My Space Fleet is Invincible! — Let's Play Twilight Imperium Third Edition

I started with two Political Cards. I don't know if I get two more or what.

CONSUMABLES
Action Cards: 0
Political Cards: 0
Trade Goods: 0

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 3
Strategy Allocation: 2
Fleet Supply: 3 (+1)
Activations: 0
Total in play: 8/16

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Arc Prime – 4/0
Wren Terra – 2/1
Qucen'n -- 1/2
Rarron -- 0/3 (Green Tech Spec)

UNITS (Deployed/Total)
Arc Prime/Wren Terra -- Space Docksx1, Dreadnoughtx1, Carrierx2, Destroyerx1, Fighterx3, Ground Forcesx2
Qucen'n -- Ground Forcesx2,
Rarron -- Carriersx1, Ground Forcesx1

TECHNOLOGIES OWNED
Hylar V Assault Laser
Antimass Deflectors
XRD Transporters – +1 Carrier movement

I'll take Warfare II.

You get more Political cards with the Assembly (primary) and Bureaucracy (secondary) Strategy Cards, but not at the end of the round, so you're cool. But you DO get to draw an Action Card along with your 2 CCs, which it looks like you didn't do.

I'll take Leadership.

Googleshng is up. Warfare I, Trade II and Bureaucracy remain to be chosen, I believe.

Oh, and did I get trade goods from my contracts with the new round?

You get those whenever the Trade Card comes up, not in the Status/Strategy phases.

Did I miss something, or did you reset all your pools to their starting values rather than add 2 CCs and move'em around?

Anyway, guess I'll take Bureaucracy. Let's see how this whole actually scoring points thing works.

Yeah, `Hrist, it looks like you may have some extra CCs there. You should have a total of 6 divided among the three areas.

Googleshng, you get 1 Trade Good for the bonus counter. As per the Strategy Card's special instructions (reveal public objectives equal to the number of bonus counters on the card), the first Stage I Public Objective on the list is revealed:


STAGE I PUBLIC OBJECTIVE: I am blockading an opponent's Space Dock. (1 VP)


You blockade a Space Dock by having at least one of your non-Fighter ships in a system containing an opponent's Space Dock. If you're still blockading during the Status Phase or when executing the primary of the Bureaucracy card, you can claim this objective for a point.

The L1Z1X Mindnet will take Trade II. The turn order for this round is as follows:

1. Sarcasmorator — Leadership
2. Lucas — Diplomacy II
3. Egarwaen — Assembly
4. Epithet — Production
5. L1Z1X Mindnet — Trade II
6 `Hrist — Warfare II
7. Severian (SPEAKER) — Technology II
8. Googleshng — Bureaucracy

Once more, here's the map going into the new round.

And here's the planet names-and-numbers map.

The Action Phase begins!

The Federation of Sol, wary of neighbors who might be tempted to act on the newly announced public objective, activates its home system and exhausts Lazar and Sakulag for 3 resources with which to build a Cruiser and 2 Fighters:



COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 1
Fleet Supply: 3
Activations: 1
Total in play: 7/16

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Jord – 4/2
Vega Major – 2/1
Vega Minor – 1/2, Blue tech bonus
Lazar – 1/0
Sakulag – 2/1
Thibah – 1/1

UNITS (Deployed/Total)
Space Docks: 1/3
Ground Forces: 5
Shock Troops: 0
PDS: 0/6
Fighters: 2
Carriers: 2/4
Destroyers: 1/8
Cruisers: 1/8
Dreadnoughts: 0/5
War Suns: 0/2

UNIT DEPLOYMENT
Jord space: Cruiser x1, Fighter x2
Jord: Space Dock x1
Vega space: Carrier x 1
Vega Major: Ground Force x1
Vega Minor: Ground Force x1
Lazar/Sakulag space: Carrier x1 (with GF x1)
Lazar: GF x1
Sakulag: GF x1
Beta Wormhole: Destroyer x1

Lucas is up.

This game is hard =(

It is, and some things are harder to keep track of in forum play than they are on the table, I think. I had to check and re-check my own CC count because the file I use to keep track of things didn't match what I'd posted here. I edited my CC total two or three times before I had it right.

