Appenzeller

Power Grid

Notes

We are playing on the China map and the Power Grid+ cards with the original deck. Energy Crisis expansion is not in play (2 in favor, 3 against). Power plants will be noted in the following format: XX Fuel I→O (FF), where XX is the power plant number, “Fuel” is the type of fuel it takes, I is the number of inputs, O is the number of cities it powers, and (FF) is the amount of fuel stored on it, if any.

Turn 1

Bidding Phase

GEGS bids 8 Elektros on power plant 08.  BATS bids 9.  Industria Optimum bids 10.  TRC bids 11.  King Power passes.  GEGS passes.  BATS bids 12.  Industria Optimum and TRC pass.  GEGS bids 7 Elektros on power plant 07.  Industria Optimum bids 8.  TRC bids 9.  King Power bids 10.  GEGS bids 11.  Industria Optimum bids 12.  TRC passes.  King Power passes.  GEGS passes.  GEGS bids 9 Elektros on power plant 09.  TRC bids 10.  King Power passes.  GEGS bids 11.  TRC passes.

TRC bids 6 Elektros on power plant 06. King Power bids 7. TRC bids 8. King Power bids 9. TRC bids 10. King Power bids 11. TRC bids 12. King Power bids 13.  TRC passes.  TRC spends 5 Elektros for power plant 05.

Fuel Purchases

TRC buys 4 oil for 21 Elektros.

King Power buys 1 trash for 7 Elektros.

Industria Optimum buys 3 oil for 19 Elektros.

BATS buys 3 coal for 15 Elektros.

GEGS buys 1 oil for 7 Elektros.

Grid Connections

TRC connects to Tanhshan for 10 Elektros and Tianjin for 10 Elektros.

King Power connects to Nanchang for 10 Elektros and Wuhan for 16 Elektros.

Industria Optimum connects to Chongqing for 10 Elektros.

BATS connects to Shenyang for 10 Elektros and Fushun for 10 Elektros.

GEGS connects to Jinan for 10 Elektros and Zhengzhou for 17 Elektros.

Bureaucracy

Power Cities

GEGS powers 1 city, spending 1 oil and gaining 22 Elektros.

BATS powers 2 cities, spending 3 coal and gaining 33 Elektros.

Industria Optimum powers 1 city, spending 3 oil and gaining 22 Elektros.

King Power powers 1 city, spending 1 trash and gaining 22 Elektros.

TRC powers 1 city, spending 2 oil and gaining 22 Elektros.

Adjust Power Plant Market

Power plants 10, 11, 12, and 13 are added to the market.

Turn 2

Bidding Round

GEGS opens the bidding on power plant 10 for 10 Elektros. BATS bids 11.  King Power bids 12.  TRC passes.  Industria Optimum passes.  GEGS bids 13.  BATS passes.  King Power bids 14.  GEGS passes.  GEGS opens the bidding on power plant 12 for 12 Elektros.  BATS passes.  TRC bids 13.  Industria Optimum passes.  GEGS bids 14.  TRC bids 15.  GEGS bids 16.  TRC passes.

BATS opens the bidding on power plant 13 for 13 Elektros. TRC bids 14.  Industria Optimum passes.  BATS bids 15.  TRC bids 16.  BATS passes.  BATS opens the bidding on power plant 11 for 11 Elektros.  Industria Optimum passes.

Fuel Purchases

Industria Optimum passes.

TRC buys 2 coal for 7 Elektros.

King Power buys 2 coal for 8 Elektros.

BATS buys 3 coal for 15 Elektros.

GEGS buys 1 oil for 6 Elektros.

Grid Connections

Industria Optimum connects to Guiyang for 19 Elektros.

TRC passes.

King Power passes.

BATS passes.

GEGS passes.

Bureaucracy

Power Cities

GEGS spends 1 oil to power 1 city for 22 Elektros.

BATS spends 3 coal to power 2 cities for 33 Elektros.

King Power spends 2 coal to power 2 cities for 33 Elektros.

TRC spends 2 coal to power 2 cities for 33 Elektros.

Industria Optimum powers 0 cities for 10 Elektros.

Adjust Power Plant Market

Power plants 14, 15, 16, and 17 are added to the market.

