BSG
Well played game. Thank you for inviting me to play. Thank you Omnis for running.
If you want me to leave, you can put your hands on my hot, tight little body and make me.
Spike ,'Get It Done'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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DeathQuaker - Oct 31, 2010 4:30:50 pm PDT #8003 of 26134
Illigitimi non carborundum
omnis_audis - Oct 31, 2010 4:40:23 pm PDT #8004 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
BSG
Don't forget the number of times team Human (and the President) increased food and fuel. I thought for sure the game would have ended a long time ago due to fuel or food. The number of water and food shortage cards seemed staggering.
On the whole, I think the game is very difficult for Humans to win. To get this close is amazing. Kudos all around.
billytea - Oct 31, 2010 4:56:23 pm PDT #8005 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Don't forget the number of times team Human (and the President) increased food and fuel. I thought for sure the game would have ended a long time ago due to fuel or food. The number of water and food shortage cards seemed staggering.
We went through all four Food Shortages, that's a lot of shortage. Even back in turn 5.3 (when Food was at 2 and Pop was at 6), I commented to the mod that I thought you were more at risk from a Population loss than Food. There are a lot of cards that can cost Food, but most of them give the players some choice in the matter. And, of course, you had options to raise it again (though your luck on the Food Rationing rolls sucked).
Being short on Food, though, forces you take take Door number 2 whenever it was threatened. That helped keep you short of cards too, and made you sacrifice other resources too (notably, Population).
Kalshane - Oct 31, 2010 5:04:20 pm PDT #8006 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I really hesitated suggesting it because I had no idea what blue you had, but I think we had to go for it. So few of the crisis cards call for blue or red that it didn't seem to make sense to hoard it.
No, it was the right play, then. That crisis was the make or break one. Unfortunately it broke us and then next crisis finished us off.
Kalshane - Oct 31, 2010 5:36:11 pm PDT #8007 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
As far as the next game goes, I'm up for playing, but seeing as I've been in the last three, I'll hang back and let other people throw their hats in first.
omnis_audis - Oct 31, 2010 6:08:13 pm PDT #8008 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
As mentioned to a few others, I'm BSG'd out. I'll happily let others play. That said, if you are short a player, I'll step in. Like summer camp as a kid, hesitant to go, once in, ya have a blast, right? But I would love for some lurkers to come out of the shadows and play.
megan walker - Oct 31, 2010 6:13:04 pm PDT #8009 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I know more than one lurker (lurker in this thread anyway) has told me they were considering it.
omnis_audis - Oct 31, 2010 6:20:52 pm PDT #8010 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
doooo eeeeeeett!!!
-t - Oct 31, 2010 6:21:12 pm PDT #8011 of 26134
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I'd like to play. I'm only hesitating because watching y'all was sometimes very confusing. I think I might need to get the physical game to really see what's happening. Which is not an insurmountable obstacle!
megan walker - Oct 31, 2010 6:21:26 pm PDT #8012 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
There's one now.