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

You know, looking at your situation, I'm not sure there's a move you can make other than to pass. All your systems are activated and you've used your Strategy Card.

I guess I'll pass then.

All right.

Epithet is up.

Reactivating Perimeter, and moving Cruiser x1 into the system.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 1
Strategy Allocation: 1
Fleet Supply: 3
Activations: 2

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
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 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

The L1Z1X Mindnet passes.

Lucas is up.

The Mentak will spend their last Command CC and send their last cruiser with (I believe) the last Moll Primus' GF to Saudor and take it over.

Moll Primus 4/1
Saudor 2/2 - 1 GF, 1 Cruiser in orbit.

Googleshng is up.

I'm passing, as I'm pretty sure everyone who follows must at this point.

I pass.

Epithet is up again, then Lucas.

Once they've both passed, we move on Round One's Status Phase! In which we do the following:

1. Each player may claim ONE Public Objective they qualify for, as well as their Secret Objective, if they qualify for it; if any player reaches 10 points during this step, he or she wins immediately
2. Damaged ships are repaired
3. Command Counters on the board are removed to each player's reinforcements
4. Planets are refreshed
5. Each player receives 1 Action Card and 2 Command Counters
6. Command Counters may be redistributed between the Command Pool, Strategy Allocation and Fleet Supply
7. Strategy Cards are returned, and the game proceeds to a new Strategy Phase

This round you really only have to deal with steps 1, 4, 5 and 6. Everything else either doesn't apply this round, requires physical pieces to matter or is something I'll take care of in the map file.

There are no Public Objectives yet, but make sure to check and see if you do/can qualify for your Secret Objective. Probably not, but it's possible! Claiming points is typically done in player order (this can be crucial, as the first player to reach 10 wins immediately), but with everyone at 1 point we're not in danger of anyone winning yet, so claim at will once the phase starts.

I pass!

Double-edited for command counter restoration. 1 in command pool and 1 in strategy allocation.

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

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 2
Fleet Supply: 3
Activations: 2

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
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 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

TECHNOLOGIES OWNED
Hylar V Assault Laser
Deep Space Cannons

TRADE CONTRACTS
Mentak 1
Muaat 2

Victory Points: 1

(Drew Action Card 8)

Playing to 10 victory points? The rulebook does recommend that the game be played to one fewer VP (9 in the standard game) when using the Bureaucracy Strategy Card, though...

The rulebook says lotsa stuff. And since everyone has a point already, we're effectively still doing so!

But seriously, if anyone would rather play to 9 than 10, speak up. I'd mentioned 10 points in the prep thread before deciding on which cards to use and opted not to change it when I went with Bureaucracy.

I've got a question about scoring. Do you have to maintain the condition on the objective, or simply have it during the Status phase once and then you can forget about it?

Anyway, I pass.

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

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 0/3
Strategy Allocation: 1/2
Fleet Supply: 4
Activations: 3
Total in play: 9/16

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Moll Primus 4/1 - 0 GF
Tequ'ran 2/0 - 2 GF (1 Carrier, 1 Fighter, 1 PDS
Torkan 0/3 - 1 GF
Saudor 2/2 – 1 GF (1 Cruiser)
Dal Bootha 0/2 – 1 GF (2 Cruisers)
Xxehan 1/1 – 1 GF


TECHNOLOGIES OWNED
Hylar V Assault Laser
Enviro Compensator
Stasis Capsules

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

TRADE CONTRACTS
Yin 1
Sardak Norr 1

Victory Points: 1

You simply have to obtain the objectives once, and you put a Control Marker on it to show that you have done it. For Public Objectives you just say you've completed whichever one, and for Secret Objectives you reveal the card then do the same. There are Political Cards (I think) that wipe objectives clear of Control Markers, so a player could obtain them twice.

The question I have is about Secret Objectives, if they are revealed are they then open for anyone to complete as well?

Secret Objectives are for you alone.

OK, with Lucas passing we move on to the Status Phase.

My racial power lets me take three Command Counters. I distribute my CCs thusly (I forgot I had a Strategy CC left, so I have adjusted the distribution below):

FEDERATION OF SOL — Sarcasmorator

SPECIAL ABILITIES
>As an Action, spend a Command Counter from Strategy Allocation to place 2 free Ground Forces on a planet you control.
>Receive 1 extra Command Counter during the Status Phase.

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

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 3
Strategy Allocation: 1
Fleet Supply: 3
Activations: 0
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

TECHNOLOGIES OWNED
Antimass Deflectors
Cybernetics
XRD Transporters

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

UNIT DEPLOYMENT
Jord space: Empty
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

TRADE CONTRACTS
Jol-Nar 3
Letnev 1

VICTORY POINTS: 1

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The L1Z1X Mindnet gets 2 CCs, distributed thus:

THE L1Z1X MINDNET

SPECIAL ABILITIES
>The base cost of your Dreadnoughts is 4
>Your Dreadnoughts receive +1 during Space Battles, and your Ground Forces receive +1 when attacking during Invasion Combat
>You start with an extra Command Counter in Strategy Allocation

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

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 2
Strategy Allocation: 1
Fleet Supply: 4
Activations: 0
Total in play: 7/16

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

TECHNOLOGIES OWNED
Enviro Compensator
Stasis Capsules
Cybernetics
Hylar V Assault Laser
Deep Space Cannon

UNITS (Deployed/Total)
Space Docks: 1/3
Ground Forces: 7
Shock Troops: 0
PDS: 1/6
Fighters: 5
Carriers: 2/4
Destroyers: 0/8
Cruisers: 0/8
Dreadnoughts: 1/5
War Suns: 0/2

UNIT DEPLOYMENT
[0.0.0.] – Space Dock x 1, Ground Forces x 4, PDS x 1
[0.0.0.] space: Fighter x3, Carrier x1
Mellon: Ground Force x1
Zohbat: Ground Force x1
Mellon/Zohbat space: Dreadnought x1 (1 GF), Carrier x1, Fighter x2

TRADE CONTRACTS
L1Z1X 1
L1Z1X 1

VICTORY POINTS: 1

I'm going to drop both of my new Command Counters into my Command Pool.