Turn 3

Bidding

TRC opens the bidding on power plant 16 for 16 Elektros.  GEGS passes.  BATS passes.  King Power bids 17.  Industria Optimum passes.  TRC bids 18.  King Power passes.

GEGS passes.

BATS opens the bidding on power plant 15 for 15 Elektros.  King Power passes.  Industria Optimum passes.

King Power passes.

Industria Optimum passes.

Fuel Purchases

Industria Optimum buys 4 oil for 19 Elektros.

King Power buys 2 coal for 7 Elektros and 1 trash for 5 Elektros.

BATS buys 2 coal for 8 Elektros.

GEGS buys 2 coal for 10 Elektros.

TRC passes.

Grid Connections

Industria Optimum passes.

King Power connects to Changsha for 16 Elektros.

BATS connects to Anshan for 12 Elektros.

GEGS connects to Qingdao for 16 Elektros.

TRC connects to Beijing for 13 Elektros.

Bureaucracy

Power Cities

TRC spends 2 oil to power 3 cities for 44 Elektros.

GEGS spends 2 coal to power 2 cities for 33 Elektros.

BATS spends 2 coal to power 3 cities for 44 Elektros.

King Power spends 1 trash and 2 coal to power 3 cities for 44 Elektros.

Industria Optimum spends 2 oil to power 2 cities for 33 Elektros.

Adjust Power Plant Market

Power plants 18 and 19 is added to the market.

Turn 4

Bidding

TRC opens the bidding on power plant 18 for 18 Elektros.  BATS passes.  GEGS bids 19.  King Power bids 20.  Industria Optimum passes.  TRC bids 21.  King Power bids 22.  TRC bids 23.  King Power bids 24.  TRC bids 25.  King Power bids 26.  TRC bids 27.  King Power bids 28.  TRC passes, then opens the bidding on power plant 17 at 17 Elektros.  BATS passes.  GEGS bids 18.  Industria Optimum passes.  TRC bids 19.  GEGS passes.  TRC discards power plant 05.

BATS passes.

GEGS opens the biddin on power plant 14 for 14 Elektros.  Industria Optimum bids 15.  GEGS bids 16.  Industria Optimum passes.

Industria Optimum passes.

Fuel Purchases

Industria Optimum buys 2 oil for 8 Elektros.

King Power buys 1 trash for 4 Elektros.

GEGS buys 2 coal for 6 Elektros and 1 oil for 5 Elektros.

BATS buys 2 coal for 8 Elektros and 1 uranium for 4 Elektros.

TRC buys 2 oil for 10 Elektros.

Grid Connections

Industria Optimum expends to Chengou for 16 Elektros.

King Power expands to Hangzhou for 20 Elektros.

GEGS passes.

BATS expands to Changchun for 15 Elektros and Jilin for 12 Elektros.

TRC expands to Taiyuan for 20 Elektros.

Bureaucracy

Power Cities

TRC spends 2 coal to power 4 cities for 54 Elektros.

BATS spends 1 uranium and 2 coal to power 5 cities for 64 Elektros.

GEGS spends 1 oil and 2 coal to power 3 cities for 44 Elektros.

King Power spends 1 trash to power 3 cities for 44 Elektros.

Industria Optimum spends 3 oil to power 2 cities for 33 Elektros.

Adjust Power Plant Market

Power plants 20, 21, and 22 are added to the market.

Turn 5

Bidding

BATS opens the bidding on power plant 20 at 20 Elektros.  King Power bids 21.  TRC bids 22.  GEGS bids 23.  Industria Optimum passes.  BATS bids 24.  King Power bids 25.  TRC passes.  GEGS passes.  BATS bids 26.  King Power passes.  BATS discards power plant 08.

King Power passes.

TRC passes.

GEGS passes.

Industria Optimu buys power plant 22 for 22 Elektros.

Fuel Purchases

Industria Optimum buys 3 oil for 13 Elektros.

GEGS buys 2 coal for 4 Elektros and 2 trash for 8 Elektros.

TRC buys 2 uranium for 5 Elektros and 2 oil for 10 Elektros.

King Power buys 4 coal for 13 Elektros and 1 trash for 4 Elektros.

BATS buys 5 coal for 23 Elektros and 1 uranium for 4 Elektros.

Grid Connections

Industria Optimum passes.

