Race for the Galaxy - BGG Game Blue vs Red
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Hello fellow Race for the Galaxy players.
Grab a seat and pick a team. Lets play a Geeklist game of RftG!!
How it works. I am going to moderate a 2 player (team) game of RftG by using this thread as the main board position and creating 2 other threads, 1 for each team.
If you choose to join a team, please do not cheat and view the other teams thread while the game is playing.
Players may join at any time in the game. Just stick to your team's thread.
The RED TEAM thread is here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/32022 (no peeking, only go here if you want to commit to the RED TEAM)
The BLUE TEAM thread is here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/32023 (no peeking, only go here if you want to commit to the BLUE TEAM)
Nominate the team you are joining by thumbing the Geeklist Item below. Red Team - Entry 1 Blue Team - Entry 2 (then we can see team balance on this page)
Some detail on how the game functions: This Geeklist will be used to display information that is avaiable to both teams. i.e. Tableau, VP's and cards in hand.
The first item will be the board position of the RED TEAM. The second item will be the board position of the BLUE TEAM.
The subsequent items will be used to track the turn information as it happens.
And the winner is BLUE TEAM !! Congratulations
This header will be used to give any moderator information regarding the state of the game or a change in the rules etc.
As moderator I am going to try to facilitate the forward motion of the game so both teams may not be voting on exactly the same phase. While one team is settling the other team may be voting on the consume action strategy.
My appologies for the previous stop in play. The BGG poll system required some unexpected maintenance.
Due to the polls still being buggy lets continue with the game and use the comments to collect the vote.
I will create a comment for each card/action. You can then thumb the comment/s you want to vote for.
The Fine Print. If I make a mistake in the rules, if the action is posted to this thread then it stands and the game moves on. We will be playing random start worlds and 2 phases per player as specified in the 2 player variation in the rules.
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Final board position of the BLUE TEAM.
Cards in hand = 1 (Consumer Markets) Victory Points = 22 VP's in pool = 0
VP's from New Economy = 6 VP's from other cards = 7 Total VPs = 35
Blue Team Action List http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/32023/
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Turn 1
Actions chosen: Red/Blue - Explore +1,+1 Blue - Settle Red - Consume Trade
Explore Action Red - draws 3 cards and keeps 2 cards Blue - draws 3 cards and keeps 2 cards
Settle Action Red - no action. Blue - Gem World, discards 2 cards and draws 1 card.
Trade Consume Action Red - Trade good on Alpha Centauri for 3 cards. Blue - no action.
Turn 1 is complete.
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Turn 2
Actions Chosen: Blue - Explore +1,+1 Red - Develop Red - Settle Blue - Produce
Explore Action Red Team looks at 2 cards and keeps 1 card. Blue Team looks at 3 cards and keeps 2 cards.
Develop Action Red - Diversified Economy, discards 3 cards. Blue - no action.
Settle Action Red - Lost Species Ark World, discards 5 cards and gains 1 card. Blue - New Vinland, discards 2 cards
Produce Action Red - Gains a good on Lost Species Ark World and draws 2 cards. Draws 1 card for Diversified Economy. Blue Team - Gains a good on Gem World and draws a card. Gains a good on New Vinland.
Turn 2 Complete.
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Turn 3
Actions Chosen: Blue - Explore +1,+1 Red - Settle Red - Trade Consume Blue - Consume 2xVPs
Explore Action Red team looks at 2 cards and keeps 1 card. Blue team looks at 3 cards and keeps 2 cards.
Settle Action Red - Galactic Engineers, +1 card for settle bonus Blue - Earths Lost Colony
Consume Action Red - Trades good on Lost Species Ark World for 5 cards. Blue - Consumes good on Gem World through Epsilon Eridani for 2VPs and 1 card. Blue - Consumes good on New Vinland through New Vinland for 2 cards.
Turn Complete
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Turn 4
Actions Chosen Blue - Explore +1,+1 Red/Blue - Settle Red - Produce
Explore Action Red - draws 2 cards and keeps 1 card. Blue - draws 3 cards and keeps 2 cards.
