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Turn 5, Phases 3 through 6

Turn 5, Phase 3: Play Cards

Paris plays Black Death in Area II.

Venice plays Metal (Venice, Hamburg, and Paris each gain $24, Barcelona gains $54, shortage removed) and Grain (Hamburg receives $16, Barcelona receives $36, and Venice receives $64, shortage removed).

Barcelona plays Stone (London and Hamburg each gain $1, Genoa, Paris, and Venice each gain $4), Spice (Venice gains $9, Barcelona gains $36), and Timber (Venice and Paris each gain $3, Hamburg and Barcelona each gain $12).

Hamburg plays Ibn Majid (20: T, Y) and Mongol Armies (gains $10, Marco Polo now worth 40 discount/rebate, The Crusades is now an unplayable Misery burden).

London passes.

Genoa plays Long Bow, Johann Gutenberg (30: O), and Wine (Venice, Paris, and Barcelona each gain $5, Genoa gains $80).

Played Leaders

Ibn Majid (20: T, Y) (Hamburg only)

Johann Gutenberg (30: O) (Genoa and one other)

Turn 5, Phase 4: Purchases

Paris buys Holy Indulgence (F, $10 credit from Religion, $50, Misery increases to 250), Caravan (I, $20), stabilization ($3)

Venice buys Interest and Profit (L, $30 credit from Commerce, $50), Holy Indulgence (F, $60, Misery increases to 175), Nationalism (W, $60), and stabilization ($1)

Barcelona buys Institutional Research (X, $50 credit from Civics, $50), Patronage (E, $20 credit for Religion, $10, Misery increases to 125), Seaworthy Vessels (S, $20 credit for Exploration, $10 credit for Institutional Research, $50), Printed Word (O, $30 credit for Communication, $30 credit for Johann Gutenberg, $0), Caravan (I, $10 credit for Institutional Research, $10), Improved Agriculture (J, $10 credit for Institutional Research, $30, Misery reduced to 100), Laws of Matter (C, $20 credit from Science, $10 credit from Institutional Research, $60), and stabilization ($6). Misery Relief reduces Misery to 90.

Hamburg buys The Heavens (A, $30), Overland East (R, $40), Galley 6 ($10), and stabilization ($3)

London buys stabilization ($3)

Genoa buys Printed Word (O, $30 credit from Communication, $30 credit from Johann Gutenberg, $0), Nationalism (W, $20 credit from Civics, $40), Wind/Watermill (K, $20 credit from Commerce, $30), Ocean Navigation (T, $40 credit from Exploration, $80), stabilization ($3)

Turn 5, Phase 5: Expansion

Holy Indulgence: Barcelona, Venice, Paris, and Genoa each gain 4 tokens (Genoa gains $4 due to lack of tokens), Hamburg and London each lose 8 tokens.

Paris expands to St. Malo (4, vs. London; dr = 3, 5, 4; wins), Chester (4, vs. London; dr = 5, 2, 5; wins), York (4, vs. London; dr = 5, 2, 4; wins), Amsterdam (2, vs. Hamburg; dr = 1, 6, 3; wins)

Venice expands to Kamishim (1), Serai (2), Abasgia (1), Poti (4, vs. Barcelona; dr = 2, 3, 3; loses), Poti (4, vs. Barcelona; dr = 6, 2, 5; wins), Marseilles (11, vs. Genoa; dr = 1, 4, 5; loses), Salzburg (2, vs. Hamburg; dr = 6, 1, 2; wins)

Barcelona takes a card (3) and expands to Barcelona (3, vs. Genoa; dr = 3, 4, 5; loses), Barcelona (3, vs. Genoa; dr = 4, 3, 4; wins), Kaffa (2, vs. Venice; dr = 3, 2, 3; loses), Kaffa (2, vs. Venice; dr = 6, 5, 6; wins), Tana (4, vs. Venice; dr = 2, 6, 4; wins), Varna (5, vs. Venice; dr = 3, 2, 6; loses), Varna (5, vs. Venice; dr = 2, 3, 5; loses), Novogorod (4, vs. Hamburg; dr = 1, 5, 4; wins).

Hamburg expands to Novogorod (4, vs. Barcelona; dr = 6, 1, 6; wins), Kiev (4, vs. Venice; dr = 1, 4, 3; wins; uses Written Record to trade a card with Venice), Malmo (2, vs. Paris; dr = 4, 2, 3; loses), Malmo (2, vs. Paris; dr = 2, 3, 3; loses), Malmo (2, vs. Paris; dr = 1, 6, 4; wins), Stockholm (6, vs. Paris; dr = 2, 5, 3; wins).

London expands to London (4), Portsmouth (4), Edinburgh (1), Wales (1), Waterford (1), Iceland (1), Bergen (2), York (6, vs. Paris; dr = 2, 6, 4; wins), Shetland (1).

Genoa expands to East Indies (5), Poti (3, vs. Venice; dr = 3, 5, 3; wins), Dubrovnik (6, vs. Venice; dr = 2, 5, 2; wins), Riga (4, vs. Hamburg; dr = 5, 2, 2; wins), Bergen (5, vs. London; dr = 4, 6, 3; wins), Fez (3, vs. Barcelona; dr = 1, 5, 2; wins), Bordeaux (7, vs. Paris; dr = 6, 6, 5; wins), Sicily (2, vs. Barcelona; dr = 4, 4, 2; wins).

Expansion bonus goes to Genoa.

Turn 5, Phase 6: Income

Interest and Profit: Venice gains $54

Paris gains $45

Venice gains $93

Barcelona gains $99

Hamburg gains $75

London gains $51

Genoa gains $141

Surplus of Cloth (Genoa pays $3), Shortage of Silk (Genoa gains a card).

The Players

Player

Country

Misery

Tokens

Money

Order

Dominance

Ships

Cards

Advances

Michael Lowrey

Barcelona

90

$103

14

10

4

A, C, E, F, I, J, N, O, R, S, V, W, X

Christopher Hunt

Venice

175

$201

13

1

F, I, J, K, L, R, W

Chris Geggus

Hamburg

200

$87

10

6

2

A, E, I, N, R, V

Martin Burgdorf

Genoa

200

$151

21

O-1

4

A, B, E, F, I, J, K, N, O, R, S, T, V, W

Bob Robles Paris 250 $60 5 4 2 A, E, F, I, N, R
Geoff Richardson London 350 $125 6 8 3 A, I, V

Commodity Log

Commodity

Christopher

Chris

Bob

Michael

Martin

Geoff

Stone (2)

2

1

3

--

2 --

Wool (3)

--

--

--

5

-- 4

Timber (4)

--

1

--

--

6 --

Grain (5)

1

2

--

1

1 1

Cloth (6)

2

2

--

--

3 --

Wine (7)

1

--

1

2

3 --

Metal (8)

1

2

1

2

-- --

Fur (9)

2

1

--

1

-- --

Silk (10)

1

--

--

1

3 --

Spice (11)

1

--

--

2

1 --

Gold (12)

1

1

--

--

1 --

Ivory (12)

1

--

--

--

2 1

Surplus, Shortage

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