GEGS connects to Nanjing for 21 Elektros and Shangai for 16 Elektros.

TRC connects to Lanzhou for 28 Elektros.

King Power connects to Fuzhou for 23 Elektros.

BATS connects to Dalian for 16 Elektros.

Bureaucracy

Power Cities

BATS spends 1 uranium and 3 coal to power 6 cities for 73 Elektros.

King Power spends 1 trash and 2 coal to power 5 cities for 64 Elektros.

TRC spends 2 oil and 1 uranium to power 5 cities for 64 Elektros.

GEGS spends 2 coal and 2 trash to power 4 cities for 54 Elektros.

Industria Optimum spends 3 oil to power 3 cities for 44 Elektros.

Adjust Power Plant Market

Power plants 23 and 24 are added to the market.

Turn 6

Bidding

BATS passes.

King Power opens the bidding on power plant 23 for 23 Elektros. TRC bids 24. GEGS bids 25.  Industria Optimum bids 26.  King Power bids 27.  TRC passes.  GEGS passes.  Industria Optimum bids 28.  King Power bids 30.  Industria Optimum passes.  King Power discards power plant 06.

TRC opens the bidding on power plant 21 at 21.  GEGS bids 22.  Industria Optimum bids 23.  TRC bids 24.  GEGS bids 25.  Industria Optimum bids 26.  TRC passes.  GEGS bids 27.  Industria Optimum passes.  GEGS discards power plant 09.  TRC opens the bidding on power plant 19 at 19 Elektros.  Industria Optimum passes.  TRC discards power plant 13.

Industria Optimum passes.

Fuel Purchases

Industria Optimum buys 3 oil for 13 Elektros.

GEGS buys 5 coal for 20 Elektros and 2 trash for 8 Elektros.

TRC buys 2 trash for 9 Elektros and 2 oil for 10 Elektros.

King Power buys 2 coal for 10 Elektros and 1 uranium for 2 Elektros.

BATS buys 3 coal for 18 Elektros and 1 uranium for 3 Elektros.

Grid Connections

Industria Optimum connects to Nanning for 22 Elektros.

GEGS passes.

TRC connects to Xining for 16 Elektros and Baotou for 19 Elektros.

King Power connects to Chaozhou for 19 Elektros.

BATS connects to Haerbin for 15 Elektros, Qiqha'er for 16 Elektros, and Hegang for 17 Elektros.

Bureaucracy

Step 2 begins.  Power plant 24 is discarded.

Power Cities

BATS spends 1 uranium and 5 coal to power 9 cities for 98 Elektros.

King Power spends 1 uranium and 2 coal to power 6 cities for 73 Elektros.

TRC spends 2 oil, 2 trash, and 1 uranium to power 7 cities for 82 Elektros.

GEGS spends 2 coal and 2 trash to power 5 cities for 64 Elektros.

Industria Optimum spends 3 oil to power 4 cities for 54 Elektros.

Adjust Power Plant Market

Power plants 25, 26, 27, and 28 are added to the market.

Turn 7

Bidding

BATS opens the bidding on power plant 26 at 30 Elektros.  TRC passes.  King Power bids 31.  GEGS passes.  Industria Optimum passes.  BATS bids 32.  King Power bids 33.  BATS bids 34.  King Power bids 35.  BATS passes.  King Power discards power plant 10.  BATS opens the bidding on power plant 25 at 25 Elektros.  TRC bids 26.  GEGS bids 27.  Industria Optimum passes.  BATS bids 28.  TRC bids 29.  GEGS passes.  BATS bids 30.  TRC bids 31.  BATS bids 32.   TRC passes.  BATS discards power plant 15.

TRC opens the bidding on power plant 28 at 28 Elektros.  GEGS passes.  Industria Optimum passes.  TRC discards power plant 16.

GEGS passes.

Industria Optimum spends 27 Elektros for power plant 27.

Fuel Purchases

Industria Optimum buys 3 oil for 13 Elektros.

GEGS buys 1 coal for 4 Elektros.

King Power buys 2 oil for 10 Elektros and 1 uranium for 1 Elektro.

TRC buys 2 uranium for 5 Elektros and 2 trash for 8 Elektros.

BATS buys 1 uranium for 4 Elektros and 5 coal for 27 Elektros.