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

TRADE
Letnev 1
Sardakk N'orr 2 (Correction from before)

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

And all my planets untap. Yay!

For the Action Card, do you want us to do the RNG and grab an Action Card, or do we wait for you to send them to us in turn order? Also, what about the Political Cards we're discarding for resources? Something like a Discard portion of the Google Doc would work, in case we actually get through all of the cards (unlikely

I will throw my counters also into the Command Pool.

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 4
Strategy Allocation: 4
Fleet Supply: 3
Activations: 0
Total in play: 11/16

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


Since I am the Speaker, I will start off by picking a Strategy Card. I choose Technology II.

The turn order for picking Strategy this turn is as follows:

1. severian (SPEAKER) — Technology II
2. Egarwaen
3. Sarc (L1Z1X)
4. Epithet
5. Lucas
6. 'Hrist
7. Sarc (Sol)
8. Googleshng


Egarwaen is up!

Go ahead and grab your own Action Cards, and post the numbers of the cards you grabbed in case we end up with duplicated from two players getting the same one at the same time or something. Unlikely, but possible. Remember to cut, not copy, the card name from the list. Do like this:

I draw Action Card 104.
L1Z1X draws Action Card 54.

I think it's really unlikely we'll get through the Political Cards; there's no reason I see to keep track of what you ditch, or to announce what you discard. If we run through the whole deck I'll just re-post the full list, but there's about 90 cards in there. I think there's an Action Card that lets you choose a Political Card, but that can be done with the reference list.

Also, I was thinking since L1Z1X are on "AI" mode, maybe they should choose last? I'm playing two races here, and don't want it to seem like I'm taking advantage by poaching useful things.

To that end, actually, I'll let you all in on how the L1Z1X will act until and unless someone else picks them up: They will expand as much as they can and fortify themselves, but won't attack directly. They'll also abstain from votes. I'll draw Action Cards for them but won't check what they are. Same for Political Cards unless they're selected to play one.

And here are all the Strategy Cards once more:







Bureaucracy has a bonus counter on it worth 1 Trade Good.

Here's the map going into the new round:



Here's the large version.

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

I'm going to take Assembly. I also drew my action card for last round, #129. Sarc (L1Z1X) is up, or Epithet if the AI is going to pass on to him.

Yeah, let's leave the L1Z1X for last. I want to keep them in the game but don't want them to really get in the way if they're not being played by someone other than me.

Epithet is up.

Also, has anyone not drawn an Action Card and noted their CC distribution yet? If so, do it ASAP!

Most people haven't. I'm in the process of typing up a big PM double checking a couple things first on the CC front, and... how are we drawing action cards? I've been looking back through the whole thread and don't see any explanation. Was there a link back in the interest-gathering thread?

I'll take Production.

Lucas is up.

There was a link back in the PMs we got.

I drew #46.

I drew action card 86 and am taking the Diplomacy II card. I'm not really sure on how replacing CCs works.

I haven't.

Uh... working on it?

OK, I'd still like to get word back from Sarc clarifying something, but tentatively at least...

Adding my 2 new CC to Command, and moving one in there from Fleet Supply too. Also drew card 63.

End of Round Full Status Report:

PLANETS (Resources/Influence)
Jol – 1/2
Nar – 2/3
Capha – 3/0
Arnor 2/1
Lor 1/2 (Red Tech Specialty)
Starpoint 3/1

COMMAND COUNTERS
Command Pool: 3
Strategy Allocation: 2
Fleet Supply: 2
Activations: 0

UNITS
Jol/Nar - Space Dock x1, Dreadnought x1, Fighter x2, Ground Forces x2 (1 on each)
Capha - Ground Forces x1, PDS x1, Carrier x1, Dreadnought x1
Arnor/Lor - PDS x1 (Lor), Ground Forces x3 (2 on Arnor), Carrier x1, Fighter x1

TRADE CONTRACTS
Yin 1
Sol 2

TECHNOLOGIES OWNED
Hylar V Assault Laser
Deep Space Cannons
Antimass Deflectors
Enviro Compensator
Sarween Tools

Yep, in the "As long promised!" one.

All you do is add 2 CCs to any combination of Command Pool, Strategy Allocation and Fleet Supply. You can also redistribute between the fields as you like, such as Googleshng has done in moving one out of Fleet Supply.

I suppose there's no rush on the CCs and Action Cards thing. Just get them worked out in time for your first turn of the round.

`Hrist, I think you're up to choose a Strategy Card.

Well, since none of my systems are very crowded at the moment, I'll add my two new CCs to my command pool, and move one of my fleet supply to the strategy allocation area.

Command Counters:
Command Pool 2
Strategy Allocation 2
Fleet Supply 3