenever he trades. He then draws another card from Public Works.

chrismg chose this phase. He plays Terraforming Robots for 2 discards. This gives him 1 card whenever he plays a world, and can consume 1 Brown good for 1 VP and 1 card.

Connie also chose this phase. She draws 1 card from Interstellar Bank, and plays Colony Ship for 1 discard. She can discard this from her layout to play a non-military, non-Alien world for free.

Ryan passes.

-t also plays Terraforming Robots, for 3 discards.

Laga plays Galactic Salon for 3 discards; she gets -1 cost from Investment Credits. This gives her 1 VP in every Phase IV, without having to consume a good on it.

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Phase III (Settle) is next, and everyone's in for this one.

omnis plays Insect Uplift Race. This is a Green windfall world.

chrismg plays Rebel Colony for 2 discards, using Rebel Cantina. He gets -2 cost from Replicant Robots. This lets him consume 1 good for 1 VP. Plus, it's a Rebel World, which means that in Produce phases, he'll draw an extra card from Rebel Cantina (total of 2). He then draws 1 card from Terraforming Robots.

Connie discards Colony Ship immediately to play Imperium Blaster Gem Consortium. This is normally a 6-cost card, the most expensive world one can play with Colony Ship. It's a Brown production world, it gives +1 military strength (now at 2) and can consume 1 Brown good for 1 VP and 2 cards.

Ryan plays Runaway Robots. This is a 1-defence Brown windfall world. It gives 1 card draw whenever he produces on it. Interstellar Prospectors lets him produce on 1 Brown windfall world whenever we have Phase V, which can be applied to this world.

-t chose this phase, and plays Blaster Runners. This is a 1-defence military world. It gives her +1 military strength (now at 5), and also has an Explore power. Whenever she explores, she takes the cards into her hand and chooses discards from her whole hand. She then draws 2 cards - 1 from choosing this phase and 1 from Terraforming Robots.

Laga play Snuggling World for 1 discard. This is a Blue production world. It also has the Explore power that lets her choose discards from her whole hand. It also gives her -1 cost on Blue non-military worlds and +1 strength for Blue military worlds.

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We finish up with Phase IV (Consume). chrismg and -t pass; chrismg has no goods and -t has no Consume powers she can use.

omnis chose this phase, and opted for double points. He has 3 goods, which he consumes for a total of 2 VPs and 2 cards. He gets double the points, for 4 VPs and 2 cards.

Connie has 1 Brown good, which she consumes on her new Imperium Blaster Gem Consortium for 1 VP and 2 cards.

Ryan chose this phase, and opted to Trade. He trades 1 Brown good from Runaway Robots, from which he gets +2 cards from Space Port for a total of 5 cards. He then consumes 1 Blue good on Epsilon Eridani for 1 VP and 1 (more) card.

Laga also chose this phase and chose to Trade. She trades 1 Green good for 5 cards (+1 card from Export Duties). She then consumes her other 2 goods for 2 VPs and another 2 cards.

That concludes this round; and with Laga's draw, she has 12 cards in hand, 2 cards over. Laga, let me know which cards you discard.

RftG

I have Laga's discard (it was actually only 1 card over her hand limit). One last piece of business, and that is that omnis now has over 5 VPs from consumption, and claims the Galactic Standard of Living goal for 3 points! That's the last of the 'first' goals. The only goals unclaimed is for the most Explore powers.

And that concludes Round 7. Everyone, please send me your choice of action card for Round 8.