Grid Connections

Industria Optimum connects to Gangzhou for 21 Elektros.

GEGS connects to Tianjin for 21 Elektros, Tangshan for 15 Elektros, and Beijing for 18 Elektros.

King Power connects to Hong Kong for 17 Elektros.

TRC connects to Shenyang for 26 Elektros and Fushun for 15 Elektros.

BATS connects to Jinan for 32 Elektros.

Bureaucracy

Power Cities

BATS spends 5 coal to power 10 cities for 105 Elektros.

TRC spends 2 trash and 2 uranium to power 9 cities for 98 Elektros.

King Power spends 2 oil to power 7 cities for 82 Elektros.

GEGS spends 4 coal to power 6 cities for 73 Elektros.

Industria Optimum powers 5 cities for 64 Elektros.

Adjust Power Plant Market

Power plants 29, 30, 35, and 32 are added to the market.

Turn 8

Bidding

BATS opens the bidding on power plant 30 at 30 Elektros.  TRC bids 31.  GEGS bids 32. King Power passes.  Industria Optimum passes.  BATS bids 33.  TRC bids 34.  GEGS bids 35.  BATS bids 36.  TRC bids 37.  GEGS passes.  BATS passes.  TRC discards power plant 17.  BATS opens the bidding on power plant 35 at 35 Elektros.  GEGS bids 36.  King Power bids 37.  Industria Optimum bids 38.  BATS bids 39.  GEGS bids 40.  King Power passes.  Industria Optimum passes.  BATS bids 41.  GEGS passes.  BATS discards power plant 11 and 1 uranium.

GEGS opens the bidding on power plant 32 at 32 Elektros.  King Power passes.  Industria Optimum bids 33.  GEGS bids 34.  Industria Optimum bids 35.  GEGS bids 36.  Industria Optimum bids 37.  GEGS bids 38.  Industria Optimum bids 39.  GEGS passes.  Industria Optimum moves the 3 oil on power plant 07 to 32 and discards 07.  GEGS opens the bidding on power plant 29 at 29 Elektros.  King Power passes.  GEGS discards power plant 14.

Fuel Purchases

Industria Optimum passes.

King Power buys 4 oil for 18 Elektros and 1 uranium for 3 Elektros.

GEGS buys 5 coal for 15 Elektros.

TRC buys 5 trash for 18 Elektros and 1 uranium for 4 Elektros.

BATS buys 5 coal for 23 Elektros and 1 oil for 5 Elektros.

Grid Connections

Industria Optimum connects to Hong Kong for 19 Elektros.

King Power connects to Shanghai for 19 Elektros, Nanjing for 20 Elektros, Zhengzhou for 25 Elektros.

GEGS connects to Anshan for 28 Elektros.

TRC connects to Jilin for 21 Elektros.

BATS connects to Qingdao for 21 Elektros and Xi'an for 27 Elektros.

Bureaucracy

Power Cities

BATS spends 5 coal and 1 oil to power 12 cities for 118 Elektros.

TRC spends 3 trash and 1 uranium to power 10 cities for 105 Elektros.

GEGS spends 5 coal to power 9 cities for 98 Elektros.

King Power spends 2 oil and 1 uranium to power 10 cities for 105 Elektros.

Industria Optimum spends 3 oil to power 6 cities for 73 Elektros.

Adjust Power Plant Market

Power plants 32, 34, 60+, and the Step 3 card are added to the market.

Turn 9

Bidding

Fuel Purchases

Industria Optimum passes.

GEGS buys 1 uranium for 2 Elektros, 1 coal for 3 Elektros, and 2 oil for 8 Elektros.

King Power buys 2 oil for 10 Elektros and 1 uranium for 3 Elektros.

TRC buys 1 uranium for 4 Elektros and 1 trash for 4 Elektros.

BATS buys 6 coal for 27 Elektros and 2 oil for 11 Elektros.

Grid Connections

Industria Optimum connects to Haikou for 20 Elektros and Chaozhu for 22 Elektros.

GEGS connects to Shanyang for 22 Elektros, Changchun for 20 Elektros, and Hangzhou for 19 Elektros.

King Power connects to Gangzhou for 19 Elektros and Xi'an for 25 Elektros.