I might as well use my Diplomacy II now. I'm executing option B to claim Lodor without spending a CC or Influence.

Planets:
Lodor - 3/1 - Green Tech

You want the full rundown of what I have? That's the only change from the end of the last round.

Nah, no need.

To those considering executing the secondary of Diplomacy II, a reminder: To have control of a system you must control all its planets AND have at least one non-Fighter ship in the system.

The Federation of Sol passes on the secondary of Diplomacy II.

The L1Z1X Mindnet will spend a CC from Strategy Allocation and exhaust Mellon and Zohbat to execute the secondary and annex Quann.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 0
Fleet Supply: 4
Activations: 0
Total in play: 6/16

PLANETS
[0.0.0.] – 5/0
Mellon – 0/2
Zohbat – 3/1 (Blue tech specialty)
Quann – 2/1 (Green tech specialty)

The Embers of Muaat will pass on this secondary.

Oh yeah, Egarwaen is up, though we might want to practice waiting on everyone to finish with the secondary before we move on to the next player.

I'm passing on the secondary.

Yeah, and since this secondary could have a material effect on what a player wants to do with their turn, it's doubly important, I think.

DIPLOMACY II
1. Sarcasmorator — PASSED
2. Lucas — PRIMARY
3. Egarwaen — PASSED
4. Epithet — PASSED
5. L1Z1X Mindnet — SECONDARY
6 `Hrist — SECONDARY
7. Severian (SPEAKER) — PASSED
8. Googleshng — PASSED

So that means I can't snag something adjacent to Starpoint/New Albion then? Suppose that means I'll have to pass here. And for further clarification- PDS/Ground Troops don't exert system control I take it?

Correct, though you could annex New Albion or Mehar Xull if you wanted. More costly in influence, but saves your ships the trip at the moment. Ground Troops take over planets and defend them, and PDS units help with the latter. But while you can control a planet without having units stationed there, you can't establish full control over a system without a ship.

I will pass on this.

Lucas "persuades" Lodor to pay protection money to his criminal consortium:

"You know I'm really looking forward to after our week of debauchery?" the Death Star's First Officer asked.

The captain sighed and turned to look at him, a pained expression on his face. "What's that?"

"A nice, velour robe. They even make ones treated with flame-retardant chemicals."

"It's VelNor, you idiot. Not veloUr."

The Embers of Muaat are activating Velnor/Lisis and moving their War Sun and all its attendant forces from Lesab. I'm leaving a control marker on Lesab and capturing each planet in my new system with two ground forces.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 2
Fleet Supply: 3
Activations: 1
Total in play: 8/16

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Muaat (4/1)
Lesab (2/1, Green Tech Spec)
Resculon (2/0)
Coorneeq (1/2, Red Tech Spec)
Velor (2/0, Red Tech Spec)
Lisis (2/2)

UNITS
Space Dock - 1x Muaat
Ground Forces - 2x Lisis, 2x Velnor, 1x Resculon, 1x Coorneeq
Fighters: 4 - 2x Velnor/Lisis, 2x Resculon/Coorneeq
Carriers: 1/4 - Resculon/Coorneeq
Destroyers: 0/8
Cruisers: 1/8 - Resculon/Coorneeq
Dreadnoughts: 0/5
War Suns: 1/2 - Velnor/Lisis
Control Marker - Lesab

It is now Epithet's Turn

`Hrist, just post your Diplomacy II decision at the start of your turn, or whenever before then. If you decide to take a planet I don't think it would conflict with anyone else's turn.

I'm activating Production's primary and tapping Ashtaroth, Quinarra, and Abaddon to build Dreadnought x1, Cruiser x1 and Fighter x2 in home space.

PLANETS
Quinarra – 3/1
Tren’lak – 1/0
Ashtroth 2/0
Abbadon 1/0 (red tech specialty)
Loki 1/2
Perimeter 2/2

UNITS (Deployed/Total)
Home space - Fighter x3, Dreadnought x1, Cruiser x1
Quinarra - PDS x1, GF x1, Space Dock x1
A/L/A space- Carrier x1
Abbadon - GF x1
Loki- GF x1
Ashtroth - GF x1
Perimeter space - Carrier x1, GF x1, Fighter x1, Cruiser x1

EDIT: I meant to type primary, sorry. I'm kind of in the habit of saying "secondary" for these things. And I did include the extra resources, so I'm still tapping the same planets.