Settle Action Red - Deserted Alien Library, +1 card for settle bonus Blue - Tourist World, +1 card for settle bonus
Produce Action Red - Goods on Alpha Centauri and Lost Species Ark World, + 2 cards. Red - gains 2 more cards for Diversified Economy Blue - Goods on Gem World, +1 card, New Vinland, Earth's Lost Colony.
Turn Complete
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Turn 5
Actions Chosen Red - Settle Red/Blue - Consume 2xVPs Blue - Produce
Settle Action Red - Alien Rosetta World, discard 3 cards and gain 1 card. Blue - Rebel Fuel Cache (no cards discarded).
Consume Action Red - Uses Diversified Economy to consume 3 goods for 2x3VPs a Brown good from Alpha Centauri a Green good from Lost Species Ark World a Yellow good from Deserted Alien Library Red - Total of 6VPs.
Blue - Consumes a good from Gem World through Epsilon Eridani for 1x2VPs and 1 card. Blue - Consumes goods from New Vinland and Rebel Fuel Cache through Tourist World for 3x2VPs. Blue - Consumes a good from Earths Lost Colony through Earths Lost Colony for 1x2VPs. Blue - Total of 10VPs and 1 card.
Produce Action Red - produce a good on lost Species Ark World, and gain 2 cards. Red - produce a good on Alpha Centauri using Galactic Engineers. Red - produce a good on Deserted Alien Library using Alien Rosetta Stone World. red - gains 3 cards from Diversified Economy.
Blue - produce a good on Gem World, and gain 1 card. Blue - produce a good on New Vinland. Blue - produce a good on Earth's Lost Colony. Blue - produce a good on Rebel Fuel Cache (produce bonus).
Turn Complete
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Turn 6
Actions Chosen Blue - Develop Red - Settle Red/Blue - Consume 2xVPs
Develop Action Red - Export Duties, discard 1 card. Blue - Develop New Economy, discard 5 cards (-1 develop bonus).
Settle Action Red - Merchant World, discard 4 cards and gain 1 card. Blue - No action
Consume Action Red - Uses Diversified Economy to consume 3 goods for 2x3VPs a Brown good from Alpha Centauri a Green good from Lost Species Ark World a Yellow good from Deserted Alien Library Discard 2 cards to MErchant World for 2VPs Red - Total of 8VPs.
Blue - Consumes a good from Gem World through Epsilon Eridani for 1x2VPs and 1 card. Blue - Consumes goods from New Vinland and Rebel Fuel Cache through Tourist World for 3x2VPs. Blue - Consumes a good from Earths Lost Colony through Earths Lost Colony for 1x2VPs. Blue - Total of 10VPs and 1 card.
Turn Complete VP pool empty, therefore GAME OVER
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Genève
Let's see how it goes...
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Thumb comments for card choices (instead of polls)
When the polls were working, I MUCH preferred the polls. With the thumbing method, I could already see what everyone else had chosen, so either my choice didn't matter at all or we got heavily influenced by the first couple of votes. With the polls, I don't see the results before voting, so it feels much different. Even if in reality my vote still didn't matter, it didn't feel so useless.
Mitcham
VIC
Thumb comments for card choices (instead of polls)
When the polls were working, I MUCH preferred the polls. With the thumbing method, I could already see what everyone else had chosen, so either my choice didn't matter at all or we got heavily influenced by the first couple of votes. With the polls, I don't see the results before voting, so it feels much different. Even if in reality my vote still didn't matter, it didn't feel so useless.
That is good feedback and I wondered about the psychology of the polls.
I defintely prefer the polls for the choice value and the fact that it is annonymous. The annonymity is also a weakness in that anyone can then vote.
So there are some pros and cons. The other cons are that the polls are flakey and buggy which really hampers the flow of the game. We wasted probably 3-4 days when I was waiting for the polls to work again before I finally gave up. And, the polls are much harder and more time consuming to create, which does work against them in an already time consuming process.
Koblenz
I prefer 3-4 players Race for the Galaxy, but this would also triple or quadruple your efforts.