TRC connects to Haerbin for 20 Elektros, Qiqha'er for 21 Elektros, and Hegang for 22 Elektros.

BATS passes.

Bureaucracy

Power Cities

BATS spends 4 coal to power 12 cities for 118 Elektros.

TRC spends 3 trash and 1 uranium to power 13 cities for 124 Elektros.

King Power spends 2 oil to power 12 cities for 118 Elektros.

GEGS spends 3 coal and 1 uranium to power 12 cities for 118 Elektros.

Industria Optimum powers 8 cities for 90 Elektros.

Adjust Power Plant Market

Power plants 44 is discarded and power plant 40 is added to the market.

Turn 10

Bidding

Fuel Purchases

Industria Optimum buys 4 uranium for 18 Elektros.

GEGS buys 3 trash for 10 Elektros, 1 uranium for 7 Elektros, and 1 oil for 4 Elektros.

BATS passes.

King Power passes.

TRC buys 4 oil for 19 Elektros.

Grid Connections

Industria Optimum connects to Fuzhou for 24 Elektros.

GEGS connects to Dalian for 21 Elektros and Taiyann for 25 Elektros.

BATS connects to Tianjin for 26 Elektros, Tangshan for 20 Elektros, Beijing for 23 Elektros, Zhengzhou for 27 Elektros, Baotou for 29 Elektros, and Wuhan for 25 Elektros.  Since BATS has connected to 18 cities, this will be the final turn.

King Power connects to Nanning for 26 Elektros, Guiyang for 27 Elektros, Chongqing for 24 Elektros, and Chengou for 21 Elektros.

TRC connects to Anshan for 22 Eleketros and Changchun for 22 Elektros.

Bureaucracy

Power Cities

TRC spends 2 oil to power 14 cities for 129 Elektros.

King Power spends 2 oil and 1 uranium to power 16 cities for 138 Elektros.

BATS spends 1 oil and 4 coal to power 17 cities for 142 Elektros.

GEGS spends 1 oil, 1 uranium, and 3 trash to power 14 cities for 129 Elektros.

Industria Optimum spends 2 uranium to power 9 cities for 98 Elektros.

Adjust Power Plant Market

Power plants 39 is discarded and power plant 42 is added to the market.

Players

GEGS is Great Engineers Gaurantee Success. TRC is Texas Railroad Commission. BATS is Beijing Alternative Turbine Station.

Power Plant Market

40 Oil 2→6

42 Coal 2→6

46 Hybrid 3→7

Fuel

Notes

Congratulations to Dave on his victory!

End of Game Statements

Dave Hooton (BATS):  Aside from the opportunity to bring BATS to Wuhan, I liked this map, since pacing and plant/expansion balance was quite different.

Also of note was choice of starting position. I was afraid that by starting in Manchukuo, I might be easily boxed in. However, it had enough room and I was able to stage an escape late in the game. So, of all the choices, I was glad to go with the Manchurian candidate.

Chris Geggus (GEGS): Another game, another lesson from Dave. I like the game, but can never seem to coordinate my actions for best possible advantage. I am always a reactive player, so tend to do what I think needs to be done then, not in the future. I make a lousy chess player.

Thank you to Chris and all. Enjoyable as ever.

Kevin Wilson (Industria Optimum):  I blew this one right off the bat.  Just didn’t do the math right and fell behind on connections and never caught up.  But, I didn’t see anyone jumping as Dave did to the end so hoped I’d have one more turn to have a shot at not finishing last.  Oh well.  Let’s try it again.

Congrats to Dave on a nice win and even better play on words.

And, as always, thanks to Chris for running the game.

Sign me up for the next.

Bill Scharf (King Power):  China was interesting to play. Instead of out of sequence power plants that used far less fuel or powered far more cities than most available, you had a predictable set of plants come out each round....you could count on what would be coming up. It was a very different feel, worth playing every so often but that predictability could get boring....

Congrats to Dave on his win, well done. And thanks to Chris for running it. COVID would have been far more onerous with no FTf gaming....these texting games have made life far more pleasant for me....thanks again.

Andy York (TRC):  The map's sometimes odd connection (to me) costs, coupled with the power plants available in this option, made for a challenging combination. Congrats to Dave on his win, as seems happens quite often, and thanks to Chris, as always, for running the game.