I think you mean Production's primary. Don't forget you get 2 free resources to build with.

Sol will pass on the Production secondary.

L1Z1X has no CCs in Strategy Allocation and must pass.

PRODUCTION
1. Sarcasmorator — PASSED
2. Lucas — SECONDARY
3. Egarwaen — SECONDARY
4. Epithet — PRIMARY
5. L1Z1X Mindnet — PASSED
6 `Hrist — PASSED
7. Severian (SPEAKER) — SECONDARY
8. Googleshng — PASSED

If you've got Production, you can't activate its secondary.

You can, however, use its Primary.

Sure, I'll use this secondary. I'll tap Muaat and Resculon for six resources, and produce a Dreadnought (5 resources) and two Ground Forces (1 resource) on Muaat.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 1
Fleet Supply: 3
Activations: 1
Total in play: 7/16

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Muaat (4/1)
Lesab (2/1, Green Tech Spec)
Resculon (2/0)
Coorneeq (1/2, Red Tech Spec)
Velor (2/0, Red Tech Spec)
Lisis (2/2)

UNITS
Space Dock - 1x Muaat
Ground Forces - 2x Lisis, 2x Velnor, 1x Resculon, 1x Coorneeq, 2x Muaat
Fighters: 4 - 2x Velnor/Lisis, 2x Resculon/Coorneeq
Carriers: 1/4 - Resculon/Coorneeq
Destroyers: 0/8
Cruisers: 1/8 - Resculon/Coorneeq
Dreadnoughts: 1/5 - 1xMuaat
War Suns: 1/2 - Velnor/Lisis
Control Marker - Lesab

Not sure if I'm jumping in on this or not (can you build docks with it by the way or is it specifically units?) There's kind of a tornado situation here though, so I'll have to get back to this later.

Units only. You have to use the secondary in a system with a Space Dock, and Space Docks don't build other Space Docks.

Good luck with your tornado!

Oh wait, I dropped my fleet supply down this turn didn't I. Pass.

I will activate the secondary, and produce two Ground Forces on Darien, exhausting Centauri for the resource.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 4
Strategy Allocation: 3
Fleet Supply: 3
Activations: 0
Total in play: 10/16

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Darren – 2/4
Arinam - 1/2, Blue Tech Specialty
Meer - 0/4
Centauri - 1/3
Gral - 1/1, Blue Tech Specialty

UNITS (Deployed/Total)
Space Docks: 1/3
Ground Forces: 6
Shock Troops: 0
PDS: 0/6
Fighters: 4
Carriers: 2/4
Destroyers: 1/8
Cruisers: 0/8
Dreadnoughts: 0/5
War Suns: 0/2

UNITS (Location)
Darren - Space Dock x1, Ground Forces x2
Arinam/Meer Space - Carrier x1
Arinam - Ground Force x1
Meer - Ground Force x1
Centauri - Ground Force x1
Gral - Ground Force x1
Centauri/Gral Space - Carrier x1, Fighter x4
Tar'Mann Space - Destroyer x1

The L1Z1X Mindnet activates the Rigel system, moving a Carrier, 3 Fighters and 3 Ground Forces there from [0.0.0.] and taking over Rigel I, II and III.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 1
Strategy Allocation: 0
Fleet Supply: 4
Activations: 1
Total in play: 6/16

PLANETS
[0.0.0.] – 5/0
Mellon – 0/2
Zohbat – 3/1 (Blue tech specialty)
Quann – 2/1 (Green tech specialty)
Rigel I – 0/1 (Green tech specialty)
Rigel II – 1/2
Rigel III – 1/1 (Blue tech specialty)

Lots of changes to the map in the last few turns, so here's a new overall view.

`Hrist is up next. Please post your decisions on the last two Strategy Card secondaries before making an action.