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

Not many options for me. I'll spend a CC from SA to put 2 GF on Jord.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 3
Fleet Supply: 5
Activations: 1
Total in play: 11/16

See above for a preview of what I'll be doing for most of my remaining actions for this round!

Googleshng is up.

So the Space Embers are meting out sanctions against the lowly Yin. You don't like our plan to poke every major power with sticks? Oh, that's right, because we stole those undefended planets out from under you a few turns back. The key word was UNDEFENDED! If you liked it you should've put a GF on it.

Here's the thing about poking people made of fire with sticks. The sticks tend to catch fire. Then you catch fire.

I think Severian is actually the chaotic evil figure of this game.

You honor me, vampire queen.

Hmm... I think I'm going to, in relatively peaceful fashion, cede Wellon there, but apparently the wind knocked a flag down over on Mirage, so I'm going to have to send someone back over to stand it back up... and weigh it down with something heavy for good measure.

Activating Mirage, moving one carrier, ground force, and PDS there.

Also, this is another weird edge case. As my fun new tech refreshes any planet as I snag it, can I immediately use the refresh ability to build those freebie fighters? If so, I'm doing that too.

Command Counters
Command Pool: 1
Strategy Allocation: 3
Fleet Supply: 4
Activations: 3

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Jol – 1/2
Nar – 2/3
Capha – 3/0
Arnor 2/1
Lor 1/2 (Red Tech Specialty)
Starpoint 3/1
New Albion 1/1 (Green Tech Specialty)
Mehar Xull 1/3 (Blue Tech Specialty)
Mirage 1/2 (Fighters)
Tsion 2/2 (Trade Goods)
Bellatrix 0/1 (Red Tech Specialty)
Vega Major 2/1
Vega Minor 1/2 (Blue Tech Specialty)

UNITS
Jol/Nar - Space Dock x1
Starpoint/New Albion - Space Dock x1, PDS x1 (Starpoint), War Sun x1, Fighter x2, Dreadnought x2
Mehar Xull - PDS x1
Mirage - Carrier x1, Ground Forces x1, PDS x1
Tsion/Bellatrix - PDS x1
Vega Major/Minor - Ground Forces x3 (1 on Major, 2 on Minor),
Jord - War Sun x1: (Fighter x4, Ground Forces x2), Carrier x1: (Ground Forces x3), Dreadnought x1

The Refresh ability is only used in the Status phase.

Ah well, the Miragians smelled bad anyway.

Yeah, severian's got it. You can tap the planet for its resources or influence, but not for the Fighters until later.

Shoulda been the Yin Grieferhood, sev.

Those units came from Bellatrix/Tsion, right Googleshng?

I figured, and yes.

Since SilentSnake has passed for good, we'll execute our turn.

We activate our Special ability to turn People into Soylent - er, Resources into Influence. We choose Velnor. Even though it is exhausted, we are still able to motivate people to ponder our plight.

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Darien – 2/4
Arinam - 1/2, Blue Tech Specialty
Meer - 0/4
Centauri - 1/3
Gral - 1/1, Blue Tech Specialty
Tar'Mann - 1/1
Usis - 2/2
Velnor - 0/2*, Red Tech Specialty
Sumerian - 2/2, Trade Goods
Arcturus - 1/1

'Hrist is up!

Pass.

Back to Epithet.

I'm not online often enough to be able to meaningfully participate, but I just wanted to let you all know that someone is reading, and I love the LP.

Great to know, thanks! I hadn't been sure if anyone's been reading aside from us playing.

I have, but I didn't want to break up the flow. Seemed sort of rude to interrupt.

Activating Abyz/Fria, and tapping my remaining planets and using four trade goods to build Dreadnought x2 and Fighter x4.

CONSUMABLES
Action Cards: 2
Political Cards: 1
Trade Goods: 0

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 1
Strategy Allocation: 0
Fleet Supply: 4

UNITS
Home space - Fighter x3, Cruiser x2
Quinarra - PDS x1, GF x3, Space Dock x1
Perimeter - GF x1
Perimeter Space - Carrier x1, Fighter x2, Cruiser x1
Vefut II - GF x1
Vefut II space - Dreadnought x1, Destroyer x1
A/L/A space - Cruiser x1
Abyz/Fria - Carrier x1, Fighter x5, Dreadnought x3
Abyz - GF x2, PDS x1, Space Dock x1
Fria - GF x1

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

Egarwaen's up!

Activating Tetris Attack, moving 1x War Sun, 1x Dreadnaught, 4x Fighters, and 3x GF from Muaat into the system.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 0
Fleet Supply: 3
Activations: 1
Total in play: 6/16

UNIT DEPLOYMENT
Muaat - 1x Space Dock, 1x GF
El'Nath - 1x Cruiser, Control Marker, 1x Destroyer
Coorneeq - 1x Ground Force
Lesab - 1x Dreadnought, 1x Carrier, 2x Fighter, 1x Ground Force
Resculon - Control Marker
Tetris Attack - 1x Dreadnought, 3x Ground Force, 1x War Sun, 4x Fighters

Sarc is up.

Another CC spent, this time to put 2 GF on Sakulag.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 2
Fleet Supply: 5
Activations: 1
Total in play: 10/16

Believe that's me up next, and I'm Passing.

So next is... Sev it seems.

We Pass.

Epithet is up!

I pass!

Egarwaen is up! Everyone but he and I has passed at this point.

That's too many Fighters and GF; you can have 6 total supported by your War Sun (you don't have Stasis Capsules, as I recall). Which will be left behind?

Yeah, I realized that on my way back from Calorie's BBQ. I'm going to leave 2 GF on Muaat. I'll take my turn in the morning.

Cool beans.

Hey sev, based on your play style I will be disappointed if you don't lobby to play next game as The Nekro Virus.

Honestly, I've just been testing out the game's parameters, and haven't been intentionally griefing anybody (well, I pulled Google's leg a bit). I've just been trying to have fun with the system, and to get some interaction with the other people. I'm guessing I'm going to get a ton of interaction when everyone starts piling on to me, but it's all fun!

I will definitely check out the next game, as long as it finishes before March. I've gotten some comments from the fiancee when I'm checking up the thread while we're working on wedding stuff. I've been more discreet now, and it's also why I'm postponing my potential PbF here of Battlestar Galactica.

Hey guys, you know what it's time for?



I'm picking up the CC from Tetris Attack and returning it to my hand.

Now you all get to engage in secondary activities, then it's time for Sarcasmorator to continue Sol's relentless campaign of conquest.

Pass on Warfare secondary

Passing, as I still have not begun to bother with those little toy ships everyone else seems to like to play with.

Passing